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  • Guide Scott Kenepp explores Antietam photos, monuments and battlefield history
    2026/07/10

    Antietam battlefield guide Scott Kenepp joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a wide-ranging conversation about iconic Antietam photographs, battlefield monuments — including those of the 125th and 132nd Pennsylvania — and much more.

    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.

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    56 分
  • The Gettysburg Campaign's final fight: George Franks on Falling Waters
    2026/07/30

    Historian and author George Franks joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a freewheeling discussion about the Battle of Falling Waters (Md.) — the final engagement of the Gettysburg Campaign. Franks lives in the historic Donnelly House, the battlefield's most significant surviving landmark. Along the way, he explores the battle's connections to Antietam and explains why Confederate Gen. James Pettigrew — mortally wounded at Falling Waters — was the Civil War's own "Forrest Gump."

    This podcast is sponsored by the Antietam Institute 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.

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    40 分
  • Travel the National Road, a Civil War artery, with author Brady Crytzer
    2026/08/21

    Travel with us on the National Road, an important Civil War artery, with the author of … The National Road, historian Brady Crytzer.

    This podcast is sponsored by the Antietam Institute 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.

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    56 分
  • Decisions at Antietam: The 14 choices that shaped America's bloodiest day
    2026/06/24

    Author Michael Lang joins co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks for a freewheeling discussion about his book, Decisions at Antietam: The Fourteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle. We hit on the major leaders — McClellan and Lee — and the other men who shaped America's bloodiest day.

    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.

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    53 分
  • Tom Clemens talks Antietam preservation and the McClellan HQ debate
    2026/05/28

    In Episode 63, legendary historian Tom Clemens — longtime president of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation — joins co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks to discuss the latest in Antietam preservation news. Plus, we tackle the thorny subject of George McClellan’s HQ and get the lowdown from Clemens on his latest (and epic) Antietam book

    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.

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    56 分
  • Revisiting Antietam’s aftermath: Jake Wynn on the vast hospital in Frederick, Pry House
    2026/05/15

    In Episode 62, Frederick, Maryland-based public historian Jake Wynn joins co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks for a discussion about what happened in Frederick and beyond in the aftermath of Antietam. Plus, enjoy a lively discussion about the Pry House — McClellan HQ or not? — and some Abraham Lincoln chit-chat. Wynn writes online at wynninghistory.com and is a co-host on the "Public History with Justin, Jake and Molly" podcast.

    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.

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    59 分
  • Cannons, maps and memory: Live from the Antietam Institute
    2026/04/29

    In a freewheeling Episode 61, recorded in front of a live audience at the recent Antietam Institute spring symposium, distinguished military historian Carol Reardon, Antietam map expert Aaron Holley and artillery expert Jim Rosebrock join co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks.

    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.

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    47 分
  • Antietam Institute spring symposium podcast: All-Star Civil War historians join 60th episode
    2026/04/15

    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-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a whirlwind discussion of topics before a live audience at the Antietam Institute spring symposium in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

    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.

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    56 分