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Civil War Military Life

Historical photographs representing Civil War soldiers, camps, and gatherings, showcasing the daily life and organization of troops during the 1860s.

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

An albumin photograph by Franz Duschek depicting a group of hunters with their assistants in Romania, showing clothing, equipment, and group arrangement on photographic paper.

British Lieutenant General Sir John Campbell, full-length Portrait Seated inside Tent, and Captain Gustavus Hume, Full-Length Portrait Standing outside Tent, during Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

Two unidentified soldiers and others at the front steps of a house. Brady-Handy photograph collection . African Americans, Children, 1860-1870, Women, 1860-1870, Children, 1860-1870, Soldiers, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel.

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

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Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Officers of 14th U.S. Infantry, March, 1862 , Alexandria, Virginia, March 1862. Officers of 14th Infantry. No. 973, Title from item, Alternate title 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, Alexandria.

Commissary Department, Head-Quarters Army of the Potomac.

1st Conn. Artillery, Ft. Richardson, Arlington Heights, Virginia 20 pounder Parrott. Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Group Portrait of the Royal Marine Battalion. Date/Period: Ca. 1864. Print. Albumen silver. Height: 194 mm (7.63 in); Width: 294 mm (11.57 in). Author: Felice Beato.

GUERRA DE CUBA 1868 - 1898. NOMBRE GENERICO CON EL QUE SE CONOCE LAS TRES GUERRAS POR LA INDEPENDENCIA DE CUBA DE ESPAÑA. " CONSEJO DE GUERRA DEL EJERCITO NORTEAMERICANO EN SANTIAGO DE CUBA , AÑO 1898 "GRABADO L ¿ILLUSTRATION.

Petersburg, Virginia. Group of Federal generals: Winfield Scott Hancock (seated), with division commanders, Francis Channing Barlow, (left), David Bell Birney, and John Gibbon. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886, Birney, David Bell, 1825-1864, Barlow, Francis C, (Francis Channing), 1834-1896, Gibbon, John, 1827-1896, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

British Soldings Breakfast in Hun Camp at Naauwpoort in South Africa; The Yorkshires Breakfasting in Camp at Naauwpoort, S. Africa - Their Gallantry on Jan. 28th Lauded by French ..

Cooking House of the 8th Hussars. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Hardships in the Camp Made 1855 England. Salted paper print, plate 40 from the album Photographs Taken in the Crimea (1856) . Roger Fenton

French garrison in Bishkra, Algeria, Anonymous, 1860 - 1900 photograph Biskra paper. cardboard albumen print garrison Biskra

Officers of U.S. horse artillery brigade, near Culpeper, Virginia, September, 1863. Civil War Photograph Collection, No. 78. United States, Army of the Potomac, People, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Washington, District of Columbia. Company K, 9th U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps, at Washington Circle. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Signal corps on Rapidan River. No. 397, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, p. 323", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Rapidan River.

Lt. Col. Hallewell, His Days Work Over.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Fort Sumner, near Fair Oaks, Va., 1862, US, USA, America, Vintage photography

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

The Civil War, officers and a lady at headquarters of 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Brandy Station, Virginia, photograph, February, 1864.

Frederick Douglass with The Commissioners to Santo Domingo, Brooklyn Navy Yard, January 1871. Unknown maker, American

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B941, 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.)

Bealeton, Virginia. Captain Henry P. Smith's mess. Company D, 93d New York Volunteers | Library of Congress

30th Maine Drum Corps, taken May 22nd, 1865. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. United States, Army, Maine Infantry Regiment, 30th (1863-1865), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Musicians, 1860-1870, Drums (Musical instruments), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. English officers, Camp Winfield Scott. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, United States, Virginia, Yorktown.

US Civil War, 1863-1864. Colonel James P. McMahon (seated, left) playing chess during a family visit at the headquarters of 164th New York Infantry. McMahon took command of the 164th NY Volunteer Infantry in 1863, leading them until his death in the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864 (BSLOC_2018_8_182)

Bringing in the wounded, US, USA, America, Vintage photography

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Building winter quarters at Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal. No. B512, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Fort Brady.

U.S. Army Expeditionary troops resting in Mexico, April 1, 1916

Guarding Orozco's Camp

Some of the 500 persons in the Atlantic Camp during the Penn. Coal Strike

Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards, convivial party, French & English Made 1855 England. Salted paper print, plate 26 from the album Photographs Taken in the Crimea (1856) . Roger Fenton

Group, 7th NY Inf. 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

A noon lunch of rice and tea - Japanese Army on the way to the front , Soldiers, Rest periods, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Captain Bathurst, Grenadier Guards, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery. Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Albumin photograph by Ottomar Anschütz, 1884, depicting soldiers pausing or breaking formation during a military maneuver in an open field, mounted in cabinet format.

