Tag Archives: Simon G. Elliott

Antietam burial map, part 3: A Maine name stands out

Of the 50 soldiers’ whose graves are identified by name on the Antietam burial map, one belongs to “Asa Reed 10 Me,” a private in Co. K, 10th Maine Infantry Regiment. Why he was identified among the 5,844 graves marked on the map drawn by Simon G. Elliott, no one knows. The 10th descended from […]

Antietam burial map, part 1: Its discovery stuns historians and researchers

A Civil War-era map discovered at the New York Public Library in spring 2020 will forever change how visitors view the Antietam battlefield. And there’s even a 10th Maine Infantry lad listed on the map. Invading Maryland in September 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee figured his Army of Northern Virginia had time to forage between […]