Bolivar Height Oct 3rd, 1862
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Lieutenant William Frances Smith of Company D, First Delaware infantry wrote home to his mother after Antietam. The letter, seen above, was recently sold by Museum Quality Americana and brought to my attention by John Banks. William Smith also kept… continue reading
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Pvt Basil M Stedman
Private Basil Manly Stedman of the 48th North Carolina Infantry was mortally wounded and captured at Sharpsburg in September, and died in a Frederick, MD hospital on 19 October 1862. This announcement is from the Fayetteville Semi-Weekly Observer of 29… continue reading
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James Archibald is dead in Italy
Captain James Archbald led his Company, “I” of the 132nd Pennsylvania Infantry, in action at the Sunken Road – later called “Bloody Lane” at Antietam on 17 September 1862. Two days later he wrote a friend about it … ..… continue reading
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the visible landscape, historic context
In April 1988 the US Park Service produced a report about the Antietam National Battlefield and surroundings called analysis of the visible landscape [pdf]. Its stated purpose: Recently, residents and state and local administrators have become concerned that the rural… continue reading
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The 34 star US National flag
These are the national colors of the 30th New York Infantry regiment, probably carried at Antietam, from the New York State Military Museum. Appropriately, the flag has the 34 stars in the blue canton, following the Act of April 4,… continue reading
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Joseph P Johnson
This is First Sergeant Joseph P “Little Joe” Johnson of Company C, 15th Massachuysetts Infantry, possibly in his pre-war militia uniform. He was mortally wounded at Antietam on 17 September 1862 and died in a Washington, DC hospital on 4… continue reading
