{"id":1788906,"date":"2020-06-17T14:15:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T18:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1788906"},"modified":"2020-06-17T14:15:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T18:15:13","slug":"antietam-battlefield-map-shows-burial-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/06\/antietam-battlefield-map-shows-burial-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Antietam Battlefield Map Shows Burial Locations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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S. G. Elliott, \u201cMap of the Battlefield of Antietam,\u201d 1864. Map, 87 \u00d7 66 cm. New York Public Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A map of the battlefield of Antietam<\/a> held by the New York Public Library that shows the location of graves of soldiers killed in the 1862 U.S. Civil War battle is the subject of a piece in today\u2019s Washington Post<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Civil War historians are hailing it as an important new way to visualize the toll of the huge battle outside Sharpsburg, Md., in 1862.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery one of us who\u2019s looked at this absolutely flips out,\u201d said Garry Adelman, chief historian for the Washington-based American Battlefield Trust, which works to preserve historic battlefields. \u201cThis will reverberate for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

The map is the only one of its kind known to exist. It was digitized by the New York Public Library, which owns it, and was spotted online by local historians a few weeks ago.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The map doesn\u2019t just mark graveyards, it notes the burial locations of specific regiments and brigades\u2014and in 45 cases, individual soldiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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