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Battle Of Gettysburg In Photos

Picture Source: New York Historical Society
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html
Picture from other sources, if any, will be duly noted

The Battle of Gettysburg started on 1 July, 1863 and was one of the most important battles in the Civil War for the North. Had the South won there were many roads leading to the Northern States, and the South might possibly have won the war. The best estimates of combatants show that 85,000 - 88,000 Northern troops were engaged and 70,000 - 75,000 Southern troops. The North lost 3,155 killed and the South 3,903. The North had 14,529 wounded and the South 18,735. As far as missing in action the North had 5,365 and the South 5,425. Total losses were 23,049 for the North and 28,063 for the South.

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	G. J. White's house in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the time of the battle.
	The picture on the left shows six officers from the 17th New York Battery.
	Harper's Weekly, sent an artist to sketch the battle. This picture shows their artist, Alfred R. Waud.
	This picture shows Gen. George G. Meade's headquarters on Cemetery Ridge.
	Here is a passenger train ready to depart from the Gettysburg area. The train is in Hanover Junction, Pa. at the depot there.
	Left wing of the Federal Line.
	Dead Confederate Soldiers in 'the devil's den'.
	Confederate prisoners.
	Dead soldiers in the woods.
	Crowds at dedication of Gettysburg Cemetery in 1863.