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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0304 Author/Creator: Tyson Brothers, fl. 1863 Place Written: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: 1863/08 Pagination: 1 photograph 36.8 x 26.7 cm Order a Copy

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 "117."

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