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Title
A rebel soldier, killed at the trenches before Petersburgh
Alternative Title
The war for the Union. Photographic History.
Creator
Roche, T. C., photographer
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), publisher
Date Created and/or Issued
1865
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
United States Civil War
Rights Information
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Description
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.)
Identifier
photST Anthony (3191)
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/695
Language
English
Subject
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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