Civil War Military Camps

Historic photographs showcasing Union and Confederate soldiers at camp, featuring camaraderie and military life during the American Civil War.

Officers & men of the 89th Regiment Captain Hamley i.e., Hawley, Captain Skynner, Major Egerton, Major Watson, Major Aylmer, & Captain Cuppage., Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

US Civil War, 1861-1865. Kate Chase Sprague with Gen. J. J. Abercrombie and staff at Union army camp. Kate Chase Sprague was daughter of Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase, and wife of Rhode Island Governor William Sprague (BSLOC_2018_8_189)

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

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B948, 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 & men of the 89th Regiment Captain Hamley i.e., Hawley, Captain Skynner, Major Egerton, Major Watson, Major Aylmer, & Captain Cuppage., Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B911, 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 of the 71st Highlanders; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published January 1, 1856; Salted paper print; 21.1 × 16.8 cm (8 5,16 × 6 5,8 in.)

Men of the 68th Regiment. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

No. 126. General Webb's Headquarters. Near Culpepper, Va., March, 1864.. A.J. Russell (American, 1830 - 1902)

Hancock firefighters , Fire fighters, Brockton Public Library Archival Collection

Sheridan, General Phil & staff. Title from item, Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

23d New York Infantry | Library of Congress

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

Officers of 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry. Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865), United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 1056, 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.

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 1053, 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.

Group of soldiers from the 68th Durham Light Infantry, Tauranga, 1864 copy prints, black-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints

Major General George B. McClellan and staff. Title from item, Date from similar print, LOT 4186-M, no. 11, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Major General A. H. Terry and staff. No. B50, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Terry, Alfred Howe, 1827-1890, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Hospital Stewards of 2d Division, 9th Army Corps. in front of Petersubrg, Virginia, November, 1864. No. 571, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Group of the British 71st Regiment with Colour Sergeant, Portrait near Conical Tent with Military Camp in Background, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

Group of the 57th Regiment; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published April 5, 1856; Salted paper print; 16.4 × 16.7 cm (6 7,16 × 6 9,16 in.)

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

Group of five officers outside a tent with a man sitting on a horse in the background. Title devised by library staff, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Castle Pinkney i.e. Pinckney, Charleston, South Carolina Garrison of South Carolina troops, August 1861. No. 5141, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 1, page 89", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Castle Pinckney (Charleston, S.C.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, South Carolina, Charleston Harbor.

Chasseurs d'Afrique. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Group Portrait. James Robertson; Scottish, c. 1813-d. after 1881. Date: 1855. Dimensions: 23.7 x 28.8 cm (image/paper); 30.6 x 40.6 cm (mount/page). Albumen print. Origin: Scotland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Maj. General John Sedgwick and staff. No. B619, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

US Civil War, 1861. Confederate camp, Warrington Navy Yard, Pensacola, Florida. Soldiers of the 9th Mississippi Regiment stand with bayoneted rifles while others hold a shovel, cook, and read a newspaper. Photo by Jay Dearborn Edwards (BSLOC_2018_8_161)

Group of 2nd Rhode Island Infantry 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Camp of Captain Wiley, Stoneman Station, Virginia. No. B330, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Three unidentified men in Union uniforms and two unidentified men, one pointing a Starr revolver at another's head. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2011, pp/liljunion. Soldiers, Union, 1870-1880, Men, 1870-1880, Military uniforms, Union, 1870-1880, Handguns, 1870-1880, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Brigadier General William Findlay Rogers in center resting arm on cannon with soldiers of 21st New York Infantry Regiment in uniforms with swords / Brady, Washington.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Rogers, W. F, (William Findlay), 1820-1899, United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 21st (1861-1863), People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Cannons, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B907, 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.)

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

Mrs. Allen's house used as hospital by Kearny's Brigade. No. 4398, Title from item, Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Battlefield of Fair Oaks, Va, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Private William H. Green; Group 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Major General Geo. G. Meade and staff. No. B59, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. II, p. 232", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Brigadier General Lockyer & two of his staff, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

General Harrow wounded. 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.)

