[Burnside Bridge, Antietam, Maryland]

Identified in Gardner's photographic sketchbook of the war (v. 1, no. 20) as Burnside Bridge, Across Antietam Creek, Maryland, September 1862, Alex. Gardner, photographer. Bridge known as Rohrbach Bridge, became known as “Burnside’s Bridge" after battle at Antietam when Union forces led by General Ambrose Burnside took the bridge from Confederate troops--from UMBC Civil War Exhibition.Title from handwritten text on versoHandwritten on verso: Burnside's bridge 700 mile brigade on opposite sideTwo creases through middle of image, and creasing around left top corner; uneven bottom edg