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Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0985 Author/Creator: Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: [3 April 1865] Pagination: 1 photograph 8.9 x 8.9 cm Order a Copy

The photo shows a Confederate soldier killed by a shell in the trenches at Fort Mahone. The photo was taken the day after the storming of Petersburg, VA. Inscription on verso: "A dead Confederate soldier" and "Collection of Americana Frederick A Meserve 265 Edgecombe Avenue New York City." Numeric notations on verso: "6" and "269."

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Civil War
Military History
Union Forces
Battle of Petersburg
Battle
Fortification
Death
Confederate States of America
The American Civil War

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