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Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0986 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 dead Confederate soldier, probably killed by a fragment of a nearby shell explosion. The photo was taken the day after the storming of Petersburg, VA, on April 3,1865. Inscription on verso: "Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches." Numeric notations on verso: "68" and "363."

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