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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Main St., Sharpsburg, Maryland, with St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the distance.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0760 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Sharpsburg, Md. Type: Photograph Date: 19 September 1862 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 12.1 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Principal Street in Sharpsburg." Main Street stetches down a hill and then back up again toward the woods where Gen. Lee's headquarters were located oods far into the distance. Numeric notation on verso: "49."

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