| Credit: | unknown photographer |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1865.04.03 |
| Negative Size: | stereo |
| Equipment: | cartridge case; cheval de frise |
| Locations & Lines: | Fort Mahone VA; Petersburg battlefield VA; Virginia |
| Military Units: | CS Army |
| Sources: | Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
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File Details: 1LENm, 1400 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 47.4 Mb
Image ID: 1LEN
Library of Congress says: Dead Confederate soldier in trenches of Fort Mahone in front of Petersburg, Va., April 3, 1865.
Photographic History. The War for the Union. War Views. No. 3183. This Picture is a good view of the covered ways inside the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers “Fort Damnation,” The Union soldiers had to charge up and down the obstruction, In the foreground centre is a dead rebel soldier sticking out through the debris, and further on lies another Confederate soldier. [Anthony Co. stereo card]
Anthony No. 3183.
Etched onto negative: 3183.
