How the Antietam Dead Photos are Linked to an 1859 Italian Battle Alexander Gardner's haunting photographs of dead on the battlefield of Antietam shocked and fascinated Americans. Three years earlier, another photo of slain soldiers prior to burial reveals the same horrors of war—this time, on a far away battlefield in Italy. Here's the story. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine. Learn more about our mission t