Long line of Confederate dead on Antietam battlefied, Md. [September 19, 1862 ca.]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0617 Author/Creator: Place Written: Antietam, Maryland Type: Photograph Date: 1862/09/19 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 8.9 cm, Width: 12.1 cm Order a Copy
Taken by Gardner. The image shows a long line of Confederate dead starting in the center foreground and continuing off into the background in a wide arc. Frassantio believes the location to be near the Mumma farm. Graphite numeric notation, "49" in upper right corner. Formerly part of H.W. Fay's (keeper of Lincoln's tomb) scrapbook.
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