Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Body of Confederate sharpshooter – Antique Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Body of Confederate sharpshooter, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Body of Confederate sharpshooter
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Few early photographs of the battle show a dead soldier so plainly, and this one was taken in the rocky ground of Devil's Den, where Confederate sharpshooters had fired from the boulders. The caption on the original negative sleeve reads "Rocks could not save him," and the image appeared in Alexander Gardner's *Photographic Sketch Book of the War* as "Home of a rebel sharpshooter." Gardner claimed the view, but historian William Frassanito credits Timothy O'Sullivan as the photographer and argues that the body was moved to this spot before the exposure was made.
| Created / published | 1863 |
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| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Rocks could not save him at the Battle of Gettysburg. July 1863. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gardner Alexander / Gardners photographic sketch book of the War. Washington D.C. : Philp & Solomons [1865] plate 41 with the title Home of a rebel sharpshooter Gettysburg. William Frassanito in Gettysburg: A Journey in Time credits Timothy OSullivan as the photographer of this image. Although Gardner claimed credit for this view in his Sketch Book the original catalogue issued only two months following the battle identified the cameraman as OSullivan. Clipping from Confederate veterans v. |
| Subjects | War casualties--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg. Gettysburg Battle of Gettysburg Pa. 1863. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Casualties--Confederate. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 2,049 px · prints to 17 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46787 |
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