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75th anniversary, Battle of Antietam, 1937
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt attended the re-enactment at the Antietam battlefield on September 17, 1937 and Hagerstown held pageants, parades, an exhibition of county industry and agriculture…
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Civil War Veterans, 1937
In 1937, for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, the organizers of the National Antietam Commemoration sent a questionnaire to all known living veterans of the Civil War. 80 responses have been located...
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Antietam National Cemetery, 1867
lists the name, company and regiment, grave number and place of death of those Union soldiers buried in Antietam National Cemetery at the time of its dedication in 1867. The text also includes the ceremonies and speeches at the dedication.
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Confederate Soldiers killed at Antietam, South Mountain and Monocacy
This 1869 list documents the names, regiments and location of those Confederates buried where they fell after the battles in the Maryland campaign of the Civil War.
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Battle of Antietam - Herald of Freedom and Torch Light, September 1862
This Hagerstown newspaper describes the Battle of Antietam and South Mountain, and the devastation in the county as a result of the fighting. There are legal notices and ads…
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Antietam Cemetery Payroll, 1866-1867
The payroll for the construction of the wall around Antietam National Cemetery, 1866-1867. Dr Augustin Biggs is the probable author.
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The Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 1859
Correspondence collected by the Maryland Senate in 1860 relating to John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry includes messages from B. & O. conductors and the company president, John Garrett, Governor Wise of Virginia and Robert E. Lee, U. S. Army, Commander of forces at Harper's Ferry.
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