Battlelines: Gettysburg, Day 3: Civil War Combat Artists and the Pictures They Drew, #4

By Jim Stovall

What did the battle of Gettysburg look like?

Despite the vast number of photographs associated with the Civil War, we have no photos of the battles themselves. The state of photography at that time could not stop action as it does today.

But we DO have pictures.

They are the drawings of the battlefield artists -- the Specials, as they were called -- sent out by publications such as Harper's Weekly to make a visual record of the pivotal event in American history. The woodcuts that Harper's and other publications produced based on these drawings are famous and well-known.

But what of the drawings themselves -- those made during the battle or in the evening when the firing has ceased?

Unfortunately, while many of them still exist, relatively few have ever been published.

This series, Battlelines, seeks to correct that. We begin with a five-volume set of those drawings related to the battle of Gettysburg. This volume (number 4 in the set) presents the drawings of the third day of the battle, Wednesday, July 3, 1863. This final day of the battle included the famous Pickett's Charge by Confederate forces and their infamous retreat.

Watch for other volumes in this set.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jim Stovall
• Release date: Jul 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386327981

Jim Stovall

James Glen Stovall (Jim) is a retired professor of journalism who lives in East Tennessee. During his teaching career, he taught at the University of Alabama (1978-2003), Emory and Henry College (2003-2006) and the University of Tennessee (2006-2016). He is now working on a second career writing young adult fiction and mysteries. Jim is the author of the a selling writing textbook, Writing for the Mass Media, as well as other journalism texts such as Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How and Web Journalism. Other books include:  • Seeing Suffrage:The 1913 Washington Suffrage Parade, Its Pictures, and Its Effects on the American Political Landscape • Battlelines: Gettysburg: Civil War Sketch Artists and the First Draft of War In addition to writing, Jim likes to paint (watercolor), draw (pen and ink), play music (dulcimer and banjo), garden and piddle around in his woodworking shop. Jim grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and that is his favorite setting for his novels.

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Battlelines: Gettysburg, Day 3

Civil War Sketch Artists and the Pictures They Drew

(series volume 4)

Jim Stovall

First Inning Press

2017

Copyright © 2017

Jim Stovall and First Inning Press

All rights reserved.

The text and images in this book are copyrighted in their present form, and they may not be reproduced in any form without written consent of the author.

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Cover art: Attack of Ewell’s corps on Culp’s Hill by Edwin Forbes

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Introduction – What We See

The many pictures that we have of the Civil War and those who participated show us the faces, expressions and uniforms of those caught up in America’s most vivid maelstrom. We have thousands of those pictures. People from all walks of life and