Civil War Era Military Portraits

Historical photographs of military officers and soldiers from the Civil War era, showcasing uniforms, camp settings, and group gatherings typical of the 1860s.

Contraband foreground, US, USA, America, Vintage photography

Major General B. F. Butler and staff. No. 208, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B909, Title from item, Mounted with five 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.)

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B934, Title from item, Mounted with five 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.)

Officers and non-coms. of Co. (), 119th Penn. Inf'y. No. B428, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 119th (1862-1865), United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Officers of the 90th Regiment.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Co. - , 153d New York Infantry. No. B281, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 153rd (1862-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Headquarters of 164th New York Inf'y i.e. Infantry. No. B305, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, p. 241", Photographer identification from same photograph in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Contraband foreground, US, USA, America, Vintage photography

Major General D. B. Birney and staff. No. 5128, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

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

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 1050, Title from item, Mounted with 5 other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

33d New York Infantry | Library of Congress

Soldiers preparing cannons on the battlefield | Library of Congress

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 1055, Title from item, Mounted with four other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Co., 30th Pennsylvania Infantry. No. B466, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

In line for rations, Camp Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. , Military camps, Military life, Soldiers, Queues, Military cookery, Spanish-American War, 1898

General Gillmore & Staff. Haas & Peale (American, active 1846 - 1867)

Five men inside of a tent, one speaking into a cylinder phonograph , Tents, Cylinder phonographs, Alexandre Benois Collection

Prospect Hill, Virginia. General Henry S. Gansevoort and staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Headquarters of New York Herald in the field (1863) | Library of Congress

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B915, 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.

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

8th New York State Militia, Camp McDowell, Arlington Heights. Unknown maker, American

Ladies from the Michigan and Pennsylvania Relief Association ministering to wounded and sick soldiers during the Civil War. The photograph is part of the collection titled 'War views' and was created approximately between 1850 and 1930, specifically during the Civil War years of 1861 to 1865. It features elements related to health aspects and includes tents typical of the period. The image is an albumen print

Gun crew on deck 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B793, 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.

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

Officers of Company A | Library of Congress

Culpeper, Virginia. Colonel William R. Brewster, 73d New York Infantry and staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B853, Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history, Mounted with five other photographs, Negative (stereoscopic) 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: Sgt. L.M. Franklin and group, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 22nd, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry.

Hancock firefighters , Fire fighters, Brockton Public Library Archival Collection

33d New York Infantry | Library of Congress

23d New York Infantry | Library of Congress

Group of soldiers outside winter quarters. No. 285, Title devised by library staff, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B838, Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history, 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: Sergt. L.M. Franklin, Pvt. Richard C. Ray, and group of infantry, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 22nd, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry.

Camp Andseron near Washington D.C., 12th N.Y. 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

Weren inspection in a military camp in South Africa, Anonymous, 1901 stereograph Sandrivierpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print (military) camp with tents. weapons Sand River

President Abraham Lincoln, Major General John A. McClernand (right), and E. J. Allen (Allan Pinkerton, left), Chief of the Secret Service of the United States, at Secret Service Department, Headquarters Army of the Potomac, near Antietam, Maryland October 4, 1862 Alexander Gardner American, Scottish Two weeks after he recorded the carnage at Antietam, Alexander Gardner returned to the battlefield to photograph the visit of President Abraham Lincoln. The president made the seventy-mile journey to Maryland to pay his respects to the wounded on both sides and to confer with his field generals. Gardner made about twenty-five photographs, mostly portraits of a strained meeting between Lincoln and General George B. McClellan, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac. He also made this formal field portrait of Lincoln posed with Allan Pinkerton, his diminutive Secret Service chief (left), and General John McClernand. Founder in 1850 of the eponymous detective agency, Pinkerton proved to b

President Lincoln on battle-field of Antietam, October 3, 1862 / Alex. Gardner, photographer.. Illustration in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C.: Philp & Solomons, 1865-66, v. 1, Title from item, Ostendorf no. 62, Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 107, Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .. Washington : Library of Congress ., 1975, no. 75, Exhibited: "Abraham Lincoln" at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Simi Valley, California, 2013. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles.

