History of Antietam National Cemetery (- A lone grave)
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Caption from negative sleeve: A lone grave on battlefield of Antietam.
Burials prior to re-interment in Antietam National Cemetery
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History of Antietam National Cemetery (- Graves of Federal soldiers at Burnside Bridge)
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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.
History of Antietam National Cemetery ( -The Burial Detail)
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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.