May 17, 2017

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The Cornfield Trail

Once in awhile I come across some of my favorite Antietam photos, and since many people enjoy both battlefields, I figured I might as well stick a few Antietam photos in now and again. :-) There are a few interesting details in this photo: Those iconic wooden fences to which many people, including myself, are partial, and which I first saw at Gettysburg many years ago; the mountains in the distance; and, in the center of the image, a group of people walking the trial (whom I at first believed to be ghostly Union soldiers, but that’s another story . . .)

**HONORED TODAY**

PVT. AUGUSTUS WRIGHT

 

Born c. 1830 --- Died July 01, 1863

Co. D, 3^RD Indiana Cavalry

Pvt. Wright was believed to have been killed at Gettysburg, though some records fail to prove this. He was married to Levinia and had a daughter Eleanor, aged 4.I could find little information on Pvt. Wright’s life or death, sadly.


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