This year the Antietam Institute is offering a series of monthly members-only battlefield excursions called “Following in the Footsteps.” These two-hour programs on Saturday mornings over the course of six months will be led by Antietam Institute historians and will cover the actions of a specific regiment or battery on the battlefield.
During each month’s excursion, you’ll follow in the footsteps of a specific unit, learning where it was raised, its service before Antietam, and who commanded it. The excursion leader will stop at critical locations around the battlefield to explain what the unit and its soldiers experienced on September 17, 1862.
The hikes are for current members only, and advance registration is required (login before registering), but there is no fee to attend.
Institute historian, Gary Rohrer will lead the hike: “A Senseless Charge into a Cauldron of Fire” The 7th Maine Volunteer Infantry
This hike will focus on the 7th Maine Volunteer Infantry’s role at the Battle of Antietam. As we walk, we will introduce the unit, its role in repulsing a Confederate counterattack, events leading to its attack over the Piper Farm and its subsequent position after returning to the Union line on the right flank of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, VI Corps.
The hike will begin and end at the Samuel Mumma Farm. The length of this hike is approximately a mile, over moderate terrain.
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