Appearance of cemetery hill previous to Pick[etts charge – Antique Print
![Appearance of cemetery hill previous to Pick[etts charge, [1863 July 3] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9c/9cf6828fcb25-L.webp)
(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 historic drawing of Appearance of cemetery hill previous to Pick[etts charge brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Appearance of cemetery hill previous to Pick[etts charge
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Drawn on the same day as the assault it anticipates, this sheet shows the ground around Cemetery Hill before Pickett's charge, the Confederate attack that broke against the Union center on July 3, 1863. The artist, Greenleaf T. Stevens, served with the 5th Battery of the 1st Maine Light Artillery, a unit that fought on the Union line that afternoon. He worked in pencil and Chinese white, an opaque pigment, on green paper, which gives the scene a muted, field-sketch quality. A soldier's view of the terrain, recorded in the hours before the fighting, shows the ground that the gunners were about to defend.
| Created / published | [1863 July 3] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on green paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 20.5 x 32.8 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Stevens, Greenleaf T.--Military service. United States.--Army.--Maine Light Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1864).--Battery, 5th. Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Soldiers--1860-1870. Artillery (Weaponry)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 4,147 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128603 |
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