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Andrew Banasik, a Loudoun County resident and superintendent at Monocacy National Battlefield, will leave his post to become Antietam National Battlefield’s superintendent May 19.
HARPERS FERRY — Harpers Ferry Civil War Round Table and the Harpers Ferry Park Association will hold a guided tour of Civil War graves at Harper Cemetery at 6 p.m.
A newly-discovered map of the Battle of Antietam has shown that thousands of fallen soldiers were temporarily buried on the Civil War Battleground in a stunning visualization of the devastation of the battle. The Irish Brigade, led by General Francis Meagher, played a central role in the historic US Civil War battle.