Civil War Camps and Fortifications

Historical images depicting Civil War soldiers, camp settings, and fortifications, showcasing the military environment and equipment in a sepia tone.

Views in camp of 50th New York Engineers in front of Petersburg, Va. | Library of Congress

Fort Slemmer Co. and 2d Pennsylvania Artillery. No. 532, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Washington (D.C.)

Views in camp of 50th New York Engineers in front of Petersburg, Va. | Library of Congress

Camp of 2d Maine Infantry. No. B868, Title from item, Mounted with 5 other photographs, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, p. 58-59.", Similar negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921-1940, Item: Second Maine Infantry on parade, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Confederate fortifications at Warren Station. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Staged representation of Australian soldiers who take rest after a march in South Africa; The Australian Troops Get a Short Rest After a Hard March, Saongpoort, S. Africa ..

Battle of Chattanooga. 1865 - 1909. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Tennessee, Mountains , Tennessee, Campaigns & battles , Tennessee , Chattanooga , 1863

Second Oregon Vols, in Rice Field awaiting orders. Philippines..

Fort Totten. No. 467, Title from item, hand written on verso: inside Fort Totten, hand written on verso: see Miller, vol. 5, page 81, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Washington (D.C.)

Fort McAllister, Georgia. War views. 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, Forts & fortifications , United States, Fort McAllister (Ga. : Fort)

Two views. Dress parade of the First South Carolina Regiment (Colored), near Beaufort, S.C. War views. No. 33-34. 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, African American soldiers, United States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864)

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac. Warrior's Rest; Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, 1862 - 1902); about 1862 - 1864; Albumen silver print

Camp de Chlons. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)

Camp element for building.A Camp for a Building, Possible in Egypt

The 22nd U.S. Infantry at Camp Wallace. Philippine Islands , Military life, Soldiers, Tents, Infantry, Camp Wallace Philippines

North from Fort Wm. Henry Hotel.. S.R. Stoddard (American, 1843 or 1844 - 1917)

Defenses on New Zealand Hill where Captain Maddox dismissed the peasant attack, January 14, Anonymous, 1900 stereograph Slingersfonteinpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print landscapes. the soldier; the soldier's life South Africa

Camp near Globe Tavern, near Petersburg, Virginia 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

"Westward The Course of Empire Takes Its Way": Laying Track 600 Miles West of St. Louis, Missouri; Alexander Gardner, American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882; October 19, 1867; Albumen silver print; Image: 33.2 x 47.6 cm (13 1/16 x 18 3/4 in.), Mount: 48.7 x 61 cm (19 3/16 x 24 in.)

British soldiers in the Honey Nest gap in South Africa; Camp Alarm at Honey Nest Gorge, Battery Repulsed Boer Attack Feb. 12, S. Africa ..

Battery D, 2d (i.e. 5th) U.S. Artillery, going into action on south side of Rappahannock River below Fredericksburg, Virginia, June 4, 1863. No. 4212, Title from item, Caption on verso from Gardner's photographic sketchbook of the war: "Battery D, Second United States Artillery", Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866, v. 1, plate 31, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. I, p. 22-23", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Fredericksburg.

Fortifications on the Heights of Centreville.. Barnard & Gibson

Description: Hockey on parade. Sommet quinja 1906 Description: H. St John Galt (with hat and pipe) NSG no 8715/1 africa

Staged representation of British soldiers who prepare for the battle in South Africa; Horse Picket of Royal Horse Artillery - Getting Ready for Attack on Colesberg, S. Africa ..

Camp of 6th Vermont Infantry - Camp Griffin. No. 4118, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

American battery at work , Artillery Weaponry, Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, World War, 1914-1918

A Confederate picket post near Charleston, S.C., 1861 | Library of Congress

Henry's Battery. Haas & Peale, photographer (American, active 1846 - 1867) 1863 A battery of soldiers astride horses. (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.40. - Henry's Battery"; (Recto, sheet) lower right, inpencil: illegible;

Photo production of (presumably) a drawing representing the disembarkation of Western troops during the bombing of Shimonoseki (1863-1864). Part of photo album by Robert Daniel Crommelin (1841-1907).

Royal Munster Fusiliers receiving the Word that they are going to the front, S. Africa..

