Three Confederate prisoners, Gettysburg, 1863

Three Confederate prisoners, Gettysburg, 1863

Colourisation from a black and white stereograph, wet collodion on glass substrate by Mathew Brady

June or July, 1863, Gettysburg, PA., USA /Jordan J. Lloyd / Dynamichrome



Taken on top of Seminary Ridge from the main eastern theatre of the war, Gettysburg in June or July, 1863. The three men remain unidentified despite numerous unverified claims on the contrary.



July 2013 marked the 150th Anniversary of the most famous battle in American history.



Full restoration from a damaged plate. Due to the plate being shot in orthochromatic, final post processing of the image adjusted the blue and red channels to compensate for the washed out sky of the original image (clouds added).