Type - photograph or illustration

Photograph

Title - caption or label given by the creator

Army Blacksmith and Forge, Antietam, Sept., 1862

Creator - photographer or artist

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer

Bio on ABT

Date Created

September 1862

Abstract - summary of image contents

A Union army blacksmith at work surrounded by horses and other men at General McClellan's headquarters in Antietam.

Subject - ex: soldier(s) in uniform, landscape, city street, interior scene, etc.

War Work

Spatial Coverage - the place depicted (geographical location)

Antietam Battlefield, near Sharpsburg, Maryland

Format - ex: ambrotype, glass plate negative, copy print, etc.

Stereograph

Rights - a statement of any use restrictions or ownership

This item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States because copyright has expired, but we have not determined its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. You are responsible for your own use.

Source - owner or repository of original or digital image

Library of Congress

Library of Congress

Description - notes, provenance, or other information about the image

- Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.
- Title from item.
- Attributed to Alexander Gardner, based on LC-B811-587.
- Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
- Original negative is: LC-B811-587, with different cropping.