Pickett's Charge, Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1910

Subjects: Civil War Patriotic
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Pickett's Charge, Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1910, c. 1915 lithograph postcard — Back

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A color-printed view of Pickett's Charge, the Confederate infantry assault on the Union center at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, showing ranks of soldiers surging across open ground toward a stone wall while smoke and shell bursts fill the sky and fallen men and a drum litter the foreground. The charge, named for Confederate Major General George Pickett, was the climax of the three-day battle and ended in heavy Southern casualties, marking a turning point of the American Civil War. The scene is a popular patriotic illustration rather than a photograph of the field.

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PublisherLouis Kaufmann & Sons

PICKETTS CHARGE, BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, PA. --- PICKETT'S CHARGE, GETTYSBURG, PA. The picture represented here is reproduced from a standard painting of that climax in the Battle of Gettysburg that came with the assault of Longstreet's columns on the third day, headed by Pickett's division of Virginians. The desperate character of the attack and defence is depicted in the hand-to-hand fight over the stone wall. This painting is the work of the celebrated Artist, P. F. Rothermel, and purchased by the State of Pennsylvania, now hangs in the flag room at the State Capitol. R-37829 POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE DOMESTIC ONE CENT FOREIGN TWO CENTS THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY. PUBLISHED BY LOUIS KAUFMANN & SONS, BALTIMORE, MD. MADE IN U.S.A. C.T. AMERICAN ART LOUIS KAUFMANN & SONS PUBLISHERS OF LOCAL VIEWS BALTIMORE MD

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Publisher	Louis Kaufmann & Sons
Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	Gettysburg, PA
Publisher	Louis Kaufmann & Sons, Baltimore, MD
Notes	White border; coarse halftone/lithographic dot pattern typical of early 20th-century color printing. No postmark. Divided back; white border; color lithograph; publisher imprint Louis Kaufmann & Sons, Baltimore; C.T. American Art; no handwriting.

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Pickett's Charge, Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/picketts-charge-battle-of-gettysburg-pennsylvania-circa-1910-1915. Accessed October 24, 2026.