696170 Dead Confederate soldier badly mutilated in field near Rose Woods, Gettysburg, 5 July 1863 (sepia photo) by Gardner, Alexander (1821-82); 35.6x28.6 cm; Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York, USA; (add.info.: Image of a horribly mutilated corpse. The soldier??? stomach has been ripped open and a dismembered hand lies near the body [which was probably moved into the shot from further away]. The soldier was either blown open by an artillery shell or had been gnawed on by hogs that roamed the field after the battle. According to William Frassinito in ???ettysburg: A Journey in Time,??Gardner placed the rifle across the soldiers leg and placed an artillery shell just above his knee. A canteen lies next to the rifle, as well. Gardner titled the image ???ar, effect of a shell on a Confederate soldier.??He also states that this was the only large format (8x10) image taken at Rose Woods. The soldier was probably a member of the 51st or 53rd Georgia regiment, Semmes??? brigade.); 穢 Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History ; American, out of copyright.
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