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File Details: AJRQm, 1000 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 31.4 Mb

Image ID: AJRQ

Credit:

by Gardner (Alexander)

Date:

1862.09

Negative Size:

4 in. x 10 in. stereo

Equipment:

horse, limber

Locations & Lines:

Antietam battlefield; Maryland

Military Units:

CS Army; US Army

Sources:

Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 568. View on battle field of Antietam where Sumner’s corps charged the enemy. Scene of terrific conflict. [Gardner Co. stereo card.

Photographic War History. The War For The Union. No. 568. Where Sumner’s Corps Charged at Antietam. This view shows where a battery of Rebel artillery was posted in the morning of Sept. 17, 1862. During the day Sumner’s Corps charged over this portion of the field, and the dead bodies of men and horses, and the broken gun-carriage shows how the tide of battle carried destruction and death with it. [Taylor & Huntington stereo card]

Gardner No. 568.

Etched onto negative: 19 [crossed out]. 568. Written on negative: 568.

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