alexonedeath

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Former slaves collecting bones of soldiers killed in the battle of Cold Harbor over a year after the battle was fought.


Confederate dead near the Dunker Church at Antietam (Sharpsburg), MD


Possibly the most famous photo from Gettysburg - The Gettysburg Snipe - the dead soldier in this photo was moved to this location and posed for this shot.


Hanging hooded bodies of the four conspirators at the Washington Arsenal, you can see that the crowd is departing.
 
lOVE THE PHOTO JOURNALISM
 
More of the same...

Federal soldier disemboweled by a shell in Gettysburg


Battle dead from the battle of Gaines Mill, VA


Confederate graves at Gettysburg, PA


Confederate dead near the Dunker Church at Antietam (Sharpsburg), MD


Confederate dead behind the stone wall of Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, Va., killed during the battle of Chancellorsville, May 1863
 
Excellent pics Alexonedeath , just love historical pics like theese. Thanks
 
And these too...

Unburied dead on the battlefield of Gaines Mill near Richmond, VA


A dead Confederate soldier in Gettysburg near Devil's Den. It has been pretty much confirmed that this is the soldier that Alexander Gardner dragged to the sniper's den.


One of the most famous photos to come from the Battle of Gettysburg 'The Harvest of Death' by Timothy O'Sullivan


Another view of the dead Confederate soldier in Gettysburg near Devil's Den who is believed to be the soldier that Alexander Gardner dragged to the sniper's den.


The dead at the Bloody Lane in Antietam (Sharpsburg)
 
Yet more...

A dead Confederate soldier in the trenches at Petersburg, VA


A dead Confederate artillerist Petersburg, VA


A dead Confederate soldier in the trenches at Petersburg, VA


A dead Confederate soldier in the trenches at Petersburg, VA


Dead Confederate soldiers in the Slaughter Pen at Gettysburg, PA
 
Try again (this one disappeared from above)...

Former slaves collecting bones of soldiers killed in the battle of Cold Harbor over a year after the battle was fought.
 
You have an excellent collection of pictures from the civil war. thanks
 
This is the last of them...

A dead Confederate soldier in the Slaughter Pen in Gettysburg.


A dead Confederate soldier in the Slaughter Pen at Gettysburg.


Dead members of the Stonewall Brigade along the fence on the Hagerstown Pike at Antietam, MD


Unburied dead from the Battle of the Wilderness


Hanging a deserter (William Johnson) -- execution of a colored soldier, June 20, 1864
 
Keep'em coming :cheers::hat:. Thanks
 
Unburied dead on the battlefield of Gaines Mill near Richmond, VA

Rare this pic, one tall boot was not stolen after the battle.

Unburied dead on the battlefield of Gaines Mill near Richmond, VA


A dead Confederate soldier in Gettysburg near Devil's Den. It has been pretty much confirmed that this is the soldier that Alexander Gardner dragged to the sniper's den.


One of the most famous photos to come from the Battle of Gettysburg 'The Harvest of Death' by Timothy O'Sullivan


Another view of the dead Confederate soldier in Gettysburg near Devil's Den who is believed to be the soldier that Alexander Gardner dragged to the sniper's den.


The dead at the Bloody Lane in Antietam (Sharpsburg)
 
Irresistible men indeed
 
unfathomable to think the horror the US has such a bloodied past. i have been to most of these places, Gettysburg, Antietam, Appomattox, Richmond..
 
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