Battlefield of Gettysburg. Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Little Round Top. No. 96, Title from item, Illus. in: .G19, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 40, 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
Battlefield of Gettysburg. Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Little Round Top. No. 96, Title from item, Illus. in: .G19, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 40, 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, Photographer and date from image in Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book, Hand written on verso: "Same as Miller vol. II, p. 249", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg.
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