Antietam Md. Antietam Bridge on the Sharpsburg-Boonsboro Turnpike – Antique Photo 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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This historic photograph of Antietam Md. Antietam Bridge on the Sharpsburg-Boonsboro Turnpike brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Antietam Md. Antietam Bridge on the Sharpsburg-Boonsboro Turnpike
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Stone-arched and spanning Antietam Creek on the Sharpsburg-Boonsboro Turnpike, this bridge became one of the most fiercely contested spots in the battle fought near Sharpsburg on September 17, 1862. Union troops under Ambrose Burnside spent hours trying to force a crossing against Confederate defenders on the far bank, and the span now bears his name. The 1862 glass negative was made in the weeks after the fighting and is long credited to Alexander Gardner, though that attribution is uncertain. Notice the open ground around the crossing, which explains why the attackers were so exposed.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0128 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. 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--Transportation. Antietam Battle of Md. 1862. Bridges.United States--Maryland--Antietam. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,722 × 1,356 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46074 |
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