Stereograph showing a dead Confederate soldier lying on the ground between a hat and a pile of rubble at Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia. Title from verso. Written on verso: The spots and marks on his face, are blood issuing from his mouth and nose. The wound is in the head caused by a fragment of shell. View taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh VA., April 2nd 1865. Alt title from recto.
Extent
1 stereograph : albumen ; 8.3 x 17 cm (3 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
War casualties--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 Anthony United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library
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