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Civil War Military Portraits

Ambrotype and tintype photographs of unidentified soldiers in Union and Confederate uniforms from the American Civil War era.

Unidentified young Union soldier in infantry shell jacket with shoulder scales and Company E Hardee hat. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
Unidentified young Union soldier in infantry shell jacket with shoulder scales and Company E Hardee hat. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Unidentified soldier in Union corporal's uniform holding revolver to chest. 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. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Handguns, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Three unidentified soldiers in Confederate uniforms. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , pp/liljconfed. Confederate States of America, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Confederate, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Confederate, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate.
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Daguerreotype portrait of a seated gentleman in a white uniform holding a saber, captured around 1850, showing posture and uniform details.
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Unidentified soldier in Union chasseur uniform of 84th New York Infantry Regiment, also known as 14th Regiment New York State Militia, with bayoneted musket with initials A.T. on stock. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , Published in: Civil War news. Tunbridge, Vt. : Historical Publications, June 2012 (XXVIII, 6), p. 5, Published in: Civil War news / by Stephen W. Sylvia & Michael J. O'Donnell. Orange, Va. : Moss Publications, c1978, Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2013, NewsetLilj02, pp/liljunion. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 84th (1861-1864), People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Zouaves, 1860-1870, Rifles, 1860-1870, Bayonets, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms in front of American flag. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , NewsetLilj03, pp/liljunion. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Flags, American, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Joseph Lagrow, Pt. F. 10th Vt. Civil War victim. Unknown maker, American
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Portrait of a man. George Kendall Warren, photographer (American, 1834 - 1884) 1868 Portrait of a man dressed in a cadet uniform. He faces the left area of the image.
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Corporal James W. Bailey of Co. E, 81st Ohio Infantry Regiment in uniform. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Bailey, James W, 1842-1915, United States, Army, Ohio Infantry Regiment, 81st (1861-1865), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Unidentified young soldier in Union sack coat and forage cap with musket and sheathed bayonet in front of backdrop showing landscape. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Rifles, 1860-1870, Bayonets, 1860-1870, Youth, 1860-1870, Backdrops, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Leslie W. Fralick, died 1919 , Soldiers, World War, 1914-1918
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Two unidentified sailors in Union uniforms. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , Published in: Marine art & antiques : Jack Tar ; a sailor's life 1750-1910 / J. Welles Henderson and Rodney P. Carlisle. Woodbridge Suffolk, England : Antique Collectors' Club, 1999, p. 28, Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2013, NewsetLilj01, pp/liljunion. United States, Navy, People, 1860-1870, Sailors, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Families, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with his wife and daughter. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , pp/liljwoch, pp/liljunion. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Women, 1860-1870, Children, 1860-1870, Families, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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John J. Cooney, died 1918 , Soldiers, World War, 1914-1918
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Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with his wife. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , pp/liljunion, pp/liljwoch. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Women, 1860-1870, Families, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with cigars in mouths in front of American flag, one in 6th Army of the Potomac forage hat. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljunion. United States, Army of the Potomac, Corps, 6th (1862-1865), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Cigars, 1860-1870, Smoking, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Joshua P. Graffam, Sgt., 1st D.C. & 1st Maine Cavalry, Co. B., U.S.A., full-length portrait, facing front | Library of Congress
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Chester L. Cogswell, died 1918 , Soldiers, World War, 1914-1918
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Portrait of Pvt. Bentley Weston, bugler, Company A, 7th South Carolina Cavalry, C.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Negative by LC of original photograph in possession of C. John Sobotka, Jr. of Oxford, MS, Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. Confederate States of America, Army, South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, 7th, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Weston, Bentley, Soldiers, Confederate, South Carolina, 7th South Carolina Cavalry.
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Man on a Ladder 1860s-80s Unknown. Man on a Ladder 291851
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Photograph #22 (Michael) Palman. 1857. Larcom, Thomas A. (Thomas Aiskew) (1801-1879). Photographs, Portraits. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Prisoners, Ireland , History , 1837-1901, Mountjoy Prison, Fenian Brotherhood
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Unidentified boy holding cased photograph of soldier in Confederate uniform atop a Bible / Rees.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2012-2013, NewsetLilj03, pp/liljconfed, pp/liljwoch. Confederate States of America, Army, People, 1860-1870, Boys, 1860-1870, Photographs, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Confederate, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Confederate, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate.
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Chester L. Cogswell, died 1918 , Soldiers, World War, 1914-1918
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Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform, on horse, with cavalry saber, in front of encampment with winter chimneys. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljunion. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Military camps, 1860-1870, Horses, 1860-1870, Chimneys, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Animals.
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Private Samuel H. Hullinger of Co. E, 81st Ohio Infantry Regiment in uniform. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Hullinger, Samuel H, 1839-1900, United States, Army, Ohio Infantry Regiment, 81st (1861-1865), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Flag bearers, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Dearborn J. McAleer, died 1918 , Soldiers, World War, 1914-1918
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Three Military Officers, circa 1880, maker unknown.
