. The olive branch of peace and good will to ment anti-war history of the Brethren and Mennonites, the peace people of the South, during the civil war, 1861-1865 . orth of town, and was built in stood within the lines of battle fought along thebanks of the Antietam Creek, Sept. 17, 1862, and waspartly demolished by the batteries of both armies,as shown in the picture. After the battle it was used as a hospital for boththe blue and the gray, and is a silent witness ofhuman carnage and inhuman warfare. The buildingwas re])aired in 1864, since which time it has beenused regularly as a hou
. The olive branch of peace and good will to ment anti-war history of the Brethren and Mennonites, the peace people of the South, during the civil war, 1861-1865 . orth of town, and was built in stood within the lines of battle fought along thebanks of the Antietam Creek, Sept. 17, 1862, and waspartly demolished by the batteries of both armies,as shown in the picture. After the battle it was used as a hospital for boththe blue and the gray, and is a silent witness ofhuman carnage and inhuman warfare. The buildingwas re])aired in 1864, since which time it has beenused regularly as a house of worship by our I) War Department i)n)posed to ])urchase the houseand ])reserve it as a relic of this bloofly event. TheDlTer, however, was declined by our l>rethren, believ-ing it would serve a better ])uri)()se by using it as aplace in which to worship the Trince of Peace andteach the doctrine of lore and i:^ood will A tablethas been i)laced on the outer wall, to the right of thedoor, by the government, which gives a brief historyof the meetingliouse and its connection with this bat-tle. This tablet is read b\- thousands of visitors who. 3O 1^to u CO a C/3 138 THE OLIVE BRANCH OF PEACE. come to see the battle-ground, and the * green mound where a loved one has been laid away. Brother Samuel Moomaw,—who donated and deed-ed to our Brethren, the church lot whereon the Sharps-burg house was built in 1852 or 53,—was born in was a relative of Elder ]>. F. iMoomaw, of Bon-sacks, Va., and the father of M. Alice Mumma, nowliving in Sharpsburg. He was living within the linesof battle at the tin^c of this engagement. His dwellinghouse, barn and nearly every building, with most oftheir contents, were laid in ashes during the battle,leaving scarcely a change of raiment for his family.—From Brethrens Almanac, i8q8. ELDER DAXIEL THOMAS. Elder Daniel Thomas lived near Spring Creek,Rockingham Co., Va., and his home was a place wheremany refugees found shelt
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