Monocacy Archeological Society Monthly Meeting: "Archaeology and Understanding the Civil War Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg" by Dr. Jim Gibb

Monthly meeting of the Monocacy Archeological Society, the local chapter of the Maryland Archeological Society. The month's topic is "Archaeology and Understanding the Civil War Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg" by Dr. Jim Gibb, Gibb Archeological Consulting. There are excellent books on the subject of the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg, from the Confederate perspective), including hour-by-hour action in one of the fiercest battles of the American Civil War. Archaeology provides some details not otherwise seen by combatants through the dense smoke and noise of the bloodiest day in American history. This illustrated presentation focuses on archaeological investigation of the parking lot in front of the Antietam National Battlefield Site, providing hitherto undocumented details of one small sector of the battlefield. Open to all.