Dead soldier (American Civil War - Siege of Petersburg, April 1 1865)

Forfatter/Opretter:

Thomas C Roche 1826-1895

Kredit:

Library of congress

Shortlink:

https://dkwiki.dk/b/fb68

kilde:

Wikimedia Commons

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2600 x 2478 Pixel (2734565 Bytes)

beskrivelse:

Petersburg, Virginia. Dead Confederate soldier in trenches before Petersburg. Photo shows, according to Thomas Roche's caption, "a Rebel soldier killed in the Rebel trenches before Petersburgh [sic]. The spots and marks on his face are blood issuing from his mouth and nose. The wound is in the head, caused by a fragment of shell." (Source: David Lowe and Philip Shiman, "Substitute for a Corpse," Civil War Times, Dec. 2010, p. 40)

Licens:

Public domain