2004-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2004
Albumen photograph, 8-1/4”x6-3/4”, titled “Union Dead on the Battlefield at Gettysburg.” with caption reading “A group of Union dead on the right of the Federal lines on the first day’s fight, July 1, 1863. These soldiers were killed by one discharge of ‘cannister’ from a Rebel gun during a charge. ‘Cannister’ is a tin can filled with small balls about the size of a marble. When the cannon is fired the force of the discharge bursts open the can, and the shower of cannister balls sweeps everything before it. ‘Cannister’ is used at short range, and is fearfully effective.” From the Taylor & Huntington series of “Original Photographs Taken During the War of 1861 -1865 by M.B. Brady and Alex. Gardner, Authorized Government Photographers.” c. 1870’s. Fine.
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