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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Dead Confederate soldiers and artillery horses on Antietam battlefield, near Dunker Church.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0754 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Sharpsburg, Md. Type: Photograph Date: 19 September 1862 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "View of Battlefield at Antietam." Dead Confederates and their horses lie in scattered clusters. An abandoned limber and a Federal burial party [far right] can also be seen in the background. Numeric notation on verso: "24."

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