Gettysburg Pa. Interior view of breastworks on extreme left of the Federal line – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Gettysburg Pa. Interior view of breastworks on extreme left of the Federal line in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Gettysburg Pa. Interior view of breastworks on extreme left of the Federal line
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This view turns inward, showing the inside of the earthen breastworks on the extreme left of the Union line at Gettysburg rather than the open ground in front. James F. Gibson made it in 1863, and it survives as a glass stereograph, a pair of wet collodion plates meant to be viewed together through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. Stereo views like this let viewers in the North see the battlefield's ground, with its trenches and ridgelines, soon after the fighting in early July. Look at the raised parapet and the bare dirt around it to get a sense of how the soldiers defended that ground.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0196 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gibson James F. b. 1828 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities. Gettysburg Battle of Gettysburg Pa. 1863. Forts & fortifications.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,444 × 1,372 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46702 |
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