Paper covers, 64 pp. Antietam Publications, 1987.  Signed by the author.  Excellent condition; only wear is very minor to back cover. Illustrated with black & white photos and maps. Describes the farms and houses on and near the battlefield at Antietam that were used as field hospitals – their locations, their residents, and the doctors and patients that occupied each.  Also included is a 6 mile long driving tour of these hospitals.

John W. Schildt grew up in Walkersville, Maryland, and is a graduate of Shepherd University and Wesley Theological Seminary. He has been a pastor, teacher and chaplain of the Twenty-Ninth Division Association. He is a founding member of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Maryland, as well as the Save Historic Antietam Foundation. Among his many books are Drums Along the Antietam, Roads to Gettysburg, These Honored Dead and others. As a certified guide at Antietam, he has led tours of individuals, colleges, military groups and others for fifty years. Rev. Schildt was introduced to Civil War history by his great-grandmother who fed Union troops on the way to Gettysburg when she was a little girl. John has been a lecturer and guide for the Gettysburg College Civil War Institute, Bud Robertson’s “Campaigning with Lee”, the Chicago Civil War Round Table, and many other groups. He was the main speaker at the 125th anniversary of Antietam. Outside of Civil War history, John has led educational excursions to Normandy and took part in the American and French commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the D-day landing in 1994.  [ld][ph:L]

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