Extra Credit Questions

[STS Lincolnite]

(01-23-2024 06:25 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Scott asked me to post this photo. He will then post below.

Rob, you have the correct trip...but not the correct location or date. But you are close enough for me to reveal the answer...

This original photo posted to start off this question is of the Stephen P. Grove Farm (aka Mt. Airy). It's located just west of Sharpsburg, Maryland. It is about 2 miles from Antietam Creek. I was able to make a visit to the area in November of 2023 and snapped the photo. The home is now a private residence, but there is a Civil War Trails marker on the main road. The home can be seen and photographed from there.

To conclude this question, I asked Roger to post a photo that Alexander Gardner took of Lincoln with McClellan and his staff in the front yard of the Grove home taken on Oct. 3, 1862. You can see the roof and chimneys of the home poking out above the tents.