Unburied Dead on Battlefield.
Rating
Title
Unburied Dead on Battlefield .
Creator
Unknown
Contributors
Taylor & Huntington
Date
ca. 1862
Date (EDTF)
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 .
Keywords
Union Army ; United States Army ; U.S . Army ; Federal Army ; battlefields ; casualties ; corpses ; Peninsular Campaign ; Peninsula Campaign ; Civil War ; Confederates ; Confederate States Army ; Confederacy ; CSA ; 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
Digital Collection
Civil War: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
SMU Libraries
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library , Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information , contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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