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The charge across the Burnside Bridge--Antietam / E. Forbes. – Vintage Print

The charge across the Burnside Bridge--Antietam / E. Forbes., 1862 Sept. 17. — historic drawing
The charge across the Burnside Bridge--Antietam / E. Forbes., 1862 Sept. 17.. Historic drawing from the Civil War collection.

(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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Pencil drawing dated September 17, 1862, shows the charge across Burnside Bridge, the stone span over Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland. The bridge was the scene of a costly Union assault that afternoon, when troops under Ambrose Burnside pushed across against Confederate defenders posted on the far bank. The fighting there was part of the Battle of Antietam, which remains the bloodiest single day in American military history. The sheet came to the Library of Congress as a gift from J.P. Morgan in 1919 and belongs to its Civil War drawing collection.

Created / published1862 Sept. 17.
Medium1 drawing : pencil.
GenreDrawings American 1860-1870.
NotesGift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.39) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection.
SubjectsAntietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. Bridges--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Maryland--Antietam
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,532 × 2,571 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218300

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