White House Landing, Pamunkey River, Virginia. No. B362, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Bosbivak bij streakean, 1903 - 1913 photograph Temporary bivouac in the forest near Lampahan. Dutch and soldiers pose for their tents. Sticked photo in an album with 107 photos about the construction of the Gajoweg on North Sumatra between Bireuen and Takinguen between 1903-1914. Noord-sumatra photographic support Gajoweg

Citizens for Lotteryman and Co. in South Africa; 6 Lotteryman and Co. Supplying Burghers Who Fight at Doornkop with New Outfits .. Part of album with 191 photos from a trip to and through South Africa.

Preparation of the Emperor's Table, Camp de Chalons.. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)

Photo production of the painting 'Voorhare' by Charles Rochussen, Binger & Chits, After Charles Rochussen, c. 1866 - in or before 1871 photograph paper albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life

Swamp Angel Battery near Charleston, S.C.. Attributed to George N. Barnard (American, 1819 - 1902)

Camping Out. California. no. 970 1870 - 1910. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Forests, Cauldrons, Camps

Presentation of soldiers who receive Christmas gifts from home at the mud river in South Africa, Anonymous, 1900 stereograph Modderrivierpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life. the soldier off duty Modder River

Group of 33rd Infantry, New York 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

The old wheat field, Battle of Gettysburg.. Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909)

St. Mary's i.e. Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, captured by Sedgwick. Title from item, Accession box no. DLC/PP-1974:175. Sedgwick, John, 1813-1864, Homes & haunts, Virginia, Fredericksburg, Soldiers, Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields, Virginia, Fredericksburg.

Burying the Russians killed in the desperate fighting on 203 metre hill in besieged Port Arthur , Gravedigging, Soldiers, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Red River Carts in Camp at St. Anthony, Minnesota. About 1857; American; about 1857; Albumen silver print

Interior of Marine Redoubt; Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909); Korea; about June 10, 1871; Albumen silver print

Dutch Gap Canal, James River. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia, Richmond (Va.)

Pageant scene - 1914 , Pageants, Bourne Archives Collection

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Columbus, Kentucky sitting at table with African American boys. Title devised by Library staff. African Americans, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, 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.

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Columbus, Kentucky with flags. 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.

No. 87. Graves of George Washington, Parke Custis and Wife, Arlington, June 29, 1864.. A.J. Russell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1902) June 29, 1864 Inscription: Printed title.

300 pound Parrot gun, in Ft. Chatfield, Morris Island, S. C.. 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

Draught Bullocks just captured by Mounted Infantry from a Boer Laager on the Modder (Feb. 19), S. Africa..

Description: 25.3.92 Date: 25 March 1892 guinea, nigerriver, africa

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry sitting in front of a tent at Columbus, Kentucky with African American boy. Title devised by Library staff. African Americans, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, 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.

Military nurses in a cart in France, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doistau Fils, the army and sights in France. France paper. photographic support albumen print land forces (+ cavalry, horsemen). medical aid and nursing of the sick and wounded. ambulance France

Group of 7th New York Infantry 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Group of men standing by a pile of timber and debris left by the Mill River Valley flood , Debris, Floods, Mill River Disaster, 1874, Knowlton Bros.

Location: Papua New Guinea Date: 1884 papuanewguinea, australasia, australasiathroughalens

Fort Richardson-1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery. No. 4448, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Generals Torbert, Sheridan, Wilson, Davies, Merritt, Gregg. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

One piece, Henry's Battery. Haas & Peale (American, active 1846 - 1867)

Wervelwind provides chaos in a British army camp near the Oranjerivier, South Africa, Anonymous, Underwood and Underwood, 1900 stereograph Oranjerivierpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print whirlwind, cyclone, hurricane, typhoon, tornado on land. (military) camp with tents Orange River

Troops deployed at Kartal Teji facing Adrianople

Description: 1. Commandant Mansel. 2. Lt. Addison. Zulu Reserve Teritory Carbineers Location: South Africa africa, commandantmanse, ltaddisonzulureserveteritorycarbineers

Taking Artillery Horses to water- great March to Pretoria - Welgelegen, S.A...

General view of our camp in Palestine.. Carleton H. Graves (American, 1867 - 1943)

Studying the Art of War. Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882)

Camps on plateau before Sebastopol, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Lincoln's funeral procession on Broadway, New York. 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Broadway (New York, N.Y.), Parades & processions , New York (State) , New York, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 , Death and burial

The Army of the Potomac. The stand in front of the President's house occupied by the President and Cabinet, Grant and Sherman, and reviewing officers. 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

Wagon train of U.S. Military Telegraph Corps, Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865. No. 239, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Richmond.

