Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Body of Confederate sharpshooter. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Published in: Gardner, Alexander / Gardner's photographic sketch book of the War. Washington, : Philp & Solomons [1865], plate 41, with the title "Home of a rebel sharpshooter, Gettysburg.", William Frassanito in "Gettysburg: A Journey in Time" credits Timothy O'Sullivan as the photographer of this image. "Although Gardner claimed credit for this view in his "Sketch Book," the original catalogue issued only two months following the battle identified the cameraman as O'Sullivan.", Library also ha
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Body of Confederate sharpshooter. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Published in: Gardner, Alexander / Gardner's photographic sketch book of the War. Washington, : Philp & Solomons [1865], plate 41, with the title "Home of a rebel sharpshooter, Gettysburg.", William Frassanito in "Gettysburg: A Journey in Time" credits Timothy O'Sullivan as the photographer of this image. "Although Gardner claimed credit for this view in his "Sketch Book," the original catalogue issued only two months following the battle identified the cameraman as O'Sullivan.", Library also has single-frame glass copy negatives for this image with the call number LC-B811-251, A clipping from Confederate veterans, v. 33 glued to back of the mount of LOT 4168, no. 19 identifies the soldier depicted as Andrew Johnston Hoge. William Frassanito has shown that while Hoge died at Gettysburg, his regiment was not involved in fighting near Devil's Den during the battle. (See: Early photography at Gettysburg / William Frassanito. Gettysburg : Thomas Publications, 1995, page 277.) Recent scholarship by John Heiser and Scott Fink contends that the soldier was likely part of the 2nd or 15th Georgia Infantry. War casualties, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa, 1863, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, Confederate.
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