E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) Dead Rebel in Trench at Fort Mahone [stereocard]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0857 Author/Creator: E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1865/04/02 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.6 cm, Width: 17.8 cm Order a Copy
Inscription on verso: "War Views. A Dead Rebel Soldier, as he lay in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers 'Fort Damnation.' This soldier must have been killed by a fragment of Shell, that exploded close by, as he is covered all over with mud and blood. This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865 No. 3190." Numeric notation on verso: "80."
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