Gettysburg Greg
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2010
- Location
- Decatur, Illinois
Within one of the Gardner/O'Sullivan Little Round Top panoramas taken on July 6, 1863, William Frassanito discovered a dead Confederate soldier lying next to a distinctive rock that is only visible under very high magnification. The soldier lying on his back with his bent knee in the air is seen next to a large boulder that can easily be found today in front of the Plum Run foot bridge. The rock has been dubbed Smirking Rock by author/historian Garry Adelman because some see a smile or smirk in the unique crack facing the camera. Of the 97 known Civil War images that contain dead soldiers, 37 including this one were photographed at Gettysburg. Below is the magnified 1863 image along with my similar modern view.
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