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A Harvest of Death, 1863.. A Harvest of Death is the title of a photograph taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, sometime between July 4 and 7, 1863.It shows the bodies of soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, stretched out over part of the battlefield.
A Harvest of Death: Union dead on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, photographed July 5 or July 6, 1863, by Timothy H. O'Sullivan Gettysburg National Cemetery, July 2003 John L. Burns, veteran of the War of 1812, civilian who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg with Union troops. [102]
A harvest of death, Gettysburg, PA. Dead Federal soldiers on battlefield. Negative by Timothy H. O'Sullivan. ... between 4 July 1863 and 7 July 1863 ...
Early Photography at Gettysburg. Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 1995. ISBN 1-57747-032-X. Biography of Timothy H. O'Sullivan from The Getty Museum; The Life of Timothy H. O'Sullivan from the Tucson Weekly, March 31, 2003, by Margaret Regan. Accessed July 29, 2010. Trachtenberg A. (1990), Reading American Photographs, New York: Hill & Wang
Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—the companion to the adjacent, taller hill named Big Round Top.It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, during the American Civil War.
In the winter of 1861–62, O'Sullivan was dispatched to document Gen. Thomas W. Sherman's Port Royal, S.C. operations. In July 1862, O'Sullivan followed the campaign of Gen. John Pope in Virginia. In July 1863, he reached the pinnacle of his career when he took pictures at Gettysburg, PA., most notably, "The Harvest of Death".
The Pennsylvania State Memorial [2] is a monument in Gettysburg National Military Park that commemorates the 34,530 Pennsylvania soldiers who fought in the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The memorial stands along Cemetery Ridge, the Union battle line on July 2, 1863. [3]
Amos Humiston (April 26, 1830 – July 1, 1863) was a Union soldier who died at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.A photograph of his children that was found with his body led to his identification when it was described in newspapers across the country.