This view was taken the Southern trenches, the morning after the storming of Petersburg, Va., April 2nd, 1865, and shows a dead Southern soldier who must have died instantly, his left temple and part of his head was carried away by a shell

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Creator / Contributor: E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Title: This view was taken the Southern trenches, the morning after the storming of Petersburg, Va., April 2nd, 1865, and shows a dead Southern soldier who must have died instantly, his left temple and part of his head was carried away by a shell
Collection Title: Civil War stereographs, 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society
Date: April 2, 1865
Series: Photographic History. The War for the Union. War Views.
Description: Stereograph: Dead soldier in trench.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: ad41026
2397
Subject: Confederate States of America. Army--Photographs
War casualties--Photographs
Trench warfare--Photographs
Dead--Photographs
Soldiers--Photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties--Photographs
Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865--Photographs
Material type or medium of original: Stereograph
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