civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 03/07/2026“Well, it is murder, but it’s the order.” Lt. Col. Charles R. Mudge, 2nd Mass. Inf., July 3, 1863. #gettysburg #hallowedground 010
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 25/05/202611th Connecticut Infantry. Where they fought. Where they remembered. Where they rest #antietam #memorialday 000
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 14/04/2026April 14. A sad anniversary #lincoln #history 000
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 04/03/2026See you on the field!antietaminstitute.orgPicture and Poetry at the Bloody Lane: 61st/64th New York Infantry – Jim Smith – Antietam Institute 000
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Thrilled to return to the Antietam and Beyond podcastantietambeyond.transistor.fmThe Antietam and Beyond Podcast | Armies of Antietam: Inside the regiments and leaders of America’s bloodiest dayIn Episode 53, Jim Smith and Robert Gottschalk join co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan to discuss their new book, Armies of Antietam, a comprehensive look at the organization of both armies durin... 000
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 20/12/2025www.facebook.com/share/1Bz1dp...facebook.comRedirecting... 000
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 06/12/2025“As I looked upon the hundreds of dead upon the battlefield . . . I thought of the fathers, mothers, sisters & brothers . . . how they would feel and how much misery that one battle had caused.” Sgt. Isaac Plumb, 61st NY Inf. 000
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civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 20/09/2025On the field #antietam #anniversaryweekend 020
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Mary Sully exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Her grandfather Alfred commanded the 1st Minnesota at Antietam 020
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Not for themselves but for their country #antietam 000
Reposted by civilwarontourDan Carlin @dancarlin.bsky.social · 07/06/2025This started out as a June 6, 1944 social media post that got insanely out of hand. So I did it on our substack page instead. I'd say "enjoy", but it really ain't that kind of piece. dancarlin.substack.com/p/the-real-w...dancarlin.substack.comThe Real War Will Never Get Into the BooksThe best way to avoid the next terrible war is to unflinchingly look at the reality of the last one 512523
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 06/06/2025www.nps.gov/reer/learn/n...nps.govReconstruction Era National Historic Network Announces the Inclusion of Seven New Sites - Reconstruction Era National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) 000
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Capt John Tompkins reported that his 6-gun Rhode Island battery fired more than a thousand rounds before noon on Sept 17, 1862 #antietam #civilwarhistory 000
Reposted by civilwarontourJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 26/05/2025The best Memorial Day speech is only 271 words and wasn't delivered on Memorial Day, but on November 19, 1863. Read it carefully, it's the most important speech in American military history (and maybe all of American history). 381265382
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Among the hundreds of thousands of war dead we remember on Memorial Day, Sgt. George A. Simpson of Huntingdon County, Pa. stands atop his regiment’s monument at Antietam National Battlefield. 1/ 100
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Late afternoon/evening is my favorite time on the battlefield #antietam #battlefields #civilwarhistory 011
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Red-tailed hawk overseeing the Burnside Bridge area #antietam 010
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Cornfield battleground in winter #antietam #civilwarhistory 020
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 19/02/2025zeffy.comBattle of Kelly's Ford Guided TourAlthough overshadowed by the much larger Battle of Brandy Station several months later, the Battle of Kelly's Ford on March 17, 1863 was a significant marker in the growing capacity of the United Stat... 000
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 09/02/2025While the US victory at Antietam brought forth the Emancipation Proclamation, the campaign erased freedom for as many as 2,000 Black Americans who had liberated themselves when US soldiers occupied Harpers Ferry. As they did on the Gettysburg campaign, the Confederate army acted as slavecatchers 1/ 121
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Fascinating blog post on leadership problems at Antietam in the 1st SC Infantry. From the exceptional site Antietam on the Web:behind.aotw.orgbehind AotW 000
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 02/02/2025My favorite part of the battlefield from around 1900 and today #antietam #finalattack 020
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 26/12/2024John King Books never disappoints #usedbooks #treasures 000
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Tuning into SMU vs Penn State #CFBPlayoff Beaver Stadium’s namesake was Civil War veteran James Beaver, whose brother Jacob was killed in the 51st PA’s assault on the Burnside Bridge #antietam 010
Reposted by civilwarontour Nau Civil War Center @naucivilwar.bsky.social · 09/12/2024"The Second Manassas Campaign," edited by Professors Caroline Janney and KT Shively, is available for pre-order from @uncpress.bsky.social! To pre-order, visit: uncpress.org/book/9781469... 1114
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Tonight’s Annual Memorial Illumination at Antietam National Battlefield—one candle for each of the 23,000 casualties on Sep 17, 1862 #civilwarhistory #antietam 041
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Memorial Illumination this Saturday #antietam #remember #hallowedground 120
Reposted by civilwarontour Nau Civil War Center @naucivilwar.bsky.social · 02/12/2024The Nau Center is sponsoring up to 9 paid summer internships for UVA students: at Manassas, Fredericksburg, Appomattox, Antietam, Shenandoah, and the American Civil War Museum! Applications are due by February 2. Visit our website to learn more: naucenter.as.virginia.edu/internships 021
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Mostly Civil War content but not always ;-) #carnegie 000
civilwarontour @civilwarontour.bsky.social · 25/11/2024It was an honor and a pleasure to join John Banks and Tom McMillan for an episode of the Antietam and Beyond Podcast #history #antietam #volunteering #battlefields #ballparks #rushopen.spotify.comAntietam guide Jim SmithThe Antietam and Beyond Podcast · Episode 121
