Soldiers' graves near the General Hospital, City Point, Virginia
Summary
Stereograph showing grave mounds and tombstones in the near distance.
No. 2522 in War Views, 1861-1865.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.
On verso: "On fame's eternal camping ground, their silent tents are spread; And glory guards with solemn round, this bivouac of the dead."
Handwritten on verso: Gift of Bill Frassanito.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
During the Civil War, photographers produced thousands of stereoviews. Stereographs were popular during American Civil War. A single glass plate negative capture both images using a Stereo camera. Prints from these negatives were intended to be looked at with a special viewer called a stereoscope, which created a three-dimensional ("3-D") image. This collection includes glass stereograph negatives, as well as stereograph card prints.
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