PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
"Steven R. Stotelmyer is a native of Hagerstown, Maryland. He first visited Antietam National Battlefield as a child picnicking with his family in the Philadelphia Brigade Park. He has been fascinated with Antietam ever since. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Frostburg State College and a Master of Arts from Hood College in Frederick. Mr. Stotelmyer was employed as a teacher in Washington County. The high point of the school year in the spring for his students was the all-day field trip to Antietam. After ten years teaching Steve made a career change into surveying, and civil engineering, in Frederick County. His daily commute took him over the South Mountain Battlefield. This travel, and the twenty-five years in ""Fredericktowne"" expanded his curiosity into the Maryland Campaign. He returned to Washington County and was employed by county government in the Public Works Department. Steve retired in 2014 and has since been pursuing his lifetime avocation at Antietam. In 1989 Stotelmyer was a founding member of the Central Maryland Heritage League, a non-profit land trust which helped preserve some of the South Mountain Battlefield. During his tenure with CMHL he discovered significant information regarding the Battle of South Mountain and the Legend of Wise's Well. This led to the publication of The Bivouacs of the Dead: The Story of Those Who Died at Antietam and South Mountain (Toomey Press, 1992). In 2019 Stotelmyer authored Too Useful To Sacrifice, Reconsidering George B. McClellan's Generalship in the Maryland Campaign from South Mountain to Antietam. (Savas Beatie, 2019). Currently, Steve is a National Park Service Volunteer as well as a NPS Certified Antietam and South Mountain Battlefield Tour Guide."
