Civil War Military History

Historic photographs depict soldiers from the 139th Pennsylvania Infantry and other units during the Civil War, showcasing uniforms and camp life.

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

Co. - , 139th Pennsylvania Infantry. No. B1173, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 139th (1862-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Bvt. Major General R. S. Foster and staff. No. B201, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

The "Keystone" Battery, of Pennsylvania. Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Company D, 61st New York Infantry, Falmouth, Virginia, April, 1863. No. 313, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Falmouth.

Headquarters 10th Army Corps, Hatchies Run, 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

Company I, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Falmouth, Virginia, June 1863. No. 140, Title from item, Additional information 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, Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Falmouth.

Co. D., 1st Rhode Island Volunteers, Camp Sprague, 1861. No. 4128, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Section Capt. Ashcroft's Battery. Haas & Peale, photographer (American, active 1846 - 1867) 1863 A group of solidersstanding behind parrott rifles, facing away from the viewer. Sandbags and other materials surround the men. (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.20. - Section Capt. Ashcroft's Battery -/ 12-pounder Napoleons, in 2d Parallel." (Verso, sheet) upper right, in pencil: "24";

Camp of U.S. Military R.R. Construction Corp near Manchester, Virginia, April, 1865. No. 735, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Manchester.

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

Union soldiers lined up in two rows in front of tents. Title devised by library staff, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

33d New York Infantry | Library of Congress

Zouave ambulance crew demonstrating removal of wounded soldiers from the field. 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

The 3rd Illinois awaiting orders for Porto Rico , Troop movements, Soldiers, Military life

General Bosquets Quarters looking towards Mackenzie Farm.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

One hundred and tenth Pennsylvania regiment at Falmouth, Virginia, April 24, 1863, nearly annihilated at battle of Chancellorsville. No. 250, Title from item. United States, Army, Infantry Regiment, 110th, 1860-1870, Infantry, Union, Virginia, Falmouth, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Union, Military personnel.

Civil War battlefield scene. Unknown maker, American

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

President Lincoln on battle-field of Antietam, October, 1862 during his visit to General McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac, to encourage 'Little Mac' to attack the Confederate Army. Lincoln is posed standing by a chair and facing McClellan with other Union Army officers grouped outside a tent.

Concord Brass Band. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Concord (N.H.)

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

Scouts and guides of the Army of Potomac, Berlin, Md., October 1862. No. 4219, Title from item, Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1866, v. 1, pl. 28, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Maryland, Berlin.

World War I -General Henri Gouraud (1867, Paris 1946) talking with British officers after his appointment in 1915 ass commander of the French Expeditionary Corps in the Dardanelles Campaign. He was wounded on 30 June, and subsequently lost his right arm. From December 1915 to December 1916 and from June 1917 until the end of the war he commanded the Fourth Army on the Western Front

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

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.

Artillery Encampment, Camp de Chlons Made 1857 France. Albumen print, from the album Souvenirs du Camp de Chlons . Gustave Le Gray

Officers of the 71st Highlanders, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Men of the 68th Regiment - Winter Dress; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published January 1, 1856; Salted paper print; 15.1 × 16.8 cm (5 15,16 × 6 5,8 in.)

Captain Sleeper 10th Mass. Battery and other officers, Dec. 1863 , Brandy Station, Virginia, Dec. 1863. Captain J. Henry Sleeper, 10th Mass. Battery, and Alfred R. Waud. No. 86, 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, Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A). United States, Army, Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery, 10th (1862-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

Group at Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Antietam, October 1862 1862 Alexander Gardner American, Scottish. Group at Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Antietam, October 1862 259599

George N Barnard, Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA, No 4, 1864 Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA, No. 4

Group of seven soldiers and one black servant at a campsite. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

Ranger scene at the Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo: smiling soldiers for a tent with a wreath, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1925 photograph Part of the photo album of Mr Brams, Opperhoutvester by Queen Wilhelmina at the Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo. Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo photographic support gelatin silver print hunting, chase. hunting-ground. tent. garland, wreath. (military) uniforms Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo

Officers of 114th Pennsylvania Infantry in front of Petersburg, Virginia, August, 1864. No. 7145, Corresponding digital file from original negative LC-DIG-cwpb-03882 from collection: Civil War photographs, 1861-1865, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948, Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2012-2013. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Indian encampment. Moosehead Lake and Vicinity. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Moosehead Lake (Me.)

