Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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Bridge on the Boonsboro Pike, Antietam, Md.

Photographic print on stereo card: albumen, hand colored; 8 x 17 cm,  showing a stone house on the eastern side of Antietam Bridge; photograph by Alexander Gardner.

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Smith's barn, used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam

Keedysville, Md., vicinity. Smith’s barn, used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam.

Photographed by Alexander Gardner.

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Antietam, Md. Blacksmith at headquarters

Antietam, Md. Blacksmith shoeing horses at headquarters, Army of the Potomac.

Photographed by Alexander Gardner.

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1862-09 Pennsylvania Independent Battery E Light Artillery approaching the battlefield at Antietam

Photograph showing Captain J. M. Knapp’s Pennsylvania Independent Battery “E” Light Artillery approaching the battlefield at Antietam, Maryland after the battle in September 1862. A dead horse lay in the foreground.

Photo by Alexander Gardner.

Given the long exposure times required for early photography, this image was staged at some time after the battle.

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1862-09 secret sevice men at antietam

Antietam, Md. Seated: R. William Moore and Allan Pinkerton. Standing: George H. Bangs, John C. Babcock, and Augustus K. Littlefield; photographed by Alexander Gardner.

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Antietam, Md. Col. John S. Crocker, Lt. Col. Benjamin C. Butler, and adjutant of 93d New York Volunteers

Antietam, Md. Col. John S. Crocker, Lt. Col. Benjamin C. Butler, and adjutant of 93d New York Volunteers (Waters Whipple Braman; see comment by Patricia B. Ruppel, below) photographed by Alexander Gardner.

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Confederate wounded at Smith's Barn

Keedysville, Md., vicinity. Confederate wounded at Smith’s Barn, with Dr. Anson Hurd, 14th Indiana Volunteers, in attendance.

Photo by photographer Alexander Gardner.

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Citizen volunteers assisting the wounded in the field of Battle.

September 17, 1862 at Antietam.

1 drawing on olive paper : pencil and Chinese white.

Signed lower right: Alf R Waud.

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Title inscribed below image.

1862-09-17 Battle of Antietam

Facsimile print by Prang & Co., © 1887 (Library of Congress copyright stamped Dec. 19, 1887) from painting by Thure de Thulstrup.

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1862-09-17 Battle of Antietam--Army of the Potomac

Battle of Antietam – Army of the Potomac: Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, comm., Sept. 17, 1862 …

Kurz & Allison., print : lithograph, color. (© 1888)

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