The 13th Alabama Infantry in Maryland, in detail
I’ve just completed a thorough scrub through the records of the men of the 13th Alabama Infantry and extracted details for those on the Maryland Campaign of September 1862.
The charge of the 7th Maine at Antietam
One of the saddest stories of Antietam is that of the vain heroism of the 7th Maine Infantry on the Piper Farm at about 5 pm on 17 September 1862.
Not in Antietam National Cemetery
Readers occasionally ask about this, and I can never find them when I want them, hence this list. It will evolve as I learn more.
Quebec Schoolhouse: a desperate little cavalry battle
I got pulled off track by a trooper of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry, James Williamson, who was killed in a little-known cavalry skirmish at the Quebec Schoolhouse near Middletown, MD …
Modern headstones
I’ve seen dozens of modern-era grave markers with errors large and small over the years of researching my soldiers, but had not thought to make a list or keep a …
Antietam 150: The Dead of the Maryland Campaign
Although mostly complete, these lists of the Campaign dead are an ongoing work – I will continue to add individuals as I learn of them.
The Antietam Roster
There were something like 160,000 soldiers in Maryland in September 1862. I’d like to learn all their names and list them on AotW. I can’t get them all, but I’m …
Morrison family ties
The Reverend Doctor Robert Hall Morrison (1798-1889) was father-in-law to three Confederate general officers: D.H. Hill, Rufus C. Barringer, and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (m. Mary Anna 1857).
