Measures 7.25 x 6.25, w/.75 tan margin, on white card, 10.5” x 13. In black Riker box w/white foam, 16.375 x 12.25. Bottom caption (in ink): “Dunker Church / Antietam.”

Exhibits one tiny unobtrusive smudge. Slightly faded, else near fine.

Initially a Matthew Brady associate, Alexander Gardner was one of the more famed Civil War photographers. At the Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, the famed Dunker Church—(“To the Dunker Church!!)—was the focal point of a number of Union attacks against the Confederate left flank, and mentioned in a number of battle reports, including those of Generals Stonewall Jackson and Hooker.

Accompanied by the following memo:

“Whether known as the Battle of “Antietam” or “Sharpsburg” (as in confederate recollection), the military engagement of Sept. 17, 1862 was the bloodiest single day in the American Civil War. More than 23,000 were either killed, wounded or listed as missing. A significant part of the battle raged around the below building, the Mumma meeting house of the Manor congregation of the German Baptist Brethren, who were sometimes called “Dunkers,” These people believed strongly that the followers of Jesus Christ should not take up the sword. In their quiet way, they also refrained from the practice of slavery. That their meetinghouse, and the Brethren farmland surrounding it, lay smack dab in the middle of this “bloodiest single day” may be ironic, but it also seems appropriate for the church to be in the middle of human conflict, a visible presence pointing to the One who died—without weapon in hand—that all might live.”

Superb Antietam collectible.  [jp] [ph:L]

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