This view was taken in the trenches of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation," the morning after the storming of Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Va., April 2d, 1865 [...]

Stereograph showing a partially dressed Confederate boy lying dead outside a bomb proof in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia.
No. 3187, part of series: War Views.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.

Caption continues: [This view] shows a boy about 14 years, who must have been asleep when the attack was made, as he is but partially dressed; he was killed as he came out from a bomb proof; he has on the rebel grey uniform.
Tax stamp partially visible on verso.
Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).