Admiral D.D. Porter and staff on board flag-ship, Malvern, Norfolk, Virginia, Dec. 1864 , Fort Monroe, Virginia, Dec. 1864. Rear Adm. David D. Porter and staff on flagship U.S.S. Malvern off Fort Monroe (Lieutenant William B. Cushing standing on right). No. 7227, 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, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Norfolk.

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

A Confederate picket post near Charleston, South Carolina, 1861. No. 4390, Title from item, Mounted with four other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, South Carolina, Charleston.

District of Columbia. General William Gamble and staff at Camp Stoneman, the cavalry depot at Giesborough Point. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Forts & fortifications, Military camps, United States, District of Columbia, Washington (D.C.)

Group at Secret Service Department, Headquarters, 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.

Col. Doherty, Officers and Men. 13th Light Dragoons; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; Albumen silver print

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

John W. Geary and staff in Atlanta. On verso: Schwing & Rudd, Photographers, Army of the Cumberland, In album: U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John White Geary, comp. 1861-1865, no. 99, surrogate p. 25 (lower left), Surrogate available as color laser copy in P&P Reading Room. Geary, John White, 1819-1873, Staff, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Falmouth, Virginia Lord Abinger (William F. Scarlett, 3d Baron Abinger, Lieutenant Colonel Scots Fusilier Guards) and group at headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862, , Abinger, William, United States, Virginia, Falmouth.

Company H 44 Indiana Vols., Lookout Mountain. 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

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

Culpeper, Virginia. William H. French and Staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Officers of 1st Battalion New York Light Artillery, Fort Duncan, near Washington, D.C.. No. 4404, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, New York Light Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865), United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Washington (D.C.).

U.S.S. "Hunchback." James River, Virginia Commanded by Acting Master E. K. Valentine.. Title from item, Purchase; Gary Edwards Gallery 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:114), Was AP1003. Gunboats, Union, Virginia, 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, Virginia, 1860-1870, Sailors, Union, Virginia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Capt. Walker 30th Regiment reading General Orders.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Major General Lockyer, and Two of his Staff; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; Salted paper print; 17.3 x 16.2 cm (6 13,16 x 6 3,8 in.)

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B833, 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.

Group of soldiers of Co. G., 71st New York Volunteers, posed in front of tent. Civil War Photograph Collection , No. 413. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 71st (Militia), (1852- ) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Officers of U.S. Garrison, Fort Sumter, April, 1861 | Library of Congress

Group at Head Quarters Made 1855 England. Salted paper print, plate 1 from the album Photographs Taken in the Crimea, 1856 . Roger Fenton

Prussian soldiers photographed during the Austro-Prussian war of 1866.

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

Captaine Thomas, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Brandy Station, Virginia General Rufus Ingalls and staff, Chief Quartermaster, and officers, Army of the Potomac headquarters. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Ingalls, Rufus, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). Officers of 5th U.S. Cavalry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Petersburg, Virginia. Surgeons of 4th Division, 9th Army Corps. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Wilson L.T.C. Frieland R.N. Crawford L.T.C. Abbott L.T.C. Arabs. Dr. William Robertson (Scottish, 1818 - 1882)

Group portrait of British soldiers in uniform including Major Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari, Afghanistan, John Burke, 1878 - 1890 photograph Afghanistan paper albumen print historical persons Afghanistan

Arlington, Virginia Officers of Company F, 2d New York Artillery at Fort C.F. Smith. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, Army, New York Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865), Company F, United States, Hisory, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Artillery (Troops) , Forts & fortifications, United States, Virginia, Arlington, New York troops , 2nd New York Artillery

7th Infantry NY 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

23d New York Infantry | Library of Congress

Sherman and His Generals 1860s George N. Barnard American. Sherman and His Generals 294445

