Civil War Camp Life

Historic photographs of Civil War camps depicting soldiers, activities, and scenes from various encampments, conveying the somber realities of military life.

Artillery, rear of Devil's Den; William H. Tipton (American, 1850 - 1929, active Gettysburg, Pennsylvania); about 1882; Albumen silver print

Camp at French's Bridge, near the Chickahominy, Va. The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Arrival of Engineers at Central Shaft. Hoosac Tunnel Route. Hurd & Smith (American, active 1867 - 1900)

The Union prison camp at "Belle Isle," Richmond, Va. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia, Richmond (Va.)

Small? Island, Marble Head Mass , Bodies of water, Sites

In Trossel's barnyard, Gettysburg showing dead animals. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880 - 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Failed to Citizens of Come, Gezen Vanaf Fetthaf, anonymousy, 1861 - 1870 stereograph Sit (city) cardboard. paper albumen print city-view in general; 'veduta' Sit (city)

View of breast-works on Round Top, Gettysburg. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1862 - 1865. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Artillery, rear of Devil's Den; William H. Tipton (American, 1850 - 1929, active Gettysburg, Pennsylvania); about 1882; Albumen silver print

Fort Sumpter Sumter, Charleston Harbor. American scenery, war views. 600. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. South Carolina, Charleston (S.C.), Forts & fortifications , South Carolina , Charleston

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in front of tent at Columbus, Kentucky. Title devised by Library staff. Military camps, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Military life, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Indian encampment, Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Me. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Bar Harbor (Me.)

View of Vicksburg. Spiral Cannon as left at Warrenton Road within the corporate limits of the city at the surrender. Abner L. Blanks (American, active 1870s - 1900s)

General Meade's headquarters at Gettysburg. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880 - 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Fort Brady near the James River, Va. Garrisoned by Battery "C," First Connecticut Heavy Artillery....

Confederate Gen Braxton's Bragg's Headquarters 1889 Wisconsin. Albumen print, stereo, No. 1753 from the series Kansas City Panorama. Battle Missionary Ridge . Henry Hamilton Bennett

32 pound gun in the Rebel Ft. McAllister, Savannah, Ga. The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Pulpit Rock, Lookout Mountain, Tenn., the place where Jeff. Davis addressed the Rebel armies. The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

The Lincoln gun , Alternate title Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1864, The Lincoln gun. No. 833, Title from item, Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner..by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003, Mounted with 4 other photographs with general caption: Views in Fort Monroe, Va, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

King's Camp on the bench, Salt Lake City, Utah | Library of Congress

Camp at Ringgold, Georgia, 1864 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Fort Sumter after the bombardment. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880 - 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Petersburg, Va., Sept. 1864, 13-inch mortar DICTATOR | Library of Congress

First Connecticut battery, near Fredericksburgh, May 2, 1863. No. 254, Title from item, Inscribed on photo: no. 15. Batteries (Weaponry), Union, Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Union, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Union, Military personnel.

Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman and Horse. This View was taken in the Trenches before Atlanta, Ga; Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, 1862 - 1902); 1865; Albumen silver print

Issuing supply. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. North Dakota, Tipis , Dakota Territory , 1800-1899, Fort Randall (S.D.), Indians of North America , Wars , 1866-1895

View on docks at Rocketts. No. B843, Title from item, Mounted with three other photographs with general caption: Views in Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Richmond.

On the Antietam Battlefield..

Crossing v / d Moera Sako. Border area Korintji - Indrapeura March 1907 ..

The price of victory!-Brave lads who fell in an early morning raid on the Hun lines, Realistic Travels, 1914 - 1918 stereograph cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print charge ~ battle. the corpse

Camp of a portion of a Brigade of Colored Troops in the works before Petersburg, Va.. Attributed to Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

View showing Bigelow House and Post Office. Ruins of Chicago, by the great fire of October 8th and 9th, 1871. 43. 1871. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Chicago (Ill.), Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871, Fires , Illinois , Chicago

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry sitting around table at Columbus, Kentucky. Title devised by Library staff. Military camps, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Military life, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Ruins at Manassas, Jackson's raid, July, 1862. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1862 - 1865. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: Company SAIT SEBERANG. Collection Photo Collection Deli Society, photo number 828_70. 1930. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches. April 12, 1865, at Petersburg. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880 - 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Kit Inspection of the R.P.R.'s on the morning of their gallant defense of Zand River, S.A...

