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SHAF News | Tolson’s Chapel | Books for Sale
Tolson’s ChapelIn 1998 the United Methodist Church decided to dispose of Tolson’s Chapel, a very small structure built in 1866 to be an AME Church and Freedman’s Bureau School. After several other efforts failed, SHAF took title to the building and maintained it and the grounds for several years. Frankly, it was not part of our main mission, ie. preserving
SHAF Receives Donation from Jacob Rohrbach Inn
The Jacob Rohrbach Inn’s raffle at its annual Civil War Lecture Series raised $605 for the Save Historic Antietam Foundation. Thanks to the Jacob Rohrbach Inn for their generous donation and their efforts to educate the public about Antietam’s history through their lecture series. Next time you are in Sharpsburg, consider staying at the Jacob Rohrbach Inn. FALL ANTIETAM WORK DAY
The Historical Importance of Newly Preserved Land at Antietam
On the southern side of the town of Sharpsburg the Antietam National Battlefield’s boundary is on the east side of the Harpers Ferry Rd. This fact leads to the mistaken belief that there was only fighting on that side of the road, which of course, is incorrect. The crest of the ridge along which the Harpers Ferry Rd. runs was
Film Supports SHAF
Support quality history-based filmmaking and Antietam at the same time! The well-received short film “Hold My Horse”, based on the life of Gen. Israel Richardson, is a perfect diversion for current times! It represents good history, a good story, and good material culture all at once. The film has garnered glowing reviews from both Civil War News and Military Images magazines. It depicts an
SHAF presented with award by the American Battlefield Trust
“The Trust presented its Brian C. Pohanka Preservation Organization Award to the Save Historic Antietam Foundation (SHAF), a nonprofit group established in 1996 to preserve more of the Antietam battlefield’s landscape in a fast-growing part of the Washington metropolitan area. SHAF has conserved more than 3,000 battlefield acres in the Sharpsburg, Md., area, restored historic sites, and helped reforest the
SHAF Wins Preservation Award!!
Preservation Maryland will be presenting their 30th annual awards on Thursday May 21 in a ceremony in Baltimore. This year SHAF will be receiving their Volunteerism Award in recognition of our 30 years of volunteer service preserving historic sites in the Antietam Valley. Obviously everyone who is a member of SHAF has made this award possible, and the Board of
2013 Harsh Award Results
Our 2013 Joseph L. Harsh Award winner, Jamesina Thatcher, created a detailed study of the maps accompanying Gen. Ezra Carman’s maps of the battle of Antietam. Below are links to the narrative of her work, the illustrations or slides, and the GPS figures to locate each site she mentions. We are pleased to offer these to our members and guest
SBPA Potomac River Crossing 2010
To honor the 148th Anniversary of the Battle of Shepherdstown, the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association (SBPA) has scheduled a Battlefield Tour including a wading of the Potomac River. The tour is set, rain or shine, for Saturday, September 18, 2010. Dr. Tom Clemens and Tom McGrath will be the guides. Two tours are scheduled; one to begin at 2:30PM followed
Tour Phase I of the Maryland Campaign of 1862
On Saturday, July 31, 2010, the Save Historic Antietam Foundation (SHAF) will sponsor a tour of “Phase I” of the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862. The tour will be led by SHAF board members Dennis Frye, National Park Service Chief Historian at Harper’s Ferry, and Dr. Thomas Clemens, editor of Ezra Carman’s “The Maryland Campaign of September, 1862, Volume I:
