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13 mar 2022 · The Confederates were forced to retreat while the Union rejoiced at Lee's defeat. The South was shattered both militarily and politically — and the turning point of the Civil War had now occurred. See some of the most powerful photos of the Battle of Gettysburg in the gallery above.
4 kwi 2022 · With the innovative rise of photography as a means through which to document war, many aspiring 19 th-century photographers flocked to infamous Civil War battlefields to capture the perfect image. Whether depicting a decimated landscape or mutilated soldiers, Civil War photography proved to have an eager audience both during and after the conflict.
Image 25 of Gettysburg; the pictures and the story. 19 Y’S BATTLE Heth’s Divisions emerged, and in two columns, orderly and steadily, as though on parade, began their march to converge at the clump of trees near the Union centre and...
Gardner titled the plate Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Battlefield of Gettysburg. But the photograph, its commemorative title notwithstanding, relates a far more common story: six Union soldiers lie dead, face up, stomachs bloated, their pockets picked and boots stolen.
Watch the action at the Battle of Gettysburg come to life with the Civil War Trust's all new "animated map," featuring a compelling video presentation and interactive map of the battlefield. This map was produced by Wide Awake Films.
28 kwi 2017 · Gettysburg was the first battlefield Brady had seen since the war’s opening clash at Bull Run, where he had tried to make photographs but lost his glass negatives and all his equipment in the frenzied retreat of the Union army.
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address at the Gettysburg National Cemetery in November of that year reinforced the incredible sacrifice of those who gave their lives to the cause of national unity. War photography was a relatively new endeavor at the time of the U.S. Civil War.
