. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . hat witnessesmore fear ful tragec]y. The photo-graph is taken on the field of Gettys-burg about nineteen hours after thelast days battle. It shows a Unionsoldier terribly mutilated by a shell ofa Confederate gun. His arm is tornoff and may be seen on the groundnear his musket. The shell that killedthis soldier disemboweled him in itsfiendishness. This picture is as won-derful as it is horrible and should domore in the interest of peace thanany possible argument. Somethingof the bloodshed on the battlef
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . hat witnessesmore fear ful tragec]y. The photo-graph is taken on the field of Gettys-burg about nineteen hours after thelast days battle. It shows a Unionsoldier terribly mutilated by a shell ofa Confederate gun. His arm is tornoff and may be seen on the groundnear his musket. The shell that killedthis soldier disemboweled him in itsfiendishness. This picture is as won-derful as it is horrible and should domore in the interest of peace thanany possible argument. Somethingof the bloodshed on the battlefield ofGettysburg may be understood whenit is considered that the battlefield,which covered nearly twenty-fivesquare miles, was literally strewn withdead bodies, many of them mutilatedeven worse than the one in this pic-ture. The surviving veterans of Get-tysburg have seen wars most horribleaspects. Gallant and daring com-manders led those brave men in thatthree days inferno, from the firstto the third of July, in 1863. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE FIELD OF GETTYSBURG AFTER THE BATTLE IN 1863. BOROUGH OF GETTYSBURG IN 1863—SCENE OF ONE OF WORLDS GREATEST CONFLICTS
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