Gettysburg Pa. Breastworks on Little Round Top; Round Top in distance – Antique Print
(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 photograph of Gettysburg Pa. Breastworks on Little Round Top; Round Top in distance. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Gettysburg Pa. Breastworks on Little Round Top; Round Top in distance
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Stone and earth breastworks crown the rocky summit of Little Round Top, with the taller bulk of Round Top rising in the distance. The hill was the anchor of the Union left flank on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, when Union troops held it against Confederate assaults that could have rolled up the entire line. Photographers working in the weeks after the battle recorded such fortifications as the armies left the field, and this view shows how the defenders shaped the rough, boulder-strewn ground into cover. The image was printed from a wet collodion glass negative, a process that demanded quick exposures and rewarded careful framing.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass 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. 0194 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Battlefields. Gettysburg Battle of Gettysburg Pa. 1863. Battlefields. Forts & fortifications.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,694 × 1,362 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46229 |
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