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Deceased soldiers on the battlefield after Gettysburg

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Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Photographer: Timothy O'Sullivan (1840-1882). Deceased soldiers on the battlefield after Gettysburg. 1863. 2 albumen stereoviews, mounted to orange cardstock. Each ca. 7,8 x 16 cm (mounts ca. 10 x 17,7 cm). Numbered and titled “Confederate Dead on the Battlefield” / “Union Dead at Gettysburg” below the image on the mounts; publisher’s information printed on the verso of the mounts.

These two stark battlefield views record the aftermath of the fighting at Gettysburg, shifting the focus from combat to its human toll. One image shows a fallen Confederate soldier lying supine in sparse terrain, his rifle and personal effects arranged beside him, while the other presents a broader scene of Union dead scattered in rows along a fence at the edge of a wooded area. Issued as part of the "Photographic War History, 1861-1865" series, these stereoviews exemplify the unflinching documentary character of Civil War photography, using the stereoscope to confront viewers with the physical realities of war with striking immediacy.