Dead soldier, with rifle, hat and canteen, Petersburg, Va. [1864-1865 ca.]

GLC05111.01.0609

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0609-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1864-1865 ca.
Title
Dead soldier, with rifle, hat and canteen, Petersburg, Va. [1864-1865 ca.]
Place Written
Petersburg
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 8.9 cm, Width: 12.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

The soldier's head and torso are in the foreground. His hands are slighty raissed off the ground, in front of his shoulders. A rifle lies across his body, and his canteen and hat lie beside him on the right. Formerly part of H.W. Fay's ("Keeper of Lincoln's Tomb") scrapbook.

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