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Library of Congress
Description
Image of African Americans collecting bones of soldiers killed in a battle that occurred in the main eastern theater of the Civil War, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. This image was used in "Slaves' War" presented by Susan O'Donovan. To see the original record click https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018666599/ .
Date Created
8-6-2021
Date
1865 April
Recommended Citation
"African Americans collecting bones of soldiers killed in battle, Cold Harbor, Va" (2021). Images. 5.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-exhibit-lincoln2012-gallery1/5
Keywords
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865., Slavery -- United States -- History.
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