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The untold story of Antietam’s Dunker Church: From battlefield icon to rubble and revival
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- Oct 28, 2025
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Summary
In Episode 49, former Antietam National Park Service ranger Alann Schmidt joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a freewheeling discussion about the iconic Dunker Church on the battlefield. Schmidt, co-author of September Mourn | The Dunker Church of Antietam Battlefield , also dishes on the church's lesser-known post-war history (pile of rubble, convenience store). Plus. McMillan tells the story of an inscription by a veteran on the exterior of the church. This 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. Join McMillan and Banks for regular podcasts about Antietam, the Maryland Campaign and the Civil War — the most compelling period in American history. McMillan is author of the recently released The Year That Made America: From Rebellion to Independence and four other books . Banks is author of A Civil War Road Trip Of A Lifetime and numerous magazine articles about the Civil War . Find them on Facebook at Author Tom McMillan and John Banks' Civil War Blog . Banks' popular Civil War blog is here .