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A Vast Grave-Yard

Summary

Antietam battlefield littered with shallow graves and unexploded shells, making future farming of the soil without disturbing these things very unsafe. [from Hagerstown Herald]

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Newspaper: The Valley Register

Publication Date: October 3rd, 1862

Page/Column: 2D

Town: Middletown, MD

County: Frederick

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  • Home Front / Effects of War

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