Image Credits

Image Credits

The historical images used on this site are in the public domain. Sources include the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Wikimedia Commons, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access collection. Credits are listed by page below.

Battle Overview

  • The Battle of Gettysburg — Currier and Ives, c.1863. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Map of the Battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1st–3rd 1863 — John B. Bachelder, 1876. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Lincoln’s Address at the Dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, November 19 1863 — Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.

Day 1

  • Death of General John F. Reynolds at Gettysburg — Unknown artist / Wikimedia Commons, 1863. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Fields North of Gettysburg Over Which Confederate Cavalry Advanced — Timothy H. O’Sullivan / Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Barlow’s Knoll After the First Day’s Battle, Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 — Unknown photographer, 1863. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • View of Gettysburg from Cemetery Hill, 1863 — Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • General John Buford, Union Cavalry Commander — Brady’s National Portrait Gallery / Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection, c.1858–1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Buford’s Cavalry Opposing the Confederate Advance, July 1, 1863 — Isaac Walton Taber / Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (1887) / British Library. Public Domain – PD-old-100.

Day 2

  • Battle of Gettysburg – Thure de Thulstrup / L. Prang and Co. — Thure de Thulstrup, L. Prang and Co., 1887. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Gettysburg – Little Round Top — Timothy H. O’Sullivan, 1863. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Battle of Gettysburg – Positions Held July 2nd, 1863 — Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Federal Breastworks on Culp’s Hill, Gettysburg — Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.

Day 3

  • Federal Breastworks on Culp’s Hill – Tipton Stereoview — William H. Tipton, c.1863. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • A Gun and Gunners that Repulsed Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 — Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Pickett’s Charge – 1896 Print Based on the Gettysburg Cyclorama — Philippoteaux / print 1896, 1896. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • The Harvest of Death – Gettysburg, July 4, 1863 — Alexander Gardner / Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.

Gettysburg Address

  • Procession to Dedication of Soldiers’ National Cemetery, Gettysburg, November 1863 — Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1863. Public Domain – Open Access MET.
  • Lincoln Delivering the Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 — Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Abraham Lincoln, 1863 – Matte Collodion Print (O-77) — Library of Congress / Brady-Handy, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.

People & Stories

  • Major General George G. Meade, Union Commander at Gettysburg — Unknown photographer, 1863. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • General Robert E. Lee, Confederate Commander — Brady-Handy, c.1865. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Brigadier General John Buford, Union Cavalry — Unknown photographer, 1863. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain — Unknown photographer, 1915. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • General James Longstreet, Confederate States Army — Unknown photographer, c.1863. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Abraham Lincoln, 1863 Portrait (O-77) — Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Amputation Being Performed in a Hospital Tent, Gettysburg, July 1863 — Unknown photographer / Wikimedia Commons, 1863. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Major General Winfield Scott Hancock — Unknown photographer, c.1863. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Major General George E. Pickett — Unknown photographer, c.1863. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Evergreen Cemetery Gettysburg – Elizabeth Thorn Context — Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Jennie Wade Portrait — Unknown photographer, c.1863. Public Domain – PD-old-100.

Plan Your Visit

  • View from Little Round Top over Gettysburg Battlefield — Unknown photographer, n.d.. Public Domain.

Interactive Map

  • Map of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (WDL9566) — World Digital Library / Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • The Battlefield of Gettysburg – McPherson’s Woods — Civil War Glass Negatives / Mathew Brady, Library of Congress, c.1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Three Confederate Prisoners on Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg — Mathew Brady / Library of Congress Flickr Commons, c.1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • View of Gettysburg from Cemetery Hill, 1863 — Library of Congress, LCCN2014646001, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Federal Breastworks on Culp’s Hill, Gettysburg — Library of Congress Civil War Photographs, LOC cwpb.01644, July 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – View from Cemetery Ridge — T.H. O’Sullivan / A. Gardner, Library of Congress, LCCN2006685383, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – Little Round Top — Library of Congress Civil War Photographs, LOC cwpb.01655, July 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Gettysburg – Dead Confederate Soldiers at Devil’s Den — Library of Congress Civil War Photographs, LOC cwpb.00916, July 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Battlefield of Gettysburg – Body of a Soldier in the Wheat Field — Library of Congress Civil War Glass Negatives, LCCN2012647834, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Battle of Gettysburg – Engagement in the Peach Orchard — Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, LCCN96519692, c.1900. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Monument to the High Water Mark of the Confederacy – The Angle, Gettysburg — Gary Lee Todd / Wikimedia Commons, 1978. CC0 Public Domain.

