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Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland, circa 1940-1970

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Summary:Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland, circa 1940-1970. Caption reads: "The burial place of Federal dead largely from the battles of Antietam and South Mountain. Of 4,776 Civil War burials, 1,836 are unidentified. The large monument represents a Union soldier guarding the Bivouac of the Dead." Postcard number: S-45311-1.
Creator:Traub, David E.
Provider:Traub Company
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:Baltimore
Temporal subject: 1941-1950
1951-1960
1961-1970
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:Maryland
Geographical subject – Settlement:Sharpsburg
Topical subjects:Cemeteries
Antietam National Cemetery
Battlefields
Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Monuments & memorials
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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