South From the North Woods

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

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The Impending Crisis

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I am currently reading David Potter’s monumental work The Impending Crisis America Before the Civil War 1848-1861 (New York: Harpe...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Marine Corps is 236 Today. Thanks to one Marine in Particular

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Lance Corporal Jim Rosebrock Today is the birthday of the United States Marine Corps and tomorrow is Veteran's Day.  I am particular...
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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Ride the Auto Tour!!

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Antietam volunteer Dave Maher shot this great video from his car yesterday. It covers about the first five auto tour stops at Antietam Na...
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Friday, November 4, 2011

An Honor

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From left to right Mannie Gentile, Alan Schmidt, daughter Rachel, me, Dan Vermilya, Bob Casey, Christie Stanczak and Joe Nicodemus.  (Phot...
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Final Attack Trail Work Party This Saturday

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Last weekend's SHAF workday to begin the walking trail up to the Eighth Connecticut and Ninth New York monuments was snowed out. The...
Monday, October 24, 2011

Important Trail Addition - SHAF Workday on Saturday

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The Save Historical Antietam Foundation (SHAF) workday is this Saturday, October 29th and begins at 9:00 AM.  SHAF is funding and helpi...
Saturday, October 15, 2011

On the Final Attack Trail

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A series of ravines had to be crossed by Ninth Corps (looking west) I joined fellow bloggers Jim Buchana n and John Banks for a walk al...
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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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