Pentagon Talk September 4, 2012

By Tom | Published: September 6, 2012

I was for­tu­nate to be asked to speak as part of the Office of the Sect. of Defense His­tor­i­cal lec­ture Series. Here is a press report about it.

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150 Years Ago today

By Tom | Published: September 6, 2012

Con­fed­er­ate troops marched into Fred­er­ick today, few cel­e­brated their arrival. One lady remarked that she could smell them com­ing before she could see them.
Gen. McClel­lan began push­ing troops west­ward to Rockville in order to block any attacks on the capital.

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150 years ago today

By Tom | Published: September 5, 2012

Today Lee’s inva­sion of Mary­land began in earnest as the bulk of his army crossed the Potomac River, join­ing D.H. Hill’s divi­sion which crossed the day before. Lee had spent the pre­vi­ous night in Lees­burg at Har­ri­son Hall, the home of a dis­tant cousin.
On this same day McClel­lan was vis­ited by Pres­i­dent Lin­coln and Gen. Hal­leck. He was given ver­bal orders to take com­mand of the field army he’d cre­ated, and to ensure the safety of the cap­i­tal and Bal­ti­more. Once this was accom­plished he was ordered to drive the Con­fed­er­ates from Mary­land. These orders were never printed, and Hal­leck and Lin­coln each later cred­ited the other with issu­ing it.
And so the drama begins…

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Volume II: Antietam

By Tom | Published: August 31, 2012

Good news! This book will ship from the printer on Sep­tem­ber 7! It will be here for the anniver­sary week­end at Anti­etam National Battlefield.

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Save Historic Antietam Foundation Seminar

By Tom | Published: August 6, 2012

I hope you’ll have time to attend this spe­cial event!

Save His­toric Anti­etam Foun­da­tion Inc. is pleased to announce a spe­cial lec­ture series in honor of the 150th Anniver­sary of the bat­tle of Anti­etam. The lec­tures will take place in the Mumma Farm barn at Anti­etam National Bat­tle­field on Sat­ur­day Sep­tem­ber 8, start­ing at 9:00. This event will also fea­ture pre­sen­ta­tions from the recip­i­ents of two spe­cial schol­ar­ships funded by SHAF. Daniel Ver­milya has received the first Joseph L. Harsh Scholar Award and will share his research on the Union Army at Anti­etam. Susan Rsoen­voldt was awarded the spe­cial Sesqui­cen­ten­nial Award and she will share her research about the role and actions of Clara Bar­ton at Sharps­burg. Other speak­ers will include Den­nis Frye Chief His­to­rian of Harpers Ferry National Park, Dr. Mark Snell, direc­tor of the George Tyler Moore Cen­ter for Study of the Civil War and local colum­nist and write Tim Row­land. The event is free and open to the pub­lic, and no reser­va­tions will be required. Dona­tions to SHAF will be accepted and there will be book sign­ing by the authors and other items for sale.
Sched­ule:
9:00–9:30 – Cof­fee and Dan­ish
9:30–9:45 – Open­ing Remarks, Tom Clemens, Pres­i­dent, SHAF
9:45–10:30 – Ses­sion I, Dr. Mark Snell, “Causes of the Civil War”
10:30–10:45 – Break
10:45–11:30 – Ses­sion II, Dan Ver­melya, Harsh Scholar recip­i­ent, “Per­cep­tions, Not Real­i­ties: The Strength, Expe­ri­ence, and Con­di­tion of the Army of the Potomac at Anti­etam”
11:30–12:00 – Awards
12:00–1:00 – Lunch, Box Lunch avail­able, by pre-order only $10.00 each*
1:00–1:45 – Ses­sion III, Susan Rosen­wald, Sesqui­cen­ten­nial Award recip­i­ent, “Clara Bar­ton at Anti­etam”
1:45–2:00 – Break
2:00–2:45 – Ses­sion IV, Den­nis Frye, “Sep­tem­ber Sus­pense: Lincoln’s Union in Peril”
2:45–3:00 – Break “Behind the Bat­tles: Strange and Obscure Sto­ries of the Civil War
3:00–3:45 – Ses­sion V, Tim Row­land, “Odd Inci­dents of Mary­land Cam­paign”
3:45 – Clos­ing Remarks

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