Civil War Soldier Encampments

Historic images depicting soldiers of the Civil War at various encampments, showcasing military attire, tents, and group interactions.

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

Bvt. Major General S. W. Crawford and staff. No. B191, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

President Lincoln on Battle-Field of Antietam. Alexander Gardner; American, born Scotland, 1821-1882. Date: 1862. Dimensions: 17.7 x 22.9 cm (image/paper); 31.2 x 44.7 cm (album page). Albumen print, pl. 23 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Colored convalescent soldiers resting after a march, at Aiken's Landing, James River, 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, African Americans

War views. No. 1500, Camp life, Army of the Potomac - basking in the sunshine. Title from item, No. 1500, (DLC/PP-2012:069.13). United States, Army of the Potomac, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Rest periods, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, 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.

Scenes in Camp 1st Brigade, Conn., N.G. Philadelphia Camp Israel Putnam, 1876. Chase & Bachrach (American, founded about 1865, dissolved 1868)

Lieutenant Colonel Shadforth and Officers of the 57th Made 1855 England. Salted paper print, plate 47 from the album Photographs Taken in the Crimea (1856) . Roger Fenton

Christian Commission, at White House, Va. / Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. | Library of Congress

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry sitting in 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.

Co. - , 3d Connecticut Infantry, Camp Douglass, 1861. No. 4129, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Sherman's men destroying railroad. 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

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B925, 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.)

Men set up in six rows, c. 1850 - c. 1870 stereograph unknown photographic support albumen print

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

Micihigan() Camp nr. Washington 1861; Attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896); 1861; Albumen silver print

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B940, 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.)

Group at Benton. William Henry Jackson & Co.

Camp of Chief Ambulance Officer, 9th Army Corps. in front of Petersburg, Virginia, August, 1864. No. 538, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

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

Mexico..

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

Soldier from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Columbus, Kentucky in front of tent holding reins of mule. Title devised by Library staff. Mules, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, 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.

Soldiers in a camp in South Africa, Underwood and Underwood, 1900 stereograph South Africa photographic support. cardboard albumen print (military) camp with tents. the soldier; the soldier's life South Africa

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

Engineer Company, 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Virginia, June, 1861. No. B531, 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.

Unidentified soldiers of 29th New York Infantry Regiment in uniform. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 29th (1861-1863), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 1032, 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.

Bomb-proofs in the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the Rebel soldiers "Fort Hell."...after the storming of Petersburgh, Va.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Bealeton, Virginia. Regimental staff 93d New York Infantry. (Morgan Rifles). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Sunday morning mass at Camp Cass, 1861. 9th Mass. Infantry, U.S.A.. Title from item, Part of Brady Handy Collection. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Arlington.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B776, 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.

Zouaves, Camp de Chlons 1857 Gustave Le Gray French. Zouaves, Camp de Chlons 285628

Description: 7 Pounder Mountain Gun. Dismounted for moving over rough Country. Location: Perak, Malaya Date: 1880-1890 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

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

Army repair shop.. 1865. Photographs. Manuscripts and Archives Division. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Slave pen, Alexandria, 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

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

Fort Gregg, Morris Island, S.C. Mortar battery ready to load. War views. 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, Soldiers, Mortars (Ordnance), Morris Island (S.C.)

Scouts and Guides to the Army of the Potomac. Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882)

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B1014, 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.

General U. S. Grant and staff, City Point, Virginia, summer of 1864. No. B46, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 10, p. 47", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Hopewell.

Co., 139th Pennsylvania Infantry. No. B367, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 139th (1862-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Rough rider camp, Santiago , Military camps, Tents, Spanish-American War, 1898

Insurgents from Sparta - guarding the mountain pass, Grecian frontier , Soldiers, Revolutionaries. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Virginia. Army of the Potomac. Officers of the 20th New York Volunteers. (80th New York) | Library of Congress

Breaking.. Frank Jay Haynes (American, 1853 - 1921)

The Army of the Potomac. The stand in front of the President's house occupied by the President and Cabinet, Grant and Sherman, and reviewing officers. 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

