South From the North Woods

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

Friday, March 16, 2018

In Perfect Order

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Lieutenant Charles Hazlett After the Battle of Antietam, Henry Hunt the new Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Potomac directed tha...
Monday, January 29, 2018

That One Important Minute

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J. Albert Monroe, First Rhode Island Light Artillery He called it “that one important minute”, the time when an artillery commander had...
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Monday, January 8, 2018

“I have one favor to ask of you “ Influence and Connections

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Colonel Harvey Brown Fifth Artillery On May 4 1861 President Lincoln directed the first expansion of the Regular Army of the United S...
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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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