Historic photos from the Battle of Gettysburg
June 29, 2013
Gettysburg, Pa. Three Confederate prisoners. Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Devil's Den, Gettysburg - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pa. Headquarters of Gen. George G. Meade on Cemetery Ridge - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pa. Headquarters of Gen. Robert E. Lee on the Chambersburg Pike, 1863 July. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Battle-field of Gettysburg. Culp's Hill - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Civil War glass negative collection - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Unfinished Confederate graves near the center of the battlefield - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Rocks could not save him at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa. July 1863. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gen. Samuel K. Zook. Killed Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
General Joshua L. Chamberlain (between 1860 and 1865). Active at Little Round Top, Battle of Gettysburg. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
W.D. Pender, C.S.A., killed at Gettysburg - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Incidents of the war. A harvest of death, Gettysburg, July, 1863. Dead Federal soldiers on battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Hanover Junction, Pa. Passenger train at depot. Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania. Bridge at Hanover Junction burned by Confederates before the battle of Gettysburg - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pa. Breastworks on left wing of the Federal line. Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Battered trees on Culp's Hill - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
The battle-field of Gettysburg. McPherson's woods in which Archer's (Confederate) Brigade was captured, view of the side towards the Chambersburg pike. Photograph shows photographer Mathew Brady standing in the field. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pa. Confederate dead at the edge of the Rose woods, July 5, 1863 - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Effect of a shell on a Confederate - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
The battle-field of Gettysburg. Little Round Top and Round Top - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Battle-field of Gettysburg. Scene of General Reynold's death. Archer's (Confederate) brigade was advancing to seize the clump of woods on right of picture. General Reynolds ordered Meredith's brigade to repel the attempts, and was sitting on his horse at the edge of the woods, encouraging the men as they passed him, when he was shot. McPherson's Woods. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "Slaughter pen" on left wing. (O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer) - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Federal dead on the right of the Federal lines, killed on July 1 - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pa. Four dead soldiers in the woods near Little Round Top - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Dead horse on battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. John L. Burns cottage. (Burns seated in doorway) - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Capt. [John J] Huff's clerk - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Battle-field of Gettysburg. Temporary entrenchments thrown up by the Federal troops on Little Round Top. Big Round Top in the background. (O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer) - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
The battle-field of Gettysburg. The valley of the shadow of death. Between Round Top and Little Round Top. (O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer) - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Trossels house - battlefield Gettysburg - Photograph shows many dead horses on the ground in front of Abraham Trostle's house near the headquarters of General Daniel Edgar Sickles. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pa. Dead Confederate soldiers in the "slaughter pen" at the foot of Little Round Top - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Dead Confederate sharpshooter in "The devil's den." (Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer) - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Pa. The Bryan house on 2d Corps line, near scene of Pickett's Charge. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Federal dead on the field of battle of first day, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. Capt. J.B. Howard, Office of Assistant Quartermaster, Army of the Potomac. June 1863 Gettysburg Campaign. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
General Hospital, Gettysburg, August, 1863 - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
U.S. Cristian (i.e. Christian) Commission at Gettysburg General Hospital, August, 1863 - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
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