John B. Gordon Describes His Five Antietam Wounds
The Antietam Campaign - 1862
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Most Americans know Antietam by a single statistic—3,654, the highest number of dead in a single day in U.S. military history. Some may know the other staggering statistic—23,000 casualties. Behind each of these numbers are men and stories. Here's one of them.
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