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LL/108683
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
1865, April
C.S. soldier killed in the trenches at the storming of Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Va., April. The marks and spots on his face are blood issuing from his mouth and nose. The wound is in the head, caused by a fragment of shell
[The War for the Union. Photographic History.]

Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s02682 (digital file from original stereograph, front) LC-USZ62-77869 (b&w film copy neg. of full stereo) LC-USZC4-1850 (color film copy transparency of full stereo) LC-B8184-3180 (b&w film copy neg.)
 
Stereograph showing a soldier wearing a gunner's haversack, which confirms his identity as an artilleryman. The photographer placed a broken gun sponge in the scene as a prop, which indicates that the image was taken to the rear of the battery. (Source: David Lowe and Philip Shiman, "Substitute for a Corpse," Civil War Times, Dec. 2010, p. 40)
 
LL/108683


 

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