Gettysburg Greg
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2010
- Location
- Decatur, Illinois
The top photo below is not often published because at first glance it just appears to be a dark image showing the rocks somewhere in Devil's Den. However, upon closer examination, you can begin to make out several prostrate soldiers lying among the rocks and a couple others standing above them. Is this some recently discovered photograph taken by Alexander Gardner on July 6th? No, not at all! This is one of a series of photographs taken by P. S. Weaver in November of 1863 of very much alive soldiers from Camp Letterman serving as death posers. My similar modern photo on the bottom shows the setting to be right where the iron Devil's Den sign was placed ca. 1900.