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Civil War Illustrations

Federal Soldiers Burying the Dead 

soldiers digging graves in a clearing in the woods, the dead lay next to the holes

Caption: Federal soldiers burying the dead on the battlefield of Fair Oaks.—Camp of one of the regiments of Casey's division. Sketched by our special artist, A. Lumley. See page 139 [for related story].

Source: Illustration from New York Illustrated News, July 5, 1862, page 129.

The division commanded by Brigadier General Silas Casey included regiments from New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maine.