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U.S. #559
Series of 1922-25 7¢ McKinley
Flat Plate Printing

Issue Date: May 1, 1923
First City: Niles, Ohio and Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: 376,658,877
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Flat plate
Perforation: 11 gauge
Color: Black
 
U.S. #559 is the first stamp issued solely to commemorate U.S. President William McKinley. McKinley had previously been featured on a stamp in 1904, in honor of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of which he had no connection beyond signing the bill giving governmental support.
 

Battle of Antietam

2012 The Civil War Sesquicentennial, 1862: Battle of Antietam stamp
US #4665 Taken from an 1887 painting by Thure de Thulstrup, this stamp shows the Iron Brigade charging near Dunker Church early in the battle.

On September 17, 1862, Union and Confederate troops assembled at Antietam Creek for a 12-hour battle.  By sunset, one in five men had become a casualty of the bloodiest one-day battle ever fought on American soil.

1955 Liberty Series - 30¢ Robert E. Lee stamp
US #1049 from the long-running Liberty Series

The early months of 1862 began well for the Union in the Eastern Theater.  George McClellan's Army of the Potomac was within a few miles of Richmond by June.  However, Robert E. Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia on June 1.  The Union's advantage disappeared as Lee fought McClellan aggressively in the Seven Days Battles, forcing McClellan and his army to retreat down the Virginia Peninsula.

1923 7¢ McKinley stamp
US #559
 McKinley served in the commissary department at Antietam, bringing troops drinks and food under fire.

Lee then began his Northern Virginia Campaign, outmaneuvering and defeating Major General John Pope and the Army of Virginia, including the Second Battle of Bull Run during the last two days of August.  Four days later, Lee launched his Maryland Campaign  a bold move to strike a blow on Union soil.

The Civil War's major battles had been fought on Confederate ground until the Maryland Campaign.  Lees offensive had several objectives.  Moving his troops north meant leaving war-torn Virginia for the undamaged farmland of Maryland and Pennsylvania, where they could resupply.  In addition to cutting off the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad line that supplied Washington, DC, Lee also hoped to incite an uprising in the border state of Maryland.

1985 George B McClellan Commemorative Cover
Item #20070 Commemorative Cover marking McClellans 159th birthday

Lee understood that military victories were one of several ways to win the war.  Simply making the Northerners and their government unwilling to wage war was another.  An invasion could damage Northern morale just before the Congressional elections of 1862, which in turn would tip public opinion in favor of Democratic candidates and force Lincoln to negotiate an end to the war.

1986 22¢ Arctic Explorers: Aldolphus W. Greely stamp
US #2221 Serving with the 19th Massachusetts Infantry, Greely was wounded at Antietam.

Crossing the Potomac River into western Maryland, Lee divided his army by sending Stonewall Jackson with a force to capture Harpers Ferry.  The site where John Brown staged his famous raid in 1859, Harpers Ferry was a gateway to the Shenandoah Valley and a vital link in the Confederate supply line now guarded by 12,000 Union troops.

2011 $2.50 Battle of Antietam stamp sheet
Item #M11546 pictures McClellan and Lee as well as different scenes from Antietam.

With a remaining force 38,000 strong, Lee took up a defensive position at Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg.  McClellan pursued with troops that outnumbered Lees by 2-to-1.  The Union troops arrived overnight, in plain view of the Confederates  A Pennsylvania soldier recalled, all realized that there was ugly business and plenty of it just ahead.

1995 32¢ Civil War: Winfield Hancock stamp
US#2975n
 Hancock commanded the 1st Division, II Corps at Antietam.

As the sun rose on September 17, Union troops began their assault on the Confederates positioned in cornfields to the north of the town.  Lee had gathered his forces on high ground west of Antietam Creek with General James Longstreet commanding troops at the center and right.  Stonewall Jacksons men were located on the left.  To their rear was the Potomac River, with only one suitable crossing if retreat became necessary.

1995 32¢ Civil War: Robert E. Lee stamp
US #2975b from the 1995 Civil War sheet

McClellans plan was to attack the enemy's left, and when matters looked favorably, to attack the right, and if either of those was successful, he would order his men to advance on their center. For seven hours following daybreak, Union forces staged three major attacks on the Confederate left, moving north to south.  General Joseph Hooker led the first, followed by General Joseph Mansfields soldiers, and then General Edwin Sumners.  McClellans plan broke down as Lee moved his men to withstand each Union advance.

One-and-a-half miles south, Union General Ambrose Burnside attacked the Confederate right and attempted to capture a bridge. A small enemy force stationed on higher ground was able to keep Burnsides men pinned down for three hours.  Taking the bridge at 1 p.m., Burnside then took two hours to reorganize his troops only to be turned back by Confederate General A.P. Hills reinforcements who arrived from Harpers Ferry.

1937 4¢ Army and Navy: Lee and Jackson, Stratford Hall stamp
US #788 pictures Lee, his right-hand man Stonewall Jackson, and Stratford Hall (Lees birthplace).

Unable to inflict substantial damage on either flank of the Confederate force, McClellan didn't advance on the center and a number of his troops never saw battle.  Those who did fought stubbornly until sunset.  Over 22,717 men lay dead or wounded when night fell.  After each side buried their dead the next day, Lee's army withdrew across the Potomac to Virginia, ending his invasion of Maryland.

Although the battle was inconclusive, Northerners were relieved by the outcome.  Encouraged by the sense of victory, President Lincoln seized the opportunity to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves held in rebellious states to be free.  After months of fighting and thousands of losses, it was the first major action by the federal government to end slavery in the United States.

