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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