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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.
Tipton's portrait of Gettysburg casualty Jennie Wade. William Henry Tipton (August 5, 1850 – September 20, 1929) was a noted American photographer of the second half of the 19th century, most noted for his extensive early photography of the Gettysburg Battlefield and the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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]
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.
8,900 dead soldiers were on the battlefield, [13] and townspeople and farmers buried some of them at battlefield sites (e.g., along fences and stone walls). [14] 1863-07-07 The local Provost Marshal solicited "Men, Horses, and Wagons…to bury the dead" in various Gettysburg Battlefield plots. [15] 1863-07-10
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Alfred Waud sketching at the Battle of Gettysburg A Harvest of Death : Union dead on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, photographed July 5–6, 1863 [ 12 ] John Burns , veteran of the War of 1812 , and a hero of the Battle of Gettysburg , 1863
Perhaps the most significant case in the Gettysburg area occurred in 1993, when between $25,000 to $75,000 (around $163,256 in today's money) worth of Civil War artifacts were stolen from the ...