Showing posts with label casualty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label casualty. Show all posts

Monday, June 1, 2015

Photograph of a Leg Wound Suffered by Union Soldier Daniel Snyder Who Served With the 4th Maryland Volunteer Infantry Regiment During the Civil War (1864)


Photograph of a leg wound suffered by Union soldier Daniel Snyder who served with Company G the 4th Maryland Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Snyder died three days after the leg’s amputation at Harewood Hospital in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 1864. His leg wound was possibly received during the Battle of Spotsylvania. By Dr. Reed Bontecou.

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Roster of the 4th Maryland Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
List of battles which the 4th Maryland fought in.

Friday, March 6, 2015

The Body of a Confederate Soldier in a Trench in Fort Mahone Who Was Killed During the Final Days of the Siege of Petersburg Near Petersburg, Virginia (1865)


The body of a Confederate soldier in a trench in Fort Mahone who was killed during the final days of the Siege of Petersburg near Petersburg, Virginia, April 3, 1865. By Thomas C. Roche. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Four Animated Stereoscopic Views of the Dead Confederate Sharpshooter in Devil's Den After the Battle of Gettysburg (1863)

By Alexander Gardner.

By Timothy O'Sullivan.

By Timothy O'Sullivan.

The body after being moved 72 yards and posed next to the stone wall. By Timothy O'Sullivan.

Four animated stereoscopic views of the Confederate sharpshooter in Devil's Den after the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863. By Alexander Gardner and Timothy O'Sullivan.

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