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| Keywords: Artillery Hell by Captain James Hope.jpg en Artillery Hell-Early morning looking north along the Hagerstown Turnpike The intensity of artillery fire at Antietam led Colonel Stephen D Lee commander of the Confederate cannons shown here to describe the battle as Artillery Hell This painting depicts the earliest part of the battle The artist's perspective is close to the present-day location of the Visitor Center Notice the Dunker Church on the left side of the painting On the right is approximately 5 000 men from Sedgewick's Division of Sumner's II Corp advancing toward the West Woods at about 9 00 am This painting like the others seen here does not represent a moment in time or one event but a series of events For example when the Union infantry on the right side of this painting advanced the Confederate artillery on the left had already retreated http //www nps gov/anti/photosmultimedia/hopepaintings htm eid 101853 root_aId 30 Hope Paintings at nps gov Captain James Hope d 1892 circa 1862 1892 PD-art Battle of Antietam Paintings of the American Civil War | ||||