Soldier Boys at Monterey, Calif. 1900. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Soldiers, Monterey (Calif.)

Gordon Highland Signalers making themselves at home on Signal Hill, Euslin, S. Africa..

Shi-Ni-Mos. "Harvest Home.". John K. Hillers (American, 1843 - 1925)

View of the Sand River in South Africa with the Footleur of Lord Roberts (Frederick Sleigh Roberts) in the foreground and a hot air balloon, Anonymous, 1900 on the right in the background stereograph Sandrivierpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print scouting, reconnaissance (military). troop movements, transportation Sand River

Camping site. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in front of tent at Columbus, Kentucky. Title devised by Library staff. Military camps, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Military life, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Tucquan Club: M'Calls Ferry. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. William L. Gill (American, 1827 - 1893)

Exposition 1867..

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Construction of Merwedekanaal. Channel section between the Leidschen Rijn and Vaartschen Rijn. Land diver under the canal for the West Raven Water Board. Position on the eastern Kanaaldijk Ugnise the ground diver. November 11, 1886. Utrecht (province), Utrecht (city)

Bomb proof quarters at Dutch Gap; view taken during Thanksgiving day while under fire. The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

91st P.V. Vol. Tablet, on Little Round Top - looking across Valley of Death to Wheat-field, Peach Orchard & (---illeg.). William H. Tipton (American, 1850 - 1929)

College bell. Views of Grinnell, Iowa, after the tornado of June 17, 1882. no. 21. 1882. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Iowa, Debris, Tornadoes, Grinnell (Iowa), Bells, Universities & colleges

Digging to victory - Japanese 'siege parallel' nearing the Russian forts - siege of Port Arthur , Soldiers, Trench warfare, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman and Horse. This View was taken in the Trenches before Atlanta, Ga.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Outer Line at Nashville..

The Bowlder. Unknown maker, American

The smoking, desolate tomb of St. Pierre's 30,000 inhabitants -- slain by a blast of Mont Pelée's poisonous breath -- Martinique, W.I. , Disasters, Volcanic eruptions, Pelée, Mount Martinique, Eruption, 1902

Battery D, Fifth U.S. Artillery, in Action, Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Soldiers at the Aar in South Africa, Underwood and Underwood, 1900 stereograph The Aar photographic support. cardboard albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life The Aar

Discovery," "Chief," "Pittsburg" & "Winnemuck" mines. Colorado views. 195. Leadville and vicinity. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Leadville (Colo.)

Wounded soldiers at hospital in Fredericksburg, Va. | Library of Congress

Men surveying. Unknown

Japanese troops in a 'siege parallel,' near Russians - Port Arthur , Soldiers, Trench warfare, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Headquarters Chief of Artillery Department of the Cumberland | Library of Congress

Mont Pelée's appalling power -- where 30,000 persons perished in one explosive dash -- St. Pierre, Martinique, W.I. , Disasters, Volcanic eruptions, Debris, Pelée, Mount Martinique, Eruption, 1902

The Dying Bugler's last call - a battlefield incident, Gras Pan, S. Africa..

The Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 1861. Dimensions: Image: 1 15/16 × 3 1/8 in. (5 × 7.9 cm)Mount: 3 3/8 in. × 4 3/4 in. (8.5 × 12 cm). Publisher: Edward Anthony (American, 1818-1888). Date: April 1861. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

French soldiers in a bombs destroyed by bombs, Anonymous, 1914 - 1918 stereograph cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print consequences of war. forest, wood. private soldier

Camp of Pawnee Indians on the Platte Valley. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1866. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Nebraska, Pawnee Indians, Indians of North America , Dwellings

Wreck of the large Blakely Gun, on the Battery, Charleston, S.C.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Involved Howitzer; OBUSIER A TIR RAPIDE ..

Dead cattle on Mission Street , Dead animals, Debris, Earthquakes, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906

College Stand, Intercollegiate Regatta, Sar. Lake. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)

Tenderly carrying a "blighty" case to an aid post through the maze of trenches at Passchendaele, Realistic Travels, c. 1917 - c. 1918 stereograph Flanders cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print carrying the sick, wounded and dead off the battle-field. (carrying a person on a) litter, stretcher

First Vermont Brigade Monument at Gettysburg, Pa.. William H. Tipton (American, 1850 - 1929)

Grenadier Battery. Centennial, May 10th, 1875. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Ticonderoga (N.Y.)

