“Commanders of Antietam” Speaker Series: Brig. Gen. Thomas Meagher

Historian and Author Michael Hill will present on Brig. Gen. Thomas Meagher

On Saturday July 27 at 2:00 PM at the Pry House Field Hospital Museum barn, historian and Commanders of Antietam contributor Michael Hill will discuss Brigadier General Thomas Meagher during our “Commanders of Antietam” speaker series sponsored by the Antietam Institute.

The presentation begins in the Pry Barn at 2:00 PM and is a pay-what-you-please event. There is a $3.00 suggested donation to tour the Pry House Field Hospital Museum. Members access events and tours for FREE.

The Pry House is open from 11 AM to 5 PM on Saturdays, from June 1 through October 26. It is located at 18906 Shepherdstown Pike, Keedysville, MD 21756.

Michael Hill is a native of Atlanta who grew up on the battlefield of Peachtree Creek, came to Baltimore for college at Johns Hopkins and pretty much never left, spending 35 years as a journalist at the Baltimore Sun and another ten working for the international aid organization, Catholic Relief Services. He did live one year in Fredericksburg, VA for his first job out of college, residing on a 19th century estate overlooking the Rappahannock with Confederate entrenchments in the nearby woods. And there were four years in South Africa as a foreign correspondent for The Sun. In Maryland, Michael discovered he preferred the serene atmosphere of Antietam to the honky-tonk sprawl of Gettysburg and visited many times over the years. He got serious about studying the battle after a tour with Jim Buchanan made some sense out of it and became a licensed guide in 2021.  
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