Alexander Gardner and James Gibson, working for Mathew Brady, visited Antietam two days after the battle. A month later the photographs went on view at Brady's studio in New York City where thousands of people viewed the devastating scenes.
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Historic photographs by Alexander Gardner
Completely Silenced and
Ditch-on-the-Right Wing, September 1862
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Copyright 2002 The Chicago Historical Society
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