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Death of O. Jennings Wise

dead solider being carried out of a boat on shore

Caption: Death of O. Jennings Wise – Bringing Him Ashore in a Blanket after the Battle of Roanoke Island. Sketched by M. J. Bentley. – (See page 298 [for related story])

Source: Illustration from New York Illustrated News, March 15, 1862, page 289