Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1913 — TO BUY ANTIETAM LANDMARK [ARTICLE]

TO BUY ANTIETAM LANDMARK

Dunkard Church on Battlefield May Be Sold to Government to Be Used for Office. It Is now said on good authority that the United States government is desirous of acquiring the old Dunkard church on Antietam battlefield, anti that the war department will use It as an office, if It can be purchased, according to the Baltimore News. , The church is a small, rough cast structure, built in 1851, and it is located along the Hagerstown and SharpSburg turnpike, near Bloody Lane. It is still used for services by the Manor congregation, Church of the Brethren, and the congregation wishes to dispose of the property. ■ The title to the church, however; is complicated, as the deed of gift for the site from Samuel Mumma provided that it be used by the Church of the Brethren to erect a house of public worship thereon and hold therein their services. Any deviation from this purpose would, in the opinion of lawyers, cause title to revert to the Mumma heirs, who are numerous and scattered' The Maryland monument is near the church, also those of Indiana, New Jersey and the Philadelphia brigade.