Shattered caisson and dead horse, Gettysburg
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| Title | Shattered caisson and dead horse, Gettysburg |
| 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 | |
| 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) |
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| Temporal Coverage | 1863-07 |
| Collection Publisher | Illinois State Library |
| Rights | Copyright Not Evaluated |
| Resource Identifier | brady12.jpg |
| Date Created | 01/07/03 |
| Collection Title | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community) |
| Collection | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community) |
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