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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

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

Fate of Libry, 1830; Après. / Pendant. / Avant .. speoprent on the publisher George Librry, Count of Bagnano, 1830. Right: Branded in France and showed a pole for forgery in writing, middle: in prison with a bullet chain to the leg, links: as a friend from the Dutch king Willem I.

Signal Corps U.S.A. - Night Work

Behind the Orange River intrenchments holding back the bravely advancing Boers - S. Africa , Firearms, Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, Trench warfare, South African War, 1899-1902

33d New York Infantry. No. B1064, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1861-1863) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Culpeper, Virginia. Colonel William R. Brewster, 73d New York Infantry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

An albumin paper photograph by Victor Angerer around 1890 showing artillery at the Arsenal in Vienna, including military equipment, buildings, and spatial arrangement of the site.

Nibelungen gruppe 1876

Two unidentified soldiers in Union artillery shell jackets with shoulder scales and slouch hats in front of painted backdrop showing military camp. 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, Backdrops, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

The President and General McClellan on the Battle-field of Antietam. Title from item, Ostendorf, no. 66, Meserve, no. 43, Printed under photo: Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Alex Gardener, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia, Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf, Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p.111. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, McClellan, George B, (George Brinton), 1826-1885, Brady, Mathew B, approximately 1823-1896, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Presidents, 1860-1870, Soldiers, 1860-1870, Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862.

March through the palmettos, 32nd Michigan volunteers, Tampa, Florida , Palms, Troop movements, Soldiers, Spanish-American War, 1898

Yolo Buggy at SE Base at Close of Measurement. Carleton Watkins, photographer (American, 1829 - 1916) 1881 20 men, 1 tower, 1 yolo buggy, 5 horses, 1 wagon, 1 buggy Secondary Inscription: Inscribed recto print in ink and pencil in George Davidson's hand: "Yolo baseline/ 1881/ 35 ft brick pier removed/ but protecting tower left partly dismantled/ 'Yolo Buggy' at SE Base at close of measurement/ =17,486.6 in 37 working days/ = 6996 bars/ Pratt/ Dickins/ Blair/ Hill/ Davidson".

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

On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback. No. B708, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

"Uncle Sam" West Point.. Deloss Barnum (American, 1825 - 1873)

Bealeton, Virginia Noncommissioned officers' mess of Co. D, 93d New York Infantry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 93rd (1861-1865), Company D, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Eating & drinking, Infantry, Union, United States, Virginia, Bealeton, New York troops, 93rd New York Infantry. Company D.

Slaves of General Thomas F. Drayton; Henry P. Moore, American, 1835 - 1911; 1862; Albumen silver print; Image: 13 x 20.8 cm (5 1/8 x 8 3/16 in.), Mount: 26.8 x 34.4 cm (10 9/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

Description: Followers of King Maunay Hebu. Description: Road leading to Igbojibu Leckie. africa

Colonel, the old vet, survivor of 18 battles / J.A. Rose, photographer, Hillsdale, Mich.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Horses, 1870-1890, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Animals.

W. H. McCoy's claim, at Perry, Oklahoma, Territory, Oct. 1, 1893. A group of six men, including a soldier, pose in front of a lumber cabin, with tents in the background. On right, are an African American man and two women, who are likely servants (BSLOC_2018_1_126)

Civil War veteran Colonel Andrew J. Kellar of 4th Tennessee Infantry Regiment with unidentified soldiers from the regiment and regimental flag at Shiloh Battlefield. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljvet. Kellar, Andrew J, 1835-1907, Confederate States of America, Army, Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, 4th, People, 1900-1910, Veterans, Confederate, 1900-1910, Military standards, Confederate, 1900-1910, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Confederate.

Kudrinski Regiments group of partisans at the Berezovka station. Far East of Russia. April, 1920

Bomb-proofs in the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldiers "Fort Hell". Civil War Photograph Collection . Forts & fortifications, Union, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, Bombproof construction, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, Soldier, Union, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union, Virginia, Petersburg, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Virginia, Petersburg, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865.

Group portrait of five unknown Russian soldiers, Anonymous, 1860 - 1890 photograph paper albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait Russia

Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. Topographical engineers, Camp Winfield Scott. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, Engineers, United States, Virginia, Yorktown.

Don Collins and his friends ashore at San Blas Bay, Darien Expedition. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

Some of China's troublemakers, "Boxer" prisoners captured and brought in by the 6th U.S. Cavalry, Tientsin, China, 1900, China, by James Ricalton, Underwood & Underwood.

