by Tom McMillan and John Banks
Authors John Banks and Tom McMillan dive deep into the Battle of Antietam — September 17, 1862, the bloodiest day in American history — as well as into the 1862 Maryland Campaign and other Civil War topics. Join these longtime journalists, who, along with their guests, share stories, knowledge and much more about the battle and the most compelling period in American history. The podcast is sponsored by Civil War Trails, which since 1994 has connected visitors with small towns and big stories across a network that now spans six states.
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April 20, 2025
<p>In a mini-podcast, Jon Erik-Girot — curator at the Thomas Espy Post at the Andrew Carnegie (Pa.) Free Library And Music Hall — dishes with co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks on the recently held Maryland Campaign Symposium he organized. It featured historians Scott Harwig ("I Dread The Thought Of The Place"), Dennis Frye, Harry Smeltzer, John Hoptak, Ashley Whitehead Luskey and Kevin Pawlak. The podcast is sponsored by Civil War Trails.</p>
April 12, 2025
<p>In a freewheeling Episode 34 — taped before an audience at the Maryland Campaign Symposium at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pa. — historians Scott Hartwig (I Dread The Thought Of The Place), Kevin Pawlak and Harry Smeltzer, as well as Dana Shoaf and Melissa Hacker Winn of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Md., visit with co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks.</p><p>The podcast is brought to you by Civil War Trails.</p>
March 24, 2025
<p>In a freewheeling Episode 33, podcast hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks discuss Iron Brigade officer Rufus Dawes, who endured despite losing his best friend at Antietam. Plus, Tom dishes on his upcoming book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Year-That-Made-America-Independence/dp/1493090585">The Year That Made America</a>, and John talks about staring into Ben Franklin's privy in Philadelphia and a post-Gettysburg battlefield tramping massage in Biglerville. </p><p><strong>The podcast is sponsored by </strong><a href="https://www.civilwartrails.org/"><strong>Civil War Trails</strong></a><strong>, which since 1994 has connected visitors with small towns and big stories across a network that now spans six states.</strong></p><p>Join McMillan and Banks for regular podcasts about Antietam, the Maryland Campaign and the Civil War — the most compelling period in American history.</p><p>McMillan is author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Our-Flag-Was-Still-There/dp/1637587333">Our Flag Was Still There</a> and other books. Banks is author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Road-Trip-Lifetime/dp/1734627670">A Civil War Road Trip Of A Lifetime.</a> Find them on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authortommcmillan">Author Tom McMillan </a>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/johnbankscivilwar/">John Banks' Civil War Blog</a>. Banks' popular Civil War<a href="https://john-banks.blogspot.com/"> blog is here</a>.</p>
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