The battle of Gettysburg – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: The battle of Gettysburg, preserved in this historic drawing. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The battle of Gettysburg
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Its inscription places the scene on the afternoon of Friday, July 3, 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg, showing Union troops of the First Corps behind breastworks on a ridge crest as Confederates charge across open ground. The attack is named as Longstreet's, the assault that ended in the failed Pickett's Charge against the Union center. The inscription also notes heavy white smoke rising from both lines, a reminder of how much powder the fighting burned. The sketch came to the Library of Congress as a gift from J.P. Morgan in 1919.
| Created / published | 1863 July 3. |
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| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Inscribed below image: Sketch of the position of the 2d & 3rd div. of the first corps. The attack by Longstreet [...] on Friday afternoon, July 3rd/63. [...] troops on the crest of the ridge behind breast works. The enemy charging across the open. Heavy white smoke rising from both lines. 2 corps on left of line. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.76) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Battlefields--1860-1870.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 941 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112503 |
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