Confederate “Sharpshooter” near Devil’s Den, Gardner Stereo #263 Then & Now

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This photograph was taken near Devil's Den.

There were six separate images produced by Gardner and O’Sullivan of this “sharpshooter” on July 5 or 6, 1863. At a time when a single photograph required time and expensive materials to produce, there must have been something about this particular body which captured the photographers’ attention. Notably, the man’s youthful features and the lack of gore on the body present a somewhat sanitized and romanticized version of death at Gettysburg.

This photograph is part of a series of Then & Now photos from Devil's Den.