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Antietam National Battlefield
Modern Photographs of the Battlefield
Artillery at Antietam  

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Over 500 cannons particpated in the Battle of Antietam, firing over 50,000 rounds of ammunition. The cannonade was so severe that Confederate artillery commander Colonel S.D. Lee described the battle as "artillery hell."

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