| Title |
Cannons, Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland, circa 1941-1970
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| Description |
Cannons, Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland, circa 1941-1970. Caption reads: "These Confederate cannon represent three batteries firing from this vicinity against Gen. Burnside's men attempting to cross Antietam Creek in the valley below. The battle in 1862 between 90,000 Federals and 40,000 Confederates resulted in a stalemate, but Lee's subsequent withdrawal ended his first effort to carry the Civil War outside of the Confederacy." Postcard number: 137149.
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| Extent |
2 images; Postcard; color |
| Date |
1941/1970 |
| Creator |
Traub, David E.
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| Location |
Baltimore; United States; Sharpsburg; Maryland; North America |
| Subject(s) |
Antietam National Battlefield (Md.); United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Battlefields; Postcards; Cannons |
| Citation |
Institute of American Deltiology postcard collection |
| Permanent Link |
https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/13178
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| Rights |
http://vocab.lib.umd.edu/rightsStatement#CNE
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| Terms of Use |
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the University of Maryland Libraries.
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