From roots-in@irc.rootsweb.com Mon Mar 12 08:37:06 2001 Received: from newmail.rootsweb.com (newmail.rootsweb.com [192.168.1.103]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f2CFb6b16348; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:37:06 -0700 Received: from irc.rootsweb.com (irc.rootsweb.com [192.168.1.126]) by newmail.rootsweb.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2CFb6B10225 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:37:06 -0700 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by irc.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA19382 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:37:15 -0700 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [192.168.1.123]) by irc.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA19113 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 06:09:45 -0700 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f2CD9aT31697; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 06:09:36 -0700 X-Envelope-From: gwilk@ohio.net Mon Mar 12 06:09:36 2001 Received: from newmail.rootsweb.com (newmail.rootsweb.com [192.168.1.103]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f2CD9ab31685 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 06:09:36 -0700 Received: from medina.ohio.net (medina.ohio.net [206.25.226.2]) by newmail.rootsweb.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2CD9ZB26287 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 06:09:36 -0700 Received: from 0015836897 ([207.1.37.244]) by medina.ohio.net(8.8.5/25) with SMTP id MAA22215; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:59:36 GMT for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:59:36 GMT Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20010312080952.00699148@mail.ohio.net> X-Sender: gwilk@mail.ohio.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:09:52 -0500 To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com From: Bud Wilkinson In-Reply-To: <200103112319.f2BNJR622030@lists5.rootsweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: roots-in@irc.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Dunkards The Maryland Civil War site mentioned in the Southern Living article is the Antietam Battlefield at Sharpsburg, MD. The Battle of Antietam is considered the bloodiest single day battle of the war, with more than 23,000 casualties. Some of the heaviest fighting occured in the area of the Dunkard(Dunker) Church. The original Church was still standing until the early 1900's when it was destroyed during a severe storm. The Church was rebuilt and still stands on one of the best preserved battlefieds of the Civil War. There are several websites devoted to this battle, and pictures of the Church can be found there. While I know little about the Dunkards, I believe they are also known as the German Baptist Brethren, and some of their beliefs are similar to those of the Quakers and the Amish. The founders of the Church in Maryland were descendants of early immigrants from Germany Bud Wilkinson >Does anyone have any information on a regions group known as the Dunkards? Saw an article in a Southern Living about a Civil War site in Maryland and it mentioned that this was also where the Dunkards ( a religious group) had lived about the time of the Revolutionary War. If anyone has any information about this, please let me know. > >Candy Garrison Kurilko >jmk1984@bellsouth.net