Culpeper, Virginia. General Marsena R. Patrick and staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Watertown Arsenal guard detachment in dress uniform, circa 1895 , Armories, Ordnance industry, Guards, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

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Cold Harbor, Virginia. U.S. Grant at his headquarters. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . Grant, Ulysses S, (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Co. G 114th Reg. Penn Vols.. 1865. Photographs. Manuscripts and Archives Division. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 114th (1862-1865)

Sic Semper Sicariis/ Adjusting the Ropes/ No.3. Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882)

Compagnons de Speeke et Grant revenus avec eux au Caire du voyage decouverte des sources du Nil; Attributed to Baron Paul des Granges (French , active Greece 1860s); 1860 - 1869; Albumen silver print

Colonel Shadforth & the 57th Regiment.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Military Railroad Camp, City Point, Virginia. Artist: Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830-1902). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823-1896 New York). Date: 1861-65. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. General John A. McClernand. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Published in: "War" chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2013, Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, McClernand, John A, Pinkerton, Allan, Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862, United States, Maryland, Antietam.

Paymaster Loomis. Dr. Simons. Engs. Smith. Ensign Masser. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

Meadow over which the 2d Mass. and 27th Indiana charged on morning of July 3d. Woods occupied by Confederates, Johnson's Div., Ewell's Corps, US, USA, America, Vintage photography

Camp Takengon, 1910 - 1913 photograph Soldiers posing in front of the gate to the bivouac Takengon. Packed photo in an album with 87 photos about the construction of the Gajoweg on Noord-Sumatra between Bireuen and Takinguen between 1903-1914. Noord-sumatra photographic support Gajoweg

New British Army at Etaples, France, Feb. 1915

Major Hallewell, Assistant-Quarter-Master-General, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Petersburg, Virginia. Company D, U.S. Engineer Battalion. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

British Captain Clifford, aide-de-camp to General Buller, Portrait on Horse during Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

Men, presumably farmers, with a captured English cannon in Mudspruit, Jan van Hoepen, 1899 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). South Africa paper. photographic support. cardboard firearms: cannon (+ land forces) South Africa

Dr. Douglas, Lieutenant-Colonel Abbott, and R.M. King, Esquire; India; 1858 - 1869; Albumen silver print

Captain Walker, 30th Regiment, reading General Orders. Roger Fenton; English, 1819-1869. Date: 1855. Dimensions: 16.8 × 15.4 cm (image/paper); 58.9 × 42.5 cm (mount). Salted paper print, plate 54 from the album "Photographs Taken in the Crimea" (1856). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Group portrait of military officers, India. Unknown maker

Portrait of four soldiers, standing in a tent for a solid background, with a wind instrument on the left on a chair, c. 1860 - 1870 photograph in preserver United States of America (possibly) metal ferrotyping

Washington, District of Columbia. Mess house at government stables. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Garde Nationale, 4e Bataillon, Sein-et-Oise, Commandant Dore. André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819 - 1889)

British Captain King, full-length Portrait in Uniform, Standing with Horse, Wooden Huts in Background, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

The President and General McClellan on the Battlefield of Antietam. Photograph shows President Lincoln and General McClellan seated inside a tent on the Battlefield of Antietam.

The crew of the US Gunboat Miami during the American Civil War, 1864

Confederate Soldiers and Breastworks; William H. Tipton (American, 1850 - 1929, active Gettysburg, Pennsylvania); July 1863; Albumen silver print

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Abyssinia Expedition of 1868, Sir Robert Rapier and his team, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original d...

Fairfax Seminary, near Alexandria, Virginia. Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Alexandria.

The flag of the Imperial Battalion of Navy Fusiliers / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople

Photo production of a drawing representing the Franco-German War, Anonymous, c. 1870 - c. 1875 photograph This photo is part of an album. paper albumen print drawing. battle

Gen. William T. Sherman and Staff 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Recreation in camp baseball - Fort Hamilton

