Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches
Summary
Stereograph showing a dead Confederate soldier lying on the ground from the trenches near Petersburg, Virginia. Photo taken on April 2, 1865.
No. 6184.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.
Attributed to Thomas C. Roche, based on LC-B811-3191.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative is: LC-B811-3191.
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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