Battle-field of Gettysburg--Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Little Round T – Historic Photograph Print
(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: Battle-field of Gettysburg--Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Little Round T, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Battle-field of Gettysburg--Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Little Round T
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Few Gettysburg photographs are reproduced as often as this one, which shows a dead Confederate sharpshooter lying among the rocks at the foot of Little Round Top. It was made in the days and weeks after the fighting ended in early July 1863, while the field was still strewn with the dead. Historian William Frassanito credits Timothy O'Sullivan as the photographer, though Alexander Gardner claimed the view for his *Photographic Sketch Book of the War*. A clipping pasted to the mount names the soldier as Andrew Johnston Hoge, but that identification is not confirmed, and historians have long debated whether the body was moved for the composition.
| Created / published | 1863 |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Notes | Title from typeset label on item. 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. No. 942. Clipping from Confederate veterans v. 33 (glued to back of mount) identifies soldier as Andrew Johnston Hoge. DLC Forms part of Civil War Photograph Collection. 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. · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | War casualties--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Casualties--Confederate. Gettysburg Battle of Gettysburg Pa. 1863. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 2,521 × 1,884 px · prints to 8 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46015 |
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