Scott, General Winfield & staff. Title from item, Date from: Photography and the American Civil War, Jeff Rosenheim, 2013, p. 71. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lithograph.Lithography, print in black, white and brown on paper depicting Swedish visitors aboard the British ship HMS Hecla 1854. Women and men in time-type clothing from the mid-1800 conversations with the British crew.The background shows the chimney and two flags.Text Over the picture: Dolby's Sketches on the Baltic, Plate 7 ". During the picture is the title of French and Swedish:" Swedish Visitors On Board The Hecla, After The Attack on Ekness ". And the text:" L Huard LTH "," Published Christmas29 TH 1854 by Paul & Dominic Colnagh & Co.13 & 14 Pall Mall East, Publishers To Her Majesty "" Sketched from Nature by E.t.Dolby ". The lithography is made by Edwin Thomas Dolby (1824-1902) who followed Hms Hecla in the Baltic Sea in 1854. The British Warship HMS Hecla participated during the crime war in the attack on Bomarsund fortress, Åland in 1854. The ship was then led by Captain Hall. The lithography shows aSwedish visit on board for the attack on the village of Ekness, Åland. 185

A HARVEST OF DEATH, GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, by photograph exposed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan on July 4, 1863 and later printed by Alexander Gardner. Union dead lie where they fell near the Peach Orchard, on the Gettysburg battlefield. A burial detail works in the background. The dead soldiers have stocking feet, indicating their shoes were removed by Confederates who occupied the field on July 2nd. Photo by Timothy O'Sullivan (BSLOC_2018_9_29)

Washington, District of Columbia. Group of officers and soldier of 31st Penn. Inf. (later, 82d Penn. Inf. at Queen's farm, vicinity of Fort Slocum) | Library of Congress

Estepa (Seville), 03/01/1906. Banditry in Andalusia. The bodies of the bandits "Soniche" (Antonio Ríos Fernández) and "Chorizo", in front of the "Hojos" farmhouse, when being taken to the judicial deposit.

George Armstrong Custer(1839-1876), served the Union with distinction during the Civil War, rising to the rank of brigadier general at 23. Photo shows him with ex-classmate, friend and captured Confederate prisoner, Lt. J.B. Washington, and his slave. 1862.

Antietam, Maryland. Confederate soldiers as they fell inside the fence on the Hagerstown road. 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. 890, Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history, Identification of photographer and soldier from same photograph in National Archives, 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 of the 17th Regiment. Dated: 1855-1856. Dimensions: image: 21.5 × 27 cm (8 7/16 × 10 5/8 in.) mount: 32.5 × 40.8 cm (12 13/16 × 16 1/16 in.). Medium: albumen print. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: James Robertson.

... de chemin de fer 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Belgium

Nesbitt-Baker Team (foreground) in 1880, when they combined to defeat Blayney (in background in horse brake). December 30, 1932.

One of General Grant's Unionist (northern) Field Telegraph stations during the American Civil War 1861-1865. Photograph.

The chain gang, Thomasville, Georgia, ca. 1884-1891

Brandy Station, Virginia Officers and a lady at headquarters of 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Horse artillery, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

View on the Kansas River in Topeka, Kansas, located 351 miles west of St. Louis, Missouri. The image features men standing near a fence enclosing newly cleared land., approximately between 1850 and 1930, with a specific date of 1867. Published by Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery. The image is categorized under albumen prints

1950s VIEW OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD WITH CANNON PYRAMID OF CANNONBALLS SPLIT RAIL FENCE PENNSYLVANIA USA - h2802 HAR001 HARS RAIL VICTORY UNION COURAGE CHOICE PA POWERFUL ROBERT E LEE BATTLEFIELD CANNONS SPLIT RAIL COMMONWEALTH 1860s CANNONBALLS KEYSTONE STATE CONFEDERACY CANNON BALLS 1863 AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY BATTLES BLACK AND WHITE CIVIL WAR CONFLICTS HAR001 OLD FASHIONED

City Point, Virginia. Cattle for the Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Painting the Racławice Panorama: Wojciech Kossak sitting at the central platform of the rotunda and making a sketch for the painting (using a model posing in the uniform of a Russian infantryman). Hamel i Feigl (Lwów ; skład materiałów fotograficznych ; 1892-ca 1905), merchant employer, unknown, photographer

The nacelle of a captive military aerostat of the French army, France. Old illustration from La Nature 1887

Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men standing on railroad track. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department . African Americans, Employment, Virginia, 1860-1870, Railroad tracks, Virginia, 1860-1870, Military personnel, Union, Virginia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation.

Photograph of a French Soldier getting a haircut from a military barber at a camp during World War One. Dated 1917

Sailors on Russian frigate "Osliaba," harbor of Alexandria, Virginia. No. 210, Inscribed on item: Gen. Haupt & wife attended a reception given by the admiral, Title from item. Sailors, Russian, Virginia, Alexandria, 1860-1870, Sailing ships, Russian, Virginia, Alexandria, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Russian.

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