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  • 150 Years after Antietam: Photographs by Alexander Gardner

    150 Years after Antietam: Photographs by Alexander Gardner

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/09/17/150-years-later-picturing-the-battle-of-antietam/#1 After the Battle of Antietam, photographer Matthew Brady tacked a sign to the door of his New York City photo studio that read, simply, “The Dead of Antietam.” Inside, he exhibited the work that his assistant, Alexander Gardner, made in the…