Japanese Howitzer battery at Battle of Shaho, Manchuria , Artillery Weaponry, Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Defending their homes - Macedonian insurgents, Northern Greece , Revolutionaries. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

English victims of the battle at Spykop in South Africa. Part of photo album with recordings of the second peasant war (1899-1902).

Signal station on Elk Mountain, Md., overlooking battlefield of Antietam, October 1862. No. 4217, A 4 x 5 inch color copy neg. LC-USZCN4-291 was made from the 8 x 10 inch transparency, Title from item, Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1866, v. 1, pl. 22, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948, Exhibited: "From Territory to State : Historic Nevada Treasures from Our Nation's Capital" at the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, August - November 2014. Signal towers, Maryland, Antietam, 1860-1870, Military facilities, Union, Maryland, Antietam, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Maryland, Antietam.

The seige battery, West Point N Y. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Military training , United States, United States Military Academy, West Point (N.Y.)

View showing how close the picket lines were to each other, near Petersburgh, Va.... The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Man holding a pitchfork at gate of French farm. Unknown maker, French

Rampart of Fort Guadeloupe. Cavite, P.I.. Carleton H. Graves (American, 1867 - 1943)

China, Ruins around the legations burned by Chinese- from Chien-men (gate) where Capt. Reilly was killed- Pekin, Beijing China, Ricalton, James, Underwood and Underwood, Gelatin silver, 1901, Number 75 in a boxed set of stereographs. From the China series. View showing destroyed section of Beijing after the Battle of Peking.

Gezicht op het hoogste punt van Spionkop in Natal; Spion Kop from its highest ridge (southeast), British captured first lower ridge, but after awful slaughter, retired - S.A...

M. Herault. Unknown maker, French

Battery Kirby. Haas & Peale, photographer (American, active 1846 - 1867) 1863 Two Seacoast mortars facing a hill with sandbags and other equipment surrounding them. (Recto, sheet) lower center, light green ink: "Photo by Haas & Peale Morris Island & Hilton Head S.C."; (Recto, sheet) lower right, letterpress label in black ink: "No.31. - Battery Kirby./Two 8-inch Seacost Mortars - against Sumter"; (Verso, sheet) upper right, in pencil: "24";

Dying British soldier and other cases soldiers at Graspan, South Africa, Anonymous, 1900 stereograph Possibly staged. Graspanpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print after the battle. the soldier; the soldier's life. dying Grassy pan

In the layer ..

Soldiers' cemetery, Arlington. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia, Arlington (Va.)

The national cemetery, at Arlington, Va. Tomb of unknown soldiers of Bull Run and the route to the Rappahannock. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia, Arlington (Va.)

Siege Battery, W.P.M.A. West Point Military Academy. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

Many R.R. were destroyed. Railroad ties and rails after being torn up. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880 - 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Where the first shot was fired. Gettysburg, U.S.A. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Gettysburg (Pa.), Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.)

Bayoneted rifles on racks at arsenal of 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Kentucky / From Carbutt's Garden City Photographic Gallery. 131 Lake Street, Chicago.. Title devised by Library staff, Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:122). United States, Army, Illinois Infantry Regiment, 134th (1864), Equipment & supplies, Kentucky, Columbus, Armories, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Rifles, 1860-1870, Bayonets, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment & supplies, Union.

Crossed representation of the infantry of Frederick Sleigh Roberts in South Africa with a hot air balloon behind it or danger threatens there; Lord Roberts' Infantry Crossing The Sand River - Balloon Watching Ahead for the Boers - South Africa ..

Battery Strong, One 300-pounder Parrot Rifle, breaching battery against Sumter. Haas & Peale (American, active 1846 - 1867)

Limestone Fort and Bomb-proofs, Western Defenses, Mafeking, S.A...

17th New York Infantry on parade 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Battlefield of Bull Run, ruins of the stone bridge. No. B1130, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Bull Run (Loudoun County-Fairfax County and Prince William County).

Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA, No 3 Made 1864 United States. Albumen print, plate 41 from the album Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign (1866) . George N. Barnard

Body found after explosion, Johnstown, Pa. Johnstown and Conemaugh Valley, Pa., disaster. May 31, 1889. 1889. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Johnstown (Pa.)

Scene of General Wadsworth's death. Tree in foreground was shattered by shell that killed his horse | Library of Congress

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