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Tipton's Gettysburg Groups [reunion photograph of Green's 3rd Brigade, 12 Corps], Gettysburg, PA. [Late 19th-early 20th Cent. ca.]

Large group of old veterans wearing civilian clothes and ribbons posed in a wooded area [probably Culp's Hill]. A sign on the center tree reads: "Green's 3rd Brigade, 12 Corps." Part of an old recruitment [?] broadside hangs beneath the sign. A...

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Meade's headquarters [the Widow Leister's House], Gettysburg, PA. [1863 ca.]

View from Tanneytown Road. The earth mound in front of [to the the left in the image] the house might be the graves of horses killed in the fighting. Image taken in the summer of 1863, published by the Tyson Brothers. (Tipton worked for the Tyson...

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Meade's headquarters [the Widow Leister's House], Gettysburg, PA. [1863 ca.]

The earth mound in front of [to the the left in the image] the house might be the graves of horses killed in the fighting. Text on recto reads: "General Meade's Headquarters, A position of great peril, occupied by the General during the heaviest...

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Granite Hill [Little Round Top], Near [Big] Round Top. [August 1863]

Little Round Top taken from the Wheatfield Road. Text on recto continues: "The stronghold occupied by the extreme left of the Union Army." Graphite inscription on verso: "Compliments of Chas. J. Tyson." Additional graphite inscription on verso...

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Cemetery Hill, Showing the Gateway and a portion of the [Evergreen] Cemetery. [August 1863]

Title taken from accompanying text on recto. Taken by the Tyson brothers. Evergreen Cemetery and gate house on East Cemetery Hill. Note damaged window panes from fighting. Graphite inscription on verso "117." A very similar photograph was taken by...

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Scenes from the battle-field at Gettysburg. Residence of the old patriot who entered the Union lines during the battle with his musket and was wounded thrice. The figure on the porch is the old patriot.

The name "John Burns" is penciled in on the mount next to the printed title to indicate that he is the "old patriot" in question. View of John Burns's house, which is no longer standing, and surrounding buildings. Very sharp and clear view of the...

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Evergreen Cemetery Gatehouse, Gettysburg, Pa. [July 7, 1863]

Taken by O'Sullivan. Frassanito states that this is the earliest known photograph of the gatehouse after the battle. The artillery earthworks occupied by Stewart's Battery B, 4th U.S. Arty. can be seen in the foreground. Seated in the wagon that is...

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Little Round Top, Gettysburg, Pa. [July 6, 1863]

Washed out image of the bare, rocky western face of Little Round Top. In the right foreground is the Slaughter Pen, denoted by the large boulders and Plum Run ["Bloody Run"] in the extreme right bottom corner. Inscription on verso: "Gardner."...

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Rev. G. Winslow D.D.M.D. at Camp Letterman, Gettysburg, Pa. [1863 ca.]

Winslow is seated, with a book in his lap, in front of a tent. A flag hangs above the tent and there is an arch of branches in front of the opening. An unidentified woman stands behind his chair, holding a hat and a basket. Inscription on recto: "Rev...

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Confederate dead on Rose Farm, Gettysburg, Pa. [July 5, 1863]

Inscription on image: "After first [inserted: day of] battle at Gettysburg." Photographer's labels were often incorrect [sometimes intentionally], and this is such a case. The image is actually of Confederate dead on the Rose farm, which was the...

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The Slaughter Pen at the base of Big Round Top, Gettysburg battlefield [PA]. Confederate corpses lie scattered about among the rocks.

Inscription on verso: "The Wilderness slaughterpen." Numeric notation on verso: "128."

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Woods of Gettysburg [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Woods on the left wing, Battle of Gettysburgh. No. 2386." Numeric notation on verso: "256."

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Dead in Wheatfield [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "#193-Dead in Wheat-field." Numeric notation on verso: "518." Additional inscription on verso: "This view was bought in Little Road Top."

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Trossell's Barn, at Gettysburg [stereocard]

Inscription: "At Gettysburg. Trossell's Barnyard, where 9th Massachusetts Battery fought. They lost 81 out of 88 horses." Numeric notation on verso: "451."

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Bodies collected for burial near McPherson's woods [stereocard]

Inscription: "Bodies of the dead collected for burial in the field near McPherson's woods, south of Chambersburg Pike, on battlefield of first day." Numeric notation on verso: "390."

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Union Picket line at Fort Mahone [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Union Picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers 'Fort Damnation,' Richmond, Va. No. 3201." Numeric notation on verso: "107."

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Dead horses of the 9th Massachusetts Artillery, Trostle Farm, Gettysburg

This image shows the dead horses of the 9th Massachusetts Artillery after the battle at Trostle's farm in Gettysburg. In the background is Abraham Trostle's barn. Numeric notation on recto: "300" and "266." Inscription on verso: "In Trossel's [sic]...

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Meade's headquarters at Gettysburg

The image shows a small white wooden house with evidence of shelling in the front yard. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "VII" and "1167."

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Corpses at the Slaughter Pen at Gettysburg

The image shows four corpes lying on the ground. Very little detail of their uniforms is visible. Inscription on verso: "The slaughter pen at Gettysburg." Numeric notations on verso: "72" and "124."

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Office of Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

The image shows a three story brick buliding. Many people are clustered outside the entrance and many boxes are stacked along its side. Inscription on verso: "Gettysburg Office of Sanitary Commission." Additional inscription on verso: "Ordway...

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General G. R. Paul [split stereocard]

Profile of General G. R. Paul. Inscription on image: "G. R. Paul." Inscription on verso: "Gen. G. R. Paul, shot blind at Gettysburg. The bullet passed in at one eye and out of the other," and "1861--Photographic History--1865 . . . ."

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Diaries of Samuel G. Gottshall [decimalized]

Mentions battles of Gettysburg, the Wilderness and Spotsylvania. First diary is loose.

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[Diary of Samuel G. Gottshall]

Leather bound autograph manuscript signed. Gottshall returns to the Army after being wounded in the arm by a cannonball. Throughout the early months Gottshall sees little action and he discusses his recovery and soldiering in the winter. In [13-15...

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to Edwin DeLeon

Marked confidential at the top. Soule writes to DeLeon, Confederate Envoy to France 1862-1864. Relates, "I came to the confederacy by the way of Nassau & Charleston. Before leaving Nassau, we had the news of a great battle fought at Gettysburg, of...

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to A.M. Flinn

Spent three weeks as a prisoner at Fort Delaware. Has not heard from his family since he returned to camp. While at Fort Delaware, his father had come to camp to visit and went home without knowing the fate of his son. He discusses the losses from...

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