Summary: | Union gun crew reenactment and New York State Monument, Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland, circa 1941-1970. Caption reads: "Union gun crew dressed in genuine uniforms of Artillery at beginning of the War between the States, prepare to fire a 'captured' Confederate cannon of the Civil War. Cannon is a bronze 12 lb. smoothbore made in Macon, Ga., 1863. This gun crew call themselves 'Living History of Washington County, Md.' and stage battle reenactments several times a year to interest the visitors of various battlefields, at Antietam, & South Mountain in Maryland and Harper's Ferry, & Bolivar Hgts. in W. Va. The N.Y. State Monument can be seen in the background. The cannon in foreground is part of the permanent exhibit on the battlefield." Postcard number: ICS-45518-2. |
Contributor: | Kelley, Frank D. |
Provider: | Kelley's Studio |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Maryland |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Hagerstown |
Temporal subject: |
1941-1950
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1951-1960
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1961-1970
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Maryland |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Sharpsburg |
Topical subjects: | Historical reenactments |
Battlefields |
Antietam National Battlefield (Md.) |
Monuments & memorials |
Cannons |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | Institute of American Deltiology postcard collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
War, Military |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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