Taylor, John C.

Dr. Richard Burr, Embalming Surgeon, Army of the James.

Publisher: Taylor, John C.
Photographer: Brady & Co. (Washington, D.C.)
Series: War Views
No.: 2530
Subjects: Civil War, Medical, Medicine, Post-Mortem, Embalming
Collection: User Contributed (Nathan Moore)

Pontoon boat ready for the march. Hundreds of these boats and timbers kept along with our army

Embalming building near Fredericksburg, where some bodies were prepared for sending home

Burial of the Union dead at Fredericksburg, December 15, 1862 (i.e. May 19 or 20, 1864. Working within the Confederate lines under a flag of truce. Our army had retreated, leaving our dead on the field