The battle of Gettysburg. View from the summit of Little Round Top. The advance of Genl. Longstreet's Corps on the Union position (5th Corps) on Little Round Top, Thursday evening and Friday afternoon / E.F. – Historic Photo Reproduction
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This historic drawing of The battle of Gettysburg. View from the summit of Little Round Top. The advance of Genl. Longstreet's Corps on the Union position (5th Corps) on Little Round Top, Thursday evening and Friday afternoon / E.F. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The battle of Gettysburg. View from the summit of Little Round Top. The advance of Genl. Longstreet's Corps on the Union position (5th Corps) on Little Round Top, Thursday evening and Friday afternoon / E.F.
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Few hilltops at Gettysburg mattered more on July 2, 1863, than Little Round Top, and this pencil drawing is made from its summit, looking across the ground Gen. James Longstreet's corps advanced over. The title identifies the target as the Union position held by the 5th Corps, with the action dated to Thursday evening and Friday afternoon. Little Round Top's rocky slopes gave Union defenders a commanding view of the approaching Confederates, and the fight for the hill became one of the best-known engagements of the battle. As an on-the-spot sketch, it offers a ground-level view of the fighting that printed maps often flattened.
| Created / published | 1863 July 2. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.74) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Battlefields--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 | 1,536 × 1,288 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112080 |
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