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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Work itself is unpaginated held together by two staples that are not rusted. On the front cover there is a photo of the Antietam Battlefield and the interior contains some twenty odd black and white photos of Sharpsburg, Maryland and the battlefield area with descriptions and a map. About ten pages of stories told to the editor, Oliver T. Reilly, by veterans of the battle comprise part of the core of the work. This edition was printed by Hagerstown Bookbinding and Printing Company in Hagerstown, Maryland probably in the middle 1930's. O. T. Reilly was an eyewitness to the Battle of Antietam at age five. The memory of the event made such a profound impression on the boy that it shaped his entire life. A battlefield guide from age 15 he went over the battlefield with many high ranked officers of both armies and thousands of men who fought in the battles. He was secure in this knowledge of the battle and conducted tours for almost seventy years. The dean of guides of Antietam passed away on June 17, 1944 at age 87. A historic work of United States Civil War history about the most bloody battle ever fought on American soil. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed.…