No. 914. Unburied Dead on Battlefield. [Gardner Co. stereo card]
Photographic War History. The War For The Union. 1861-1865. No. 914. Unburied Dead on Battlefield. (Numbers 914 and 916 are entirely different scenes.) This photograph was made several months after the battle, on the field of Gaines’ Mills, Va. At the time of the fight our troops were obliged to abandon the field and leave the dead unburied. The skulls and skeleton remains of some of our unknown heroes are here seen on the spot where they gave up their lives for our country. In the background can be seen the earthworks where, probably, was stations the battery these soldiers were trying to capture when they were killed. [War Photograph & Exhibition Co. stereo card]
Library of Congress says: Unburied dead on battlefield (from Gaines’ Mill, vicinity Cold Harbor)
Library of Congress says: Stereograph showing decomposed corpses of soldiers on the battlefield at Gaines’ Mill, Virginia, several months after the battle.]
Gardner No. 914.
Etched onto negative: 914.
