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In this town the Washington House, County Hall, and Lyceum Hall have been appropriated to the use of the wounded, and our citizens, especially the ladies, are untiring in their efforts to relieve them.” Houses and Barns are filled with them, and nearly the whole population is engaged in waiting on and ministering to their wants. The whole region of country between Boonsboro' and Sharpsburg is one vast hospital. “A Vast Hospital-From Hagerstown to the Southern limits of the county wounded and dying soldiers are to be found in every neighborhood and in nearly every house. The Herald of Freedom and Torch Light, a newspaper printed in Hagerstown, MD wrote: Many unnamed women from the Sharpsburg community helped care for the sick and wounded as well. The Daughters of Charity, a Catholic religious order from Emmittsburg, Maryland, also responded in the aftermath of the battle.
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Women served in Ladies’ Relief Societies, in the U.S. Women served disguised as male soldiers, they served as nurses, cooks, and laundresses. One topic often overlooked by historians is the contributions of women both during and after the battle. In addition to soldiers with wounds of all types, there were soldiers sick with typhoid fever, dysentery, and other diseases often brought on by contaminated drinking water, filth, and the sheer number of sick and wounded people living in close quarters. Local farmers and townsfolk had their houses, barns, and churches turned into field hospitals. Afterwards, the battlefield became a huge hospital and burial ground.
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On one single day, September 17, 1862, over 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing. The Battle of Antietam and its aftermath were like nothing Americans had experienced before. Their farm was the site of the battle in the famous Cornfield at Antietam. Cropped and enlarged photograph of the Miller farm taken in late September or early October of 1862 showing women and children thought to be members of the Miller Family.