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Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches [Petersburg]. [April 3, 1865]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0396 Author/Creator: Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1865/04/03 Pagination: 1 photograph 8.3 x 9.2 cm Order a Copy

Title from inscription on verso. Image of a soldier with two guns lying to his left and branchs lying to his right. Stamp of F. H. Meserve. Numeric notation: "266."

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