The Battle at Sailor’s Creek occurred just 3 days before the end of the Civil War, and in that battle, nearly a quarter of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s army, more than 7,700 men, were killed, wounded or captured.
This photo was taken at Sailor’s Creek Battlefield State Park in Rice, Virginia. The Park Ranger told me that thousands of soldiers were buried under that grass…. no names recorded and no headstones placed.
Truly hallowed ground.
“Do we find the cost of freedom
Buried in the ground ?
Mother Earth will swallow you
Lay your body down”
Stephan Stills – Daylight Again
Civil War Graveyard – Huntington, New York
When I took this photo while on my bike trip to Delaware in 2013, I didn’t pay attention to the date. When I shared this image on Life in Black & White, another photographer noted that James was so close to surviving the war. He’d almost made it.
That made this image even more poignant for me.
Monochromia 
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