"A harvest of death, Gettysburg, July 1863."
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Author: Center for History and New Media/American Social History Project
Subject: Humanities
Institution Name:
American Social History Project/Center for History and New Media
Collection Name: Many Pasts (CHNM/ASHP)
Abstract: Photographers covered the Civil War, following the Union Army in wagons that served as traveling darkrooms. Their equipment was bulky and the exposures had to be long, so they could not take action photographs during battle. But photography was graphic; this picture taken on the morning of July 4th, 1863 after three days of heavy fighting during the Battle of Gettysburg, showed the northern public that dying in battle lacked the gallantry often represented in paintings and prints.
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Types of Materials: Teaching and Learning Strategies
Language: English
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