All Episodes
Antietam Institute spring symposium podcast: All-Star Civil War historians join 60th episode
On a special 60th edition of the podcast, an all-star lineup of guests — Scott Hartwig, Dr. Jennifer Murray, Doug Douds, Dr. Jim Broomall and Dan Welch — joins co-host...
Exploring Antietam's historic farmsteads with Chris Vincent
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 P...
Medal of Honor stories and Antietam insights with guide Jess Rowley
In Episode 58, Antietam battlefield guide Jess Rowley — a former National Park Service ranger — joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a freewheeling discussio...
William Griffing on transcribing 15,000 Civil War soldier letters and his Spared & Shared site
In Episode 57, William Griffing joins co-host John Banks (with Tom McMillan off this week) for a conversation about his remarkable transcriptions of Civil War soldier ...
Lee invades the North: Brad Gottfried on Antietam, Gettysburg, Lincoln and the generals
In Episode 56, prolific author/historian Brad Gottfried joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a discussion about his latest book, Lee Invades The North: A Com...
First Corps at Antietam: Historian Darin Wipperman on Hooker, Burnside and Union command
In Episode 55, historian Darin Wipperman breaks down generals Joseph Hooker and Ambrose Burnside and explains the First Corps’ role at Antietam with co-hosts John Bank...
Antietam’s forgotten front: Robert Dunkerly on Burnside Bridge, the Lower Battlefield and America’s Bloodiest Day
In Episode 54, historian Robert Dunkerly joins co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks for a discussion about his book, The Lower Battlefield of Antietam: The Forgotten F...
Armies of Antietam: Inside the regiments and leaders of America’s bloodiest day
In Episode 53, Jim Smith and Robert Gottschalk join co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan to discuss their new book, Armies of Antietam, a comprehensive look at the org...
From Antietam to Ireland: Thomas Meagher, the Irish Brigade and an American Civil War journey
In Episode 52, Irishman and historian Cóilín Ó Coigligh of County Cavan gives co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks the lowdown on Irish soldiers who fought at Antietam...
Essential Antietam books: From Stephen Sears to William Frassanito
In Episode 51, with the holiday season looming, co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks discuss a range of Antietam books — from Landscape Turned Red by Stephen Sears to ...
Historian George Rable explores Lincoln vs. McClellan and the high-stakes election of 1864
In Episode 50, historian George Rable — author of Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War — takes a deep dive with co-hosts Joh...
The untold story of Antietam’s Dunker Church: From battlefield icon to rubble and revival
In Episode 49, former Antietam National Park Service ranger Alann Schmidt joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a freewheeling discussion about the iconic Dun...
Antietam guide Gary Rohrer on the 1962 centennial, battlefield bridges and South Mountain history
In Episode 48, Antietam guide and lifelong western Marylander Gary Rohrer joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a freewheeling discussion about the battlefiel...
Gettysburg guide Jim Hessler talks about George Armstrong Custer, Antietam Lincoln photo and Libbie Custer
In Episode 47, licensed Gettysburg battlefield guide Jim Hessler, an expert on George Armstrong Custer, joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a freewheeling d...
Civil War Breakfast Club co-hosts talk Antietam stories, generals and 'hidden' history
In Episode 46, Darin Weeks and Mare Fincher, co-hosts of the excellent "Civil War Breakfast Club" podcast, join co-hosts John Banks (fresh from a trip to Ireland) and ...
Best of The Antietam And Beyond Podcast: Scott Hartwig, Tom Clemens, Dennis Frye, Troy Cool, Dana Shoaf, Jennifer Murray
In Episode 45, join co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a "Best Of" podcast featuring these previous guests:Historian Scott Hartwig on researching for his epic I ...
Antietam unearthed: Justin Martin on 'A Fierce Glory'
In Episode 44, Justin Martin — author of A Fierce Glory about the Battle of Antietam and four other books — talks with co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan about the m...
Mapping Antietam: Aaron Holley's GPS meets historic cartography
On Episode 43, Aaron Holley — an Antietam Institute board member and West Virginia University graduate — talks with co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan about fields o...