The Battle of Antietam, fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was the bloodiest day in American history, with more than twenty-three thousand dead, wounded, and missing. Walk the routes of some of the units on the field through the stories of thirty-six individual soldiers who fought on that day. Matthew Borders has an MS in historic preservation. He is a park ranger at Monocacy National Battlefield and is a member of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation and the Frederick County Civil War…

Victim-activated landmines were used on a widespread basis for the first time in the American Civil War. Discover how these “weapons that wait” transitioned from “tools of cowards” to an accepted form of warfare.