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Dead Confederate soldier, in trenches of Fort Mahone in front of Petersburg, Va., April 3, 1865 – Antique Wall Art

Dead Confederate soldier, in trenches of Fort Mahone in front of Petersburg, Va., April 3, 1865, [photographed April 3, 1865, printed later] — historic photograph
Dead Confederate soldier, in trenches of Fort Mahone in front of Petersburg, Va., April 3, 1865, [photographed April 3, 1865, printed later]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Dead Confederate soldier, in trenches of Fort Mahone in front of Petersburg, Va., April 3, 1865, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Dead Confederate soldier, in trenches of Fort Mahone in front of Petersburg, Va., April 3, 1865

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Photographs of the Civil War dead were rare in the field, which makes this view of a Confederate soldier lying in the trenches of Fort Mahone, outside Petersburg, Virginia, unusually direct. Union forces broke the Confederate lines at Petersburg on April 2, 1865, and the fort fell in that assault, so the picture was made the next day, as the war's last campaign moved toward Appomattox. Its survival as a glass negative, later printed, makes it a sobering record of the war's final weeks and its human cost.

Created / published[photographed April 3, 1865, printed later]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1860-1910.
NotesCivil War Photograph Collection. No. 4082.
SubjectsWar casualties--Virginia--Petersburg--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties--Confederate.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,162 × 1,460 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-215965

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