Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Dead Confederate sharpshooter in Devils Den – 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. Dead Confederate sharpshooter in Devils Den, 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. Dead Confederate sharpshooter in Devils Den
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Among the boulders of Devil's Den, a rocky outcrop on the southern edge of the Gettysburg battlefield, a Confederate sharpshooter lies dead where he fell during fighting on July 2, 1863. Photographers working the field soon after the battle recorded such scenes before burial details could clear them. The image survives as a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required quick exposure and development, and it was long credited to Alexander Gardner, though that attribution is now considered uncertain. Note how the body sits against the stony ground, a reminder of the sharpshooters who fought from such perches.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Battle of Gettysburg dead Confederate Sharpshooter in Devils Den. 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 × 2,049 px · prints to 17 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-49356 |
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