Gen'l Warren on Hill Top, Gettysburg – Historic Reproduction
![Gen'l Warren on Hill Top, Gettysburg, [1863 July 2] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/45/45892f549b6f-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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Step back in time with Gen'l Warren on Hill Top, Gettysburg, a historic drawing rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Gen'l Warren on Hill Top, Gettysburg
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Few spots on the Gettysburg field are as closely tied to a single officer's decisions as Little Round Top, the rocky hill this pencil drawing sets at its center. On the afternoon of July 2, 1863, Gouverneur Kemble Warren, a topographical engineer on Gen. George Meade's staff, noticed that the hill was unoccupied while Confederate troops were advancing against the Union left. His push to get soldiers onto the summit helped hold the position that anchored the Union line that day. The sketch is drawn in pencil on thin yellow tracing paper, and its loose, quick lines suggest a working drawing made on the ground rather than a studio portrait.
| Created / published | [1863 July 2] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on yellow tracing paper : pencil ; 22.3 x 11.3 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Portraits 1860-1870.Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Warren, Gouveneur Kemble,--1830-1882--Military service. United States.--Army.--Signal Corps--1860-1870. Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Military officers--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union. Little Round Top (Gettysburg, Pa.)--1860-1870.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 747 × 1,536 px · prints to 2 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112492 |
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