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Lucius Fairchild Visiting the Uncompleted Gettysburg Monument
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Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin and an unidentified group visiting the still uncompleted national monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1869. Fairchild is just to the right of the monument, wearing a top hat. As the colonel of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, Fairchild was injured at the battle and his left arm was amputated. Also in the photograph is a portion of the National Soldiers' Cemetery and a group of soldiers in Zouave uniforms.
1869
Tipton & Myers, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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WHi 34319
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circa 1870-1879
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July 1863
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Stereograph of a scene near the site of the Gettysburg battlefield. Two men sit in a wagon in the center of the image.
General Lee's Headquarters
June 1863
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Spangler's Spring, Gettysburg Battlefield
1900
Spangler's Spring on the Gettysburg battlefield.
