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Title	Unburied Dead on Battlefield.
Creator	Unknown
Contributors	Taylor & Huntington (publisher)
Date	ca. 1862
Decade	1860-1869
Part Of	Collection of Civil War era stereographs
Series	The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865
Place	Hanover County, Virginia
Description	The Battle of Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862), also known as First Cold Harbor, was the third of the Seven Days' Battles (Peninsula Campaign) of the American Civil War. The outcome was a victory for the Confederate States Army. Source: Gaines' Mill, National Park Service, http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va017.htm
Notes	Original photograph taken ca. 1862. Stereograph created ca. 1885-1889. Recto: [imprinted] 1861 - 1865. The War For the Union. 1861 - 1865. Photographic War History. 914. Unburied Dead on Battlefield. [For description of this view see the other side of this card.] Verso: [imprinted] 914. Unburied Dead on Battlefield. (Numbers 914 and 916 are entirely different scenes.) This photograph was made several months after the battle, on the field at Gaines' Mills [sic], Va. At the time of the fight our troops were obliged to abandon the field and leave the dead unburied. The skulls and skeleton remains of some of our unknown heroes are here seen [...]. Taylor & Huntington, Sole Owners of the Original War Views. No. 2 State St., Hartford, Conn.
Related Resources	MARC record: http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1855325
Keywords	Civil War; Union Army; United States Army; U.S. Army; Federal Army; battlefields; war casualties; bodies; corpses; skulls; skeletons; Peninsular Campaign; Peninsula Campaign; stereoviews
Physical Description	1 photographic print on stereo card: stereograph, albumen; 10 x 18 cm.
Form/Genre	Photographs Photographic prints Stereographs Albumen prints
Digital Resource Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2013
Digital Format	Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution	Archival scan: 8578 w x 5005 h pixels, 48-bit RGB
Digitization Process	Digitization process: Recto and verso scanned using an Epson 750 as 1200 ppi, 48-bit, RGB, .tifs; recto and verso files combined to make composite derivative then sharpened, saturation adjusted, and resampled to 3000 pixels on the long edge, 24-bit .jpg
Call Number	Ag1982.0145
Upload File Name	ag1982_0145_053_c.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	ag1982_0145_053_r.tif; ag1982_0145_053_v.tif
Archival File Path	ARCHIVE\DeGolyer\reproductions\Ag1982-0145
Digital Collection	Civil War: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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