Civil War Scenes

Stereographs documenting Civil War life, from camp scenes to internments, reflecting the experiences of soldiers and the impact of conflict.

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in front of a tent at Columbus, Kentucky. Title devised by Library staff. Military camps, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Military life, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Camp scene at Fortress Monroe, Va. N.C. staff mess of the 5th Reg., N.Y. St. : officers sitting around a table drinking, African Americans in the background. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia

Bodies laid out for internment, at the burial ground, Fredericksburgh, Va. The war for the Union, photographic history. 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

Independent Pennsylvania Battery "E" (Knapp's Battery). 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

Union Picket line in front of rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation," Richmond, Va.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Obervatory, Point Darien Harbor. Tropical scenery. Darien expedition. Comd'r Selfridge, comd'g. 1871. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States Darien Exploring Expedition (1871 and 1873), Expeditions & surveys, Huts, Tents, Barrels

Improvised Dinner Table in the Field. Army of the Potomac. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

View of Cokesovens near Altoona, Pennsylvania, Anonymous, 1903 stereograph Pennsylvaniapublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print surface structures and surroundings of a mine

Figures near cannon looking over empty field. Unknown maker, American

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in front of a tent at Columbus, Kentucky. Title devised by Library staff. Military camps, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Military life, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Trading Party, Ft. Union, Mon.. Attributed to John Carbutt (American, 1832 - 1905)

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Columbus, Kentucky. Title devised by Library staff. Military camps, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Military life, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Outer line of Confederate fortifications, in front of Petersburg, Virginia, captured by 18th Army Corps, June 15, 1864. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Burying the dead at hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. No. B473, Title from item, Date from record for LC-USZC4-1820, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Fredericksburg.

Camp of 6th Vermont Infantry | Library of Congress

Persons next to a wooden cart in Normandy ..

General view of San Juan Hill, showing Bloody Pond, Cuba (looking west) , Battlefields, Spanish-American War, 1898

Workmen, men in uniform and some well-dressed men in the dunes at the North Sea Canal, near IJmuiden; Schwening. Workers, men in (police) Uniform and some well-dressed men in the dunes at the North Sea Canal, near IJmuiden, the Netherlands.

Indians with burros backed with timber. William Henry Jackson & Co.

Ambleside, Westmoreland UK, Anonymous.

Soldiers, horses and guns in wrinkle clouds dressed in France, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doistau Fils, the army and sights in France. France paper. photographic support albumen print firearms: cannon (+ land forces). smoke. horse. land forces France

The Union line before Petersburg. 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

Battles of Gettysburg. Standard series. 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.)

The Battery. Montreal.. Unknown maker, Canadian

McCool's house, Wilderness battlefield. American scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia

Group. Gamekeepers and Boys, Leceistershire.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Cannon and soldier, 1860s, New Zealand, maker unknown.

Zurr's Station and Water Tank, Dutch Flat and Donner Lake Wagon Road, Placer County. Gems of California scenery California, no. 769. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Water supply, Water tanks

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

British soldiers test a new cannon near the Oranjerivier, South Africa, Anonymous, Underwood and Underwood, 1900 stereograph Oranjerivierpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print firearms: cannon Orange River

Pontoon Bridges on North Anna, Below Railroad Bridge, Where a Portion of the 2nd Corps under Gen Hancock, Crossed 23d May, 1864.. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

Reserves held ready for a fierce assault on forts near Namakoyama - siege of Port Arthur , Firearms, Soldiers, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Fortifications and Weapons in a former Confederate Fort now occupied by Union Forces after Occupation of Atlanta, Georgia, Stereo Card, photo by George N. Barnard, November 1864

practice preuss. Troops Berlin, Germany, Johann Friedrich Stiehm, E. Linde & Co, 1860 - 1890.

Crescent Regt of New Orleans in the Hornets Nest 1887 Chicago. Albumen print, stereo, from the series The Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Shiloh . Henry Hamilton Bennett

View from the top of Lookout Mountain, looking down the Chattanooga Valley. The war for the Union, photographic history. 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

The boys that made us all comfortable. All hail. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1866. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Nebraska, Tents, Stewards

Bull Run battlefield, Va. The war for the Union, photographic history. 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

1st Ark Con Regt making a charge in Hornets Nest 1887 Chicago. Albumen print, stereo, from the series The Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Shiloh . Henry Hamilton Bennett

Seventh Regiment National Guards, from Los Angeles, camped in Lincoln Square, Oakland, Cal. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1906. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, San Francisco (Calif.), Earthquakes , California, San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906, California. National Guard

Bursted gun. Haas & Peale (American, active 1846 - 1867)

Detachments advancing by rushes - Japanese crossing a field towards the front - Port Arthur , Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Alligator hunting in Florida 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida, Alligators , Florida

Sea face of Fort Sumpter Sumter, looking toward Morris Island. War views. 345. 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. South Carolina, Charleston (S.C.), Forts & fortifications , South Carolina , Charleston

Convoy of the 11th Division "outspanned" on the march to Kroonstadt, Boer War, South Africa..

