Antietam battlefield, with Federal soldier surveying the field with binoculars from atop a hill, near McClellan's headquarters.

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0755-View header record
Type
Images
Date
18 September 1862
Title
Antietam battlefield, with Federal soldier surveying the field with binoculars from atop a hill, near McClellan's headquarters.
Place Written
Sharpsburg, Md.
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 11.4 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Inscription on verso: "Battlefield-Antietam." Soldier looks over the battlefield the day after the battle, showing reserve artillery stationed on the left side of the image and a Federal soldiers bivouacked on the right. Numeric notation on verso: "80."

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