Although the Battle of Antietam is a much-studied encounter, Budiansky’s consideration of nine people caught up in the battle and its aftermath is thoughtful and insightful.

An old cemetery in Hazlet contains the graves of several war veterans, but their locations are unclear. A construction ...

The Madison County residents took the self guided driving tour and saw Dunker Church, the Mumma Farm, the Sunken Road, Burnside Sycamore and the Corn Field.

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

“War, civil war, with all its horrors seemed inevitable ... The accident took place just two and a half weeks before the ...

If there is one general that could be considered as having single-handedly lost the Civil War for the Confederates, it’s John ...

President Jimmy Carter's visits to Washington County included worshipping in Hagerstown, touring Antietam National Battlefield and fishing.

Military records reveal that women fought—and died—in all the major battles of the Civil War, participating in clashes in Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Shiloh, and Vicksburg ...

Civil War doctors practiced tirelessly in the new general hospitals or the temporary field hospitals; they treated the dying and wounded after horrific battles such as Antietam--where more than ...

Veterans of several American wars are buried there, including an 18-year-old who died of wounds suffered at Antietam during the Civil War. The locations of several graves are not clear ...