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Civil War Illustrations

Burying Dead Horses 

figures carrying wood in a field and a dead horse lays on the ground

Caption: Scene on the battle ground at Fair Oaks—Burying dead horses to clear the field in front of the headquarters of generals Hooker and Sickles. Sketched by our special artist, A. Lumley. See page 139 [for related story].

Source: Illustration from New York Illustrated News, July 5, 1862, page 140.