Monthly Archives: May 2011

Cruise Through the Streets of Gettysburg, 1863

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Ever wonder what it would be like to walk through the streets of Gettysburg just a few short months after the battle? Now you can, in your mind’s eye, when you visit the new, detailed scale model of the town … Continue reading →

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A Mystery Solved? Part 3

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

Who are they?  These dead men.  To Alexander Gardner and most of us who have viewed this image over the years they are tragic and grotesque props on a terrible stage.  We view them with revulsion but also curiosity.  Yet … Continue reading →

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A Mystery Solved? Part 2

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

  A Mystery Solved? Part Two     In my last post I mentioned that my search to find where Gardner’s Union death studies were taken took me to the July 1 battlefield.  There was only place I thought might possibly … Continue reading →

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A Mystery Solved? Part I

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

A Mystery Solved? – Part One From Scott Hartwig During my 31 years with the National Park Service at Gettysburg NMP it has remained a mystery where Alexander Gardner took his famous series of photographs of Union dead on the … Continue reading →

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