Civil War Encampments

19th-century images of soldiers and officers relaxing and posing outside tents during the American Civil War, reflecting camaraderie and military life.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861 | Library of Congress

Group of soldiers relax in front of a tent. Title devised by library staff, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Brigadier General J. J. Abercrombie and group. Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Group of officers lined up in front of the tents. Title devised by library staff, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861 | Library of Congress

Sanitary Commission tent, White House Landing, Virginia. No. B292, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861 | Library of Congress

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861 | Library of Congress

Group of British Officers of the 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers), Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B900, Title from item, Mounted with four other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 7th, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Washington (D.C.)

33d New York Infantry. No. B807, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1861-1863) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

What Do I Want, John Henry. Alexander Gardner; American, born Scotland, 1821-1882. Date: 1862. Dimensions: 17.7 x 22.9 cm. Albumen print, pl. 27 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

General Grant. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

Group at Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Antietam, October 1862. Artist: Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821-1882 Washington, D.C.). Date: 1862. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Civil War, group in front of post office tent at Army of the Potomac headquarters, Falmouth, Virginia, photograph by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, April, 1863.

Officers of the 90th Regiment, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Group of officers at Headquarters Army of Potomac, June 1863. No. 4172, Title from item, Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1865, v. 1, pl. 27 with title: What do I want, John Henry? Warrenton, Va, November 1862, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Military camps, Virginia, Warrenton, 1860-1870, Servants, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African Americans, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, United States, Virginia, Warrenton.

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 840, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs, 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: Group of 2nd Infantry, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lt. Col. Munro & Officers of the 39th Regiment; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; Salted paper print; 16.5 x 16.8 cm (6 1,2 x 6 5,8 in.)

23d New York Infantry. No. B801, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1861-1863) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Washington, District of Columbia. General Jefferson C. Davis and staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B944, Title from item, Mounted with four other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 7th, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Washington (D.C.)

1860s FOUR MEN UNION SOLDIERS FIELD TELEGRAPH OPERATORS UNDER TEMPORARY SHELTER TENT DURING AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - h8894 SPL001 HARS UNION EXTERIOR INNOVATION OPERATORS UNIFORMS CONNECTION CONCEPTUAL 1860s TEMPORARY MID-ADULT MID-ADULT MAN PRECISION TELEGRAPH TOGETHERNESS YOUNG ADULT MAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BATTLES BLACK AND WHITE CAUCASIAN ETHNICITY CIVIL WAR CONFLICTS DURING OLD FASHIONED

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B794, Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 22nd, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry.

153rd New York Infantry ca. 1861 Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady American. 153rd New York Infantry 268038

Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). Headquarters of General Gershom Mott. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Assistant Engineers at Headquarters Army of Potomac, Brandy Station, Virginia, January, 1864. No. 116, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 i.e.1862 | Library of Congress

Lieutenant General Sir J. L. Pennefather and Staff 1855 Roger Fenton British. Lieutenant General Sir J. L. Pennefather and Staff 286035

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

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B951, Title from item, Mounted with four other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 7th, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Washington (D.C.)

Fisher Laddies, Newhaven. Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848)

Burnside and Staff. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

Relief work, distributing clothes to the earthquake victims, San Francisco, Cal. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1906. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, San Francisco (Calif.), Earthquakes , California, San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906

Officers of the 68th Light Infantry; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published March 25, 1856; Salted paper print; 17.3 × 16.4 cm (6 13,16 × 6 7,16 in.)

