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Statue of Warren from Little Round Top, overlooking Wheatfield and Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1901-1907

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Alternate title:Gettysburg, Pa., View from Little Round Top, looking towards Wheatfield and Peach Orchard
Summary:View from Little Round Top with a statue of Warren looking towards Wheatfield and Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1901-1907. Caption reads: "FROM LITTLE ROUND TOP. Looking toward the Wheatfield and the Peach Orchard the scene embraces the most sanguinary parts of the field of battle. The cleared space before the thick woods, marked by monuments, is the Wheatfield. It was swept across six times by the contending forces until one might walk across it on the bodies of the slain. Beyond is the Peach Orchard, where Union batteries fired shells without fuse at thirty paces. The immediate foreground is "The Valley of Death." " Postmark date: July 1, 1908; Postcard number: 4736; Message included. Message reads: "Thanks for nice and interesting card come again. I have been over this battlefield and it is a very interesting place. The statue on this card is of Gen. Warren."
Provider:Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Century:1901-2000
Printing place:Europe
German Empire
Frankfort
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Place of origin – Region:Maine
Place of origin – Settlement:Portland
Temporal subject: 1901-1910
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:Pennsylvania
Geographical subject – Settlement:Gettysburg
Topical subjects:Battlefields
Monuments & memorials
Valleys
Warren, Gouverneur Kemble, 1830-1882
Genre:Postcards
ArchivesUM location:National Trust Library Postcard Collection
Repository:National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection
Browse terms:Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places
Copyright holder:Public Domain
Collection:National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection
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