Antietam, Md. Confederate Dead In A Ditch On The Right Wing Used As A Rifle Pit (U.S. Civil War) Black Coffee Mug

Antietam, Md. Confederate Dead In A Ditch On The Right Wing Used as a Rifle Pit (U.S. Civil War) This photograph, taken during the American Civil War, captures a poignant scene at the Battle of Antietam, Maryland, in 1862. The image depicts Confederate soldiers who have fallen and are now lying in a trench that served as a rifle pit on the Confederate right wing. The battle, one of the bloodiest single-day conflicts in the U.S., resulted in approximately 23,000 casualties. This photograph serves as a poignant reminder of the human cost of the Civil War and is an important historical document of the conflict.