During the battle, special artists sketched action scenes for publication in illustrated newspapers that reached a wide audience. Alfred Waud, shown here, was one of the best and drew the next two (9160157128)

O'sullivan, timothy h. ,, 1840-1882,, photographer. [gettysburg, pa. Alfred r. Waud, artist of harper's weekly, sketching on battlefield] 1863 july. 1 negative: glass, stereograph, wet collodion; 4 x 10 in. Notes: title from milhollen and mugridge. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by hirst d. Milhollen and donald h. Mugridge, washington, d. C. : library of congress, 1977. No. 0198 photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, gettysburg, june-july, 1863. Forms part of civil war glass negative collection (library of congress). Published in: viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the library of congress. Washington: library of congress. . , 1975, no. 77. Subjects: gettysburg, battle of, gettysburg, pa. , 1863. War correspondents. United states--history--civil war, 1861-1865--communications. United states--pennsylvania--gettysburg. Format: glass negatives--1860-1870. Stereographs--1860-1870. Rights info: no known restrictions on publication. Repository: library of congress, prints and photographs division, washington, d. C. 20540 usa, http://hdl. Loc. Gov/loc. Pnp/pp. Print part of: selected civil war photographs, 1861-1865 (library of congress) (dlc) 94837675 higher resolution image is available (persistent url): http://hdl. Loc. Gov/loc. Pnp/cwpb. 00074 call number: lc-b815- 254. Date: 1 January 1863, 00:00:00.