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Antietam National BattlefieldBronze plaque from Durell's Pennsylvania artillery monument
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Antietam National Battlefield
Georgia State Monument

Dedicated: September 20, 1961
Location: Cornfield Avenue
Map Number: 25
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Georgia State Monument

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Georgia State Monument

Monument Text:

STATE OF GEORGIA 1776 (state seal) GEORGIA CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
We sleep here in obedience to law; When duty called, we came, When country called, we died.
Bodies on the battlefield  

Did You Know?
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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