Categories: Civil War

The Dead at Spotsylvania

These photographs were taken 150 years ago today on Spotsylvania Battlefield by photographer Timothy O’Sullivan. For an indepth look at these images, check out a post on Mysteries and Conundrums and another by John Cummings.

 

 

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