Description: A black and white photograph of President Abraham Lincoln along with officers of the Union armies at Antietam, Maryland. The photograph was taken by Alexander Gardner in 1862. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F12_006_01
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Antietam (Maryland)
 

Description: A black and white photograph of Abraham Lincoln and General George B. McClellan, the general-in-chief of the Union Armies during the Civil War, in McClellan’s tent. The photograph was taken by Alexander Gardner on October 3, 1862 in Antietam, Maryland, after the Battle of Antietam and the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation. George McClellan was the commander of the Army of the Potomac during the Battle of Antietam. The Battle of Antietam, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, took place on September 17, 1862, and was the first battle of the Civil War to occur in Union territory. Antietam is the site of the largest number of single-day casualties in American military history, with a total of more than 22,000. Due to massive casualties and lack of a clear victor, the battle is considered a tactical draw. However, as the Confederate army was the first to withdraw from the battlefield, the Union army is sometimes credited with a victory. Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, had issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, five days after Antietam, announcing that he would free the slaves of the Confederacy on January 1, 1863. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F12_001
Subjects: Generals--United States; McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885; Photography--History; Presidents--United States; Battlefields; Civil War 1861-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Places: Antietam (Maryland)
 

Description: The Battle of Antietam was the culmination of the Maryland Campaign of 1862, the first invasion of the North by Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. Fought on September 17, 1862, it still ranks as the bloodiest one-day battle in American history. Over 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing after twelve hours of savage combat. This artistic rendering of the Battle of Antietam appears in "The Pictorial History of the Great Civil War," published by John Laird Wilson in 1878. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04209
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Battlefields; Other--Non Ohio
Places: Antietam (Maryland)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Albert George from Cadiz, Ohio who served in the 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B during the Civil War. He enlisted on October 22, 1861 for three years service and was killed in action on September 17, 1862 at the Battle of Antietam in Maryland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02751
Subjects: Civil War 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Washington (Iowa)
 

Description: Portrait of Albert George of Cadiz, Ohio, in Civil War uniform, 1862. George served in the 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company B. He was killed on September 17, 1862 at the Battle of Antietam in Maryland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03690
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History
Places: Cadiz (Ohio); Harrison County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph by Mathew Brady, Civil War photographer, depicting President Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan on October 3, 1862, meeting after the Battle of Antietam and the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation. George McClellan was the commander of the Army of the Potomac during the Battle of Antietam. The Battle of Antietam, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, took place on September 17, 1862, and was the first battle of the Civil War to occur in Union territory. Antietam is the site of the largest number of single-day casualties in American military history, with a total of more than 22,000. Due to massive casualties and lack of a clear victor, the battle is considered a tactical draw. However, as the Confederate army was the first to withdraw from the battlefield, the Union army is sometimes credited with a victory. Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, had issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, five days after Antietam, announcing that he would free the slaves of the Confederacy on January 1, 1863. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04544
Subjects: Generals--United States; McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885; Presidents--United States; Battlefields; Civil War 1861-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Places: Antietam (Maryland)