Stereograph of a deceased soldier on the battlefield after Gettysburg

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This photographic print stereograph depicts the body of a deceased Confederate soldier as he fell on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in July 1863. The man lies on his back with his feet nearest the camera. His canteen lies near his left hand in the grass and his longarm with bayonet attached lies across his body. The photograph is mounted on orange cardboard with a pinkish tone on the reverse that is blank.

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