Sumatra (Military in Tandjong-Poera)).

Company A, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. 4539, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948, Published in: History of the Twenty-second regiment of the National guard of the state of New York .. / by General George W. Wingate. New York: E. W. Dayton 1896, p. 93. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 22nd, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry.

Fort Gaines | Library of Congress

Regimental headquarters of 21st Michigan Vols. 4th Army Corps near Chattanooga. Group of officers. 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

Field studio for Stacy's Photographic Ambrotype Rooms, at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, in 1863. George Stacy, (third from left) came from New York City to photograph Union soldiers who came through this strategic location. The canvas tenting covers his skylight. Off to the left of the scene is an African man holding a basket (BSLOC_2019_2_128)

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 1035, 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.

Co., 139th Pennsylvania Infantry. No. B341, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 139th (1862-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Men in six rows of ..

Military guard for a fence ..

Suez. Francis Frith (English, 1822 - 1898)

Description: Camped in the Forest Mansu. africa

Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, Georgia, No. 4, 1864, George N. Barnard, American, 1819 - 1902, 10 13/16 x 14 7/16 in. (27.46 x 36.67 cm) (image, sheet)15 3/8 x 19 13/16 in. (39.05 x 50.32 cm) (mount), Albumen print, United States, 19th century

Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C. 1862. No. 2412, Title from item, Mounted with 5 other photographs. 2 of the photos share the same caption as this one, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Washington (D.C.).

Painting the Racławice Panorama: Wojciech Kossak with a pallette on scaffolding with the part of the canvas showing Tadeusz Kościuszko, leading the second group of Kosynierzy (scythe-bearers) into battle. Hamel i Feigl (Lwów ; skład materiałów fotograficznych ; 1892-ca 1905), merchant employer, unknown, photographer

Group of Coyotero Apaches, near Camp Apache, Arizona. Indian series. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1873. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Expeditions & surveys , United States, Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)

Chasseurs d'Afrique; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; Salted paper print; 16.5 × 23.8 cm (6 1,2 × 9 3,8 in.)

A group of Kikuyu villagers perform a traditional dance at a dirt road junction with hills behind. Original manuscript caption: Wakikuyu Dance.

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

Two soldiers standing in front of tent with dog sitting on a horse. | Library of Congress

Chief Officer and Clerks of the Ambulance Department, 9th Army Corps, in Front of Petersburg, Virginia. Artist: Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840-1882). Dimensions: Image: 6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (17.5 × 22.5 cm)Mount: 10 5/16 × 15 1/16 in. (26.2 × 38.2 cm). Printer: Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821-1882 Washington, D.C.). Date: August 1864. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Officers and non-commissioned officers of Co. A, 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Virginia, June, 1861. No. 4112, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 8th, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Arlington.

G.B. Fosters Naval Brigade. Captain illeg. C.M. 13 illeg.. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

General Sherman & Staff Before Atlanta July 19, 1864; Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896); July 19, 1864; Albumen silver print

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

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

Mortar Battery in Lulliwin's Island 1861. Unknown maker, American

TREADERS AS SEALERS, John REYNOLDS, 1856 - 1857 stereograph London cardboard. paper albumen print sailor. theatre, theatrical performance

Men at the Plattsburg Officers Training Camp in Plattsburg, N.Y., practicing their rapid-fire shooting skills using wooden dummy guns. This training exercise took place on May 24, 1918, during World War I. The photo bears the official stamp and is not intended for public distribution.

Pair of Stereograph Views of General Jacob S. Coxey's Army of the Unemployed. Artist: J. F. Jarvis (American). Dimensions: Mount: 8.9 x 17.8 cm (3 1/2 x 7 in.). Publisher: Underwood & Underwood (American). Date: 1850s-1910s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Officers of the 88th Regiment, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

The stand in front of the President's house occupied by the President, Cabinet members, Grant, Sherman, and reviewing officers during the Civil War

Untitled Made 1857 France. Albumen print, from the album Souvenirs du Camp de Chlons . Gustave Le Gray

One piece - Henry's Battery. Haas & Peale, photographer (American, active 1846 - 1867) 1863 Multiple soldiers stand next to a canon while several others sit atop their horses. Trees and shrubs 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.41. - One piece - Henry's Battery"; (Recto, sheet) center right, in pencil: "Views on Morris Island, SC./ illegible Giffs unit with illegible of Captain illegible battery

African American 'contrabands' at the Quartermaster's Wharf, Alexandria, Virginia, 1863-65. They were Freedmen who worked as paid laborers for the Union Army on the busy wharves at Alexandria, Virginia. These Freedmen moved commodities and war material in transit, into storage, onto wagons, or railroad cars, to be taken to the front during the Civil War (BSLOC_2018_5_102)

Group portrait of officers of the Dutch army stationed in Ambon, Indonesia, Anonymous, 1880.

