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Alexander Gardner left Mathew Brady’s studio in 1863 to work independently and became an official photographer of the Union Army. In 1885 Gardner prepared a manuscript for a publication of his photos of the Gettysburg Campaign. This page describes the 1863 Union rout of Confederates at Little Round Top, a decisive turning point in the war.
The valley between the two hills is aptly called the Valley of the Shadow of Death. At the close of the struggle twenty-five dead bodies were found behind one rock, and the whole valley was strewn with dead and wounded.
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress