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The Gettysburg Museum of History posted this picture on Facebook today. Never heard of this fellow before or his nefarious deeds. Have to wonder if he really did rob the dead on the battlefield or whether this was just some poor geek they paid to pose for this photo so they would have a lurid souvenir picture to sell. I'm sure there were people out there robbing them--I've heard that souvenir collecting started almost immediately after the battle ended.
The Museum describes it as:
"A very rare CDV photo of "The Ghoul Of Gettysburg" This unidentified man according to local lore was arrested for robbing dead bodies on the Gettysburg Battlefield in the days following the battle. Little is known about this person or event. His photo was sold by local photographers. It was not a very popular view so very little were sold and even fewer exist
today."
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