Also,victims of shellings were often severely mutilated. As someone pointed out, it wasn't Brady, but Gardner. As someone else pointed out that is the Dunker Church.It was integral in the battle. Shoes were a precious commodity, particularly to the Confederacy, so they were removed from corpses before burial. What was it Socrates said about knowing something?
Just some information: The wagon is not a wagon, but an artillery caisson. The horse pulling it was also killed. All battles took place in pastoral places because at the time the vast majority of the country was pastoral. The fiercest fighting in this battle took place in a cornfield. These were artillery injuries. Had he moved the camera perhaps fifty feet to the left, you would see the cannon.
Theres also a picture from antietam of a Confederate soldiers that had been killed by a artillery shell and you can see he's almost been torn in half probably by shrapnel and his left arm has been blown off. Definitely very bloody fighting in the Civil War where all the wounds were horrific because of the huge .58 cal minie balls and huge jagged pieces of shrapnel that could tear through bone and flesh.
Just for your information, the picture isn't of a pastoral farm house. It is a damaged Dunkard (Dunker) Church of a congregation of local Dunkards or Annabaptists. It stood on the side of the Hagerstown (Sharpsburg) Pike. It blew down in a hail storm in 1914 and was rebuilt for the Civil War Centennial in 1961-1965.
Unfortunately, this image, like all others taken at Antietam in Sept and Oct 1862, is by then-Brady photographer Alexander Gardner. Brady was nowhere near this battlefield during the war years...
Simply stated, you, sir, are a moron.
TheJcreg 1 day ago
@TheJcreg I meant the person who posted this classic photo.
TheJcreg 1 day ago
Also,victims of shellings were often severely mutilated. As someone pointed out, it wasn't Brady, but Gardner. As someone else pointed out that is the Dunker Church.It was integral in the battle. Shoes were a precious commodity, particularly to the Confederacy, so they were removed from corpses before burial. What was it Socrates said about knowing something?
pooftiger 1 month ago
Just some information: The wagon is not a wagon, but an artillery caisson. The horse pulling it was also killed. All battles took place in pastoral places because at the time the vast majority of the country was pastoral. The fiercest fighting in this battle took place in a cornfield. These were artillery injuries. Had he moved the camera perhaps fifty feet to the left, you would see the cannon.
pooftiger 1 month ago
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Theres also a picture from antietam of a Confederate soldiers that had been killed by a artillery shell and you can see he's almost been torn in half probably by shrapnel and his left arm has been blown off. Definitely very bloody fighting in the Civil War where all the wounds were horrific because of the huge .58 cal minie balls and huge jagged pieces of shrapnel that could tear through bone and flesh.
AUG351 2 months ago
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AUG351 2 months ago
Just for your information, the picture isn't of a pastoral farm house. It is a damaged Dunkard (Dunker) Church of a congregation of local Dunkards or Annabaptists. It stood on the side of the Hagerstown (Sharpsburg) Pike. It blew down in a hail storm in 1914 and was rebuilt for the Civil War Centennial in 1961-1965.
RealLifeWorthLiving 2 months ago
that was a horse
Alabama991 2 months ago
Unfortunately, this image, like all others taken at Antietam in Sept and Oct 1862, is by then-Brady photographer Alexander Gardner. Brady was nowhere near this battlefield during the war years...
kramerrex 11 months ago