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File Details: ALEIm, 1400 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 47.7 Mb
| Credit: | by Russell (Andrew J.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1865.04.03 |
| Negative Size: | 4.5 in. x 10 in. stereo |
| Equipment: | bayonet; long gun |
| Locations & Lines: | Fort Mahone VA; Petersburg battlefield VA; Virginia |
| Military Units: | CS Army |
| Sources: | Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
Photographic History. The War For The Union. War Views. No. 3178. A Dead Rebel Soldier, as he lay on the foot passage in the Trenches of “Fort Hell,” Part of a broken Musket and Bayonet stuck in the bank. The marks and spots on his face are blood oozing from the wound in his head. This View was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh [sic], Va., April 2d, 1865. [Anthony Co. stereo card]
Photographic War History. The War for the Union. War Views. No. 6178. Dead Confederate Soldier in the Trenches. This photograph was taken April 2, 1865, in the Rebel trenches at Petersburg just after their capture by the Union troops. The trenches all along the lines were found to contain many dead Confederates, and this view is but one of many that was made by the photographer showing the dead just as they fell. By looking at a number of these views you can get an idea of how a long stretch of the trenches looked that day. Of course the camera could not take but a small section within the scope of each view. You will notice that no two of the dead fell in the same position. [Taylor & Huntington stereo card]
Anthony No. 3178.
Etched onto negative: 3178, changed to 6178.
