E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) Rebel Soldier dead in trench at Fort Mahone [stereocard]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0859 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 on the foot passage in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers "Fort Damnation." Part of a broken Musket and Bayonet stuck in the bank. The marks and spots on his face are blood oozing from the wound in his head. This View was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865." Numeric notation on verso: "53."
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