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War Views. Burial of dead at Fredericksburg, Va

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.012 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: May 19-20, 1864 Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co. Ground, graves and blankets covering the bodies have been colored. Date from William Frassinito, "Grant And Lee the Virginia Campaigns, 1864-1865" (New York: Macmillian Publishing Co., 1983).

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