Title - Veterans Shake Hands across Bloody Angle at Gettysburg Description - Union and Confederate veterans shake hands at Gettysburg reunion of 1913. "Now the 'Friendly' Angle. One of the most affecting sights witnessed during the present reunion of Confederate and Federal veterans at Gettysburg is depicted in this photograph. Across the stone wall, which marks the boundaries of the famous "Bloody Angle" where Pickett lost over 3,000 men from a force of 6,000 these old soldiers of the North and South clasped hands in fraternal affection." (International News Service) Description Source - Library of Congress Year - 1913 |