CONFEDERATE “SHARPSHOOTER” IN ORIGINAL LOCATION NEAR DEVIL’S DEN Then & Now

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Location:

This photograph was taken near Devil's Den.

This photograph, taken by Alexander Gardner's assistant Timothy O'Sullivan, depicts a dead Confederate soldier at the likely location of his death on the western side of Devil’s Den. The body of this soldier would be moved by the photographers from this location to another one some 40 yards away, where he would become the subject of one of Gettysburg’s most indelible images.

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