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9th Mass. batt. Bigelows going into position at Gettysburg – Historic Print

9th Mass. batt. Bigelows going into position at Gettysburg, [1863 ca. July 1-3] — historic drawing
9th Mass. batt. Bigelows going into position at Gettysburg, [1863 ca. July 1-3]. Historic drawing from the Gettysburg collection.

(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 drawing captures 9th Mass. batt. Bigelows going into position at Gettysburg in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The title, written in the lower right corner, names the 9th Massachusetts Battery under Bigelow, a light artillery unit whose guns were moving into line at Gettysburg. The sketch is in pencil on a small sheet of yellow paper, a quick field-style record of men and horses working a gun into position rather than a finished composition. The battle lasted three days, July 1 to 3, 1863, and the artillery was often what held the Union line when infantry was pressed hardest. Drawings like this one, made close to the events they show, are valuable because they capture the movement and urgency of the moment.

Created / published[1863 ca. July 1-3]
Medium1 drawing on yellow paper : pencil ; 17.6 x 31.4 cm. (sheet).
GenreDrawings American 1860-1870.
NotesTitle inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.281) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file -- 1863. Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,340 × 748 px · prints to 4 × 2 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216953

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