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Here for your browsing pleasure is an unusual chart of the battlefield of Antietam. No. 1. This map shows the position of the Union and Confederate forces on the morning of Sept. 17th, 1862, prior to the battle of Antietam which opened at daybreak Drawn under the direction of Antietam Board, Colonel John C. Stearns, General H. Heth. Theo. Friebus, Jr. It was made in 1893.
Antietam (Md.).
Confederate troop positions are shown in red and Union men in blue. Positions of the Headquarters of General George McClellan and robert E. Lee are clearly marked. Legends also list the regiments fighting in the battle. Key geographic and strategic positions are indicated, including the Bloody Lane, Burnside Bridge, Drunker's Lade, and railroads and other transportation routes.
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