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Army blacksmith at Antietam

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1001 Author/Creator: Place Written: Sharpsburg, Md. Type: Photograph Date: September 1862 Pagination: 1 photograph 9.2 x 10.5 cm Order a Copy

Same as #1002. The image shows a busy blacksmith's shop, with what appears to be an African-American smith seated in the center of the photo surrounded by equipment, horses and soldiers. Numeric notation on image: "110." Inscription on verso: "Army blacksmith and forge, Antietam, Sept., 1862." Numeric notations on verso: "110" and "34."

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