Dead Rebel Artillery Soldiers, Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865
Publisher
Taylor & Huntington
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1865
MediumAlbumen prints mounted on card (stereocard)
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (8.2 × 8.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 3 1/2 × 6 7/8 in. (8.9 × 17.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 3 1/2 × 6 7/8 in. (8.9 × 17.5 cm)
InscribedOn support, printed in ink:
1861 The War For the Union. 1865
1861 Photographic War History. 1865
6181. Dead Rebel Artillery Soldiers, Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865.
[for description of this view see the other side of this card.]
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number2020.3
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a stereocard with two albumen prints affixed to it. The card is orange and the images show a dead Confederate artilleryman with gunner's haversack and another corpse in the background near the legs of a standing horse. A broken gun sponge is near the artilleryman, and was possibly moved there by the photographer to serve as a prop.ProvenancePurchased from eBay dealer Walnutts, Brewster, MA, February 17, 2020.
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
May 19, 1864
