Photographic War History: The War for the Union; Burial for the Dead
Photographic War History: The War for the Union; Burial for the Dead
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- Description
- In a somber photograph taken by Timothy O'Sullivan, members of a burial detail in Fredericksburg, Virginia, bury men who died at nearby Union field hospitals, where soldiers wounded in the Wilderness and Spotsylvania were treated.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- photograph, stereograph
- date made
- 1862-12-15
- place made
- United States: Virginia, Fredericksburg
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 13/32 in x 7 in; 8.636 cm x 17.78 cm
- ID Number
- 1988.3071.0069
- catalog number
- 1988.3071.0069
- nonaccession number
- 1988.3071
- subject
- Civil War
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Civil War
- Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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