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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05111.01.1102 |
| From Archive Folder | Selection of Civil War Era Photographs |
| Title | African-American soldiers digging graves |
| Date | ca. 1860-1869 |
| Author | Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | The image shows a large group of African-American soldiers digging graves. One corpse lies on the ground, and an officer oversees the activity on horseback. Numeric notation on image: "724." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "724" and "X." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces African American Troops African American History Death |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |