Antietam, Maryland. View where Sumner's Corps charged
Item
Type - photograph or illustration
Photograph
Title - caption or label given by the creator
Antietam, Maryland. View where Sumner's Corps charged
Creator - photographer or artist
Gardner, Alexander (1821 - 1882)
Date Created
September 1862
Abstract - summary of image contents
image of the remains of conflict near the Dunker Church on the Antietam Battlefield near Sharpsburg, Maryland
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, Maryland
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
- Stereo filed in LOT 4168.
- Photographer name from negative sleeve: Alexander Gardner.
- Caption from negative sleeve: View of Antietam Battlefield where Sumner's Corps charged the enemy. Scene of terrific conflict. Sept. 1862.
- Two plates form left (LC-B811-568B) and right (LC-B811-568A) halves of a stereograph pair.
- Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-C.
- Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- Photographer name from negative sleeve: Alexander Gardner.
- Caption from negative sleeve: View of Antietam Battlefield where Sumner's Corps charged the enemy. Scene of terrific conflict. Sept. 1862.
- Two plates form left (LC-B811-568B) and right (LC-B811-568A) halves of a stereograph pair.
- Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-C.
- Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.