Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Breast works on extreme left – Historic 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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Step back in time with Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Breast works on extreme left, 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. Breast works on extreme left
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The breastworks on the extreme left of the Gettysburg field are the focus here, low earthen and stone defenses that soldiers raised along ridges and wooded slopes during the fighting of July 1863. Such works gave infantry cover from musket and artillery fire, and this view shows how the terrain was shaped for defense. The glass negative was made by the wet collodion process, which required photographers to coat, expose and develop each plate while it was still damp. The record notes that the negative was once attributed to Alexander Gardner, whose team photographed the battlefield in the months after the battle.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Breastworks on extreme left. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 4,251 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-49343 |
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