"Shelling of Carlisle," July 1863, artist's impression, date unknown

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 13, 2011.

Depicted ContentGettysburg Campaign

Depicted ContentCarlisle, PA

Depicted ContentRecollection in 1864 of the Shelling of Carlisle, July 1, 1863 by George Wood Wingate

Depicted ContentCharles P. Noyes, 22nd New York, diary entry on opening of bombardment at Carlisle, July 1, 1863

Depicted ContentLetter from Theodore S. Garnett to George W. Wingate, May 31, 1892 on the Shelling of Carlisle, July 1, 1863

Depicted ContentShells from General J.E.B. Stuart's horse artillery rain down on Carlisle in an evening bombardment

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Shelling of Carlisle - General Smith, on the white horse, faces eastwards, whence came the shells. The building back of General Smith stood where now is the home of F.C. Kramer.

Source citation

Civic Club of Carlisle, Carlisle, Old and New (Harrisburg, PA: J. Horace McFarland Company, 1907), 62.