This photograph of Colonel Patrick R Guiney, 9th Massachusetts Infantry, is part of the Guiney Family Collection in the Holy Cross Rare Books Archives, and was hosted online by author Christian Samito.
Year: 2021
-
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Hyde
Major Thomas W Hyde led the 7th Maine Infantry on an ill-advised and deadly charge at Antietam and was later awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions there. This c. 1864 tinted photograph is in the Maine State Archives.
-
General Alexander Shaler
General Alexander Shaler of New York is shown here on a page from Harper’s Weekly of 19 December 1874 on the occasion of his presence in Chicago to help that city’s Fire Department reorganize after a (another) major fire in July of that year. That page is online thanks to Terry Gregory on Chicagology.
Colonel Shaler commanded the 65th New York Infantry on the 1862 Maryland Campaign.
-
Col. Henry Fowler, 63nd NY
These are Colonel Henry Fowler (left) and two other officers, unidentified, in a wartime photograph at the Library of Congress. Lieutenant Colonel Henry T Fowler led the 63rd New York Infantry, part of the famous Irish Brigade, at Antietam, where he was wounded in the arm.
-
2021: Antietam on the Web turns 25
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Antietam on the Web (AotW).
My work online about the battle began in 1992 with a collection of text files, but I consider the birthday of AotW to be 1 November 1996 when I first launched the website.
That first site on a free service called GeoCities consisted of 3 simple battlefield maps, profiles of about 100 senior officers, a basic order of battle, and some text exhibits. It’s somewhat larger in depth and scope now.
A decade later, in March 2006, I started posting here on behind AotW as accompaniment. So the blog celebrates a big anniversary, too, now in its 15th year.
I plan to keep adding to Antietam on the Web and occasionally blogging for at least a couple more years, so I hope both my readers will stick around for that.
