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This extract from an Antietam hospital record is for Private William Randolph Cox of the 14th Indiana Infantry. “3^d Div, 2^d AC” refers to 3rd Division of the 2nd Army Corps, of which the 14th Indiana was a part, and their field hospital was located on the R. F. Kennedy farm on the west bank of Antietam Creek. The better-known Pry and Neikirk farms are nearby.

Big thanks to his great-great-grandson Matt Wynn for sending me that card and alerting me to Private Cox.

This is Sharpsburg veteran DeWitt Clinton Wellen, late of the 31st Virginia Infantry, seen here many years later. His photograph kindly shared to his Find-a-grave memorial by descendant Darrell Groves.

This fabulous photograph is from Jeff Radcliffe who took it about a week ago at Arlington National Cemetery. Pictured is the original 1864 grave marker for Antietam veteran Michael Byrns, a Private in Company A, 63rd New York Infantry. It’s slowly being swallowed by that massive tree.

Jeff tells me he made the photo with a Hasselblad SWC using Ilford HP5 black & white film, scanned at 1200 dpi. I’ve reduced it somewhat for the web. Touch the image to see it larger.