Battle of Gettysburg. Longstreet's attack upon the left center of the Union lines. Blue Ridge in distance – Vintage Photo Print
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(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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of Battle of Gettysburg. Longstreet's attack upon the left center of the Union lines. Blue Ridge in distance. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Battle of Gettysburg. Longstreet's attack upon the left center of the Union lines. Blue Ridge in distance
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Drawn in pencil and Chinese white on brown paper, this sheet shows Confederate Gen. James Longstreet's assault on the left center of the Union line on July 2, 1863, with the Blue Ridge faintly visible in the distance. Longstreet's First Corps attacked around the Peach Orchard and Wheatfield, and the fighting there was among the bloodiest of the battle's second day. The white heightening sets off troops, flags and smoke against the darker paper, a technique suited to quick battlefield studies. The sheet is a useful record of how the fighting looked to an observer on the field, and of the ground that the next day's assault would cross.
| Created / published | [1863 July 2] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on brown paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 34.4 x 52.8 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Longstreet, James,--1821-1904--Military service. Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Military officers--Confederate--1860-1870. Military officers--Union--1860-1870. Troop movements--1860-1870. Flags--Union--1860-1870. Flags--Confederate--1860-1870. Artillery (Weaponry)--1860-1870. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,442 × 1,144 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216948 |
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