Picket of the 2nd. Punjáb infantry. .

Camp de Chlons: Lanciers et dragons. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)

Decorations of Ladd & Whitney Monument. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Lowell (Mass.)

Chattanooga. No. B607, Title from item, Mounted with 1 other photograph, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Vista interior da fortaleza do Brum. Marc Ferrez (Brazilian, 1843 - 1923)

Correspondents scrutinizing a hut in the Boer Laager at Klip Drift, South Africa..

Location: Papua New Guinea Date: 1884 papuanewguinea, australasia, australasiathroughalens

View on the Dargle, Ireland, Anonymous, 1850 - 1880.

Farmers at an Artesian Put in Bandung.; S 3 No 27. Artesian well for the post-letter ear in Bandoeng ...

The Camp of Col. Roosevelt and his Rough Riders.. Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909)

Artillery Waggons, Balaklava in the Distance Made 1855 England. Salted paper print, from the album Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea (1856) . Roger Fenton

Face on a wall with sandbags and goats, fought from here during the second farmer's war; Point From Which The Boer Guns Commanded Colenso, S. Africa ..

Bombproof kitchen and tents on front line in front of Petersburg, August 10, 1864. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Five Forks, Virginia (vicinity). Confederate prisoners on the way to the rear. Captured at Five Forks. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Wallingford tornado. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1878. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Tornadoes , Connecticut , Wallingford, Natural disasters

Group of men standing by a pile of timber and debris left by the Mill River Valley flood , Debris, Floods, Mill River Disaster, 1874, Knowlton Bros.

Photo collection First World War. Official Photographs from Mesopotamia. The Emergency Stretcher. 1914-1918}. Iraq, Mesopotamia

Burying the Dead on the Battlefield of Antietam, September 1862 1862 Alexander Gardner American, Scottish. Burying the Dead on the Battlefield of Antietam, September 1862 259595

Royal Munsters Fusiliers - a bristling British Front - Boer War, South Africa..

Cuba, November 1896. Cuban War. Rest of an infantry column that takes the opportunity to eat coconuts.

British soldiers enjoy themselves with games, South Africa, Anonymous, Underwood and Underwood, 1900 stereograph Thomas Atkins is a nickname for the average British soldier. Zuid-Afrikapublisher: New York (City) (Possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print recreation ~ the soldier off duty. betting South Africa

Scene on roof: Fire brigade extinguishes fire ..

Fort Gaines - officers of 55th New York Infantry. No. B550, Title from item, See also: LOT 4166-H, no. 4, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 1, p. 69", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Washington (D.C.).

Fort Sedgwick, Petersburg Lines, Bombproof Hut 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Headquarter's Staff, Pehtang Fort; Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909); Pehtang, China; August 1, 1860; Albumen silver print

Camp scene 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Federal Camp at Johnsonville, Tenn. 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

General Grant's Council of War. Shows Gen. Grant reading map over Gen. Meade's shoulder at Massaponax Church, Va. 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

Description: Recruiting Tour, 1917. (Ctd.). Recruiting Durbar outside Maron Rest House (near Cape Coast). 19 Feb. 1917. Location: Gold Coast, Cape Coast Date: 19 February 1917 Description: Recruiting Tour, 1917. (Ctd.). Recruiting Durbar at Anamabu, Central Province. 20 Feb. 1917. Crowd dispersing. Location: Gold Coast, Anamabu Date: 20 February 1917 Description: Recruiting Tour, 1917. (Ctd.). Anamabu Recruiting meeting. 20 Feb. 1917. Location: Gold Coast, Anamabu Date: 20 February 1917 Description: Recruiting Tour, 1917. (Ctd.). Recruiting Durbar at Nsuaem, Central Province, 22 Feb. 1917. Location: Gold Coast, Nsuaem Date: 22 February 1917 Description: Recruiting Tour, 1917. (Ctd.). Recruiting Durbar at Nsaa, Central Province. 25021917. Location: Gold Coast, Nsaa Date: 25 February 1917 africa

Park of captured guns at Rockette, Richmond, 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

'Wait 'till you see the whites of their eyes, boys!' - Co. G. Washington Vols., Pasig, Philippines , Firearms, Soldiers, Campaigns & battles

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