Seige Battery, West Point. Deloss Barnum (American, 1825 - 1873)

Painting the panorama of Rac Adawa: one of the painters (Zygmunt Rozwadowski) standing on the scaffolding at the part of the performance of the scenes presenting the scenes Polish and Russian riding struggle; Unknown, Hamel and Feigl (Lviv; Sk Ad photographic materials; 1892-Ca 1905); 1893/1894 (1893-00-00-1894-00-00);Hamel and Feigl (Lviv - composition of photographic materials - 1892 -Ca 1905), Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942), Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942) - reproduction, Lviv (Ukraine), Universal National Exhibition (Lviv - 1894), Rozwadowski, Zygmunt (1870-1950), Rozwadowski, Zygmunt (1870-1950)-iconography, Styka, Jan (1858-1925), Styka, Jan (1858-1925)-reproduction, Styka, Jan (1858-1925) and others . Panorama of Racławicka, painting accessories, painting, Polish painting, painters, painting panoramas, portraits, portraits of artists, artists' studios, painting workshops, scaffolding, purchase (provenance)

Camp of Meade at Brandy Station, Medical officers' Tent. Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882)

It is the bean, that we mean, so white and lean." African-American cook in Civil War camp, standing before pots of cooking food. 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, United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865 , Military life, African American cooks

Bombproof kitchen and tents on front line in front of Petersburg, August 10, 1864 | Library of Congress

British soldiers who cross the Vetrivier with cannons, Anonymous, 1901 during the advance to Pretoria under the command of Lord Roberts (Frederick Sleigh Roberts) stereograph Vetrivierpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print firearms. troop movements, transportation Vet River

Interior of Fort Brady, Petersburg lines, Virginia 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

View of Gettysburg from the Northwest. No. 970, Title from item, 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, Caption continues: First and Eleventh Corps on first day retreated across the fields in foreground, through the town to Cemetery Hill and Culps Hill, which are shown in the background beyond the town. Road on right is the Chambersburg pike. Embankment in centre is unfinished railroad. Large building on left is Pennsylvania College, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. II, p. 230 - 31", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg.

Drying Meat.. W.R. Cross (American, active 1870s - 1890s)

Excavations along a road; Cagnas Dance Un Chemin Creux ..

Staged show of British soldiers on a hill in South Africa, Underwood and Underwood, 1901 stereograph South Africa photographic support. cardboard albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life. battle South Africa

23. / Marines at Bourget (21 December). (TF)

The lucky man today. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota, Ducks, Deer, Hunters

View in the Dargle - Ireland ,

Group of sailors. Unknown

Officers of the 50th New York Vol. Engineers, celebrating the 4th of July, 1864, in front of Petersburg, Va.. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

Camp life. After dinner. War views. Army of the Potomac. 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

View from the parapet of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, S. C., looking n. e.. The war for the Union, photographic history. 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

Russian 'bomb-proof' pit taken by Japanese after a desperate charge - looking west from Nanshan Hill, Manchuria , Bombproof construction, Bunkers, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

US Civil War, Petersburg Campaign, June 9, 1864 to March 25, 1865. At Petersburg, four crews of Pennsylvania artillerymen stand still for group photo. Each gun had a crew of 8 plus 4 men to handle the horses and equipment (BSLOC_2018_9_150)

Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia. General Henry L. Abbot and staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Camp Life.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Detail of a bas relief at the base of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. America illustrated, Boston and suburbs. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Boston (Mass.), Boston Common (Boston, Mass.), Parks , Massachusetts , Boston, United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865 , Monuments, Bas-reliefs

Military Trophy Booth. Churchill & Denison

US Civil War, 1861-1865. Two Union soldiers cook on outdoor stoves at the Camp of 153rd New York Infantry. The third man at left, with Corporals stripes, may be the 'Cook Major', a skilled cook oversaw food rationing, preparation, and managed the work of the company cooks (BSLOC_2018_8_177)

The refugee camps and shelters at Ft. Mason after the earthquake and fire disaster, San Francisco , Disaster victims, Refugee camps, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906

Staged show of British soldiers who were captured during the Second Boer War and are released at Pretoria, Underwood and Underwood, 1901 photograph Pretoria photographic support. cardboard the soldier; the soldier's life. prisoner of war (after the battle) Pretoria

Fort Jameson, Bloemfontein, South Africa - now used as a British signal station , Military life, Sleeping, Firearms, Soldiers, Forts & fortifications, South African War, 1899-1902

Packers and Mulers. Attributed to George Davidson, photographer (Scottish, born 1854) or J.J. Gilbert, photographer (American, active California 1890s) or Carleton Watkins, photographer (American, 1829 - 1916) 1890 9 men, 1 dog, 6 mules Inscription: Scratched into negative in lower right corner: "100". Secondary Inscription: Inscribed mount in pencil in later unknown hand: "C.E. Watkins photo/ Mt. Conness/ Sept 1890/ George Davidson collection".

