The Irish Brigade Assault on Antietam's 'Sunken Road'

The Irish Brigade Assault on Antietam's 'Sunken Road'

Hundreds of reenactors, including WG co-founders Gerry Regan and Joe Gannon, are seen portraying the 69th New York Infantry (Meagher's Irish Brigade), marching to dislodge Confederate defenders at Antietam's Bloody Lane. Picture from the Pentagram newspaper, edition of Friday, Sept. 12, 1997. Photographed at the 135th anniversary re-enactment of the Sept 17, 1862, Battle of Antietam.

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Tags: America's Civil War, Irish Brigade, Living History, Meagher
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