| Date: | 1866.04 |
|---|---|
| Negative Size: | 5 in. x 8 in. stereo |
| Credit: | by Brown (George O.) |
| Locations & Lines: | Virginia; Wilderness battlefield VA |
| Military Units: | CS Army; US Army |
| Sources: | Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
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33. United States Earthworks in South-East part of field. Union forces made an unsuccessful charge across this field to take the Revel works in the edge of the opposite woods. Several hundred dead were left on this field unburied until Summer of 1865. [G. O. Brown stereo card]
Library of Congress says: Battlefield of the “Wilderness.” Palmer’s field, on Orange Turnpike, Federal entrenchments in foreground.
The MOLLUS Collection says: Wilderness Campaign. Palmer’s Field, On the Orange Turnpike, 4 miles from Wilderness Church. The Union troops made an unsuccessful charge across this field, to take Confederate entrenchments at edge of woods in background. Confederate entrenchments.
G. O. Brown negative no. 33.
Etched onto negative: 33.