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Antietam National Battlefield
Black and White Photographs of Antietam Battlefield
Ohio Attorney Albert Kern was an avid collector, historian and photographer. Although not a Civil War vereran himself, he was extremely active in veteran's affairs. He traveled to Antietam and took a series of spectacular images that are part of our archives courtesy of the Montgomery County Historical Society in Dayton, Ohio.
 
Nelson Miles during the Civil War  

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Colonel Nelson Miles of the 64th New York Infantry was a volunteer officer at Antietam and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at Chancellorsville. After the Civil War he remained in the Army and by the Spanish American War in 1898 he was the Commanding General of the U.S. Army.

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