South From the North Woods

The words, images, and landscape of the 1862 Maryland Campaign

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Antietam's Confederate Regiments at Bull Run

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Here is the last installment of my Bull Run series. This is a list of Confederate regiments that served at Bull Run and Sharp...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

"Keep your ranks, do your duty, and show you are worthy of the state from which you came!" Antietam's Confederate Commanders at First Bull Run

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Colonel W. M. Gardner of the 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment shouted this to his regiment as his unit prepared for action at First Bull Run. ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

“I am a damned sight better General than you, Sir, had on that field.” ANTIETAM's UNION LEADERS AT BULL RUN

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There were a fair number of Antietam’s Union commanders who were also present at First Bull Run. But George McClellan was not one of th...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Antietam Units at First Bull Run

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As we observe the 150 th anniversary of the First Battle of Bull Run, I wanted to acknowledge the role that Union and Confede...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

"It was galling to have to serve under such people"

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Today I discovered an autobiography of George Crook. Crook is perhaps best known as one of the premier Indian fighters in...
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Jim Rosebrock
I am a lifelong student of military history with particular interest in the Battle of Antietam. I work for the federal government in Washington DC and have two young adult children who I love very much. I currently volunteer at Antietam and devote much time to the study of this battle and the Maryland Campaign. I enjoy collecting notable contemporary quotations by and about the men of Antietam. Since 2013 I have been conducting in depth research on the regular artillery companies of the Union Army and their leaders. I hope to turn this into a book on this subject in the future. My perspective comes from a 28-year career in the U.S. Army. Travels took me to World War II battlefields in Europe and the Pacific where American valor ended the tyranny of Nazism and Empire. But our country faced its own greatest challenge 80 years earlier during the Civil War. And it was the critical late summer of 1862, when Robert E. Lee launched the Maryland Campaign. It is an incredible story of drama, carnage, bravery, and missed opportunities that culminated around the fields and woodlots of peaceful Sharpsburg MD. So join me as I make this journey South from the North Woods.
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