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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.
 
Bodies on the battlefield  

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Alexander Gardner's photographs of Antietam were the first ever images to show dead soldiers on the field of battle. A New York Times article about the photographs said it was if the "dead had been laid at our doorsteps."
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