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Image ID: AGNH

Credit:

unknown photographer

Date:

1863.11.19

Negative Size:

8 in. x 10 in.

Equipment:

bayonet; flag; long gun

Locations & Lines:

Gettysburg National Cemetery (Gettysburg PA); Gettysburg PA; Pennsylvania

Military Units:

US Army

Persons:

Lincoln (Abraham)

Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Library of Congress says: Dedication of monument at Gettysburg cemetery. [1863 Nov. 19. Photo shows the crowd gathered for the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Penn., where President Abraham Lincoln gave his now famous speech, the Gettysburg Address. When the photo is greatly enlarged, Lincoln is visible facing the crowd, not wearing a hat, about an inch below the third flag from the left. Photographer attributions vary from unidentified (William Frassanito) to Mathew Brady (NARA) and David Bachrach (Center for Civil War Photography).]

Ostendorf, no. 81
Meserve, no. 129

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