Excerpt from Gettysburg Publications
This picture of the Battle of Gettysburg is a remarkably fair and complete representative of that eventful scene.
[From Major-Gen. Slocum, commanding the right wing of the army.]
Dear Sir, - I have received the engraving of the Battle of Gettysburg, and am much pleased with it. It gives one an accurate idea of the scene on the left of our line at the critical hour in that great battle.
At the beginning of the cannonade which preceded the scene here represented, I was on Little Round Top. I immediately rode along the entire line to Cemetery Hill, observing the enemy's batteries, and directing the fire and movements of our own. At Col. Bachclder's request I have since twice visited Gettysburg with him, and pointed out their positions. I have also in company with other officers several times visited Mr. Walker's studio, and verified the correctness of their location in the picture. To the best of my belief, they are properly represented.
[From Major-Gen. Webb, President College of New York]
I am glad to be able to express in the form of a testimonial my belief that this painting is one of the most faithful and conscientious representations of the battle of Gettysburg that will be or can be produced... The engraving is not only a pleasing and interesting work of art, but it is a most valuable historical representation of exactly what took place at a certain hour of the battle; and, if any person desires to witness an American battle, he can sit down and imagine himself in the midst of this scene.
[From Major-Gen. Humphreys, Chief Engineer or the Armies of the United States.]
This painting of the Battle of Gettysburg is, I think, the best painting of a battle extant, for it conveys to one, as nearly as a painting can, what actually takes place on the whole line of battle; and that is what very few such pictures really do. Moreover, in the present case it represents correctly the position and condition of the contending troops at the high tide of fighting on the third and last day of the battle, when the contest between the two armies culminated.
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