Salisbury trenches
Title
Salisbury trenches
Description
At Salisbury the dead were too numerous for Confederates to provide individual graves, and instead dumped the bodies into eighteen trenches. These trenches were heavily contested after the war as how many bodies were actually inside.
Creator
Nathan Johnson
Source
Nathan Johnson, "Salisbury trench diagram," photograph, March 15, 2014
Contributor
Nathan Johnson
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina
Original Format
Photograph
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Citation
Nathan Johnson, Salisbury trenches, Civil War Era NC, accessed April 20, 2024, https://cwnc.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/883.