. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . DEAD AMONG THE ROCKS OF LITTLE ROUND TOP ON GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD DEAD SHARPSHOOTER IN DEVILS DEn ON LITTLE ROUND TOP AT GETTYSBURG. GETTYSBURG is the Water-loo of the American Conti-nent. A photograph ishere shown of the dead sol-diers lying on the battlefield. To si-lence Hazletts Battery, which wasposted on the summit of Little RoundTop, the Confederates pushed theirsharpshooters among the rocks in themountain. A few hours before thesephotographs were taken one of thesesharpshooters mortally wounde
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . DEAD AMONG THE ROCKS OF LITTLE ROUND TOP ON GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD DEAD SHARPSHOOTER IN DEVILS DEn ON LITTLE ROUND TOP AT GETTYSBURG. GETTYSBURG is the Water-loo of the American Conti-nent. A photograph ishere shown of the dead sol-diers lying on the battlefield. To si-lence Hazletts Battery, which wasposted on the summit of Little RoundTop, the Confederates pushed theirsharpshooters among the rocks in themountain. A few hours before thesephotographs were taken one of thesesharpshooters mortally wounded Gen-eral Weed, who was directing themovement of his troops from the sum-mit. Lieutenant Hazlett, who was anold schoolmate of the fallen general,was commanding the battery and has-tened to take the dying words of hisfriend and comrade, when he, too, felldead, pierced by a bullet from thedread sharpshooters. Like a flash theguns of the battery were turned onthe Devils Den from which camethe fatal shots as this picture attests.
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