Alexander Gardner1862, September (taken)
A lone grave on battle-field of Antietam
[Brady's Album Gallery, no. 570.]
Albumen print, on mountLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs DivisionCall Number/Physical Location: LOT 4197 [item] [P&P], Library of Congress Control Number: 2014646938, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-05192 (digital file from original item, front) LC-DIG-ds-05193 (digital file from original item, back)
Photograph shows five soldiers near a single grave for Pvt. John Marshall, Company L, 28th Pennsylvania Volunteers under a tree on the battlefield of Antietam.
Additional information from Frassanito, William A.,
Antietam: The Photographic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978.
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