This document provides resources and guidance for researching the Civil War service of Sgt. C.D.M. Broomhall of the 124th Pennsylvania Volunteers. It recommends starting with the National Archives website to access pension records and newspaper accounts. Other valuable sources include town records, libraries, battlefields, and regimental histories. The document highlights Broomhall's diary, which can tell his story in his own words during his nine months of service from Antietam to Chancellorsville.

1. History Lost and Found Companion Handout for From Antietam to Chancellorsville The Diary of Sgt. C. D. M. Broomhall 124 th Pennsylvania Volunteers A Short Guide to Researching the Civil War Presented by Carolyn Ivanoff

2. The Cover of the Diary as Found

3. Who was CDMB? The First Identity Clue The Search…..

4. The Best First Research Stop

5. The National Archives at www.archives.gov

6. View of a Completed Electronic Pension Record Order

7. CMSR s

8. CDMB’s Pension Application

9. Contemporary Newspaper Accounts

10. Vital Records ,Town Halls , State and Local Historical Societies Goldmines for Historical Information and Local History

11. Don’t Forget our National Parks and Battlefields Spread the Preservation Message: Make History by Saving History!

12. On-line Resources and Sites: Antietam on the Web – The #1 Antietam Electronic Resource

13. Reaching Out and Making Connections Genealogy, Friends, Family, Generosity

14. Discharges can provide valuable information about the soldier…If you can find them.

15. Obituaries and Cemeteries

16. Where to find Obituaries?

17. Regimental Histories

18. Fragments of CDMB’s Correspondence with the Antietam Battlefield Board

19. Memories and Memorials The “Infantryman” Monument to the 124 th Pennsylvania Volunteers At the time of the Dedication in 1904 and Today

21. The Essential Antietam Book Shelf

23. Don’t forget the Library of Congress – Contemporary Primary Source Images Can Help Tell the Story Through the Eyes and Words of Those Who Witnessed It

24. CDMB’s Nine Month Journey Telling the Story with His Own Words