Gettysburg, Pa. July 1863. Headquarters of Gen. George G. Meade on Cemetery Ridge
Description:
From "War Memories" catalog: This little house was the Headquarters of the Union army during that terrible battle. On the third day of the battle this house was in direct range of the fearful artillery fire rained by the Rebels on the Union lines just previous to Pickett's great charge. The horses of General Meade's aides were hitched to the fence and trees near the house. Sixteen of these horses were killed during the artillery fire. Dead bodies of horses are seen in the road and field near the house and under the trees.
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Notes:
Title from "War Memories" catalog.
Alternative title from Milhollen and Mugridge.
"War Memories" catalog number: 259
Milhollen and Mugridge number: 188
Handwritten on item back: 232, 18
Notes (date):
Date from Milhollen and Mugridge.
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.
Milhollen, Hirst D. and Mugridge, Donald H. "Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 : a catalog of copy negatives made from originals selected from the Mathew B. Brady Collection in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress." Library of Congress, 1961, Washington.
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