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History of Antietam National Cemetery ( -The Burial Detail)

Collection Name

Antietam National Cemetery, 1867

About

Burials prior to re-interment in Antietam National Cemetery

Media Items

Sketch by Frank Schell depicting the burial after the Battle of Antietam, 1862
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ItemID
wcac300
IDEntry
1262
Creator
Original Sketch by Frank Schell
Rights
Washington County Historical Society
Date
1862-10-18
Collection Location
Washington County Historical Society
Contributor
Washington County Historical Society
Subject
Antietam National Cemetery
United States History
Civil War 1861-1865
Registers of dead
Coverage
Washington County, Md; 1862-1869.

The burial party of Union soldiers after the Battle of Antietam. Those to be buried are probably Confederate dead, as trenches were dug near the Sunken Road to accomodate the large number of dead from that part of the Battlefield.