Richmond, Virginia (vicinity). Major (JM) Robertson's Battery of Horse Artillery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Dedication of Monument on Bull Run Battle-field. W. Morris Smith; American, active 19th century. Date: 1865. Dimensions: 17.7 x 22.9 cm (image/paper); 31.2 x 44.7 cm (album page). Albumen print, pl. 100 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: W. Morris Smith.

Netherlands, 1900-09 part 3. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

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

British at Etaples, France, Feb. 1915

Harry Hunter's Monument, Mt. Washington. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.)

The Worcesters leading the attack on a kopje held by the Boers, Norval's Pont, S.A...

Looking Through the Telescope. Date/Period: 1888. Painting. Oil on board in black and white. Width: 34 cm. Height: 26.7 cm (overall). Author: Frederic Remington.

Richmond, Virginia (vicinity). Major (JM) Robertson's Battery of Horse Artillery | Library of Congress

5th Maryland Regiment, Drum Corps , Military parades & ceremonies, Centennial celebrations

Rally Around The Flag, Boys.. Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909)

ANCIENT PHOTOGRAPHY - GROUP OF EXPEDITIONERS - 19th CENTURY. Location: CSIC-BIB GRAL HUMANIDAD. MADRID. SPAIN. ALMAGRO MANUEL. JIMENEZ ESPADA MARCOS. MARTINEZ FRANCISCO DE PAULA. ISERM JUAN. AMOR FERNANDO. PAZ Y MEMBIELA PATRICIO.

Original caption: "Tom Lucas. Rodent Control School. Laguna Mts.". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

President Lincoln with Gen. George B. McClellan and Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand at the Battle of Antietam in Maryland. The image was taken during his visit to General McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac, to encourage 'Little Mac' to attack the Confederate Army.

Commissary dept. Hd.qts. Army of the Potomac. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879, Military service, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military headquarters, Union, 1860-1870, Military camps, Union, 1860-1870, Military exchanges, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, Union, United States

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, foot of Washington Avenue, Philada. Band and soldiers in front of Union Volunteer Hospital and the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon with large eagle a top it (view stamped with July 1865 date). still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.)

Petersburg, Virginia. Cock fighting at General Orlando B. Willcox's headquarters. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Troops Along the Horizon. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)

Commissioned officers of 19th Iowa Infantry after their exchange as prisoners of war, New Orleans. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Chinese Punishment "Cangue." Shanghai. Unknown, photographer 1873-1880 Two men are placed in cangues and chained to a column between the two of them. The column bears some Chinese inscriptions. A policeman stands on the left area of the image. (Recto, mount) lower right, in black ink: "Chinese Punishment / "Cangue" space Shanghai";

Engineer camp at the Zuni Pass, in the Sierra Madre, N.M., 975 miles west of Missouri River. , Camps, Engineers, Tents, Surveying equipment. Photographs of the American West

Group portrait of unknown KNIL soldiers of the first Brigade, Dutch East Indies, Anonymous, 1900-1915 photograph Dutch East Indies, The baryta paper. cardboard land forces. anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait Dutch East Indies, The

The expedition equipped for a possible retreat. May 19, 1883, c. 1886 photograph London paper collotype

The famous insurgent chief, Davelis, for whose life the Sultan offers $15,000 , Revolutionaries. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Dutch soldiers sitting in front of a wooden house in the Dutch East Indies, one reads a Breda ('bredasche') newspaper. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Italy, Switzerland and Dutch East Indies.

Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Captain Horatio G. Gibson (second from left) and officers of his battery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, Gibson, Horatio G, United States, Virginia, Fair Oaks.

Netherlands, 1900. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands

Garde Nationale, 65e Bataillon, Capitaine Beautes; André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819 - 1889); France; 1870 - 1871; Albumen silver print

Band practice, Japanese army , Military bands, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Major General Miles and army transports - sailing day, Tampa, U.S.A. , Military officers, Troop movements, Soldiers, Ships, Spanish-American War, 1898, Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925

General Geo. Sykes & staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

A Modoc Warrior on the War Path.. Eadweard J. Muybridge (American, born England, 1830 - 1904)

Soldiers with sabers at a barracks in France. Part of photo album from a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doakau Fils, the army and sights in France.

View of a pontoon bridge in South Africa; Pontoon Bridge Built by Royal Engineers in Two Hours Across the mud, S. Africa ..

African American Teamsters, African-Americans

Brandy Station, Virginia Dinner party outside tent, Army of the Potomac headquarters. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, Eating & drinking, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

Group portrait of girls dressed in military costumes, with stuck mustaches, cigarettes and boots, Willem Hendrik Dikkenberg, c. 1897 - c. 1940 cabinet photograph Haarlem photographic support. cardboard stage costume. (military) uniforms. woman dressed as man, travesty

Headquarters House, 1st Division, Pehtung, China.

