"A Burial Party"
"A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia, April, 1865." In the foreground of this photograph, a wheelbarrow is loaded with the limbs and skulls of unburied Union soldiers killed at Cold Harbor. The wheelbarrow is stationed in the middle of a large grassy field surrounded by distant trees in the background. Behind the wheelbarrow, three black men dig graves. This photograph was taken by John Reekie, circa 1865.
- Date:
- April, 1865
- Original Format:
- Photographic Print
- Item#:
- MES00039
- Photographer:
- John Reekie
- Height:
- 970px
- Width:
- 1045px
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