President’s message – July ’09

(from the July 2009 SHAF Newsletter) I am happy to tell you about some exciting changes at Antietam National Battlefield. The wayside exhibits at the various tour stops in the […]
Battlefield Work Day, November First, 2008

Please join SHAF members and other volunteers for the Work Day at Antietam National Battlefield (ANB) Park on Saturday, November 1, 2008. We’ll be doing battlefield scene restoration work. Piper Barn, […]
Work Day 2008

Please join SHAF members and other volunteers for the annual Work Day at Antietam National Battlefield Park on Saturday April 12, 2008. We’ll be doing scene restoration work. Roulette Farm (Park […]
Save the dates

Mark your calendar, and plan now to attend the Sharpsburg Heritage Festival, scheduled for September 13 and 14, 2008 (the Battle Anniversary weekend), and the next SHAF Workday on the battlefield, Saturday, November […]
Sunken Road action in 55mm

Gordon: Before the rear lines could recover, my exultant men were on their feet, devouring them with successive volleys. (Murfin, The Gleam of Bayonets, 1965; photo M. Gentile) For a unique […]
A New Vista

(from the June 2007 SHAF Newsletter) by Ranger Mannie Gentile As we all know relic hunting is strictly prohibited at Antietam National Battlefield. As a visitor this is a rule […]
2nd Lt. Edward C. Pierce, Company B, 3rd Maine Infantry
(from the September 2007 SHAF Newsletter)by Joseph Stahl The photograph shown is identified as 2nd Lt. Edward C. Pierce based on what is written on the front of the images. […]
Brigadier General James Nagle

(from the December 2007 SHAF Newsletter) by Antietam BP Ranger John David Hoptak Since the guns fell silent more than fourteen decades ago, tens of thousands of books have been […]