About

  • The Battle of Gettysburg – Currier and Ives — Currier and Ives, c.1863. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Gettysburg Battlefield – Cemetery Hill View, 1863 — Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.

Home

  • General Robert E. Lee – Confederate Commander at Gettysburg — Mathew Brady / Library of Congress, c.1865. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Map of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 — Library of Congress / World Digital Library, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Home of the Rebel Sharpshooter – Devil’s Den, Gettysburg — Alexander Gardner, Library of Congress, July 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Dead in the Wheat Field, Gettysburg, July 1863 — Gardner/O’Sullivan, Library of Congress, July 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Headquarters of Gen. George G. Meade on Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg — Library of Congress, LOC cwpb.00887, July 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg – Confederate Observation Post — Library of Congress, LOC cwpb.01650, July 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Dedication Ceremonies, Soldiers’ National Cemetery, Gettysburg, November 1863 — Library of Congress, LOC cwpb.00651, November 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.

Photos & Media

  • Gettysburg from the West, 1863 — Formerly attributed to Mathew Brady. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Little Round Top, Gettysburg Battlefield — Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D. / Wikimedia Commons, 1978. CC0 Public Domain.
  • McPherson’s Ridge, Gettysburg — Pretty Poo Eater / Wikimedia Commons, 2008. CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Devil’s Den, Gettysburg Battlefield — Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D. / Wikimedia Commons, 1978. CC0 Public Domain.
  • General Warren Statue, Little Round Top — Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D. / Wikimedia Commons, 1978. CC0 Public Domain.
  • Eternal Light Peace Memorial, Gettysburg — Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D. / Wikimedia Commons, 1978. CC0 Public Domain.
  • Virginia Memorial, Gettysburg Battlefield — Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D. / Wikimedia Commons, 1978. CC0 Public Domain.
  • Gettysburg National Cemetery — Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D. / Wikimedia Commons, 1978. CC0 Public Domain.
  • Federal Dead on the Gettysburg Battlefield, July 1863 — Alexander Gardner / Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • A Sharpshooter’s Last Sleep, Gettysburg, 1863 — Alexander Gardner / Library of Congress, July 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • The Peach Orchard at Gettysburg — Edwin Forbes / Library of Congress, c.1865–1895. Public Domain – PD-old-100.
  • Gettysburg from the West, 1863 — Formerly attributed to Mathew Brady. Public Domain – PD-old-100.

Maps and Diagrams

  • Gettysburg Battlefield Bird’s-Eye View Lithograph, c.1863 — W. Endicott & Co. / Library of Congress, c.1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Sketch Map of the Battle of Gettysburg – Edwin Forbes, 1863 (High-Resolution) — Edwin Forbes / Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Map of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 — World Digital Library / Library of Congress, 1863. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Map of the Battle of Gettysburg – Troop Positions, July 1st–3rd, 1863 — The American Cyclopædia / Wikimedia Commons, 1879. Public Domain – PD-old-100.

Gettysburg National Cemetery

  • Soldiers’ National Monument at Gettysburg National Cemetery — Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress, Carol M. Highsmith Archive, 2019. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • A Portion of Gettysburg National Cemetery – Grave Rows — Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress, Carol M. Highsmith Archive, 2019. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Marker at the Site of the Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg National Cemetery — Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress, Carol M. Highsmith Archive, 2019. Public Domain – No known restrictions.
  • Gettysburg National Cemetery with Civil War Cannon — Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress, Carol M. Highsmith Archive, between 1980 and 2006. Public Domain – No known restrictions.

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