The Gettysburg Museum of History is a privately owned museum on Baltimore Street. It is FREE, unlike some museums in Gettysburg. Owner and curator Erik Dorr is holding photographs of the Culp brothers, Wesley and William Culp. You check out the museum website, gettysburgmuseumofhistory.com, or you can visit the museum on Facebook.This view was taken at approximately 2:30 PM on Thursday, March 16, 2017.

In our first video, Erik explains the acquisition of the Wesley Culp photograph and its importance.This video was taken at approximately 2:30 PM on Thursday, March 16, 2017.

The family photograph of Wesley Culp.This view was taken at approximately 2:30 PM on Thursday, March 16, 2017.

William Culp (left) and Wesley Culp (right).This view was taken at approximately 2:30 PM on Thursday, March 16, 2017.

Erik provides some historical background on Wesley and William Culp. Conflicting sources have Wesley killed on either July 2nd or 3rd, and at either Benner’s Hill or Culp’s Hill. The book Erik mentions is William A. Frassanito’s Early Photography at Gettysburg.This video was taken at approximately 2:30 PM on Thursday, March 16, 2017.

A July 29, 1863 parole document for one of Wesley Culp’s comrades, Joseph McCarthy. Joseph was wounded at Gettysburg and allowed to return home.This view was taken at approximately 2:30 PM on Thursday, March 16, 2017.

Erik explains why the parole document is unique.This view was taken at approximately 2:30 PM on Thursday, March 16, 2017.

If you are a student, author, or archivist, we encourage you to take Erik up on his offer so that he can produce a high-resolution digital file of the photograph for the public. Visit John Wesley Culp’s grave marker in Hollywood Cemetery with Pete Skillman.This view was taken at approximately 2:30 PM on Thursday, March 16, 2017.