Burning of Mr. Muma's [sic] houses and barns at the fight of the 17th of Sept. – Historic Reproduction
![Burning of Mr. Muma's [sic] houses and barns at the fight of the 17th of Sept., [1862] September 17. — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/77/77d80bff8c04-L.webp)
(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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Burning of Mr. Muma's [sic] houses and barns at the fight of the 17th of Sept. comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The site of this sketch is the Samuel Mumma farm near Sharpsburg, Maryland, where buildings burned during the fighting on September 17, 1862, the bloodiest single day of the Civil War. The drawing, rendered in pencil and Chinese white on brown paper, shows the farm's houses and barns in flames, and its title names both the owner and the 12th New York Infantry Regiment. Such scenes were common around Antietam, where the rolling farmland and its outbuildings became part of the battlefield and where local families often lost their property in the fighting. The sheet's small size and loose handling suggest it was made quickly, perhaps on the ground, which gives it the immediacy of an eyewitness record.
| Created / published | [1862] September 17. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on brown paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 21.3 x 31.7 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Mumma, Samuel--Homes & haunts. United States.--Army.--New York Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1864) Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. Dwellings--1860-1870. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. Military officers--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage.United States--Maryland--Sharpsburg |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,460 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217153 |
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