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Title: 243. On the battlefield at Gettysburg
Alternative Title: The War for the Union. Photographic War History.
Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer
War Photograph and Exhibition Company, publisher
Date Created and/or Issued: 1863-07
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: United States Civil War
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Photograph shows the bloated bodies of Union soldiers killed during battle on July 1st, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Four other soldiers stand in background.
Title from caption. Alt title from recto. Written on verso: A group of Union dead on the right of the Federal lines on the first days' fight, July 1, 1863. These soldiers were killed by one discharge of "cannister" from a Rebel gun during a charge. "Cannister" is a tin can filled with small balls about the size of a marble. When the cannon is fired the force of the discharge bursts open the can, and the shower of cannister balls sweeps everything before it.
Extent: 1 stereograph : albumen ; 8.3 x 17 cm (3 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Identifier: photSt War (243)
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/845
Language: English
Subject: War casualties--Union--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg--1860-1870. (lctgm)
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel
Place: Gettysburg (Pa.)
Source: Stereographs
War
United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library

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