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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

Fortifications at Manassas / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive by A. Gardner.. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1866, v. 1, no. 11, Copyright by A. Gardner, Title from item. Barrels, Virginia, Manassas, 1860-1870, Barricades, Virginia, Manassas, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities.

Guard house

Staged representation of British soldiers who have been imprisoned during the second farmer's war and are released at Pretoria; British Prisoners Released by the Boers, Marching Into Pretoria After ITS Capture, To Be Re-Armed, S. Africa ..

Piling arms, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

French General Cissé and group of Officers and Soldiers, Portrait in Various Styles of Uniforms; a Zouave Stands at Left, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

Co. F, 114th Pennsylvania Infantry in front of Petersburg, Virginia, August, 1864. No. 38, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 114th (1862-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Under freedom's banner - Albanian revolutionists, northern Greece , Soldiers, Revolutionaries. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Confederate prisoners captured in the Battle of Front Royal being guarded in a Union camp in the Shenandoah Valley. Devised title based on information from: The Image of war, 1861-1865, vol. 2, page 338 and National Archives photograph 111-B-497, Erroneous title on item: Confederate prisoners captured at the battle of Fisher's Hill, VA. Sent to the rear under guard of Union troops. Military camps, Union, Virginia, 1860-1870, Prisoners of war, Confederate, Virginia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Prisoners, Confederate.

British heliographing from the Johannesburg Fort the News of the occupation - Boer War, S. Africa..

Regimental staff, New York Volunteers, near Bealton i.e., Bealeton , Va. / T.H. O'Sullivan. | Library of Congress

Major General Garrett and Officers of the 46th. Roger Fenton; English, 1819-1869. Date: 1855. Dimensions: 20.2 × 16.1 cm (image/paper); 58.9 × 42.5 cm (mount). Salted paper print, plate 46 from the album "Photographs Taken in the Crimea" (1856). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, FLORENCIA, USA.

5th Maryland Regiment, Parade Ground, Common , Military parades & ceremonies, Centennial celebrations

Cavalry Drill. William B. Holmes & Company

Description: 9.2.92 Date: 09 February 1892 guinea, wulia, oualia, africa

Company around an outside table with two guards in the background, anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1880 stereograph Europe cardboard. photographic support albumen print guard duty, keeping sentry. table Europe

US Civil War. Wounded Union soldiers resting in Fredericksburg in May 1864. during the battles of The Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House, more than 26,000 casualties had passed through Fredericksburg, which became a 'city of hospitals'. Photo by Mathew Brady (BSLOC_2018_8_120)

Group portrait of soldiers in uniform. .

Capt. Marshall with another officer 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

The Gloucesters charging a kopje and facing death, near Norvals Pont (Feb. 3rd), S. Africa , Warfare, Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, Hills, South African War, 1899-1902

Kentucky. Picket Reserve, 134th Ill Vol. Inf. Columbus, Ky. No. 113, Title from item. Military camps, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Military life, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Leisure, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

General Bosquet giving orders to his staff, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Soldiers invest an ambush in the Camp de Chlons; Camp de Chlons 1857 ..

English Infantry Piling Arms.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Brandy Station, Virginia. Tent of A. Foulke, Sutler at headquarters of 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Before Santiago. Hot and dry , Troop movements, Soldiers, Horses, Rest periods, Spanish-American War, 1898

Officers of 139th Pennsylvania Infantry. No. B288, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 139th (1862-1865), United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Richmond, Virginia (vicinity). General John H. Martindale & staff in the field near Richmond. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

American Civil War: A group of Union officers, c. 1861.

Richmond, Virginia. Washington monument. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Pvt. B. De Peyster and group 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

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

Petersburg, Virginia Group of Company B, U.S. Engineer Battalion. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865, Engineers, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

At Fort Mojave, on the Colorado River, 1,450 miles west of Missouri River. , Military personnel, Forts & fortifications, Mohave Indians, Indians of North America. Photographs of the American West

Officers of 69th New York State Militia, Fort Corcoran, Virginia. No. B536, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, Virginia, Arlington.

Sudbury River Conduit BWW Div. 4. Sec. 15 ledgecut? Aug. 17, 1876 , Aqueducts, Bricklaying, Construction workers

The parade grounds , Alternate title Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1864, parade ground. No. 830, Title from item, Alternate title, photographer, and 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, Mounted with 4 other photographs with general caption: Views in Fort Monroe, Va, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Officers of 114th Pennsylvania Infantry in front of Petersburg, Virginia, August, 1864. Civil War Photograph Collection, No. 144. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 114th (1862-1865), People, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, Military officers, Union, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African-Americans.