Cannon made for the defense of Mahikeng, Anonymous, 1901 stereograph Mahikengpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print firearms: cannon Mahikeng

Tents on Broadway east of Offinct? , Camps, Tents

On guard duty around "Fort Frick" (Carnegie Mills), Homestead, Pa.. John F. Jarvis (American, born 1850, active Washington D.C.)

Group of armed men in camp in South Africa. Part of album with 191 photos from a trip to and through South Africa.

The Rest At The Stile.. London Stereoscopic Company (active 1854 - 1890)

Drill - Blanket Boats Partly Constructed. A.J. Russell (American, 1830 - 1902)

Tomb of Gen. Grant, Riverside Drive, N.Y. The Tomb of Gen. U. S. Grant. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1896. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), General Grant National Memorial (New York, N.Y.), Lawns

Defense of Wash. - Camp of the 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery.. Unknown maker, American

Enormous Japanese shell beginning its flight into Port Arthur , Artillery Weaponry, Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

The battle-field of Gettysburg. Little Round Top and Round Top. No. 969, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg.

The greatest living British Soldier - Lord Roberts planning the advance on Pretoria - Reit Spruit, S.A...

British soldiers marching over the Marktstraat in Pretoria, Stoel & Groote, c. 1900 photograph Part of album with 191 photos from a trip to and through South Africa. Pretoria paper. photographic support land forces Pretoria

Breaking Horses for Artillery Machine Guns, Cape Town, South Africa..

Painting the panorama of Rac Avice: Wojciech Kossak standing on the podium in the center of Rotunda, giving off Presenting scenes Fighting of the Company of the 2nd Pedestrian Regiment Józef Wodzicki; Unknown, Hamel and Feigl (Lviv; Sk Ad photographic materials; 1892-Ca 1905); 1893/1894 (1893-00-00-1894-00-00);Hamel and Feigl (Lviv - composition of photographic materials - 1892 -Ca 1905), Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942), Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942) - iconography, Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942) - reproduction, Lviv (Ukraine ), Universal National Exhibition (Lviv-1894), Styka, Jan (1858-1925), Styka, Jan (1858-1925)-reproduction, Styka, Jan (1858-1925) and others. Panorama of Racławicka, painting accessories, painting, Polish painting, painters, painting panoramas, portraits, portraits of artists, artists' studios, painting workshops, scaffolding, purchase (provenance)

Painting the Racławice Panorama: painters, watching from the central platform, the part of the canvas showing the scene of capture of a battery of Russian artillery by the leading group of the first column of Kosynierzy (Scythe-bearers). Hamel i Feigl (Lwów ; skład materiałów fotograficznych ; 1892-ca 1905), merchant employer, unknown, photographer

Indian Prisoners at Ft. Marion..

Scene with cannons. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), United States Military Academy, West Point (N.Y.)

First Royal Irishmen making themselves at home on top of a Kopje - during advance on Pretoria, S.A...

Trench at Colenso from the Second Boer War in South Africa, Underwood and Underwood, 1901 stereograph South Africa photographic support. cardboard albumen print trenches. (high) hill South Africa

Rear View of 15-Inch Mortar "Dictator" in the Works in Front of Petersburg.

Execution of the Conspirators. Artist: Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821-1882 Washington, D.C.). Dimensions: Image: 16.8 x 24.2 cm (6 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.). Date: July 7, 1865.Alexander Gardner's intimate involvement in the events following President Lincoln's assassination would have challenged even the most experienced twentieth-century photojournalist. In just short of four months, Gardner documented in hundreds of portraits and views one of the most complex national news stories in American history. The U.S. Secret Service provided Gardner unlimited access to individuals and places unavailable to any other photographer. Free to retain all but one of his negatives-a portrait of Booth's corpse-Gardner attempted to sell carte-de-visite and large-format prints of the whole picture story. America, still wounded from the four-year war, was less than interested.The photographs of the execution of Mary Surratt, Lewis Paine, David Herold, and George Atzerodt on July 7, 1865, we

Three Johnnie Reb Prisoners. Captured Confederate Soldiers, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA, Single Image of Stereo Card, Circa 1863

Trophy guns, West Point. Hudson river. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Military training , United States, United States Military Academy, West Point (N.Y.)

Battery Hays, seven 30-pounder Parrot Rifles, against Wagner. Haas & Peale (American, active 1846 - 1867)

Impregnable Defenses in Fort Methuen, south of Kimberley on the Broshof Road, S.A...

Waiting to see the Prince, Boston Common. 1860. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Boston (Mass.), Streets , Massachusetts , Boston, Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910 , Journeys, Crowds, Boston Common (Boston, Mass.)

Little Round Top, from Devil's Den, Gettysburg, U.S.A. 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.)

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