Group of soldiers at the meal on a lawn 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). eating and drinking France

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 992, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Men of the 68th Regiment; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; Albumen silver print

Confederate artillery near Charleston, S.C. in 1863, during the US Civil War. The unit includes several young teenage soldiers who appear younger than 17 years old. Photo by George Cook (BSLOC_2018_8_94)

Group of officers and soldiers outside a sutler's store. No. 323, Title devised by library staff based on a caption in Miller, Vol. 9, p. 186, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lieutenant General Sir J. L. Pennefather & Staff, Roger Fenton, 1819-1869, British, 1855, printed 1856, Salted paper print on thin, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 3/4 × 8 inches (14.6 × 20.3 cm) and Mount: 16 5/8 × 23 inches (42.2 × 58.4 cm), chairs, portrait, soldiers, swords, telescope, tent, uniforms

Lt. General Sir John Campbell and the Remains of the Light Company of the 38th Regiment; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; Salted paper print; 14.9 × 23.2 cm (5 7,8 × 9 1,8 in.)

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 789, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln with General George B. McClellan and Group of Officers after Battle of Antietam, Alexander Gardner, October 3, 1862

Officers of the 71st Highlanders. Roger Fenton; English, 1819-1869. Date: 1855. Dimensions: 18.6 × 16.2 cm (image/paper); 58.9 × 42.5 cm (mount). Salted paper print, plate 16 from the album "Photographs Taken in the Crimea" (1856). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The English Drummer Boy's Letter - Writing home to Mother after the Victory at Colesberg, South Africa..

Group of 4th Dragoon Guards, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

23d New York infantry | Library of Congress

Lincoln on Battlefield of Antietam, Maryland; Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882); October 4, 1862; Albumen silver print

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

Bealeton, Virginia Group of military telegraph operators, headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Communications, Telegraph, United States, Virginia, Bealeton.

Group portrait of European and Indian men dressed in a variety of military uniforms, posing for a photograph with their weapons. E H Dring appears standing in the middle of the back row. Caption reads: Indian Team Wimbledon.

Private in Full Marching Order. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Maj. Gen. Burnside and Brady the artist, head quarters Army of the Potomac, near 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

Captain J. F. Cox. No. B1021, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: 22nd New York State Militia, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 22nd, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Bealeton, Virginia. Officers of 93d New York Infantry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Interior of Marine Redout. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Major General A.A. Humphreys & staff | Library of Congress

23d New York Infantry. No. B879, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1861-1863) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Soldiers at rest on the way from Furnes, Veurne to Ypres in Flanders during the First World War, Belgium, Europe

Major General Garrett & Officers of the 46th; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published January 1, 1856; Salted paper print; 18.4 × 16.2 cm (7 1,4 × 6 3,8 in.)

Major General Godfrey Weitzel and staff. No. B66, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Weitzel, G, (Godfrey), 1835-1884, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Officers Seated at a Tent, Camp de Chlons. Gustave Le Gray; French, 1820-1884. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 31.4 × 36.5 cm (image/paper); 43.5 × 52 cm (mount). Albumen print, from the album "Souvenirs du Camp de Chlons". Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

General Samuel P. Heintzelman and Union Officers Standing on Steps of Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia, USA, Photography by Alexander Gardner, 1862

Group of Civil War soldiers at camp site; American; about 1862 - 1864; Albumen silver print

US Civil War. Confederate artillery near Charleston, S.C. in 1863. Union Admiral Samuel Dupont commanded a US Navy fleet that arrived off Charleston in early 1863. The Confederate troops and artillery in Charleston limited the US land invasion to Morris Island. Photo by George Cook (BSLOC_2018_8_93)

Plants of the aviator component 27 in Dunajov in 1917.

Group of officers at the gate of the Kraton, possibly in Jakarta; Group of officers of the left half 3rd bat. At the Gate of Den Kraton. Group of officers at the gate of the Kraton, possibly in Jakarta. Plate number 29 from a series of photos.

"More Money. Less Misery. Good Roads." Coxey's Army approaching Washington.. John F. Jarvis (American, born 1850, active Washington D.C.)

