Ruins of Mumma house, Antietam battlefield, Md. [September 19-20, 1862 ca.]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0726 Author/Creator: Place Written: Sharpsburg, Md. Type: Photograph Date: 1862/9/19-20 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 9.5 x 12.7 cm Order a Copy
Although inscription on verso reads, "Ruins of Summit House," the image is clearly of the Mumma homestead at Sharpsburg [Antietam], Md. The image has also been identified by Frassanito in his book "Antietam" as "Ruins of the Mumma house" and was taken by Gardner on either 9/19/62 or 9/20/62. The house was ordered to be burned by Confederates fearing that Federal forces would occupy the buildings for sharpshooting. Numeric Notation on verso: "142."
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