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Petersburg, Va., April 1865; Dead South Carolina soldier in trenches
Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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Spatial Coverage | United States |
Description | Photo shows a soldier wearing a gunner's haversack, which confirms his identity as an artilleryman. The photographer placed a broken gun sponge in the scene as a prop, which indicates that the image was taken to the rear of the battery. (Source: David Lowe and Philip Shiman, "Substitute for a Corpse," Civil War Times, Dec. 2010, p. 40) |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Part of Series | American Memory Civil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints Civil War |
Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |