Gettysburg, photograph by Timothy H. O’Sullivan, July 1863.
An excerpt from Alexander Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War, published, 1865-66:
Such a picture conveys a useful moral: It shows the blank horror and reality of war, in opposition to its pageantry. Here are the dreadful details! Let them aid in preventing such another calamity falling upon the nation.
Photo via Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction number: LC-B8184-7964-A
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