Warrenton, Virginia. General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff officers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Group of Civil War soldiers at camp site. Unknown maker, American

Balmoral Keepers "Sighting The Deer.". Attributed to William Grundy (English, 1806 - 1859)

Falmouth, Virginia. Lord William Abinger and group of officers at headquarters, Army of the Potomac | Library of Congress

Washington, District of Columbia. Signal Corps camp near Georgetown. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Yorktown, Virginia. Gen. William F. Barry and friends | Library of Congress

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

Three British soldiers sitting in front of a tent in Colesberg, South Africa, Anonymous, 1900 stereograph Colesbergpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life. (military) camp with tents Colesberg

Camp de Chlons: Zouaves; Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884); Chalons, France; 1857; Albumen silver print

Military telegraph construction corps. No. 4196, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, p. 341", Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1866, v. II, pl. 62, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Yorktown, Virginia. Group | Library of Congress

Petersburg, Virginia. Company C, U.S. Engineers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Brandy Station, Virginia. Tent of A. Foulke, Sutler, 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Michigan and Pennsylvania Relief Association. Ladies ministering to the wounded and sick soldiers. 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, Women, United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865 , Health aspects, Tents , 1860-1869

Group portrait of Scots Guards. Unknown maker, British

Fort Brady, James River. Artist: Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830-1902). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823-1896 New York). Date: 1864. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Group portrait of eight French soldiers at a window. Part of a French amateur photographer album with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France.

Group of 4th Infantry, Michigan 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 993, 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.

Gettysburg: men and women in front of U.S. Christian Commission tents. Views from the battle field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d, and 3d, 1863: U.S. Christian Commission, at the General Hospital, Gettysburg, Pa.. 1865. Photographs. Manuscripts and Archives Division. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865, United States Christian Commission

Group Portrait of Military Personnel. Willoughby Wallace Hooper (English, 1837 - 1912)

Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Brigade officers of the Horse Artillery commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William Hays. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, Horse artillery, Pendleton, Edmund, Pennington, Alexander C. M, Benson, Henry, Gibson, H. M, Wilson, James E, Tidball, John C, Dennison, William N, Gibson, Horatio G, Hains, Peter C, Hays, William, Robertson, James M, Barlow, John W, Chapin, Robert H, Clarke, Robert, Vincent, A. C, United States, Virginia, Fair Oaks.

The municipality. The staff of Place Vendôme. (TF)

Defense of Paris 1870-1871: National Guard. Panorama: Portrait of a group of soldiers. Photograph by Disdéri (1819-1889). Albumin paper. 1870. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99129-29 SOLDIER

Armed men in a loved cannon in South Africa; Cannon Looked for 30 October 1899. Part of album with 191 photos of a trip to and through South Africa.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B945, Title from item, Mounted with five 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.)

The left wing preparing to repel a charge of Russian infantry - the Mikado's intrepid solider boys , Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Garde Nationale, 25e Bataillon, Commandant Demars; André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819 - 1889); Paris, France; 1870 - 1871; Albumen silver print

23d New York Infantry. No. B1028, 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 (vicinity). General James A. Hall, officers and men of Battery C & E, U.S. Artillery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Major General Garrett & Officers of the 46th.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

US Civil War. Co. C, 110th Pennsylvania Infantry after Second Battle of Fredericksburg, May 1862 (BSLOC_2018_8_163)

Cadets in camp, West Point N. Y.. Stereoscopic Treasures. 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.)

Falmouth, Virginia Group in front of post office tent at Army of the Potomac headquarters. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, Army of the Potomac, People, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Communications, Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862, , Post offices, United States, Virginia, Falmouth, Army of the Potomac.

