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Antietam National Battlefield
Portrait Gallery
Here is a collection of portraits, primarily Union and Confederate soldiers that were at the Battle of Antietam. Each image has been digitally enhanced to improve the quality of the photograph.
 
UNION SOLDIERS
 
 

CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS

 
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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