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[Burial of Latane] / [...] by W.D. Washington ; engraved by A.G. Campbell. – Vintage Print

[Burial of Latane] / [...] by W.D. Washington ; engraved by A.G. Campbell., [1868] — antique engraving
[Burial of Latane] / [...] by W.D. Washington ; engraved by A.G. Campbell., [1868]. Antique engraving 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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[Burial of Latane] / [...] by W.D. Washington ; engraved by A.G. Campbell. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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This print shows the burial of William Latané, a young Confederate officer killed in May 1862 during a cavalry skirmish in Hanover County, Virginia. The scene follows a painting by W.D. Washington, and A.G. Campbell's engraving reached viewers in 1868, a few years after the war ended. Its quiet, domestic setting, with mourners gathered around the grave, reflects the sentimental imagery that circulated in the postwar South, when stories of fallen Confederate soldiers were often retold as tributes to devotion and loss. Historians today read such pictures as part of the broader effort to shape memory of the war.

Created / published[1868]
Medium1 print : engraving.
NotesSigned in print: W.D. Washington
SubjectsLatané, William,--d. 1862--Death and burial. Funeral rites & ceremonies--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties--Confederate.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,386 × 2,084 px · prints to 11 × 7 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181816

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