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"A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep." Compare the two photos of a Confederate killed at Gettysburg. Why might the photographer Alexander Gardner and his team move the body? (LOC)
Taken some time in 1863
The Library of Congress

A market, Lysekil, Sweden
Taken some time in 1863
Swedish National Heritage Board

Confederates destroying R.R.
Taken some time in 1863
SMU Libraries Digital Collections

Emancipation Proclamation, 01/01/1863 (Page 1 of 5)
Taken 1 Jan 1863
The U.S. National Archives

Fisherman family, Grundsund, Sweden
Taken some time in 1863
Swedish National Heritage Board

General View of Wanga Valley, India
Taken some time in 1863
Museum of Photographic Arts Collections

Passage grave at Knaggården, Luttra, Västergötland, Sweden
Taken some time in 1863
Swedish National Heritage Board

Portrait of Civil War soldier
Taken some time in 1863
Museum of Photographic Arts Collections

Rebecca, Augusta and Rosa. Slave Children from New Orleans.
Taken some time in 1863
George Eastman Museum

Redeemed in Virginia
Taken some time in 1863
SMU Libraries Digital Collections

The Rothlieb family and others, Lysekil, Sweden
Taken some time in 1863
Swedish National Heritage Board

Three "Johnnie Reb" Prisoners. Photographed by Mathew Brady's team on Seminary Ridge in mid-July, 1863, after the Battle of Gettysburg (LOC)
Taken some time in 1863
The Library of Congress

Wickham Terrace, Brisbane from the Observatory in 1863
Taken some time in 1863
State Library of Queensland, Australia

[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, holding glasses and newspaper, Aug. 9, 1863] (LOC)
Taken some time in 1863
The Library of Congress

[Randwick Racecourse, Sydney], [1863] / by unknown photographer
Taken some time in 1863
State Library of New South Wales collection

Embarkation of Ninth Corps at Acquia Creek Landing, February, 1863
Taken some time in Feb 1863
SMU Libraries Digital Collections

Casualty List of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment from the Assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, 07/18/1863
Taken 18 Jul 1863
The U.S. National Archives

Bridge across the Tennessee River, built by troops Oct. 1863.
Taken some time in Oct 1863
The U.S. National Archives

November 10, 1863
Taken 10 Nov 1863
National Library of Ireland on The Commons