Shepherdstown battlefield preservation news with Dr. Mike Nickerson

Dr. Mike Nickerson  — president of the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association  — discusses important recent preservation news about the West Virginia battlefield. Plus, "Dr. Mike" weighs in on the battle (Sept. 19-20, 1862) — the final engagement of the Maryland Campaign — and confirms a cannonball story.

Join Tom McMillan and John Banks for regular podcasts about Antietam, the Maryland Campaign and the Civil War — the most compelling period in American history.

McMillan is author of Justice for the Forgotten Families of 9/11  and five other books. Banks is author of A Civil War Road Trip Of A Lifetime and numerous magazine articles about the Civil War and more. Find them on Facebook at Author Tom McMillan and John Banks' Civil War Blog. Banks' popular Civil War blog is here.