The Hershey Civil War Roundtable will meet on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 542, 8000 Derry St., Harrisburg. Guest speaker Scott Hartwig will present "Antietam: The Soldiers' Experience." The program will also be livestreamed via Zoom and Facebook, and the recording will be posted at http://www.hersheycwrt.org after the meeting.

Although soldiers on both sides had already experienced hard fighting in the Seven Days Battles and Second Manassas Campaign, the Battle of Antietam still shocked those who took part in it. Hartwig will tell the story of how the soldiers, both enlisted men and officers, experienced the battle. He will discuss not just the shooting part, but the mental and physical preparation for combat and how some withstood the frightful shock of battle while others crumbled.

The meeting is free and open to the public. For additional information, contact Ricky Hollis at rickyhollissr@gmail.com or visit the aforementioned website.