Antietam Maryland. Antietam Bridge eastern view – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Antietam Maryland. Antietam Bridge eastern view in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Antietam Maryland. Antietam Bridge eastern view
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Looking west across Antietam Creek from the east side, this view shows the stone bridge near Sharpsburg, Maryland, later known as Burnside Bridge. In September 1862, Union troops under Ambrose Burnside fought to cross it on September 17, the day of the battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in American history. The negative was once credited to Alexander Gardner, a credit that has since been revised, and it belongs to a wider group of wet collodion glass plates made during the war, when photographers hauled their darkroom equipment onto the field.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Antietam Bridge eastern view. Sept. 1862. 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 × 2,127 px · prints to 17 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46960 |
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