About this episode

Chris Vincent discusses Antietam's historic farmsteads and the upcoming symposium.

In Episode 59, Antietam Institute executive director Chris Vincent takes co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan on a tour (virtually) of Antietam farmsteads — from the Poffenbergers’ to the John Otto farmhouse — and shares details about the upcoming Antietam Institute spring symposium. This podcast is sponsored by the Michigan Civil War Association and Civil War Trails , which since 1994 has connected visitors with small towns and big stories across a network that now spans six states. Join McMillan and Banks for regular podcasts about Antietam, the Maryland Campaign and the Civil War — the most compelling period in American history. McMillan is author of The Year That Made America: From Rebellion to Independence and four other books . Banks is author of A Civil War Road Trip Of A Lifetime and numerous magazine articles about the Civil War . Find them on Facebook at Author Tom McMillan and John Banks' Civil War Blog . Banks' popular Civil War blog is here .

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom McMillan, John Banks

Guest: Chris Vincent

Topics covered

• Antietam
• farmsteads
• Civil War
• history
• symposium

Keywords

• Antietam
• farmsteads
• Civil War
• symposium
• history

Sponsors

Michigan Civil War Association, Civil War Trails

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Antietam Institute

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