Battle Of Gettysburg

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Stock #:139232
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Gettysburg
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
County: Adams
Publisher: L.E. Smith
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Battlefield Data. 38 Square Miles of Battlefield. 24,460 Acres of Land. 2,500 Acres in Road and Memorial Sites. 57 Miles of Road. 35 Maeadam and Telford Roads. 12,296 Monuments. 385 Mounted Cannons. 5 Steel Observation Towers. $7,000,000 Spent on Battlefield Park. Battle facts. 90,000 Union soldiers in fight. 85,000 Confederate Soldiers. 28,000 Confederate Killed, Wounded and Missing. 23,000 Union Killed and Missing, 10,000 Killed outright. 3,654 Union Buried in National Cemetery (of which 1,608 are unknown) 579 Tons of ammunition used. The picture represented here is reproduced from a standard painting of that climax in the Battle of Gettysburg that come with the assault of Longstreet's columns on the third day. Headed by Pickett's division of Virginians. The desperate character of the Attack and defence is depicted in the hand hand fight over the stone wall. This painting is the work of the celebrated artist, P. F. Rothermel, and purchased by the State of Pennsylvania, now hangs in the flag room at the State Capitol.

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