Union dead at Gettysburg; killed by canister

Title:: Union dead at Gettysburg; killed by canister
Description:: From "War Memories" catalog: 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 sweep everything before it. "Cannister" is used at short range, and is fearfully effective.
Photographer:: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
Date:: July 1861
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Albumen prints
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: American Civil War 20th Massachusetts Regiment
Series:: War Memories: The War for the Union, 1861-1865
Subjects:: Dead persons
War casualties
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places:: Pennsylvania > Adams (county) > Gettysburg National Military Park
Pennsylvania > Adams (county) > Gettysburg
Extent:: 1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 18 x 23 cm
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dj5322537
Terms of Use:: No Copyright - United States
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Notes:: Title from "War Memories" catalog.
"War Memories" catalog number: 7946
Notes (date):: Date from "War Memories" catalog.
Notes (citation):: "War memories, the war for the Union 1861-1865 : catalogue of original photographic war views : photographic history of the war for the Union." Taylor & Huntington, 1890, Hartford, Conn.
Identifier:: 23_05_000125