McKinley Memorial, Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland

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McKinley Birthplace Museum

Front: Origformat: Print-Photographic
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Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

McKinley Memorial, Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.1350

Scope and Content

This item is a postcard depicting the statue of President McKinley at the Antietam Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The back reads, "Erected to the memory of Wm. McKinley, President of the United States, who served as a sargeant of Company E, 23rd Ohio Vol. Infantry. While in charge of the Commissary Department on the afternoon of the day of the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17 1862, he personally and without orders served hot coffee and warm food to every man in the regiment on this spot and in so doing had to pass under fire." Published by Kelley's Studio, Hagerstown, Maryland.

Collection

Bechtel

Acquisition

Accession

2010.1

Source or Donor

Mr. Bechtel

Acquisition Method

Gift/Purchase

Credit Line

BECHTEL