Credit: | by Roche (Thomas C.) |
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Date: | 1865.04.03 |
Negative Size: | 4 in. x 10 in. stereo |
Locations & Lines: | Fort Mahone VA; Petersburg battlefield VA; Virginia |
Military Units: | CS Army |
Sources: | Library of Congress |
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File Details: ALETm, 1400 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 49 Mb
Image ID: ALET
Photographic History. The War For The Union. War Views. No. 3191. A rebel soldier, killed in the trenches before Petersburgh [sic]. The spots and marks on his face, are blood issuing from his mouth and nose. The wound is in the head, caused by a fragment of shell. View taken the morning after the storming of Petersburg, Va., April 2d, 1865. [Anthony Co. stereo card]
Photographic War History. The War For The Union. 1861-1865. No. 6191. 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 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. 3191.
Etched onto negative: 3191.