Faces of Union Soldiers at Antietam

By Joseph Stahl and Matthew Borders

Join Matthew Borders and Joseph Stahl as they share their expertise and grant glimpses into the lives of those who fought to preserve the Union.

The Battle of Antietam, fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was the bloodiest day in American history, with more than twenty-three thousand dead, wounded and missing. This book invites the reader to walk the routes of some of the units on the field through the stories of thirty-six individual soldiers who fought on that day. The images of the soldiers in this work, many of which have never been published before, give faces to the fighting men at Antietam, as well as insight into their lives

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Jul 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781439667255

Joseph Stahl

Matthew Borders holds a BA in U.S. history and an MS in historic preservation. Matthew is a founding member of the Antietam Institute and the president of the Frederick County Civil War Round Table. Currently, he is a National Park Service ranger at Monocacy National Battlefield in Frederick, Maryland. Joseph W. Stahl retired from the Institute for Defense Analyses. Since his retirement, he has become a volunteer and NPS Licensed Battlefield Guide at Antietam and Harpers Ferry. He received BS and MS degrees from Missouri University of Science and Technology and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. Joe has authored more than two dozen articles about items in his collections for Gettysburg Magazine , the Washington Times Civil War Page, Manuscripts , America's Civil War and Military Collector & Historian.