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

Independent Pennsylvania Battery "E" (Knapp’s Battery)

September 22, 2012

Library of Congress,Miscellaneous document sources

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.

Library of Congress image.

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