What happened on Antietam’s forgotten battlefield? Hear historian Bert Dunkerly reveal its hidden history and preservation.

While Antietam remains one of the most famous engagements of the Civil War, the lower end of the battlefield has been largely overlooked, in preservation and in scholarship. This area saw the final Union and Confederate attacks of the day and many details of these actions remain largely unknown. Historian Bert Dunkerly will discuss why this area has been neglected and its recent preservation and public access.

Robert M. Dunkerly is a historian who is active in historic preservation. He has authored seventeen books about the American Revolution, the Civil War and other topics. Dunkerly has served as president of the Richmond Civil War Round Table, taught classes at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture and Central Virginia Community College, and writes for the Emerging Civil War and Revolutionary War blogs. He has visited more than one thousand battlefields worldwide.

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