Graves of the six men hung at Andersonville, Ga., July 11th, 1864 photographed and published by Engle & Furlong, Fernandina, Fla
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Photograph shows six headstones over the graves of men who were accused of robbing and murdering their comrades.
Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022).
From series: Stereoscopic views of Andersonville, Ga., no. 8.
Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection.
Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography.
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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