Advancing across an open field-Japan's sturdy soldiers at Port Arthur, Stereo Card, Underwood & Underwood, 1905

Native hut, Turbo. Tropical scenery. Darien expedition. Comd'r Selfridge, comd'g. 1850 - 1930. 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, Turbo (Colombia)

La Vie Militaire de Jean-Jean. Jean-Jean voit le feu pour la premiere fois.. Unknown maker, French

Safes being guarded. 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

Under the tent , Audiences, Camp meetings, Tents

Saint-Ulrich, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Théâtre aux Armées, custody of the locker room , 1917 - Alsace - Paul Castelnau (photographic section of the armies) - (June) (French - Saint-Ulrich , Haut-Rhin , Alsace , France Théâtre aux Armées , garde du vestiaire). Military uniform, tent, forest , wood, forehead, hairy, theater, Clothing, First World War, Art, Théâtre aux Armées, guard of the St Ulrich locker room, theater in the armies guard of the locker room

(French - Soissons , Aisne , France L' heure du coiffeur).

Six Union musicians of the 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment relaxing at camp in a pine forest in Virginia. In album: Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, loose photo no. L6, Attribution of G.H. Houghton as photographer from "A very fine appearance" : the Vermont Civil War photographs of George Houghton / Donald H. Wickman. Barre : Vermont Historical Society, c2010, page 61, Title devised by Library staff, Digitized, 2014. Funding from The Center for Civil War Photography, Accession box no. DLC/PP-1975:071. United States, Army, Vermont Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1865), People, Virginia, Soldiers, Union, Virginia, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, Virginia, 1860-1870, Musicians, Virginia, 1860-1870, Musicial instruments, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Virginia.

Field fair on Campolungo. Emperor Franz Josef's name Day, 4.10.1916. .

The soldiers return | Library of Congress

Gen. J. Carranza and staff

In a Snarl.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Constantinople, Grab Des Sultans Mahmud ..

Crew Members of the Selfridge Expedition to the Isthmus of Darién (Panama). Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

Impronte umane trovale al a Feb 1863. Giorgio Sommer (Italian, born Germany, 1834 - 1914)

1865, Mexique, 1865, Mexique, 1865, Falconnet, Louis, 1864-ca. 1867, by Louis Falconnet, an officer in the French army, from documentation he created or gathered while on his tour of duty in Mexico (1864-1866) at the time of the French intervention.

Brandy Station, Virginia. Discussing the probilities () of the next move | Library of Congress

Lieutenant-General Grant at his head-quarters / photographed by Brady.. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1864 July 16, p. 449 (cover). Grant, Ulysses S, (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union.

Officers on deck of U.S.S. Mendota, James River, Virginia. No. B265, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, James River.

Grave-mound of Greek heroes who routed the outnumbering Persians - Marathon, Greece , Mounds Burials, Croplands, Farmers. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Portrait of ten gurung fighters from Nepal; Goorung Soldiers. Military Tribe. Nipal. .

Ödgrens, Nyvall. Photo 1943. Ödgrens, Nyvall. Foto 1943.

Execution of Rebels, Lucknow. Date/Period: 1858. Print. Albumen silver. Height: 235 mm (9.25 in); Width: 287 mm (11.29 in). Author: Felice Beato.

Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson, the Hero of the "Merrimac", Stereo Card, Strohmeyer and Wyman Publishers, 1898

Two Sepoys of the 31st Native Infantry, Who Were Hanged at Lucknow, 1857.

"Storming the Fort.". S.R. Stoddard (American, 1843 or 1844 - 1917)

Sleeping on Guard.. John P. Soule (American, 1827 - 1904)

Scavenger Coolies. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Man on a plain with the Chumahlari mountain background (7315 m); Chumahlari Mountain 24000 Ft, Col. YoungHusband. The object is equipped with a second handwritten caption in which the man shown is indicated as Colonel Younghusband. Francis YoungHusband was the leader of the British campaign in Tibet (1903-1904). Part of photo album with 24 photos of the Journey of Legertelegrafist D.t. Dalton by Tibet.

Categories, Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 102, Obstacle courses, Buildings in Großenhain, Military training grounds of Germany, 1915, Landkreis Meißen, Großenhain, Ersatz, Bataillon Reserve, Infanterie, Regiment Nr. 102, Rekrutendepot

Sailor boys writing letters , Sailors, Military personnel, Military life, Correspondence

Young African American drummer boy for 78th Colored Troops Infantry, 1864-65. On left, as he appeared when in his slave rags. On right, as a drummer for 78th Colored Troops Infantry (BSLOC_2018_5_117)

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