Civil War battlefield at Antietam - 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led to Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Historic Photograph taken by Alexander Gardner just after the battle, notes states Keedysville, Maryland, National Park Service, Dept. of the Interior 009 by MilitaryHealth

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