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O'Sullivan, Timothy Field where Gen. Reynolds fell, Gettysburg [published by Gardner]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02435 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy Place Written: Washington, [D.C.] Type: Photograph Date: 1863/07 Pagination: 1 photograph 31 x 38 cm Order a Copy

Photograph, not showing Reynold's body, but showing corpses on the field after the battle.

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