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Shortly after Confederates in the foreground were killed on May 3, 1863, a photograph captured a graphic view of the human debris of battle. Taken within a few hours after the fighting ended, it stands as one of the most revealing post-battle images from the Civil War years. The stone wall visible on the left is at the top of the slope just above this location, and the Sunken Road of the 1860s still runs beyond the wall. The fighting took place around Fredericksburg among the men of the contending armies.
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Fredericksburg, Virginia · United States
