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[Burial of Latane]
Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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Spatial Coverage | United States |
Description | Engraving after a painting by William Dickinson Washington shows the funeral of William D. Latané, a cavalry captain who was the only Confederate killed during J.E.B. Stuart's raid around the Union army near Richmond, Virginia on June 13, 1862. The funeral on Summer Hill Plantation is attended entirely by women, slaves and children. Mrs. Willoughby Newton performs the burial service in the center while her sister, Mrs. William Brockenbrough stands with other women and girls to the right. Slaves stand to the left. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Part of Series | Civil War Popular Graphic Arts |
Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties--Confederate. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Funeral rites & ceremonies--1860-1870. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Latané, William,--d. 1862--Death and burial. |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |