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| Credit: | by Gardner (Alexander) |
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| Date: | 1863.07 |
| Negative Size: | 4 in. x 10 in. stereo |
| Locations & Lines: | Gettysburg PA; Gettysburg battlefield PA; Round Top (Gettysburg battlefield PA); Pennsylvania |
| Military Units: | CS Army; US Army |
| Sources: | Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 253. Scene in the woods at Slaughter Pen. [Gardner Co. stereo card]
Photographic History. The War For The Union. No. 253. Slaughter pen at Gettysburg. These woods at the foot of Little Round Top, Gettysburg, were called “the slaughter pen,” because so many soldiers were killed here. The ground was strewn with bodies of the dead. Some of them can be seen in this view. [Taylor & Huntington album card]
Photographic War History. The War For The Union. 1861-1865. No. 253. The Slaughter Pen at Gettysburg. The woods at the foot of “Round Top,” which was the “right” of the Union line, were named by the soldiers “the slaughter-pen.” The enemy made a desperate attempt to gain a foot-hold on Round Top, for it was virtually the “key” to the field. The woods on the slope were strewn with dead. This view gives a glimpse among the trees, showing the harvest of death. [Taylor & Huntington stereo card]
Gardner No. 253.
Written on negative: 253.