Monday, November 28, 2011

"Such destruction that as I had never seen before:" H.W. Addison and the 7th South Carolina, Part 2

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Photo ca. 1884 showing the area south of the Dunkard Church. The Seventh S.C. pushed out of the West Woods just to south of the farmhou...
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Friday, November 25, 2011

"It was, where I was the bloodiest for us:" H.W. Addison and the 7th South Carolina, Part 1

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The Antietam Studies series at the National Archives contains correspondence to Ezra Carman from those who were on the field on September 17...
Monday, October 3, 2011

"Just wide enough for two wagons:" Robert L. Lagemann's Investigation of the Hagerstown Pike

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Illustration 1. Lagemann Photo Number 10. Taken June 1, 1903. The glare emanating from the church comes from the glossy photo reflectio...
Friday, September 23, 2011

Clifton Johnson, Alexander Davis, and "The Hired Man" (Part 2)

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This is the second and concluding post from "The Hired Man" in Clifton Johnson's Battleground Adventures: The Stories of Dwell...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Clifton Johnson, Alexander Davis, and "The Hired Man" (Part 1)

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Signpost pointing to the site of the Nicodemus Farm, 1862 In 1913 writer and photographer Clifton Johnson journeyed southward from his h...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Fences: Part 3 of 3

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Illustration 1.  Looking north  from "B" in Illustration 2. The last of this short series concerns a Gardner photo of the w...
Monday, July 18, 2011

Fences--Part 2 of 3

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Illustration 1. Dismantled Virginia Worm fencing, Sunken Road. Illustration 2. Before the Dunkard Church. Post and rail fencing.  Th...