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Disunion: The Count and the Gymnasts
During the Battle of Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862, Col. Ernst von Vegesack, a Swedish nobleman and the commander of the 20th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment a unit composed of German immigrants , sat prominently on horseback, while the unit’s banner, emblazoned with the words “Bahn Frei,” German for “clear the way,” streamed high over a ridge near the Dunker Church.
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