Appearance of cemetery hill previous to Pick[etts charge – Historic Print
![Appearance of cemetery hill previous to Pick[etts charge, [1863 July 3] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/36/36192ab98685-L.webp)
(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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Appearance of cemetery hill previous to Pick[etts charge
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This drawing, titled as showing Cemetery Hill before Pickett's charge, is tied to a specific soldier, Greenleaf T. Stevens of the 5th Battery, 1st Maine Light Artillery. Its record dates it to July 3, 1863, the afternoon Confederate troops advanced across the open fields toward the Union center on Cemetery Ridge, with Cemetery Hill just to the north. Drawn in pencil and heightened with Chinese white on green paper, the sheet shows the quick, working technique of a sketch made for reference or record rather than a finished painting. Views like this give a sense of the ground and the artillery positions as they looked just before the fighting reached its peak.
| Created / published | [1863 July 3] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on green paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 20.5 x 32.8 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Stevens, Greenleaf T.--Military service. United States.--Army.--Maine Light Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1864).--Battery, 5th. Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Soldiers--1860-1870. Artillery (Weaponry)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,072 × 2,488 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128603 |
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