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Bloodied But Unbeaten (The Battle for the Dunkard Church During the Battle of Sharpsburg, September by Chris Collingwood.
Described
as the Deathknell of the Confederacy - Sharpsburg (Antietam to the
North) was a savage bloodletting for both sides. It was said to be the
bloodiest day of the American Civil War. In the painting, below the
Dunkard church confederate General John Bell Hoods Texas Division - or
what was left of it- stand in line of battle. In the distance Union
Major General John Sedgwicks division can be seen advancing on the rebel
lines. During the ghastly four hour struggle the Confederates managed
to hold and then repel the bloodied remnants of Sedgwicks division back
to the east woods and at about 10.30am, the carnage around the Dunkard
church had ended. Eventually though, the Confederate forces were in
retreat, loosing Sharpsburg to the Union but prepared to fight on for
two and a half more years, bloodied but unbeaten.