Confederate Soldier [on the Battlefield at Antietam], September 1862, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 6.1 x 9.8 cm (2 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.), Photographs, Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.), The Battle of Antietam (named after a creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland) occurred on September 17, 1862, and was known as the 'bloodiest single day of the war.' More than 26,000 soldiers on both sides were wounded or killed, including this Confederate soldier, who, according to the caption added by the Mathew Brady studio, 'after being wounded, had dragged himself to a little ravine on the hillside, where he died
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Confederate Soldier, Battlefield, Antietam, September 1862, Albumen silver print, glass negative, Image, 6.1 x 9.8 cm, 2 3/8 3 7/8, Photographs, Alexander Gardner, American, Glasgow, Scotland, 1821–1882, Washington, D.C., Battle, creek, Sharpsburg, Maryland, occurred, 17, 1862, bloodiest single, day, war, 26, 000 soldiers, sides, wounded, killed, soldier, according, caption added, Mathew Brady, studio, dragged, little ravine, hillside, died
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