Stereograph showing a dead Confederate soldier with a musket next to him in the trenches outside of Fort Mahone, near Petersburg, Virginia, April 2, 1865. Title from caption. Alt title from recto. Written on verso: This photograph was taken April 2, 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 a long 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.
Trench warfare--Virginia--Petersburg--1860-1870. (lctgm) United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865
Place
Petersburg (Va.)
Source
Stereographs War United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library
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