Antietam National Battlefield Sharpsburg, MD

Name/Title

Antietam National Battlefield Sharpsburg, MD

Entry/Object ID

2015.4.161

Description

Metal magnet featuring two flags with two rifles superimposed over them The background of the magnet is navy blue. The flags are red, gold, white, and blue. The rifles are black outlined in gold. The magnet reads "Antietam National Battlefield Sharpsburg, MD." The back is a black magnet. The magnet is mounted on a small card with a color image of a battlefield on it. The front of the card reads "Antietam National Battlefield" in brown letters at the top. The word "Magnet" is beneath the objectthe back of the card is white, and features the following text: "The bloodiest single day in American history with more than 23,000 soldiers killed, wounded and missing in just over twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam endedd the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion of the North and led to Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation five days later." The bottom of the back of the card contains the price, text "MgntANTIFlgs&Rfls" above the bar code. The logo of the maker, Eastern National" is in green on the right. The text designed and Finished in the USA, along with the maker's website "hogeye.com" is at the bottom.

Collection

Scarmuzzi

Acquisition

Accession

2015.4.0

Source or Donor

Patricia A. Scarmuzzi

Acquisition Method

Gift