Archives: The Battle of
Gettysburg
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A photo,called "The Harvest of
Death," of dead Union soldiers in Gettysburg, Pa., on July 5 or 6, 1863. The
150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg occurred in 2013.
Timothy H.
O'Sullivan/Library of Congress
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Union soldiers dead at Gettysburg
on July 5, 1863.
Timothy H.
O'Sullivan/Library of Congress
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Dead soldiers in a ravine also
referred to as "the slaughter pen" at Little Round Top, in an image printed in
July 1863.
Timothy H.
O'Sullivan/Library of Congress
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President Abraham Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg 1863. Lincoln can be seen in left
center.
Courtesy Library
of Congress
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John L. Burns, the 69-year-old
Union civilian combatant who narrowly escaped death on the battlefield by
hoodwinking the Confederates, recovering from his wounds.
Courtesy Brady's
National Photographic Portrait Galleries/Library of
Congress
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Confederate dead gathered for
burial at the edge of the Rose woods on July 5, 1863.
Alexander
Gardner/Library of Congress
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A photo called "Home of the Rebel
Sharpshooter" that was later discovered to be staged – the body was moved from
another place on the battlefield, and the rifle was added – depicts a slain
Confederate soldier on July 5, 1863.
Alexander
Gardner/Library of Congress
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(Left) Cyclists pass the Leister
farm, Gen. Meade's headquarters during the battle, on Sunday, June 30, 2013, in
Gettysburg, Pa. (Right) Dead horses litter the road on July 7,
1863.
John Moore/Getty
Images and Alexander Gardner/Library of Congress/Getty
Images
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"Three Confederate Prisoners."
Gettysburg, Pa., July 1863.
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General Robert E. Lee's
headquarters, Gettysburg, Pa., between 1861 and 1865.
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Army Maj. Gen. George Gordon
Meade, printed in 1864.
Henszey &
Co./Library of Congress
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Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in
1863.
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Map of the Gettysburg campaign up
to July 3, 1863.
(Hal
Jespersen/WikiCommons
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“Battle of Gettysburg.” 1887.
Confederate leader George Pickett leads the charge against Union soldiers and
their leader Winfield Hancock.
Thure de
Thulstrup/Restored by Adam Cuerden/Library of
Congress