- In partnership with the Maryland Environmental Trust and the Maryland Department of Transportation successfully procured easements for more than 3,000 acres in the Antietam area.
- Promoted and encouraged an agricultural land preservation program in Washington County, Maryland as a step toward scenic preservation
- Worked with local citizens and elected officials to establish a special zoning category around the Antietam Battlefield.
- Purchase of endangered properties for resale with protective easements
- Encourage and assist elected officials on all levels to endorse preservation legislation and issues.
- Successfully supported a plan for the restoration and preservation of Antietam Battlefield.
- Sponsored essay contests on historic themes in local schools
- Cosponsored an annual lecture series at Antietam Battlefield in honor of author and historian James V. Murfin
SHAF has been preserving and protecting historic sites related to the Battle of Antietam, the Maryland Campaign, and other Civil War activity in the region since 1986. We need your help to keep it going.
Antietam Witness
The number of dead horses was high. They lay, like the men, in all attitudes. One beautiful milk-white animal had died in so graceful a position that I wished for its photograph. Its legs were doubled under and its arched neck gracefully turned to one side, as if looking back to the ball-hole in its side. Until you got to it, it was hard to believe the horse was dead.
- Alpheus Williams
September 22, 1862
