New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Culps Hill, Gettysburg

Artist Charles John Tyson (American, 1838 - 1906)

Artist Isaac Griffith Tyson (American, 1833 - 1913)

DateAugust 1863

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 16 1/16 × 20 in. (40.8 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 10 7/16 × 14 3/8 in. (26.5 × 36.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.122

Terms

U.S. Civil War
Men
Military affairs
Gettysburg, PA

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. This photograph is a black and white landscape picture. It shows Culp's Hill, a hill covered in trees which was occupied by the Union Army's right wing that defeated the Rebels. In the foreground there appears to be a dirt path lined with stones and a large tree near the middle of the foreground. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].