Antietam, Maryland. A lone grave
Item
Type - photograph or illustration
Photograph
Title - caption or label given by the creator
Antietam, Maryland. A lone grave
Creator - photographer or artist
Gardner, Alexander (1821 - 1882)
Date Created
September 1862
Abstract - summary of image contents
Image of Union soldiers standing by single grave next to a tree on the Antietam Battlefield
Subject - ex: soldier(s) in uniform, landscape, city street, interior scene, etc.
soldiers, landscape
Spatial Coverage - the place depicted (geographical location)
Antietam Battlefield near Sharpsburg, MD
Format - ex: ambrotype, glass plate negative, copy print, etc.
Wet collodion glass plate negative
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
- Photographer name from negative sleeve: Alex. Gardner.
- Caption from negative sleeve: A lone grave on battlefield of Antietam.
- Two plates form left (LC-B811-570B) and right (LC-B811-570A) halves of a stereograph pair.
- Corresponding print is in LOT 4168.
- Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- Caption from negative sleeve: A lone grave on battlefield of Antietam.
- Two plates form left (LC-B811-570B) and right (LC-B811-570A) halves of a stereograph pair.
- Corresponding print is in LOT 4168.
- Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.