"Completely Silenced! Dead Confederate Artillery Men," Battle of Antietam, September 16-18, 1862

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Artifact Overview

Mathew Brady provided extraordinary documentation of the American Civil War by bringing photographers and a portable photographic studio right to the battlefields. Many of these images were reproduced and sold as carte-de-visite photographs or stereographs (which appeared three-dimensional when viewed through a stereoscope), bringing--for the first time--scenes of war and its harsh realities directly into American homes.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Stereograph

Date Made

1862

Subject Date

16 September 1862-18 September 1862

Creator Notes

Photographed by Alexander Gardner at Sharpsburg, Maryland and published by Brady's Album Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Location

at Henry Ford Museum in With Liberty & Justice for All

Object ID

2003.0.31.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Mounting
Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.25 in
Width: 6.75 in