Preston, Chaplain of the Forces, Goodeve, H.E.I.C.S, Capt. Thomas, Paymaster, Mr. Brinton, Engineer, B. Major Chads, Military Commandant, B.H. Renkioi. Dr. William Robertson (Scottish, 1818 - 1882)

Group portrait of soldiers at the gate of the Kraton, near Batavia, Anonymous, H.M. van Dorp & Co., 1854 - 1890 photograph Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningratratpublisher: Batavia paper. cardboard albumen print division of armed forces. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait The Kingdom of Hadiningrat

Five Union soldiers wear frock coat uniforms, as they stand at ease with their Enfield Rifles. An encampment is visible in the background. The soldier on the far right is identified as Albert L. Burgess (BSLOC_2019_2_135)

Petersburg, Virginia, vicinity. Maj. Thomas T. Eckert (seated, left) and others of U.S. Military Telegraph Corps. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Communications, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865, Telegraph, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Private in Full Marching Order; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; Salted paper print; 17.9 x 17 cm (7 1,16 x 6 11,16 in.)

Two soldiers at the table in a army camp in Fontainebleau. Part of photo album from a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first automobiles and autoraces.

Crew of the United States steam-sloop 'Colorado,' shipped at Boston, June, 1861 , Sailors

Sanitary Commission lodge, Washington, D.C.. Civil War Photograph Collection, No. 707. United States Sanitary Commission, People, 1860-1870, United States Sanitary Commission, Buildings, Washington (D.C.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Economic & industrial aspects.

Portrait of four soldiers, standing in a tent in front of a solid background, with a wind instrument on a chair. in Preserver

Three drummer boys (now at Ft. Hamilton) who have been in 9 battles of the rebellion, US, USA, America, Vintage photography

Group of Confederate Civil War veterans wearing Missouri badges at the 1913 reunion at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljvet. Confederate States of America, Army, People, 1910-1920, Badges, 1910-1920, Veterans, Confederate, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, 1910-1920, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Confederate.

Tent No. 8 Co. "F" 4th Infantry Michigan 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Military Telegraphic Corps, Army of the Potomac, Berlin, October 1862. Artist: Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821-1882 Washington, D.C.). Dimensions: Image: 6 11/16 in. × 9 in. (17 × 22.8 cm)Sheet: 10 1/16 in. × 12 in. (25.5 × 30.5 cm). Date: 1862. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ft. Keogh, Montana: December 14, 1890 A group portrait of the Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, with some of the soldiers wearing buffalo robes in this photograph by Charles Barthelmess

Bealeton, Virginia. Officer's mess. Company F, 93d New York Volunteers Headquarters, Army of the Potomac | Library of Congress

Members of the Special Mission of Persia to the Courts of Europe led by Farroukh Khan, Amin al-Dowleh, One of 274 Vintage Photographs Gustave le Grand. , 1857. Gelatin silver printing out paper, photograph: 6 11/16 x 8 15/16 in. (17 x 22.7 cm). Arts of the Islamic World 1857

On deck of the monitor Lehigh, James River, Va. | Library of Congress

Group portrait of brothers of the Red Cross for a tent. .

Portrait of six boys in military school uniforms with their headmaster at Beaulieu; Jean-Gabriel Eynard (Swiss, 1775 - 1863); September 1, 1851; Daguerreotype

Workers on a bankwal Saint Louis; Roustabouts on the Levee - St. Louis. .

Maj. Gen. Burnside R. Anderson. John Coates Browne (American, 1838 - 1918)

THE SURREY ELEVEN, Das Cricket-Team von Surrey aus The Illustrated London News, Unknown

Evacuated population in Neagra Sarulin. .

At Cape York - Group of Arctic Highlanders and Seamen of the Expedition

Philippines. 1896. Tagalogs taken prisoner by Spanish troops.

Richmond, Virginia. Military operators at headquarters. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Group of Croat Laborers, Portrait, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

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