M-1. Shot from top of south wall, showing bulging and weaving of wall, in danger of imminent collapse. The interior wall is virtually concave and the exterior convex, with the heavy granite coping stones precipitously weighing down upon the weakening structure.

M-2. Detail of M-1. showing the pronounced convex bulging of the outer south wall, and the meandering of the coping stones as they lose internal support.
 
 

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M-3. View looking westward, the opposite direction of M-1, showing the same condition.

M-4. View from the top of the Taneytown Road section of wall, just south of the gate. Shows the same kind of bulging and broken line of the coping stones, indicating the shifting of the wall material beneath.

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M-8. View southward toward Taneytown Road entranceway along exterior of wall, showing bulging and sinking. (This sinking showed up in the late 1860s series of stereo views also, View C-11. It seems to be more indicative of the contours of the cemetery than any serious problem.)

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M-9. View northward along outside of Taneytown Road wall from entranceway, showing bulging and sinking of coping stones.

M-10. View along Cemetery Annex portion of wall westward, showing absence of spot pointing, sinking, and some bulging.

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N-2. Shows the cramps in place in a normal coping stone, although this whole coping stone cracked as a result of the bulging of the wall beneath (south wall). The cramps, in this case, held fast and caused the coping to crack when they failed to give way under the pressure.

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N-3. Detail of a typical cramp, rusting through where the legs join the body.

N-4. Detail of a slightly shifted joint between two coping stones. One cramp broken and missing, the other affixed and cemented to assure it stays in place. 

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N-6. Shows cracked coping at the cramps due to pressures of shifting wall, as well as attempts to seal and delay the ultimate result by applying portland cement. 

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N-7. Same as N-6, but the coping has broken away and been replaced by cement.
N-8. Same.

O. April 1978 photographs, showing bulging   <

O-2. Close-up of O-1.

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O-4. Shot of bulging south wall from atop the coping, as well as fragmentation of granite elements due to inadequate pointing and pressure of the displacing walls.

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O-5. Vertical shot of south wall towards ground from atop coping. Although the surface should appear linear, and no rock showing, the extent of the bulge is obvious.
 

O-6. View showing bulging of exterior Cemetery Annex wall. 

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O-7. View northeastward along Cemetery Annex wall, showing extensive bulging of exterior wall and loss of support to coping.

O-8. View southwestward showing same area.

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P-1. View showing collapsing Taneytown Road wall, covered by plywood to discourage visitors from approaching the hazardous area.
 

P-2. Collapsing wall beneath strained coping along Taneytown Road. 

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P-3. Collapsing wall beneath strained coping near maintenance area and Cemetery Annex.

P-4. Collapsed section of wall near cemetery maintenance. 

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Q-1. Baltimore Pike gateway.

This view from the east side of Baltimore Pike shows five of the six cast iron gateposts of the main entranceway to the Soldiers' National Cemetery. The gates, widened to 20 feet in 1939, are scarcely wide enough to accommodate two passenger cars today, and are hard pressed to admit the passage of one turning tour bus. The dark color of the urn and eagle finials suggest the lack of gilding.
 
 

This photographs shows two of the gateposts en toto. The central post was damaged by a vehicle in 1977, so that the 1939 gates cannot now be closed. 

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This view shows the left gatepost of the gateway. The absence

 
Q-4. Baltimore Pike fence at entrance.

This photo shows a damaged panel of the fencing, with the shafts of the pickets knocked off of their supportive panel below. Note absence of recent paint, and tree growth disrupting and probably causing the breaking up of the fence.

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This view shows a comparatively "healthy" panel beside a panel which is physically endangered. The left lower panel has been broken and the picket has been removed entirely. Many of the pickets along the fence are no longer attached at bottom or top, and can be lifted from their receptacle holes in the transverse bars.

Q-6. Lafayette Square fence.

This photograph shows the division fence between the soldiers' and civilians' cemeteries. Note that the extreme right finial is missing, while others have tilted in many directions. 

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Braced by wooden beams, this section of the division fence is threatening to collapse, as its bases have rusted and weakened. Insufficient support to the posts has put all the load of the weight of the panels on the posts' bases, weakening the fence considerably. Whole sections of the fenceline can be caused to sway and shake by rattling one post with your hand.

 

 Q-8. Taneytown Road entranceway.

This view shows the appearance of the lower entrance to the Soldiers' National Cemetery. The iron gateposts, removed in 1939 or shortly thereafter, were probably donated to the World War II scrap metal drives. The gates are much less ornamental than those previously on site, or of the replaced Baltimore Pike gateway. The urns atop the granite gateposts are the only cast-iron remains of the 1892 gateway. When the northern gatepost was struck by a car in 1977, .the capstone and finial were knocked loose and were put back wrong. (The handles of the urn should parallel the Taneytown Road like the urn on the right gatepost, but they are now perpendicular to the road.) < 

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R-1. This photograph has been incorrectly identified as "Crowd at Dedication of Soldiers' National Monument, Gettysburg, July, 1869", by Bachrach. In reality, it is a view of the dedicatory ceremonies held at Antietam National Cemetery on September 17, 1867.

The iron fencing is in no way similar to any fencing ever enclosing the Soldiers' National or Evergreen Cemetery at Gettysburg. (Also see R-2 following)

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R-2. Engraving in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Famous Leaders & Battle Scenes of the Civil War (New York, 1896), p. 524. Identified as taken from a photograph by D. Bachrach of Baltimore, Maryland, and readily recognizable, in this segment, as the same view as R-1 (purported "Gettysburg" photo).

The same iron picket fencing set an the limestone wall and the same gates and gateposts exist today at Antietam National Cemetery.

 

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This photograph shows the same gateposts and fencing which appear in the 1867 Bachrach photo of the Antietam ceremonies.