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Shattered caisson and dead horse, Gettysburg
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| Title | Shattered caisson and dead horse, Gettysburg |
| Coverage / Year | July 1863 |
| Description | Photograph b/w |
| Interpretation | This photograph, taken in the "Peach Orchard" at Gettysburg battlefield, shows that not only humans suffered the consequences of battle. During the battle, one Union artillery battery lost 65 of its 88 horses at Gettysburg. A caisson is intended to transport ammunition, and carries two chests. It has a stock like that on the gun carriage, terminating in a lunette, so that it can be hooked to a limber (basically a two-wheeled cart, simply an axle, with its wheels, surmounted by a framework for holding an ammunition chest and receiving the tongue) for transportation. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | Antebellum Society and the Civil War; Civil War - Matthew Brady Photos; Civil War Battle Cubes; Photographing War |
| Learning Standards | 16 History |
| Author or Creator | Brady, Matthew B., 1823-1896 |
| Source | The Real American Tragedy, by Homsey-Simon Production Company, 149 p., 1952, (p.89) |
| Subject / Keywords | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Gettysburg Campaign, 1863; Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863; Caissons; Civil War |
| Collection Publisher | Illinois State Library
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | brady12.jpg |
| CONTENTdm file name | 4372221612003_brady12.jpg |
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