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Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform in front of painted backdrop showing cannon and military camp, polishing a boot. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, African Americans, Military service, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Backdrops, 1860-1870, Shoe shining, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Portrait of Gustav Friedrich von Beyer in uniform at a pedestal, Anonymous, 1865 - 1889 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. cardboard. photographic support albumen print historical persons. (military) uniforms. pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm)
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Private Fred S. Morse of Co. F, 12th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment in uniform. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , pp/liljunion. Morse, Fred S, 1845-1911, United States, Army, New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 12th (1862-1865), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with 3rd Corps badge in front of painted backdrop showing military camp. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Backdrops, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Two unidentified soldiers in Union cavalry uniforms. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , pp/liljunion. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with horse standing in front of military campsite. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , pp/liljunion. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Horses, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Clement Waldron (Clyde's father). Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljunion. Waldron, Clement, approximately 1840-1917, United States, Army, Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1866), People, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870.
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Unidentified soldier in Union uniform, unidentified woman, and unidentified baby / Newcomer's Gallery, 508 No. 2nd St., Phila.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , pp/liljunion, pp/liljwoch. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Women, 1860-1870, Infants, 1860-1870, Families, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Daniel F. Lucey, died 1919 , Soldiers, World War, 1914-1918
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Unidentified young sailor of U.S. Navy in uniform | Library of Congress
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Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with "I" buttons and Company B hat with tin drum canteen. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , NewsetLilj03, pp/liljconfed. Confederate States of America, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Confederate, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Confederate, 1860-1870, Canteens, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate.
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Portrait of a young man in Uniform, P. Vlaanderen & C. van der Aa, 1881 - 1900 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. North Holland photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons. adolescent, young woman, maiden. (military) uniforms
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Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Unidentified young drummer boy in military uniform playing drum. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , pp/liljwoch. Children, Military service, 1860-1870, Boys, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, 1860-1870, Musicians, 1860-1870, Drums, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Children.
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Civil War veteran Captain William Beaty Smith of Co. G, Palmetto Sharpshooters Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers wearing member badge, "Micah Jenkins Camp, No. , York Co. Regiment, Yorkville, South Carolina" and another badge and wearing hat displaying part of the words "Jenken's Brigade". Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljvet. Smith, William Beaty, 1840-1909, Confederate States of America, Army, Palmetto Sharpshooters, People, 1880-1900, Badges, 1880-1900, Beards, 1880-1900, Veterans, Confederate, 1880-1900, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Confederate.
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Portrait of a man in uniform, J.W. Wentzel, 1890 - 1898 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Amersfoort cardboard. photographic support historical persons. (military) uniforms
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Photography.Photography in glass and frame depicting o.g.r.von feilitzen.Man standing dressed in uniform with epaulets and medal, holding in gloves and hat.Short hair and polisons.passpartout B = about 50 mm.ram of light oak varnished, profiled.At the bottom brass tray with engraved name for signature: "O von Feilitzen". Back Cardboard provided with patch: "Olof Gustaf Reinhold von Feilitzen Born 11847 25/1".1893 - 1894 (1893-94)
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Unidentified soldier , Soldiers, World War, 1914-1918
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Three soldiers , Military personnel, World War, 1914-1918. James Regan
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His Army, US Presidents
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Unidentified soldier in Union frock coat holding Company G, 12th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment forage cap next to unidentified woman in front of an American flag. 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/liljwoch, pp/liljunion. United States, Army, New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 12th (1862-1863), People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Women, 1860-1870, Couples, 1860-1870, Flags, American, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Photograph of Walter G. Jones, Pvt., 8th New York Cavalry, Co. C., U.S.A., half-length, facing front and his New Testament with bullet holes, and the two bullets which lodged in the book. Civil War Photograph Collection . Jones, Walter G, Military service, 1860-1870, Bibles, 1860-1879, Bullets, 1860-1879, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Portrait of an unknown man in military uniform, A. Thiébaut, 1854 - 1885 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Saverne cardboard. paper albumen print adult man. (military) uniforms. anonymous historical person portrayed Saverne
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Portrait of a young man in military uniform, Cornelisse, 1850 - 1900 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Rotterdam cardboard. photographic support albumen print historical persons. youth, adolescent. (military) uniforms
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Unidentified soldier in Union uniform | Library of Congress
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Unidentified soldier , Soldiers, World War, 1914-1918
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Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with unidentified woman. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , NewsetLilj02, pp/liljwoch, pp/liljunion. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Women, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Portrait of a young man in military uniform, Johannes Hendrikus Kramer, 1881 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Utrecht cardboard. photographic support albumen print historical persons. youth, adolescent. (military) uniforms
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Teller, Hon. Henry, Senator of Colorado, Secty of Interior 1882-85, Maj. Gen. Colorado Militia, 1862-1864
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Photography.Photography in glass and frame depicting C.F.Kafle.Breast image of man dressed in uniform with epaulets, a medal, white hair and wide policemen.passpartout b = about 50 mm.ram of light oak varnissade, profiled.At the bottom brass tray with engraved name by signature: "C.Fr. Kafle". Back Cardboard equipped with patch: "Claes Johan Fredrik Kafle Born 1819 7/4 Death 1902 25/11 Chef 1872-75" .neg.nr A 376 2:19 Use: Portrait of head of the artillery office.1872 - 1875 (1872-75)
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The gun used to kill Major Denis Mahon, landlord of the Strokestown estate; Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland
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Eddie Grant, Major League Baseball Player, died during Battle of Argonne Forest, France during WWI, Portrait in Cincinnati Reds Uniform, Paul Thompson, 1911
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Christopher Grant Perry 1840 Richard Morrell Staigg Christopher Grant Perry (1812-1854), a physician, was the eldest son of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, who forced the British fleet to surrender in 1813 at the Battle of Lake Erie. He married Frances Sargeant on May 13, 1838.. Christopher Grant Perry 14310