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"Photograph of President Lincoln Meeting General McClellan and Staff at Antietam in October 1862"

Alexander Gardner1862

The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States

President Abraham Lincoln visits General George B. McClellan and his officers at Antietam, Maryland. Alexander Gardner made the photograph on October 3, 1862. At the time, this was the main eastern theater of the Civil War. President Lincoln often conferred with his commanders in the field. Lincoln, at 6-foot 4-inches and wearing his distinctive top hat, towers over the officers.

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