VIDEO What Happened to the Union & Confederate Dead of Antietam??? | History Traveler Episode 256

[Dozdoats]

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What Happened to the Union & Confederate Dead of Antietam???
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11,000 views Nov 27, 2022 ANTIETAM NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD
Antietam was the single bloodiest day in American history. After the smoke cleared from the battlefield, the dead of September 17th were buried in hastily dug graves as the soldiers who survived moved on. But the dead of the battle couldn't just stay in those temporary graves. So where did they end up? That's the question that we're exploring in this episode.

This episode was produced in partnership with The Gettysburg Museum of History. See how you can support history education & artifact preservation by visiting their website & store at https://www.gettysburgmuseumofhistory...

Check out @Vlogging Through History to see the other side of the collaboration that we did at Antietam.
Battle maps in this series provided courtesy of @American Battlefield Trust. Check out the full battle map here:

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[Lone_Hawk]

I had to keep wiping my eyes dry while watching that. I lived near Gettysburg for several years and went there several times. I am a sensitive. If I stood where General Lee was at the time of the charge, the modern world fades away and I can hear the harnesses of the horses and the voices of the men as they prepare to charge. Then the charge as the tears stream down my face. No peace for them. They fight that battle over and over. Got to wipe my eyes again.

 

[Duffield]

My 2nd Great Grandfather on my Mother's side fought at Antietam in D.R.Miller's Cornfield and the East Woods with the 128th Pa.. I have been there many times.

 

[Lone_Hawk]

Gettysburg is a real contrast for me. Those men keep fighting that battle over and over. Then I visited the USS Arizona. What I felt there was peace. And those that survived that decided to be interned there were welcomed with open arms and are also at peace. That is why Gettysburg is so painful for me. I pray that God will give them peace.

 

[Dozdoats]

1907 Census of Confederate Veterans of Perry County Alabama

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Perry County, Alabama Genealogy Trails
1907 CENSUS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS

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No 27
Full Name: COKER, NOAH BLUFORD Present Post Office; Centreville Ala Was born on Nov 17, 1835 at First Courthouse in the county of Bibb in the state of Alabama; First entered the service as private on May 1861 at Vinna La in the Co L 12th La Infantry and continued until 12th day of May 1865 and was paroled at Montgomery Ala

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No 57
Full Name; GARRISON, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Present Post Office; Sprott Ala Was born on Apr 27th, 1834 at Greenville in the county of Greenville in the state of S Carolina; First entered the service as private on Feb 1862 at Yorktown Va in the Co K 8th Ala Infantry and continued until wounded and disabled at Gainsville June 27th, 1862 (actually Gaines' Mill)

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No 79
Full name; HUGHES, RICHARD Present Post Office; Sprotts Ala Was born on Mar 4th, 1822 at Pensacola in the county of Escambia in the state of Florida; first entered the service as private on Aug 25th, 1863 at Selma Ala in the Co K 28th Ala Infantry and continued until (sic - contmand) of Lee at Appomattox and paroled at Augusta Ga (Richmond P)

Richmond P. Hughes (1822-1909) - Find a Grave...

Richmond P. Hughes Richmond was the son of Richmond Pearson Hughes and Rachel Smith. He married Elizabeth Jane Stewart on 1860.

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No 105
Full name: PERRY, ADKIN MYRE Present Post Office; Moro Ala Was born on June 21st, 1836 at Centerville in the county of Bibb in the state of Alabama; First entered the service as 2nd Sergeant at French Camp Miss in the Co K 24th Miss Infantry and continued until captured at Missionary Ridge Tenn Nov 1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island till 1865 and paroled - served as recruiting officer under Capt Richard Hitt Flag Co Choctaw Rebels

Rev Adkin Myre Perry (1835-1922) - Find a Grave...

Enlisted at French Camp, Miss., in Co.K, 24th Miss. Inf/2nd SGT. Captured at Missionary Ridge in Nov. 1863, imprisoned at Rock Island until April, 1865.

www.findagrave.com

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These were my own direct ancestors from Perry County, AL. Both sides of my family have roots there.

A gentle reminder - they all fought for their country, too.

 

[momma_soapmaker]

I had several great-grandfathers who fought on each side. We had a great aunt who remembered one of them still arguing about the war many years later. Two brothers in our family fought in the war against each other.

It didn't just split the nation - it split families.