Numerous sources of information were used to develop this document.

Books

Campaign Histories

  1. U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Volume 19. Washington, D.C.; Government Printing Office, 1880-1901.
  2. Priest, John M.. Antietam, The Soldiers' Battle. New York: Oxford UP, 1989
  3. Murfin, James V. The Gleam of Bayonets Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1965
  4. Sears, Stephen W. Landscape Turned Red. New York:Ticknor & Fields, 1983

Photography

  1. Frassanito, William A. Antietam, The Photographic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978.
  2. Katz, D. Mark. Witness To An Era, The Life And Photographs Of Alexander Gardner New York: Viking, 1991
  3. Zeller, Bob The Civil War In Depth San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997
  4. Zeller, Bob The Civil War In Depth Volume II San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000

Tour Guides

  1. Luvaas, Jay; Nelson, Harold W. The U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battle of Antietam New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1987

Viewing 3D Images

  1. Marc Grossman, Rachel Cooper. Magic Eye: How to See 3D Kansas City:Thing Enterprises and Andrews and McMeel, 1995

Other WWW Sites

  1. Antietam National Park. Some interesting information for people planning to visit the park. This page is also the repository of the Antietam Digital Data, from which the maps used in this document were derived.
  2. Going Places. Useful travel information for Civil War sites.
  3. GRASS Home Page. Provides description, demos, source code, binaries, FAQs, newsletter archives, etc, on the Geographical Resource Analysis Support System. GRASS was used to generate all the maps used in this document.
  4. POV-Ray Home Page. POV-Ray is a freely distributed tool for the creation of perspective views using ray-tracing techniques. From this page, one can download executables for many platforms, sourcecode, documentation, FAQs, example output and anything else one might need to install and run POV-Ray. The Virtual Reality views presented in this document were created with POV-Ray.
  5. Linux Documentation Project The Linux Operating System (a PC-based clone of UNIX) can be used as a host for GRASS. This page details everything one would need to know to obtain and install Linux on a PC.
  6. XFree86(TM): Home Page The software found here is a full Xwidows driver for PCs. This page details everything one would need to know to obtain and install Xwindows on a PC.
  7. Stereoscopy Information and Resource This web page is a great source of information for all aspects of stereoscopy: FAQs, a library of images, organizations, and equipment and service providers. All around, a very interesting site with way-cool graphics.

Photographs

Detailed information on the original 1862 photographs used can be found in Frassanito's book. Unless otherwise noted, the identification of the locations of all wartime photos is drawn from here.

Prints from original negatives are available from the Library of Congress. For details on how to obtain these photographs, contact

Library of Congress
Photoduplication Service,
Washington, DC 20540-5234

or see How to order photographic prints and microfilm

As can be seen from the table, each image may contain more than one Call Number for the negative. The Call Number of each negative contains information that tells what kind of negative it is.

If you are interested in stereo prints, in general you must stick to the "B815" series. You must carefully note on the order form to print the entire glass plate (both sides) on one single 8 by 10 print. Otherwise, the photo-technician may arbitrarily choose one side and print it, or use a copy film negative version (if available).

The photo-technicians prefer to work work with the film negatives, and charge more for prints from glass plates. Consult the LOC Photoduplication Services for current pricing information.

The LOC also has a collection of original stereo cards, although its coverage of Antietam is disappointing, to say the least.

The table below lists the principal 1862 photographs and their Library of Congress call number:

Gardner Catalog Number Description LOC Call Number
550 Group of Irish Brigade, as they lay on Battle-field of Antietam, Sept. 19, 1862. B811-550
B8184-550
551 A Contrast: Federal Buried, Confederate unburied, where they fell, on Battle-field of Antietam. B811-551
B8171-551
552 Completely Silenced: Dead Confederate Artillerymen, as they fell, on Battle-field of Antietam. B815-552(?)
B8171-552
553 Ditch on the right wing, where Kimball's Brigade fought so desperately, at the Battle of Antietam. B811-553
B8171-553
554 He Sleeps his Last Sleep. A Confederate Soldier, who after being wounded, had evidently dragged himself to a little ravine on the hill-side, where he died. B811-554
555 Confederate Soldiers, as they fell, near the Burnside Bridge, at the Battle of Antietam. B811-555
556 Confederate Soldiers, as they fell inside the fence, on the Hagerstown road, at the Battle of Antietam. B811-556
557 Gathered Together for Burial: After the Battle of Antietam. B811-557
B8171-557
558 Dead Horse of Confederate Colonel; both killed at the Battle of Antietam. B8184-558
559 Killed at the Battle of Antietam. B811-559
560 View in the Field, on the west side of Hagerstown road, after the Battle of Antietam. B811-560
B8171-560
561 Burying the Dead, after the Battle of Antietam. B811-561
562 View near Dunker Church, on the Battle-field of Antietam. B811-562
563 View in Ditch on right wing, after the Battle of Antietam. B815-563(?)
B811-563
B8171-563
565 View of Ditch on right wing, which had been used as a rifle-pit by the Confederates, at the Battle of Antietam. B815-565
B811-565
B8171-565
566 Confederate Soldiers, as they fell, at the Battle of Antietam. B8184-567
567 View on Battle-field: Group of Louisiana Regiment, as they fell, at the Battle of Antietam. The contest at this point had been very severe. B811-567
568 View on Battle-field of Antietam, where Sumner's Corps charged the enemy; scene of terrific conflict. B811-568
569 View on Battle-field of Antietam. B815-569
570 A Lone grave, on Battle-field of Antietam. B811-570
B8171-570
571 View on Battle-field of Antietam, near Sherrick's house, where the Seventy-ninth New York Volunteers fought after they crossed the creek; group of dead Confederates. B815-571
B811-571
572 View on Battle-field of Antietam, where Hooker's Corps behaved so gallantly; group of confederate dead. B811-572
573 Dunker Church, on Battle-field of Antietam. B815-573
574 Ruins of Mumma's House, on Battle-field of Antietam. B815-574
575 Roulette's House, on Battle-field of Antietam. B815-575
576 General Hooker's Headquarters during the Battle of Antietam. B815-576
577 Captain Knapp's Battery, Pennsylvania Artillery, (Bank's corps) on Battle-field of Antietam. B811-577
578 Antietam Bridge, on Sharpsburg and Boonsboro Turnpike; looking upstream. B815-578
B8171-7214
579 Group-Artillery Officers on Battle-field of Antietam. B815-579
580 General Caldwell and Staff, on Battle-field of Antietam, Sept. 21, 1862. B815-580
581 Picnic Party at Antietam Bridge, September 22, 1862. B815-581
582 Newcomer's Mill, near Antietam. B815-582
583 Antietam Bridge, looking across stream. B815-583
584 Burnside Bridge, Antietam, looking up stream. B815-584
585 Graves of Federal Soldiers at Burnside Bridge, Antietam, Sept 21, 1862. B815-585
586 Colonel Morehead, One Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, on Battle-field of Antietam, Sept 19, 1862. B811-586
587 Forge Scene at General McClellan's Headquarters, Sharpsburg, Sept. 22, 1862. B811-587
B8171-587
588 Confederate Wounded after the Battle of Antietam, at Smith's Barn; Dr. A. Hurd, Fourteenth Indiana Volunteers in attendance. B815-588
B8171-588
589 Smith's Barn, near Keedysville, used as a hospital after the Battle of Antietam. B815-589
B8171-589
590 Smith's House and Barn, near Keedysville, used as a hospital after the Battle of Antietam. B815-590
591 Reel's Barn, burned by the bursting of a Federal shell at the Battle of Antietam. B815-591
592 Straw Huts, erected on Smith Farm and used as a hospital after the Battle of Antietam. B815-592
595 Principal Street in Sharpsburg, Maryland. B815-595
B8171-595
596 Lutheran Church, Sharpsburg, Maryland. B815-596
B811-596
B8171-596
597 View on Antietam. B811-597
598 Sherrick's House, near Burnside Bridge, Antietam. B815-598
599 Street in Sharpsburg; Episcopal Church in distance. B815-599
B8171-599
600 Burnside Bridge, southeastern view. B815-600
601 Burnside Bridge, from the southeast. B815-601
602 President Lincoln and General McClellan, at Headquarters Army of the Potomac, Antietam. B811-602
B8171-602
603 General Marcy and friends at Headquarters Army of the Potomac, October 4, 1862. B815-603
B8171-603
605 Group-President Lincoln, Generals McClellan, McClernand and Marcy, and Messrs. Garrett, Hatch, Lamon, Kennedy, and others, previous to reviewing the troops on Battle-field of Antietam, October 3, 1862. B815-605
B8184-4530
607 Bridge across the Antietam, northeast view. B815-607
608 Antietam Bridge, on the Sharpsburg and Boonsboro Pike, southeast view. B811-608
B8171-608
609 Antietam Bridge, looking downstream. B811-609
610 Antietam Bridge, eastern view. B815-610
612 Burnside Bridge across the Antietam, northeast view. B815-612
613 Burnside Bridge across the Antietam, southwest view. B811-613
614 Burnside Bridge across the Antietam, eastern view. B811-614
615 Burnside Bridge across the Antietam, northeast view, with graves of Union soldiers. B815-615
671 Union reserve near the Pry House. B815-671
B8171-671
1179Burnside Bridge. B815-1179

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