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Burial of the Union dead at Fredericksburg, December 15, 1862 (i.e. May 19 or 20, 1864. Working within the Confederate lines under a flag of truce. Our army had retreated, leaving our dead on the field

Burial of the Union dead at Fredericksburg, December 15, 1862 (i.e. May 19 or 20, 1864. Working within the Confederate lines under a flag of truce. Our army had retreated, leaving our dead on the field

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Stereograph showing dead Union soldiers lying on the ground covered with blankets while a group of people, including soldiers, prepare for a burial in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
No. 2508.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History, 1861-1865.

Copyright 1904 by John C. Taylor.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative available: LC-B811-2508.

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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01/01/1864
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Taylor, John C., copyright claimant
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Fredericksburg38.30318, -77.46054
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Library of Congress
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