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This is Major Isaac Law Haldeman of the 124th Pennsylvania Infantry, who may have commanded the regiment at some point at Antietam after Colonel Hawley was wounded. His photograph is…

John S. Jardine was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1805 but was a farmer in Pennsylvania and a married father by 1833. He had 9 children altogether with his Pennsylvania-born…

Four days after his 21st birthday, Private Samuel R Zebley of the 124th Pennsylvania Infantry was killed at Antietam. His internment back home in Wilmington, DE was reported by the…

Sergeant William W Potts of the 124th Pennsylvania Infantry was wounded by a gunshot to his right foot in action in Miller's cornfield at Antietam on 17 September 1862. On…

15 year old local boy Harris Mellinger was killed at Antietam on 17 September 1862. His hometown of Middleburg was just north of Sharpsburg on the PA-MD state line -…