
Timothy O'Sullivan
Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg
1863
Marking the spot where Union General John Reynolds was killed on Gettysburg's first day, this photograph transforms an ordinary Pennsylvania field into hallowed ground. The seemingly peaceful landscape captured in this albumen print belies the violence that made this location historically significant.
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- Albumen print, pl. 37 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)
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