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

Group of 7th New York Infantry, 1st Company 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Execution of Captain Henry Wirtz (i.e. Wirz), C.S.A, adjusting the rope , Execution of Captain Wirtz, the keeper of Andersonville Prison (adjusting the noose) (Nov. 10, 1865). No. 753, Title from item, Alternate title, photographer, location, and 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, "Another copy in Crosby-Noyes-Boyd collection, Manuscript Division.", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Washington (D.C.).

93d New York Infantry, Antietam, Md, Sept., 1862 , Antietam, Md., Sept., 1862. 93rd New York Infantry, HQ, AoP. No. 941, Title from item, Alternate title, photographer, and 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, Hand written on verso: "similar Miller, vol. 1, p. 61", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, United States, Maryland, Antietam.

One of the many peculiar instances of a terrible flood. A large tree crushed through and lodged in the upper part of Dr. Zimmermans house. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1889. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Johnstown (Pa.), Floods , Pennsylvania , Johnstown

Wounded at Fredericksburg, May 1864. Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882)

Military construction in northern Virginia: men standing on Potomac River bank with blanket boat frames not yet assembled. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation.

Bayonet Drill. Artist: Egbert Guy Fowx (American, born 1821). Dimensions: Mount: 23.3 × 27 cm (9 3/16 × 10 5/8 in.)Image: 13.8 × 19.2 cm (5 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.)Sheet: 14.2 × 19.5 cm (5 9/16 × 7 11/16 in.). Date: ca. 1863. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Peace or war Jirga of Massuzai Orukzai, Frederick Saint John Gore, c. 1890 - in or before 1895 photomechanical print Pakistan paper collotype meeting, assembly. firearms

Trophies of the hunt in the Maine woods. A deer hunters' camp showing men cooking and relaxing. The 'Perfec' stereograph. 6134. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine

Public square at Larissa, two days before its capture by the Turks , Soldiers, Firearms, Plazas, Greco-Turkish War, 1897

Mr. Thompson of the Commissariat & attendants of Ismail Pacha, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Cavalry encampment, Oamaru, 1887, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers.

Unidentified men with cannon mounted on caisson , Cannons

Royal Munster Fusiliers lining the Trenches on a Boer Alarm, Honey Nest Kloof, S.A...

The Hunter's Camp. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Miners descending the west shaft. Hoosac tunnel route series. 241. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

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

Bomb proof quarters at Ft. Burnham. The sides and top are 7 feet thick, contains two rooms, sleeping and cooking. Civil War Photograph Collection . Forts & fortifications, Union, Virginia, James River, 1860-1870, Bombproof construction, Virginia, James River, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, Virginia, James River, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union, Virginia, James River, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Virginia, James River.

Anthony's stereoscopic views. No. 1471, Three drummer boys (now at Ft. Hamilton) who have been in 9 battles of the rebellion. Title from item, No. 1471, (DLC/PP-2012:069.10). Boys, Military service, 1860-1870, Drum majors, 1860-1870, Marching percussion, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, 1860-1870, Musicians, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, Union.

Oclawaha (sic) River, Fla. Post Office at Sharp's Ferry.. Wilson & Havens

print; Colonel William Willoughby Hooper (British, 1837 - 1912); India; 1873

Fort Yellowstone Cavalry, the U.S. soldiers who guard the great National Park. 1901 - 1904. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, National parks & reserves

Group of Pawnee warrs. warriors & palace cars of U.P.R.R. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1866. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Nebraska, Pawnee Indians, Railroad passenger cars

Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) observing the progress of Battle in north France

Officers of 3rd Battalion, 15th New York Heavy Artillery Fort Woodbury, Arlington, Virginia. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

The toils of Lord Roberts' great March through the Transvaal - Grenadier Guards resting - South Africa..

