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History of Antietam National Cemetery (- A lone grave)

Collection Name

Antietam National Cemetery, 1867

About

Burials prior to re-interment in Antietam National Cemetery

Media Items

B&W photo of Tree in winter on hill with soldiers in the distance and stone grave markers around tree
wcac311s.jpg
ItemID
wcac311
IDEntry
1292
Creator
Alexander Gardner
Rights
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Civil War Photographs,LC-DIG-cwpb-01110
Date
1862
Collection Location
Library of Congress
Subject
Antietam National Cemetery
United States History
Civil War 1861-1865
Registers of dead
Coverage
Washington County, Md; 1862-1869.

Caption from negative sleeve: A lone grave on battlefield of Antietam.

Notes

It was from graves like this that remains were moved to the National Cemetery in 1867.