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Army Blacksmith and Forge, Antietam, Sept., 1862
Item
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
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
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.
- 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.
