To mark the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, TIME has published a richly illustrated 192-page book, Gettysburg: Turning Point of the Civil War. To buy a copy, go to time.com/gettysburgbook
Gettysburg: In the Footsteps of Mathew Brady
Photographer Todd Harrington revisited the sites shown in images originally captured by Mathew Brady and Timothy O'Sullivan to reveal how the setting of the Civil War's most important turning point has evolved in the past century and a half.
Todd Harrington
2012: The gatehouse of Evergreen Cemetery
More than the other pictures in Harrington’s portfolio, the photo above captures clear marks of
modernity: a caretaker’s house added in 1885 now mars the view of the 1855 gateway building, while a paved road and the telltale signatures of the 20th century—telephone and power lines—bisect the view.
