Real people, real death - the photograph depicts a definite date and battle, rather than an imagined retelling of the events (p. 894-95). How does Timothy O'Sullivan's photograph of the Civil War, A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1863, capture "the horrific devastation wrought by American conflict" differently than a painting This image titled “The harvest of death. Gettysburg, July 4, 1863 Photographed by A. Gardner, Washington,” appeared in Harpers Weekly magazine. It appears to combine elements of the Harvest of Death photo series with the “Unfit for Service” photograph. This view appeared in Harpers Weekly on July 22, 1865, volume 9, number 447, page 452. A Harvest of Death. Full Image Copied from Gardner's Plate 36. LC Caption: Incidents of the war. A harvest of death, Gettysburg, July, 1863. Photographed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, July 1863. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Reproduction number: LC-B8184-7964-A Plate 37. Field where General Reynolds Fell. Battle-Field of A Harvest of Death is the title of a photograph taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, sometime between July 4 and 7, 1863. It shows the bodies of soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, stretched out over part of the battlefield. But photography was graphic; this picture taken on the morning of July 4th, 1863 after three days of heavy fighting during the Battle of Gettysburg, showed the northern public that dying in battle lacked the gallantry often represented in paintings and prints. In the third Harvest of Death post, Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guides Tim Smith and Garry Adelman laid out their helpful hints or tips or principles or rules for anyone attempting to locate the Harvest of Death site. In the fourth Harvest of Death post, Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guides Tim Smith and Garry Adelman remind viewers of According to the speakers in the video, why is the image called “A Harvest of Death”? Because the battle took place on farmland near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Because the death toll from the battle was so high, making the sacrifice for the Union cause for war all the more poignant. Map shewing [sic] movements of Union and Rebel armies from 30th June to 13th July 1863. Covers parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, focusing on the Gettysburg area south through Sharpsburg and Frederick City, Md., and ending around Harpers Ferry, Va. [now W.Va.]. One of the most elusive group of Civil War battlefield photographs has been the image known as “The Harvest of Death” and its companion images, showing the same bodies from a near opposite angle. The group was made in the days following the battle, most probably July 6, 1863. In the third Harvest of Death post, Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guides Tim Smith and Garry Adelman laid out their helpful hints or tips or principles or rules for anyone attempting to locate the Harvest of Death site. In the fourth Harvest of Death post, Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guides Tim Smith and Garry Adelman remind viewers of "A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1863" is plate number 36 in Gardner's Sketchbook of the War. Timothy O'Sullivan made the photograph with a wet plate collodion negative. Alexander Gardner printed the albumen photograph, titled it, and provided an accompanying text. "A Harvest of Death" is a significant photograph by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, captured between July 4 and 7, 1863, depicting the grim reality of soldiers' bodies left on the battlefield following the Battle of Gettysburg. A Harvest of Death. Full Image Copied from Gardner's Plate 36. LC Caption: Incidents of the war. A harvest of death, Gettysburg, July, 1863. Photographed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, July 1863. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Reproduction number: LC-B8184-7964-A Plate 37. Field where General Reynolds Fell. Battle-Field of The Sketch Book features ten photographic plates of Gettysburg—eight by Timothy H. O’Sullivan, who served as a field operator for Alexander Gardner, and two by Gardner himself. The extended caption that accompanies this photograph is among Gardner’s most poetic: "It was, indeed, a ‘harvest of death.’ . . . Civil War’s toll of death and destruction, especially apparent after the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place from July 1 to July 3, 1863. Gardner’s caption identifies the men in the photograph as “rebels representedwithout shoes.” During the war, shoes were routinely A Harvest of Death is the title of a photograph taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, sometime between July 4 and 7, 1863. It shows the bodies of soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, stretched out over part of the battlefield. A Harvest of Death, 1863. If Jerry Coates is correct, this view was taken facing northeast on Sunday, July 5, 1863. It is courtesy of the Library of Congress. On approximately July 5, 1863, the photography crew of Alexander Gardner, Timothy O’Sullivan, and James Gibson approached the Gettysburg battlefield to produce images. The months following the Battle of Gettysburg put residents and soldiers to the test dealing with an unimaginable amount of death and destruction. Through many emotional and physical trials, many of these men were able to be reinterred and remembered for their sacrifice, though some names and bodies were lost to time. The accompanying description with plate 36, however, identified the dead as Confederate, while that for 37 designated the bodies as Union. Creator: Timothy H. O'Sullivan For the “Harvest of Death” photo the caption read: “It was, indeed, a ‘harvest of death.’ . . . 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.”
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