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![[Instructions for keeping prisoners - Lancaster, Pennsylvania July 14, 1776; text in English and German]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzYvMDEvMDEvaW5zdHJ1Y3Rpb25zLWZvci1rZWVwaW5nLXByaXNvbmVycy1sYW5jYXN0ZXItcGEtanVseS0xNC0xNzc2LXRleHQtaW4tZW5nbGlzaC02NDAuanBn/320/499/jpg "[Instructions for keeping prisoners - Lancaster, Pennsylvania July 14, 1776; text in English and German]")
![Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead, view at the edge of the Rose woods, July 5, 1863]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvZ2V0dHlzYnVyZy1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtZGVhZC12aWV3LWF0LXRoZS1lZGdlLW9mLXRoZS1yb3NlLXdvb2RzLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead, view at the edge of the Rose woods, July 5, 1863]")
![Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead, view looking toward the orchard on the Rose farm, July 5, 1863]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvZ2V0dHlzYnVyZy1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtZGVhZC12aWV3LWxvb2tpbmctdG93YXJkLXRoZS1vcmNoYXJkLW9uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/39/webp "Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead, view looking toward the orchard on the Rose farm, July 5, 1863]")
![The harvest of death - Gettysburg, July 4, 1863 [Dead soldiers and horses on battlefield]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWhhcnZlc3Qtb2YtZGVhdGgtZ2V0dHlzYnVyZy1qdWx5LTQtMTg2My1kZWFkLXNvbGRpZXJzLWFuZC1ob3JzZXMtb24tYmF0dGxlZmllbGQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "The harvest of death - Gettysburg, July 4, 1863 [Dead soldiers and horses on battlefield]")
![[Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvZGVkaWNhdGlvbi1jZXJlbW9uaWVzLWF0LXRoZS1zb2xkaWVycy1uYXRpb25hbC1jZW1ldGVyeS1nZXR0eXNidXJnLXBlbm5zeWx2YW5pYS02NDAuanBn/40/20/webp "[Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]")
![Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead gathered for burial, July 5, 1863]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvZ2V0dHlzYnVyZy1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtZGVhZC1nYXRoZXJlZC1mb3ItYnVyaWFsLWp1bHktNS0xODYzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/39/webp "Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead gathered for burial, July 5, 1863]")
![[Philippines, Manila, 1899: U.S. soldiers and insurrecto prisoners at the cathedral, Walled City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvcGhpbGlwcGluZXMtbWFuaWxhLTE4OTktdXMtc29sZGllcnMtYW5kLWluc3VycmVjdG8tcHJpc29uZXJzLWF0LXRoZS1jYXRoZWRyYWwtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[Philippines, Manila, 1899: U.S. soldiers and insurrecto prisoners at the cathedral, Walled City]")
