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Jake Wynn will talk with blogger and Historian John Banks about his extensive research in field hospitals at the Battle of Antietam.

To commemorate the 158th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, Museum staff will be conducting a medically themed virtual tour of the battlefield.

Walk in the footsteps of doctors, nurses, and civilians who cared for 8,000 wounded soldiers in Downtown Frederick with Museum docent Brad Stone

Antietam Guide Chris Vincent explores the civilian impact of the Battle of Antietam with this look at farmsteads on the battlefield.

Learn about the fighting at one of the most well known landmarks on Antietam National Battlefield – Burnside’s Bridge

Hear the incredible story of how 200 doctors treated 18,000 wounded soldiers on several battlefields during the 1862 Maryland Campaign.

Read about the US Christian Commission’s heroic response to the bloodiest day in American history – The Battle of Antieam

Read about the 45th Pennsylvania’s first combat of the Civil War at South Mountain written by the unit’s hospital steward James A. Meyers.

Relive the sobering exhibition of Alexander Gardner’s photographs taken on Antietam battlefield in September 1862 at the Pry House in 2019.