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Mapping the Battle:
Ezra Carman, former colonel of the 13th New Jersey Infantry, was appointed as "historical expert" on the Antietam Battlefield Board. Carman wrote the text for the tablets and helped in the production of fourteen maps published by the Board in 1904 to document troop movements during the battle. Carman claimed that it was the "best map ever made." These maps are still used by the park today to restore and interpret the battlefield. |