Major General H. G. Wright and staff. No. 4570, Title from item, Harper's Weekly 1864 wood engraving made from this photograph in LOT 4417, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Wright, Horatio Gouverneur, 1820-1899, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Prospect Hill, Virginia. General Henry S. Gansevoort & staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Scouts and Guides to the Army of the Potomac. Alexander Gardner; American, born Scotland, 1821-1882. Date: 1862. Dimensions: 17.7 x 22.9 cm. Albumen print, pl. 28 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

New York, Underwood and Underwood, Johannesburg, British heliographing from the Johannesburg Fort the News of the occupation - Boer War, S. Africa, Two British soldiers with heliographs at the fort on Constitution Hill in Johannesburg, New York (city), verso - printed, stereograph, stereo photo, photographs, Works and Studios ~, Arlington, NJ Littleton, NH Washington, DC, recto - printed, 113, Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood., height 88 mm, width 178 mm, photographer, 1901 - 1901, cardboard, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Falmouth, Virginia. Officers of 61st New York Infantry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Camp de Chlons: The Zouave storyteller; Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884); Chalons, France; 1857; Albumen silver print

British soldiers have breakfast in their camp near Noupoort in South Africa, Anonymous, 1900 stereograph Noupoortpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print (military) camp with tents. the soldier; the soldier's life. breakfast - CC - out of doors Noupoort

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B955, 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.)

Pvt. S. L. Palmer 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Recovering bodies from that awful chaos of wreckage, Galvestone Disaster. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1900. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas, Galveston (Tex.), Disaster victims, Hurricanes, Ruins , Disasters

Officers & Men of the 8th Hussars, Roger Fenton, 1819-1869, British, 1855, printed 1856, Salted paper print on thin, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 × 6 1/8 inches (15.2 × 15.6 cm) and Mount: 23 × 16 1/2 inches (58.4 × 41.9 cm), barrel, horse (animal), officers, portrait, soldiers, uniforms

Glory enough for one day.. Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909)

Group portrait of French soldiers ..

Unidentified soldier with bayoneted musket, Colonel Andrew Elwell of 8th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; Major General Edward Winslow Hincks of 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 8th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, and 19th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; and Major Benjamin Perley Poore of 8th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; all with swords and pistols, in uniform in front of tent at Camp Essex, Maryland. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Elwell, Andrew, 1817-1903, Hincks, Edward Winslow, 1830-1894, Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887, United States, Army, Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1861-1865), People, United States, Army, Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 19th (1861-1865), People, United States, Army, Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Rifles, 1860-1870, Bayonets, 1860-1870, Daggers & swords, 1860-1870, Handguns, 1860-187

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

US Civil War. Grand Review of the Army, May 23-24, 1865. At left, in the reviewing stand is Julia Grant (blurred), and Gen. Ulysses Grant with his youngest son, Jesse; unidentified man; Edwin Stanton, Sec. of War; and President Andrew Johnson (BSLOC_2018_10_57)

Crossed representation of British soldiers who have a water farm in South Africa; The Worcestershires (29th Foot) Selsing a Water Cart, Colesberg, South Africa ..

The Bastion 40, at the door of Saint Ouen, armed with Josephine, Painting by Gubaiaud and Decaen. (TF)

Public Gathering. Attributed to James Wallace Black (American, 1825 - 1896)

Capt. J. F. Cox and wife 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Maj. General Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches before Atlanta, Ga.. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative is: LC-B811-3626. Sherman, William T, (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891, Military service, Atlanta Campaign, 1864, Forts & fortifications, Union, Georgia, Atlanta, 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, Georgia, Atlanta, 1860-1870, Cannons, Georgia, Atlanta, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Georgia, Atlanta, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Georgia, Atlanta, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment & supplies, Georgia, Atlanta.

Six officers of the 17th New York Battery, probably at Camp Barry, near Washington, D.C.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, Army, New York Artillery, Independent Battery, 17th (1862-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States , New York troops , 17th New York Artillery. Independent Battery

Prof. Lowe observing the Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. from his Balloon.. Studio of Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

First aid to a wounded Fusilier - Honey Nest kloof Battle (Feb. 13) - S. Africa..

Officers of the 4th Light Dragoons, Roger Fenton, 1819-1869, British, 1855, printed 1856, Salted paper print on thin, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches (16.5 × 15.9 cm) and Mount: 23 × 16 5/8 inches (58.4 × 42.2 cm), officers, portrait, soldiers, swords, uniforms

San Juan Hill, where Col. Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders' led the charge. -The victorious army in camp, Cuba , Military camps, Tents, Spanish-American War, 1898

Camp of the 6th Division on the outskirts of Bloemfontein, S. Africa..

Hardships in the Camp. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Earth Entrenchments and Cannon, Maryland Heights, Harpers Ferry..

Winter Quarters, Troops with Row of Cabins 1861-65 Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady American. Winter Quarters, Troops with Row of Cabins. 1861-65. Albumen silver print from glass negative. Photographs

In the heart of a banana plantation, Hawaiian Islands. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1896. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Hawaii, Banana plantations

Painting the panorama of Rac Avice: Jan Styka from pallets on the scaffolding at the part of the depicting Tadeusz Ko Ciuszk introducing the second to the battle column Kosynierów; 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, Kościuszko, Tadeusz (1746-1817), Kościuszko, Tadeusz (1746 -1817) - iconography, Lviv (Ukraine), Universal National Exhibition (Lviv - 1894), Styka, Jan (1858-1925), Styka, Jan (1858-1925) - iconography, Styka, Jan (1858-1925) - Reproduction , Styka, Jan (1858-1925) and others. Panorama of Racławicka, painting accessories, painting, Polish painting, painters, painting palettes, painting panoramas, portraits, portraits of artists, men's portraits, artist studios, painting workshops, paintings, scaffolding, purchase (provenance)

23d New York Infantry | Library of Congress

View of a military camp at Bloemfontein, South Africa, Anonymous, 1901 stereograph Bloemfonteinpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print (military) camp with tents. the soldier; the soldier's life Bloemfontein

Major General P. H. Sheridan and staff. No. 5284, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Bealeton, Virginia. Officers of Signal Corps. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Landing of the French Atlantic telegraph cable on Duxbury Beach. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Plymouth County (Mass.)

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

Manassas, Virginia Men of Co. C, 41st New York Infantry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 41st (1861-1865), Company C, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va, 1862, Infantry, Union, United States, Virginia, Manassas, New York troops , 41st New York Infantry

Regimental staff, New York Volunteers, near Bealton i.e., Bealeton , Virginia / T.H. O'Sullivan.. Civil War Photograph Collection, LC-B815-284. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

General George B. McClellan and staff, Miner's Hill, Virginia March 1862. Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

High school students at Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana participate in sand table instruction in May 1917. This training was also provided to regular cadets at the academy. This photograph is listed as Subject 55818 and was received from Culver Military Academy. It was taken by the photographer in July 1918. The description indicates that it was issued for official use only.

Confederate iron-clad, Atlanta, James River, Virginia, after her capture. Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, James River.

The First Japanese Diplomatic Mission to the United States; Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882), Studio of Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896); about 1860; Salted paper print; 27.3 × 43.5 cm (10 3,4 × 17 1,8 in.)

Major General Garrett & Officers of his staff; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published March 25, 1856; Salted paper print; 14.1 × 21 cm (5 9,16 × 8 1,4 in.)

Company "B", 170th New York Infantry in front of Petersburg, Virginia. Title from item, Souce of title: Milhollen, Hirst D. and Milton Kaplan, Divided We Fought: A Pictorial History of the War, 1861-1865. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952, p. 374, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Drum Corps of 61st New York Infantry, Falmouth, Virginia, March, 1863. No. 520, Civil War Photograph Collection , Original glass negative is: LC-B817-7520. Military bands, Virginia, Falmouth, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs & music, Union, New York troops.

French soldiers on horseback, Anonymous, c. 1860 - c. 1880 stereograph France cardboard. photographic support albumen print riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. private soldier

Headquarters Army of Potomac - Wallach's house, Culpeper, Virginia September 1863. No. 1295, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 2, p. 345, Wallach House, Meade's Hdq. at Culpeper, Va. Oct. 1863", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Culpeper.

"Pine Cottage", Civil War soldiers winter quarters. Caption continues: "(US Army Signal corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-256)", Title from item. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Issuing Rations 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

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