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Gardner, Alexander, (1821-1882) Incidents of the War. Gettysburg. July, 1863

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03588.04 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, (1821-1882) Place Written: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: July 1863 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w ; 31 x 40 cm. Order a Copy

Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner, circa 1865. A view taken from Cemetery Ridge, looking into town. Two men stand on the road in the immediate foreground. A group of tents is located in the field just in front of the town.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

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