Antietam National Battlefield - Historic Newspaper Sketches of Antietam Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service)

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	Antietam National Battlefield Historic Newspaper Sketches of Antietam Battlefield

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Historic Sketches

1st Maryland Battery

At the Fence

Bloody Lane

Bodies gathered for burial

Burial Crew

Burial Crews

Burnside Bridge

Charge of the 20th New York Infantry

First Corps Crossing


			Did You Know? 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."

Last Updated: July 29, 2006 at 15:03 EST