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Confederate soldier killed at Petersburg [stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0832 Author/Creator: Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 stereocard 8.6 x 17.8 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "War Views. C.S. Soldier killed in Trenches, at the storming of Petersburge, Va. April. The marks and spots on his face, are blood issuing from his mouth and nose. The wound is in the head, caused by a fragment of shell. No. 3180." Numeric notation on verso: "377."

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