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Chapin, John Reuben, 1823-1894 Battle of Gettysburg, PA

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0149 Author/Creator: Chapin, John Reuben, 1823-1894 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Engraving Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Height: 28 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

One engraving entitled "Battle of Gettysburg, PA" dated 1865. Depicts a view of a Union field artillery battery, during the battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. In the foreground the bodies of two Union soliders lay on the ground, behind them an officer on horseback directs the attention of a solider to something in the distance. Engraved after a painting by John Reuben Chapin. Engraver unknown.

Chapin, John Reuben, 1823-1894

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