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Dead soldier, with rifle, hat and canteen, Petersburg, Va. [1864-1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0609 Author/Creator: Place Written: Petersburg Type: Photograph Date: 1864-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 8.9 cm, Width: 12.1 cm Order a Copy

The soldier's head and torso are in the foreground. His hands are slighty raissed off the ground, in front of his shoulders. A rifle lies across his body, and his canteen and hat lie beside him on the right. Formerly part of H.W. Fay's ("Keeper of Lincoln's Tomb") scrapbook.

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