Group of Red Cross Workers, anonymous, 1874 photograph Group of 25 people in a garden for a bamboo fence. They wear dark uniforms with a white hat; Parts of their equipment, such as a stretcher, lie in the grass for them. The text on the downside provides an explanation of their uniform, soldier and task. Indonesian Archipelago paper Indonesia

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Camp of Captain John J. Hoff. (Rear view). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Military group portrait. Possibly F. C. Gould, photographer (British, active 1860s - 1890s) Possibly Charles Parker, photographer (British, active 1860s) about 1864 Group portrait of thirty Caucasian men dressed in military uniform, with some of the men carrying muskets, at an outdoor field with tall trees in the background. Many of them also wear a kepi-style hat, bearing individually different number insignia above the visor.

Camp at noon at L.B. Curtis & Co's. In the pineries 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Top hats, Loggers, Lumber camps, Midland County (Mich.)

U.S. Christian Commission, at the General Hospital, Gettysburg, Pa. Views from the battle field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d, and 3d, 1863.. 1861 - 1871. Photographs. Manuscripts and Archives Division. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865, United States Christian Commission

Historical Miscellaneous - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Albumen print; stereo; No. 1753 from the series 'Kansas City Panorama. Battle Missionary Ridge'.

Steenhouwers Die Met Leisteen Werken in Trélazé; Ardoisieres de Télauzé. Slate crackles. France..

Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. General George Stoneman and staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, Stoneman, George, United States, Virginia, Fair Oaks.

Lt. General Sir John Campbell. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

View of men in ceremonial dress firing a cannon. Views of Bangor & Vicinity. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Bangor (Me.)

Sherman's men destroying railroad, USA, US, Vintage photography

Washington, District of Columbia. General William Hays and staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Garde Nationale, 190e Bataillon, Commandant Geant. André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819 - 1889)

Group at headquarters Army of Potomac, Oct. 4, 1862 | Library of Congress

Students' parade, U.S.N. Academy, Annapolis, Md. American Views. 1868. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maryland, Annapolis (Md.)

Occupation of Brandfort after evacuation forced by splendid detour of Canadian, Australian and New Zealand mounted infantry..

10.4 Battery Freilager in the Walde.

Pitching camp - Tampa, Fla. , Military camps, Military life, Soldiers, Spanish-American War, 1898

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard Wood, and Alexander O. Brodie Sitting in front of Camp Tents, San Antonio, Texas, USA, Photograph by Paul Thompson, 1898

Hayward at the Well. E.J. Hayward & H.W. Muzzall

Brandy Station, Virginia (vicinity). General George G. Meade and staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Major-General Joseph Hooker, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left, wearing military uniform, two tents and large building in the background. Title devised by Library staff, Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1862 by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia, Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2009, Copy negative available: LC-B8184-10366. Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Generals, 1860-1870, Horses, 1860-1870, Tents, 1860-1870.

Warm Spring Indian Scouts in camp. Photographic illustrations of the Pacific Coast, The Modoc War, no. 1628 1873 - 129. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Indians of North America , California, Military camps, Military scouts, Modoc Indians , Wars, 1873

Group portrait of unknown Bergers Eight days after a disaster in the Mont Blanc Massief on August 18, 1895, Anonymous, 1895 photograph Chamonix Baryta Paper. Textile Materials finding a dead person. mountains Mont Blanc Solid. Chamonix

A camp in front of Petersburg, Virginia August, 1864 , Petersburg, Virginia, August 1864. Camp in pine woods. No. 152, Title from item, Note on verso: Half of original negative is missing, Alternate title, photographer, and 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, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Group portrait of a Regiment soldiers against a painted decor of the Niagara waterfalls; 63rd Regt. at Niagara. Part of English family album with photos of people, travel, cricket and artworks.

Firemen in Traditional Costume. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Farming, Fort George Island. New series, 1875 ; Jacksonville and vicinity, no. 53 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida, Fort George Island (Fla.), African American farmers, Horse teams

Tigers Presented to the Countess Canning at Agra 1858-61 Unknown. Tigers Presented to the Countess Canning at Agra 287706

Fortifications on Bermuda Hundred's Line near Point of Rocks, Virginia. No. B662, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Brigadier General Van Straubenzee & Officers of the Buffs; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published March 25, 1856; Salted paper print; 17 × 16.7 cm (6 11,16 × 6 9,16 in.)

Group of 7th New York Infantry, 8th Company 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Gen. Irvin McDowell and staff of eight, unrecognized 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Prospecting on Mt. Holyoke.. Houghton & Knowlton (active 1860s - 1870s)

Benson's Horse Battery (M. 2d U.S. Art'y) near Fair Oaks, Va., June 1862 | Library of Congress

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