Now the "Friendly" Angle One of the most affecting sights witnessed during the present reunion of Confederate and Federal veterans at Gettysburg is depicted in this photograph. Across the stone wall, which marks the boundaries of the famous "Bloody Angle" where Pickett lost over 3,000 men from a force of 6,000 these old soldiers of the North and South clasped hands in fraternal affection International News Service, 200 William St., New York

Heroes of battle of Gettysburg paid tribute by surviving brothers-in-arms. Washington, D.C., May 30, Although there are only a few of the boys in blue and gray left, two of them were strong enough today, Memorial Day, to drop flowers from the air on the Gettysburg battlefield to honor their comrades who lost their lives in this historic battle of the Civil War. Here we see, left to right: William H. Jackson, 95, of Washington, D.C., 53038

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Dead Confederate soldiers in the "slaughter pen" at the foot of Little Round Top

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New Jersey monument at the 'Bloody Angle' site of the Civil War Wilderness Campaign in Virginia

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Confederate soldiers as they fell near the center of the battlefield

Now the "Friendly" Angle One of the most affecting sights witnessed during the present reunion of Confederate and Federal veterans at Gettysburg is depicted in this photograph. Across the stone wall, which marks the boundaries of the famous "Bloody Angle" where Pickett lost over 3,000 men from a force of 6,000 these old soldiers of the North and South clasped hands in fraternal affection International News Service, 200 William St., New York

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Photograph shows Union and Confederate veterans shaking hands at reunion.

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074)
Purchased from: Everitt Bowles, Woodstock, Georgia, March 2018.
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
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01/01/1913

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