Headquarters Army of Potomac - Brandy Station, April 1864. Repair shops. No. 4189, Title from item, Caption continues on verso: A field workshop at hd. qtrs. Army of Potomac, Brandy Station, Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1866, v. II, pl. 70, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

Presentation of British soldiers in the line in Noupoort, December 13, Anonymous, 1900 stereograph Noupoortpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life Noupoort

A Sutler's Tent. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative is: LC-B811-2448. Sutlers, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, Military exchanges, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, Tents, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, Men, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, Virginia, Petersburg, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment & supplies, Virginia, Petersburg, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865.

Camps of companies C & D. 1st Mass. Cavalry, in front of Petersburg, Virginia Aug. 1864. Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 4, page 197", Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Toldo de Patagones.. Unknown

Unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with swords and others in zouave uniforms of 114th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Co. G, also known as "Zouaves d' Afrique" and "Collis Zouaves" in the woods, Petersburg, Virginia. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Collis, Charles H. T, (Charles Henry Tucky), 1838-1902, United States, Corps d'Afrique, People, United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 114th (1862-1865), Company G, People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Zouaves, 1860-1870, Daggers & swords, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Lieutenant General Sir George Brown G.C.B. & officers of his staff Major Hallewell, Colonel Brownrigg, orderly, Colonel Airey, Captain Pearson, Captain Markham, Captain Ponsonby., Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B845, Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 22nd, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry.

Armed men in a captured cannon in South Africa, Jan van Hoepen, 1899 photograph Part of album with 191 photos from a trip to and through South Africa. South Africa paper. photographic support firearms: cannon (+ land forces) South Africa

Commune barricade. Bruno Braquehais (French, 1823 - 1875)

Private Williams, Co. "A" and group, 83rd Regiment, 23rd Infantry, New York 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Camp scene at Fortress Monroe, Va. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

The Peninsula, Virginia. Officers of General George B. McClellan's staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Culpeper, Virginia (vicinity). General Henry Prince and staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Pvt. J. H. Carpenter, and group 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

British Encampment Before Sebastopol. The Tents of the 97th in the Foreground; James Robertson (English, 1813 - 1888), Attributed to Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909); Crimea; 1855; Salted paper print; 14.8 x 24.1 cm (5 13,16 x 9 1,2 in.)

Drum Corps, 30th Pennsylvania Inf'y. No. B491, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Military bands, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs & music, Union.

Officers of 114th Pennsylvania Infantry in front of Petersburg, Virginia, August, 1864. No. 602, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 114th (1862-1865), United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Major General Garrett & Officers of his staff.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

U. S. Military Telegraph Construction Corps.

Tolde de Patagones.. Unknown

Camp in Monument Garden, Chattanooga, US, USA, America, Vintage photography

Officers of Heavy Artillery, Company B, Fort Warren; James Wallace Black (American, 1825 - 1896); Fort Warren, Massachusetts, United States; 1864; Albumen silver print

Westover Landing, Virginia. James H. Childs and staff, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Army Commandeur, Archduke Friedrich, visited and inspected on 24.10. The troops.

Soldiers in a camp in South Africa; A heavenly moment for "Tommy" - Washing the Terrible African Dust Away, Gloucester Camp, Saauwpoort, S.A ...

Battery Meade. Haas & Peale, photographer (American, active 1846 - 1867) 1863 A group of soldiers, facing away from the viewer, stand next to large parrott rifles. Stacks of ammunition are visible at the extreme left of the photograph as well as other equipment scattered around. (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.23. - Battery Meade./ Two 100-pounder Parrot Rifles. Breaching battery against Sumter"; (Verso, sheet) upper right, in pencil: "thirteen illegible";

Petersburg, Virginia Surgeons of 3d Division before hospital tent. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865, Surgery, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Soldiers at Camp Cotton, Texas border

Colonel Doherty, officers & men of the 13th Light Dragoons, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Soldiers in a camp in South Africa, Underwood and Underwood, 1900 stereograph South Africa photographic support. cardboard albumen print (military) camp with tents. the soldier; the soldier's life. washing and bathing South Africa

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