US Civil War. Petersburg Campaign, June 9, 1864 to March 25, 1865. Company 'B', 170th New York Infantry taking a break in front of Petersburg, Virginia. Except for their commander and two sergeants, the soldiers relax, some reading, while others play cards. The 170th fought in both Grant's Overland and Petersburg campaigns. They were present at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, for the Surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee and his army (BSLOC_2018_9_141)

Mathew Brady Studio, Bermuda Hundred, Va. African American teamsters near the signal tower, 1864, printed later, Photographic print from glass negative on mount.

Petersburg, Virginia. Officer and men of Company E, 1st New York Engineers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Defense of Paris 1870-1871: National Guard. Panorama: Portrait of a group of soldiers. Photograph by Disdéri (1819-1889). Albumin paper. 1870. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99130-1 NATIONAL GUARD

Fair Oaks, Virginia (vicinity). Brigade officers of the Horse Artillery commanded by Lt. Col. William Hays | Library of Congress

Setting the Emperor's Table. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)

Antietam, Maryland. Group of Federal artillery offices on battlefield | Library of Congress

Sitting Bull's camp; sectional view.. W.R. Cross (American, active 1870s - 1890s)

Officers of the 71st Highlanders; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published January 1, 1856; Salted paper print; 18.9 × 15.9 cm (7 7,16 × 6 1,4 in.)

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

General U. S. Grant and staff, City Point, Virginia, winter March of 1865. No. B57, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 10, p. 49", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Hopewell.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B956, 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.)

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B952, Title from item, Mounted with five 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.)

US Civil War. Battle of Antietam, also called Battle of Sharpsburg, Sept. 17, 1862. Confederate wounded at Smiths Barn, Keedysville, Maryland. Union Dr. Anson Hurd, of the 14th Indiana Volunteers, attends the men, who are sheltered in rough tents after the Battle of Antietam. Photograph by Alexander Gardner on Sept. 20-21 or Oct 3, 1862 (BSLOC_2018_7_161)

Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA, No. 4. Dated: 1864. Dimensions: image: 25.4 × 35.6 cm (10 × 14 in.) mount: 40.2 × 48.2 cm (15 13/16 × 19 in.). Medium: albumen print. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George N. Barnard.

Zouaves Playing Cards, Camp de Chalons. Gustave Le Gray, photographer (French, 1820 - 1884) 1857 soldiers seated on ground playing cards overseen by standing officers

United States of America, Warren, George Kendall, Cadets, West Point, photograph, photo, photos, height 142 mm, width 196 mm, American, 1834 - 1884, photographer, 1860 - 1870, photographic paper, photo paper, cardboard, albumen print, albumine print

Maj. General I. B. Richardson. Title from item, Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A). Richardson, Israel Bush, 1815-1862, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

The commune, a barricade. (TF)

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

Cavalry Maneuvers, Camp de Chlons 1857 Gustave Le Gray French For six weeks in August, September, and October 1857, 25,000 men from the French Imperial Guard, renowned for their victory in the decisive battle of the Crimean War two years earlier, conducted exercises under the command of Napoleon III to inaugurate a vast military camp at Chlons-sur-Marne. Le Gray was commissioned to take photographs of the camp, the inaugural events, and the officers. The pictures were later bound in albums and presented by the emperor to his highest-ranking officers.The skillfully executed maneuvers, like the imperial celebrations, religious services, and elaborate entertainments that also marked the inaugural weeks, were intended as much for the pleasure of the emperor and the thousands of day-trippers who came to watch as for the improvement of the troops. Far from the chaos of real battle and the unfamiliarity of foreign terrain, the regiments of infantry and cavalry moved in precisely coordinat

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 1039, 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.

Officers of the 89th Regiment at Cathcarts Hill; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; Albumen silver print

Beaufort, South Carolina. Shooting i.e., Shouting party on J.J. Smith's plantation | Library of Congress

Group portrait of Scots Guards. Unknown maker, British

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