Funeral for a Union soldier in Camp Griffin, Virginia

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  • Title: [Burial of Union soldier at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]
  • Creator(s): Houghton, G. H. (George Harper), approximately 1824-1870, photographer
  • Date Created/Published: [Langley, Virginia], [1861 or 1862]
  • Medium: 1 photograph : salted paper print ; oval sheet 13 x 19 cm, on page 21 x 17 cm.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014646382/
 
This is the most haunting photo from Fort Griffin, isn't it? I'm always a little confused it describes one burial because there are several mounds? The other thing that makes your heart sink is seeing how much smaller these sad bumps became later in the war- too many dead men.

City Point hospital cemetery. Chilling.
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