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 Ameri
A Harvest of Death, a photograph following the Battle of Gettysburg, taken in early July 1863
Photograph title and caption by Alexander Gardner
Alexander Gardner, Confederate dead gathered for burial at the southwestern edge of the Rose woods, July 5, 1863, Library of Congress.
Portrait of Timothy H.O'Sullivan by Philp & Solomons, circa 1870.
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in the American Civil War between the Union and Confederate armies in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle, won by the Union, is widely considered the Ci
A Harvest of Death
…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. It is the result of a singular photographic project by entrepreneur Mathew…
M1857 12-Pounder "Napoleon" at Gettysburg National Military Park Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, September 2006
A November 1862 Harper's Magazine illustration showing Confederate army men escorting kidnapped African-American civilians south into slavery. En route to Gettysburg, the Army of Northern Virginia kidnapped between 40 and nearly 60 free black civilians and sent them south into slavery.
American Zouave regiments during the Battle of Gettysburg