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File Details: AJVFm, 1400 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 42.6 Mb
| Credit: | by Reekie (John) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1864.08 |
| Negative Size: | 4 in. x 10 in. stereo |
| Equipment: | gallows; horse |
| Locations & Lines: | Petersburg battlefield VA; Virginia |
| Military Units: | US Army |
| Sources: | Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
Library of Congress says: Petersburg, Va. Federal troops drawn up to witness a hanging.
Photographic War History. The War For The Union. 1861-1865. No. 983. Troops drawn up in Hollow Square to witness an Execution. This view was taken before Petersburg in 1864, and shows the troops formed in a hollow square to witness the execution of a negro soldier named Johnson, who was hanged on this scaffold, by order of a general Court-martial, having been convicted of an attempted rape of a white woman, whose house was within the Union lines near here, but whose husband was in the Rebel Army. [Taylor & Huntington stereo card]
This is definitely not the gallows where Johnson was hanged.
Gardner No. 983.
Etched onto negative: 983.