PNP269201 Dead Confederate soldier at Petersburg, 2nd April 1865 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: soldier bayoneted while reloading the rifle at his side; Petersburg, Virginia; An important rail centre and strategic point for the defense of the Confederate capital during the American Civil War 1861-65; The last Union campaign of the civil war constituted an attack on this area, forcing the capitulation of the Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee on April 9th 1865;); Peter Newark Military Pictures; American, out of copyright.