Gettysburg Pa. Breastworks on left wing of the Federal line – 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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This rare historic photograph captures Gettysburg Pa. Breastworks on left wing of the Federal line in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Gettysburg Pa. Breastworks on left wing of the Federal line
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Few views of the Gettysburg battlefield show the earthworks as plainly as this one, which records the breastworks along the left wing of the Union line. Soldiers threw up such low walls of earth, stone, and fallen timber to shelter men firing from behind them, and the Federal army depended on these defenses during the three days of fighting in early July 1863. The picture was made by photographer James F. Gibson on a wet collodion glass negative. It was taken as a stereograph pair, so the two plates were meant to be viewed together through a stereoscope, which gave the ground a sense of depth.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0197 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gibson James F. b. 1828 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities. Gettysburg Battle of Gettysburg Pa. 1863. Forts & fortifications.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,426 × 1,372 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46701 |
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