The discussion will examine Union and Confederate leaders who failed to fulfill their duties during the Battle of Antietam.

McCLELLAN'S report. It gives the following reasons why the victory of Antietam was not followed up: Night closed the long and desperately contested battle of the 17th. Nearly two hundred thousand ...

Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday.

I admired that. We’d spent the morning at Harper’s Ferry, and next up was Antietam, the site of the bloodiest one-day battle of the American Civil War “Where should we go for lunch?

Since then, our beautiful country has fought two other wars. We call them the First and Second World War. We have endured ...

Some of the best Civil War movies detail these skirmishes well ... Fort Wagner is maybe the most notable, it's the opening ...

It may sound like a parody title, but there is a real Civil War first-person shooter game where 350 players can engage in ...

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Hooker traveled east to rejoin ... He opened the fighting at the Battle of Antietam, where he was wounded and had to withdraw from the field.

Frederick, Maryland, played a vital role during the Civil War, serving as a key medical hub for wounded soldiers from the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, and Monocacy. Join us as we uncover the ...

At the time of the Civil War ... and persuasive war images. Alfred Waud, the most prolific special, created many of the most memorable sketches of critical moments at Antietam and Gettysburg ...

From Fort Sumter to Appomattox—at Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam ... best known of the Civil War photographers, lumbered up in their wagons to take static pictures after the battle, or gathered ...