Antietam Maryland. Ditch with bodies of soldiers on right wing used as a rifle pit – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Antietam Maryland. Ditch with bodies of soldiers on right wing used as a rifle pit, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Antietam Maryland. Ditch with bodies of soldiers on right wing used as a rifle pit
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Taken at Antietam in Maryland in September 1862, this view shows a ditch on the right wing, used by Confederate troops as a rifle pit, with the bodies of soldiers still lying in it. The fighting near Sharpsburg on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American military history, and photographers who reached the field within days recorded scenes most civilians had never seen. The image is a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required the plate to be coated and exposed before it dried. The sleeve names Alexander Gardner, though this attribution has been questioned for some pictures from the battlefield.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Photographer name from negative sleeve: Gardner. Caption from negative sleeve: Antietam Md. Sept. 1862 Ditch on right wing used as rifle pit by Confederates. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 3,745 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46982 |
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