Burial party,Battle-field of Cold Harbor,African American soldier,Gaines' Mill

Title: A burial party on the battle-field of Cold Harbor / negative by J. Reekie ; positive by A. Gardner.
Creator(s): Reekie, John, photographer
Related Names:
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 , photographer
Date Created/Published: 1865 April [printed later], c1866.
Summary: Photograph showing an African American soldier seated next to a stretcher containing the remains of his comrades who perished in the battles of Gaines' Mill and Cold Harbor.
Notes:
Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 2, no. 94.
Copyright by A. Gardner.
Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
Subjects:
Dead persons--Virginia--Cold Harbor--1860-1870.
War casualties--Virginia--Cold Harbor--1860-1870.
Gravedigging--Virginia--Cold Harbor--1860-1870.
Cold Harbor, Battle of, Va., 1864.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties--Union--Virginia--Cold Harbor.
Albumen prints--1860-1870.
Book illustrations--1860-1870.
Related Digital Items:
album in which print is mounted
Bookmark /2002713100/
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