Civil War Military Camps

Historical photographs of soldiers from various state militias in military camps, providing insight into the life and attire during the American Civil War.

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

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 800, 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, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. Co. D. No. B214, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 22nd, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry.

General Van Heutsz with Staf in Aceh at the attack on the Benteng complex Batoe Iliq in the coastal state of Samalanga, 1901 photograph General Van Heutsz with Staf in Aceh. Aceh paper. cardboard albumen print commander-in-chief, general, marshal. binoculars, spy-glass, etc. Aceh

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

Untitled. Gustave Le Gray; French, 1820-1884. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 29.9 × 36.8 cm (image/paper); 52.7 × 63.7 cm (album page). Albumen print, from the album "Souvenirs du Camp de Chlons". Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Civil War. Freed slaves ('contrabands') in the camp of the 2nd Regt. Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry. Washington, DC. cabinet card ca. 1861-1864

Confederate artillery near Charleston, S.C., 1861 | Library of Congress

Third Connecticut Regiment, Infantry, Camp Douglas, 1861/Union Troops and Camp Followers. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

Officers of 139th Pennsylvania Infantry. No. B346, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 139th (1862-1865), United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 821, 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.

Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery, Culpeper, Virginia, September 1863. No. 342, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Culpeper.

Group of engineers.. 1865. Photographs. Manuscripts and Archives Division. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

Group, 22nd New York State Militia, near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e. 1862. No. B163, Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, page 69", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 22nd, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry.

Quartermaster's mechanics, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps in front of Petersburg, Virginia, August, 1864 , Petersburg, Virginia, August 1864. Quartermasters and mechanics. 1st Division, 9th Army Corps.. No. 48, 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, Petersburg.

Group. Lieutenant General Sir S. J. Browne and staff with Generals Macpherson, Tytler Gough and Appleyard. Safed Sang. John Burke (Irish, about 1843 - 1900)

"Elmira Cornet Band," Thirty-third Regiment, of the New York State Volunteers, July 1861 , Title appears on item as: Band of the 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Virginia, June, 1861. No. 4545, Title and date from supplied by Library staff based on information in: Uncle Beebe, an American Civil War narrative / John Dowling. London : Athena Press, c2003, p. 31, Photographer was probably Jacob F. Coonley assisted by Timothy O'Sullivan or David Woodbury. (Source: Field, Ron. Silent Witness, 2017, page 138), Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Military bands, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lt. Col. Munro & Officers of the 39th Regiment.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

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

Zouaves of the French Imperial Guard during maneuvers in the Camp de Châlons, Gustave Le Gray, 1857 photograph Photo from album. France cardboard. photographic support albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life. (military) camp with tents Châlons camp

Sgt. L. M. Franklin and group 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Yorktown, Virginia. General William F. Barry and friends. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

Mexico..

Men of the 68th Regiment - Winter Dress; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published January 1, 1856; Salted paper print; 15.4 × 17.1 cm (6 1,16 × 6 3,4 in.)

Bealeton, Virginia. Regimental staff, 93d New York Volunteers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Co. - , 67th New York Infantry, Camp Proctor. No. 4115, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Captain Thomas Alexander, 80th New York Infantry, September, 1863 , Captain Alexander, 80th New York Infantry, (Culpeper, Sept. 1863). No. 7605, Title from item, Alternate title, and photographer 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, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 80th (1861-1866), United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Culpeper.

Contrabands on Mr. Toller's Farm.

Bealeton, Virginia Company G, 93d New York Infantry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 93rd (1861-1865), Company G, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Bealeton, New York troops, 93rd New York Infantry. Company G.

Captain Coopers sic Battery - 1 Pennsylvania B. sic in front of P.. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

Co. C, U.S. Engineers in front of Petersburg, Virginia, August, 1864. No. 240, Title from item, Photographer from research conducted by William A. Frassanito and reported in Military Images Vol. 11:1, July/Aug. 1989, p. 15, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Group. T. Anderson, Esq. Lt. Col. Fletcher, Lt. Col. Neville, Major A.J. Pearson, Prince de Joinville, Comte de Paris, Gen. Stewart Van Vliet, G. Sheffield, S.L. Arny, Duc de Chartres | Library of Congress

Hancock, General W.S. & group (Birney, Barlow, & Gibbons). Title from item, Part of Brady-Handy Collection. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Essayon Dramatic Club, U.S. Engineer Battalion in front of Petersburg, Virginia, August, 1864. No. 439, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Military uniforms, 7th New York infantry () ca.1861. 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

President Lincoln with Gen. George B. McClellan and group of officers at the Battle of Antietam in Maryland. The image was taken during his visit to General McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac, to encourage 'Little Mac' to attack the Confederate Army.

Pvt. F. N. Stevens and group 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Prospect Hill, Virginia Noncommissioned officers of 13th New York Cavalry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Cavalry, Union, United States, Virginia, Prospect Hill.

print; Colonel William Willoughby Hooper (British, 1837 - 1912); India; about 1870; Albumen silver print

Camp Scene with Soldiers of the 22nd New York State Militia, Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Artist: Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823-1896 New York). Dimensions: Image: 8.7 x 5.8 cm (3 7/16 x 2 5/16 in.)Mount: 10.2 x 6.1 cm (4 x 2 3/8 in.). Date: 1862.In fall 1862 Brady made a rare group of carte-de-visite studies of the Twenty-second New York State Militia outdoors at Harpers Ferry. These portraits--as much like traditional genre scenes as any produced during the war--are among the most carefully composed extant field photographs. Almost all feature soldiers conversing, playing cards, sitting on folding stools at their mess, or visiting with their wives. As much as it is a portrait, this carte de visite is also an appreciation of the many tactile pleasures of the army tent--the soldier's portable home. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Union soldiers at camp. Unknown

Officers of 170th New York Inf'y i.e. Infantry. No. B282, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Yorktown, Virginia. Group. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Group of Confederate Prisoners at Fairfax Court-House Made 1863 United States. Albumen print, pl. 34 from the album Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1 (1866) . Timothy O'Sullivan

Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Keystone Battery 1861-65 Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady American. Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Keystone Battery 268089

Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. Captain J.B. Howard, Office of Assistant Quartermaster, Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Field battery wagon and camp, Military Telegraph Corps | Library of Congress

General Randolph B. Marcy with Officers and Civilians at Army of the Potomac Headquarters. Antietam, Maryland, USA, Photograph by Alexander Gardner, October 3, 1862

Lt. General Sir John Campbell and the Remains of the Light Company of the 38th Regiment.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

PARIS - COMMUNARDS Group in front of the reverse statue of Napoleon I, after May 16, 1871. Photography by Bruno Braquehais (1823-after 1874).

Major Tinley, & officers of the 39th regiment, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

US Civil War. General Ulysses Grant and his staff, at their City Point Headquarters, Virginia, in summer 1864. Left to right: Brig. Gen. John Rawlings; Lt. Col. Cyrus Ballou Comstock; unidentified; Capt. Thomas Dune; Maj. Gen. Ulysses Grant; Lt. Col. Michael Ryan Morgan; Lt. Col. Orville Babcock; Lt. Col. Peter Todd Hudson; and Lt. Col. Ely Samuel Parker (BSLOC_2018_10_46)

Group of the 57th Regiment.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

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

Chancellery of the Infantry Regiment 96 with a group of officers.

Antietam, Maryland. Captain J.M. Knap's Penn. Independent Battery "E" Light Artillery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Petersburg, Virginia. General Orlando B. Willcox and staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

33d new York Infantry. No. 780, Title from item, Mounted with four other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1861-1863) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

District of Columbia. General William Gamble and staff at Camp Stoneman, the cavalry depot at Giesborough Point. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Bounty Brokers Looking Out for Substitutes.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Major General Garrett and Officers of the 46th Made 1855 England. Salted paper print, plate 46 from the album Photographs Taken in the Crimea (1856) . Roger Fenton

Description: Half Battery 7 Pounder Mountain Gun - Dismounted. Location: Perak, Malaya Date: 1880-1890 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Officers of 139th Penn. Inf'y. No. B328, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 139th (1862-1865), United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Emperor Maximilian's Firing Squad. Artist: François Aubert (French, 1829-1906). Dimensions: Image: 11.4 x 14.2 cm (4 7/16 x 5 9/16 in.)Mount: 18.2 x 22.1 cm (7 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.). Date: 1867.Legend maintains that Maximilan paid each of the seven executors shown here one ounce of gold not to shoot him in the head; he wanted, the story asserts, his mother to see his face one last time when he was in his coffin. The French painter Edouard Manet turned his eye to the events of June 19, 1867, in his large oil Execution of the Emperor Maximilian (1867), now in the collection of the Kunsthalle in Mannheim, Germany. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Toldo de Patagones; 1870s; Albumen silver print

The Aceh War, also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War (1873-1914), was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the United Kingdom in Singapore during early 1873. The war was part of a series of conflicts in the late 19th century that consolidated Dutch rule over modern-day Indonesia.

Hardships in the Camp. Roger Fenton; English, 1819-1869. Date: 1855. Dimensions: 18.5 × 17 cm (image/paper); 55 × 42.5 cm (mount). Salted paper print, plate 40 from the album "Photographs Taken in the Crimea" (1856). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Wilson L.T.C. Frieland R.N. Crawford L.T.C. Abbott L.T.C. Arabs; Dr. William Robertson (Scottish, 1818 - 1882); Turkey; 1855 - 1856; Albumen silver print

Admiral Dahlgren and staff, U. S. S. Pawnee, Charleston Harbor, S. C.. 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

British Encampment before Sebastopol. The tents of the 97th in the foreground.

Headquarters

Group portrait of five French soldiers posing on the stairs for a house. Part of a French amateur photographer album with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France.

Antietam, Maryland. Burying the dead Confederate soldiers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Washington, District of Columbia. Quartermaster's office at 7th Street wharf. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Antietam, Maryland. Burying the dead Confederate soldiers | Library of Congress

Flying Sap. Haas & Peale, photographer (American, active 1846 - 1867) 1863 A group of soldiers sitting in a trench. Several are holding bayonets and rifles while others are digging the trench. Grasslands are visible in the background. (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.17. - Flying Sap." (Recto, sheet) lower center, in pencil: illegible;

23d New York Infantry. No. B811, 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.

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

The job staff at the Brattforshyttan in Värmland 1881.

Group portrait of five French soldiers posing on the stairs in front of a house, Anonymous, 1884 photograph Part of album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France. France photographic support albumen print land forces. (military) uniforms

War views -- Army of the Potomac -- the way they cook dinner in camp. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress. African Americans, Military service, 1860-1870, Eating & drinking, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

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

Warrenton, Virginia General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff; another view. 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, , Burnside, Ambrose E, United States, Virginia, Warrenton.

Reading the list of death on New Year's Day in Colesberg, Anonymous, 1900 stereograph Colesbergpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life Colesberg

Regiment, Des Gardes Forestiers; André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819 - 1889); Paris, France; 1870 - 1871; Albumen silver print

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B1006, 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.

Utica Citizens' Corps, Camp Greenman, Saratoga Springs, 1869. 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.), African Americans, Militias, Shoe shining, Barbering

British soldiers drink tea in their camp at Saauwpoort in South Africa; Tea Time in the British Camp at Saauwpoort, South Africa ..

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

Federal fortifications and camp. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Artillery Gunners with field piece, Wild West

Telegraph construction camp during American Civil War 1861-1865 Photograph taken in the field.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B1019, Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history, Mounted with five other photographs. See LC-USZC4-6315 for full card mount, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 22nd, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry.

Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). General Alexander McD. McCook and staff at Brightwood. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Camp of the 4th Dragoons, convivial party, French & English, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Don't tell me you have a license to shoot game, pay me for my pig , Hunting, Farmers

of 3