The first of nine beers to commemorate the 150th Civil War anniversary — Antietam Ale — is now on tap. The concoction was derived from a number of beer recipes from the 1800s and researched by National Museum of Civil War Medicine researcher Terry Reimer. Monocacy Brewing Co. in Frederick bottled the first batch Sept. 28 for distribution. Antietam Ale is based on a recipe for an English-style ale once…

History.Net looks at the question: Who Was the Common Soldier of America’s Civil War? If you follow this website and the mother site Soldier Studies you know we have a webquest dedicated to the Civil War soldier that covers a lot of this information. How Many Fought About 2.75 million soldiers fought in the Civil War — 2 million for the North and 750,000 for the South. The Average Soldier…