Gettysburg Pa. Headquarters of Gen. George G. Meade on Cemetery Ridge – Vintage Wall Art
(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 photograph captures Gettysburg Pa. Headquarters of Gen. George G. Meade on Cemetery Ridge in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Gettysburg Pa. Headquarters of Gen. George G. Meade on Cemetery Ridge
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A stereograph of the headquarters of Gen. George G. Meade on Cemetery Ridge, the spot where the Union commander directed the defense during the Battle of Gettysburg in early July 1863. Meade had taken command of the Army of the Potomac only days before the fighting began, and his position on the ridge became the center of the Union line on the third day. The image was made as a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required photographers to prepare and expose plates on the spot, and the picture was once attributed to Alexander Gardner, though that attribution is now uncertain.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph 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. 0188 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Gettysburg Battle of Gettysburg Pa. 1863. Meade George G.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,328 × 1,360 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46778 |
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