Title	Dead Confederate soldiers after Antietam #2
Description	Three dead Confederate soldiers of Brigadier General William E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade. They fell near the fence along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland north of the Dunker Church during the Battle of Antietam.
Historical note	The Battle of Antietam, or Sharpsburg, was fought on September 17, 1862. The battle cost nearly 23,000 casualties and resulted in the end of Robert E. Lee's proposed invasion of Maryland. Brigadier General William Starke, a Virginian, was assigned the 2nd Louisiana Brigade. He and many of his men died at Antietam. Alexander Gardner was a Scotsman famous for his photographs of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln.
Date	September 1862
Place	Antietam (Md.)
Creator	Alexander Gardner
Collection name	Library Photograph Collection
Subjects - LCSH	United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Subjects - TGM	Soldiers Military uniforms Fences
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	29188
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
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