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

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

Major General Charles Griffin & staff. No. B63, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Griffin, Charles, 1825-1867, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

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. 99130-2 NATIONAL GUARD

Description: Volunteer Fire Brigade. Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaya Date: 1880-1900 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Siege train at Yorktown Landing, Va. | Library of Congress

Shoshone 1867-72 Timothy H. O'Sullivan American, born Ireland The homeland of the Shoshoni covered large tracts of the Great Basin--portions of Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah. O'Sullivan photographed in their territory in 1867-69 and 1872 with Clarence King, and in 1871 with Lieutenant George Wheeler. Many of the men in the photograph are wearing U. S. Army hats and shirts, paraphernalia probably acquired through barter at the Army's trading posts. When O'Sullivan made the picture, the delicate ecology of the Shoshoni's food sources (buffalo, small game, roots, berries, and grass seed) had been virtually destroyed over the preceding thirty years by the heedless practices of emigrant white settlers. The resulting degradation and the marauding, murderous retaliation of the Shoshoni and associated tribes became known as the "Indian question," which the U.S. government attempted to resolve through legislation, the establishment of reservations, and, on occasion, slaughter. As an explorato

Camp of 67th New York Infantry | Library of Congress

Dr. Anson Hurd, 14th Indiana Volunteers, Attending to Confederate Wounded after the Battle of Antietam, near Keedysville, Maryland, USA, Alexander Gardner, September 1862

Pvt. Charles Gamble 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Great National Union Camp Meeting. Manheim, Pa. Lancaster County views. 1868. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Camp meetings, Manheim (Pa.)

British Lieutenant-General Henry William Barnard, facing left, Gesturing toward Captain Barnard while Surrounded by Staff in front of Wood Building, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

Edwin Forbes, The Halt of the Line of Battle, 1876 The Halt of the Line of Battle

Three children play 'soldier' in a garden in France. Part of photo album from a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doakau Fils, the army and sights in France.

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

Cooking House of the 8th Hussars 1855 Roger Fenton British. Cooking House of the 8th Hussars 286419

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B785, 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 Fery.

Preparing for an attack. 1895. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indians of North America, Warfare

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

Portrait of Captain William H. Terwilliger, officer of the Federal Army, and officers, Company A, 63d New York Infantry, vicinity of Washington, D.C.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 63rd (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Terwilliger, William H, Infantry, Union, New York troops, 63rd New York Infantry.

Group of Confederate Prisoners at Fairfax Court-House. Timothy O'Sullivan; American, born Ireland, 1840-1882. Date: 1863. Dimensions: 17.7 x 22.9 cm (image/paper); 31.2 x 44.7 cm (album page). Albumen print, pl. 34 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

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

Virginia. Winter quarters of Captain Bissel, Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Views from the battlefield of Gettysburg, taken by the U.S. Christian Commission at the General Hospital in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The photographs date from 1861 to 1871 and document the history of the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. The prints are albumen prints with a size of 14 x 22 cm on a mount measuring 22 x 28 cm

Officers of the 90th i.e., 38th Regiment (Captain Hume and Captain Snodgrass), Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

General Sherman's headquarters, Chattanooga, Tenn.. No. B762, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 2, pages 290-91 (hdq. of Gen. Thomas at Chattanooga)", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Group of mounted Pawnee warriors. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1866. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Nebraska, Horses, Pawnee Indians

Officers of the 4th Light Dragoons. Roger Fenton (England, 1819-1869). England, 1855, published 1856. Photographs. Salt print

Seven Union Civil War soldiers of the 7th New York Infantry at Camp Cameron, Washington, DC. At left, an African American kneels, washing a pitcher in a bucket, as the group poses for the photo. His activity and position signal his status as a servant. Sitters are identified as Sgt. Samuel W. Sears, Capt. Henry C. Shumway, and Pvt. Peter Eagen. Photo by George Barnard (BSLOC_2018_5_95)

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