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History of Antietam National Cemetery (- Graves of Federal soldiers at Burnside Bridge)

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Burials prior to re-interment in Antietam National Cemetery

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ItemID
wcac308
IDEntry
1290
Creator
Alexander Gardner
Rights
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Civil War Photographs, LC-DIG-cwpb-00254
Date
1862
Collection Location
Library of Congress
Coverage
Washington County, Md; 1862-1869.
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Caption from negative sleeve: Graves of Federal Soldiers at Burnside Bridge, Antietam, 21st September, 1862.

-- It is believed that these are the 12 graves of the 51st New York Volunteers, who died trying to cross the Lower Bridge across the Antietam.