 

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U.S. #559
Series of 1922-25 7¢ McKinley
Flat Plate Printing

Issue Date: May 1, 1923
First City: Niles, Ohio and Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: 376,658,877
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Flat plate
Perforation: 11 gauge
Color: Black
 
U.S. #559 is the first stamp issued solely to commemorate U.S. President William McKinley. McKinley had previously been featured on a stamp in 1904, in honor of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of which he had no connection beyond signing the bill giving governmental support.
 

Battle of Antietam

2012 The Civil War Sesquicentennial, 1862: Battle of Antietam stamp
US #4665 Taken from an 1887 painting by Thure de Thulstrup, this stamp shows the Iron Brigade charging near Dunker Church early in the battle.

On September 17, 1862, Union and Confederate troops assembled at Antietam Creek for a 12-hour battle.  By sunset, one in five men had become a casualty of the bloodiest one-day battle ever fought on American soil.

1955 Liberty Series - 30¢ Robert E. Lee stamp
US #1049 from the long-running Liberty Series

The early months of 1862 began well for the Union in the Eastern Theater.  George McClellan's Army of the Potomac was within a few miles of Richmond by June.  However, Robert E. Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia on June 1.  The Union's advantage disappeared as Lee fought McClellan aggressively in the Seven Days Battles, forcing McClellan and his army to retreat down the Virginia Peninsula.

1923 7¢ McKinley stamp
US #559
 McKinley served in the commissary department at Antietam, bringing troops drinks and food under fire.

Lee then began his Northern Virginia Campaign, outmaneuvering and defeating Major General John Pope and the Army of Virginia, including the Second Battle of Bull Run during the last two days of August.  Four days later, Lee launched his Maryland Campaign  a bold move to strike a blow on Union soil.

The Civil War's major battles had been fought on Confederate ground until the Maryland Campaign.  Lees offensive had several objectives.  Moving his troops north meant leaving war-torn Virginia for the undamaged farmland of Maryland and Pennsylvania, where they could resupply.  In addition to cutting off the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad line that supplied Washington, DC, Lee also hoped to incite an uprising in the border state of Maryland.

1985 George B McClellan Commemorative Cover
Item #20070 Commemorative Cover marking McClellans 159th birthday

Lee understood that military victories were one of several ways to win the war.  Simply making the Northerners and their government unwilling to wage war was another.  An invasion could damage Northern morale just before the Congressional elections of 1862, which in turn would tip public opinion in favor of Democratic candidates and force Lincoln to negotiate an end to the war.

1986 22¢ Arctic Explorers: Aldolphus W. Greely stamp
US #2221 Serving with the 19th Massachusetts Infantry, Greely was wounded at Antietam.

Crossing the Potomac River into western Maryland, Lee divided his army by sending Stonewall Jackson with a force to capture Harpers Ferry.  The site where John Brown staged his famous raid in 1859, Harpers Ferry was a gateway to the Shenandoah Valley and a vital link in the Confederate supply line now guarded by 12,000 Union troops.

2011 $2.50 Battle of Antietam stamp sheet
Item #M11546 pictures McClellan and Lee as well as different scenes from Antietam.

With a remaining force 38,000 strong, Lee took up a defensive position at Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg.  McClellan pursued with troops that outnumbered Lees by 2-to-1.  The Union troops arrived overnight, in plain view of the Confederates  A Pennsylvania soldier recalled, all realized that there was ugly business and plenty of it just ahead.

1995 32¢ Civil War: Winfield Hancock stamp
US#2975n
 Hancock commanded the 1st Division, II Corps at Antietam.

As the sun rose on September 17, Union troops began their assault on the Confederates positioned in cornfields to the north of the town.  Lee had gathered his forces on high ground west of Antietam Creek with General James Longstreet commanding troops at the center and right.  Stonewall Jacksons men were located on the left.  To their rear was the Potomac River, with only one suitable crossing if retreat became necessary.

1995 32¢ Civil War: Robert E. Lee stamp
US #2975b from the 1995 Civil War sheet

McClellans plan was to attack the enemy's left, and when matters looked favorably, to attack the right, and if either of those was successful, he would order his men to advance on their center. For seven hours following daybreak, Union forces staged three major attacks on the Confederate left, moving north to south.  General Joseph Hooker led the first, followed by General Joseph Mansfields soldiers, and then General Edwin Sumners.  McClellans plan broke down as Lee moved his men to withstand each Union advance.

One-and-a-half miles south, Union General Ambrose Burnside attacked the Confederate right and attempted to capture a bridge. A small enemy force stationed on higher ground was able to keep Burnsides men pinned down for three hours.  Taking the bridge at 1 p.m., Burnside then took two hours to reorganize his troops only to be turned back by Confederate General A.P. Hills reinforcements who arrived from Harpers Ferry.

1937 4¢ Army and Navy: Lee and Jackson, Stratford Hall stamp
US #788 pictures Lee, his right-hand man Stonewall Jackson, and Stratford Hall (Lees birthplace).

Unable to inflict substantial damage on either flank of the Confederate force, McClellan didn't advance on the center and a number of his troops never saw battle.  Those who did fought stubbornly until sunset.  Over 22,717 men lay dead or wounded when night fell.  After each side buried their dead the next day, Lee's army withdrew across the Potomac to Virginia, ending his invasion of Maryland.

Although the battle was inconclusive, Northerners were relieved by the outcome.  Encouraged by the sense of victory, President Lincoln seized the opportunity to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves held in rebellious states to be free.  After months of fighting and thousands of losses, it was the first major action by the federal government to end slavery in the United States.