| Credit: | unknown photographer |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1865.04.03 |
| Negative Size: | stereo |
| Equipment: | long gun |
| Locations & Lines: | Fort Mahone VA; Petersburg battlefield VA; Virginia |
| Military Units: | CS Army; US Army |
| Sources: | Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
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File Details: AIBLm, 1400 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 45 Mb
Image ID: AIBL
Photographic History. The War For The Union. War Views. No. 3175. A Dead Rebel Soldier, as he lay in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers “Fort Damnation.” This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburg, April 2d, 1865. [Anthony Co. stereo card]
Photographic War History. The War For The Union. 1861-1865. No. 6175. Dead Confederate Soldier in the Trenches. This photograph was taken April 2 [sic], 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 long a 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]
Photographic War History. The War For The Union. 1861-1865. No. 6175. Dead Confederate Soldier in the Trenches. [War Photograph & Exhibition Co. stereo card]
Anthony No. 3175.
Etched onto negative: 6175 [superimposed over old number, presumably 3175].
