African-American soldiers digging graves

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 African-American soldiers digging graves

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.1102-View header record
Type
Images
Date
circa 1861-1865
Author/Creator
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Title
African-American soldiers digging graves
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 10.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

The image shows a large group of African-American soldiers digging graves. One corpse lies on the ground, and an officer oversees the activity on horseback. Numeric notation on image: "724." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "724" and "X."

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