Credit: | unknown photographer |
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Date: | 1863-1864 |
Negative Size: | stereo |
Equipment: | horse |
Locations & Lines: | Fredericksburg VA; Virginia |
Military Units: | Army of the James; US Army |
Structures & Establishments: | Doctor Bunnell’s Embalming (Fredericksburg VA) |
Sources: | Library of Congress |
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File Details: AKUOm, 1400 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 48.9 Mb
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Category Field Photographs
Tags Army of the James, Doctor Bunnell’s Embalming (Fredericksburg VA), Fredericksburg VA, horse, unknown photographer, US Army, Virginia
Image ID: AKUO
Photographic War History. The War For The Union. 1861-1865. No. 2529. Embalming Building near Fredericksburg, Va. This old barn near Fredericksburg, Va., was used as an embalming building. Here the bodies of the dead soldiers that were to be sent North to their friends were embalmed. More than a hundred bodies were sometimes brought here in one day. During the first battle of Fredericksburg, in December, 1862, several hundred bodies were here at one time to be embalmed. [Taylor & Huntington stereo card]
Library of Congress says: Dr. Bunnell’s embalming establishment in the field. [Army of the James].
Anthony No. 2529.
Etched onto negative: 2529.