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A closer view of the field of Antietam

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0887 Author/Creator: Place Written: Sharpsburg, Md. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 9.8 x 10.2 cm Order a Copy

View of the artillery piece shown in #886, with the bodies surrounding it clearly visible. Eight soldiers bodies lay on the camera side of the piece, with two horses visible behind and to the right. Inscription on verso: "Completely Silenced Antietam." Numeric notation on verso: "94."

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