Dead Confederate Soldier in the Trenches
Photograph
Taylor & Huntington
American
Dead Confederate Soldier in the Trenches
From The War for the Union 1861–1865
ca. 1863
Albumen silver print, printed ca. 1885
Image (each): 3 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (7.9 × 8.3 cm)
Mount: 4 × 6 15/16 in. (10.2 × 17.6 cm)
Museum accession
1981.5971.0020
Inscriptions printed in black ink on mount recto, LC: 1861 / The War For the Union. / 1865 [sideways along edge]
printed in black ink on mount recto, BR: 6182. Dead Confederate Soldier in the Trenches.\ [FOR DESCRIPTION OF THIS VIEW SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD.]
printed in black ink on mount recto, RC: 6182. Dead Confederate Soldier in the Trenches. \ This photograph was taken April 2, 1865, in the Rebel trenches \ at Petersburg just after their capture by the Union troops. The \ trenches all along the lines were found to contain many dead Con- \ federates, and this view is but one of many that was made by the \ photographer showing the dead just as they fell. By looking at a \ number of these views you can get an idea of how a long stretch \ of the trenches looked that day. Of course the camera could not \ take but a small section within the scope of each view. You will \ notice that no two of the dead fell in the same position. \ 1861 / Photographic War History. 1865 [sideways along edge]
printed in black ink on mount verso, LC: 1861—PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.—1865 \ This series of pictures are ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS taken [...] [sideways]
printed in black ink on mount recto, BR: 6182. Dead Confederate Soldier in the Trenches.\ [FOR DESCRIPTION OF THIS VIEW SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD.]
printed in black ink on mount recto, RC: 6182. Dead Confederate Soldier in the Trenches. \ This photograph was taken April 2, 1865, in the Rebel trenches \ at Petersburg just after their capture by the Union troops. The \ trenches all along the lines were found to contain many dead Con- \ federates, and this view is but one of many that was made by the \ photographer showing the dead just as they fell. By looking at a \ number of these views you can get an idea of how a long stretch \ of the trenches looked that day. Of course the camera could not \ take but a small section within the scope of each view. You will \ notice that no two of the dead fell in the same position. \ 1861 / Photographic War History. 1865 [sideways along edge]
printed in black ink on mount verso, LC: 1861—PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.—1865 \ This series of pictures are ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS taken [...] [sideways]
