Tag Archives: Battle of Antietam

Antietam Anniversary in the Soldiers’ Words

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Kevin Pawlak

At 7 a.m. every September 17, the National Park Service holds a program in David Miller’s cornfield, forever after immortalized as The Cornfield, to commemorate the opening of the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in American military history. … Continue reading →

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“The Morrow Would Be a Day of Blood”: The Eve of the Battle of Antietam

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Kevin Pawlak

The evening of September 16 always draws my mind to the Antietam battlefield. 158 years ago tonight, Union and Confederate soldiers settled down for a tense night around Sharpsburg, Maryland. In some cases, they lay within earshot of one another. … Continue reading →

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Free ECW Podcast – Antietam: Into The Cornfield

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

Just in time to get ready for the battle anniversary…ECW gets into the weeds—and the cornstalks—talking about the battle of Antietam with Kevin Pawlak, Dan Vermilya, Kris White, and Chris Mackowski. Listen for free here on ECW’s Patreon account!

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Question of the Week: 9/14-9/20/20

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

What’s your favorite regiment that fought at the Battle of Antietam?

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Public and Private Recollections of Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander

Posted on September 7, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes back guest author Abbi Smithmyer Nearly fifty years after the conclusion of the American Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander’s book Military Memoirs of a Confederate became available to the public. Alexander’s opening remarks begin with the following passage: … Continue reading →

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Jubal Early’s Charmed Existence in the Summer of 1862

Posted on July 21, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes guest author Chris Bryan Brigadier General Jubal Early, and his brigade, faced tight spots on numerous battlefields in August and September 1862. These events occurred during a period when the brigade also fought at Kettle Run, Groveton, and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Cornfield, Antietam’s Bloody Turning Point

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Kevin Pawlak

Alongside Spotsylvania’s Bloody Angle and Shiloh’s Hornet’s Nest, the fighting in David Miller’s Cornfield on the Antietam battlefield ranks as one of the toughest Civil War landscapes to make any sense of. It should then come as no surprise that … Continue reading →

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We All Want to be a Little Irish Because of the Civil War

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

St. Patrick’s Day is the one day of the year everyone wants to be Irish. I can’t blame them. My Polish last name, Mackowski, belies the Cawley and Dempsey in me, so few people realize I’m Irish—but it’s there aplenty, … Continue reading →

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ECW Says “Action” at Antietam

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

Kevin Pawlak and Dan Welch had the movie cameras rolling at Antietam battlefield. (Okay, they used their cellphones…but it sounds cooler the other way and we have been talking about Civil War movies…)

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The Importance of Finding the Original Source

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Kevin Pawlak

When it comes to reading history, I’m a slow reader. Usually, every time I see a superscript number at the end of a sentence or paragraph, I’ll flip to the back of the book to see the source. I’m a … Continue reading →

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