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Images show Union officers posed in front of tents, capturing a mix of military life and personal moments during the American Civil War, with uniforms and weapons on display.

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

Grant at City Point i.e. Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1864. Title from item, Correction to title from Grant and Lee, the Virginia Campaigns by William Frassanito, New York: Scribner's, 1983. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Cold Harbor.

Group of officers in front of tents. Title devised by library staff, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Union soldiers with rifles stand in front of tent "10" at Camp Cameron, Washington, D.C., as an African American boy sits in front shining boots. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Shumway, Henry Colton, 1807-1884, Rogers, Edmund Pendleton, 1828-1895, Rogers, Philip Clayton, 1829-1902, United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1863), People, United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 55th (1861-1862), People, United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 39th (1861-1865), People, African Americans, Children, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Rifles, 1860-1870, Tents, Washington (D.C.), 1860-1870, Military camps, Union, Washington (D.C.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union, Washington, D.C, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African Americans.

7th N.Y. State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861 | Library of Congress

Second Lieutenant George Kannig of Co. C and Co. K, 29th New York Infantry Regiment , First Lieutenant Emil Schluter of Co. I, Co. K and Co. E, 29th New York Infantry Regiment, and Captain Charles William Chelius of Co. C and Co. E, 29th New York Infantry Regiment and unidentified soldiers in uniform with swords and a dog. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Kannig, George, approximately 1826- , Schluter, Emil, approximately 1825-1886, Chelius, Charles William, approximately 1839- , United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 29th (1861-1863), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Daggers & swords, 1860-1870, Dogs, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

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

Lieutenant General Pennefather, & Captain Wing, Captain Layard, Captain Ellison, Colonel Wilbraham, Colonel Percy Herbert, Major Thackwell & Dr. Wood, officers of his staff, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Equestrian scene on Royal Hunting Het Loo: Smiling soldiers for a tent with a wreath. Part of Lord Brams Photo album, Chief Quarter of Queen Wilhelmina on Royal Hunting Het Loo.

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

20 Mass. Infantry - Revere, Feirson, Bryant, Lee, Palfrey, Folsom, Hayward , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

Drummer boys off duty, playing cards in camp, winter of 1862. Title from Miller, vol. 8, p. 195, Civil War Photograph Collection . Card games, 1860-1870, Military camps, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, Union.

Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873), said Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, at Camp de Chalons. Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873), said Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, at Camp de Chalons. Visit card. Photograph of Ernest Charles Appert (1830-1890). Photomontage on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.

Petersburg, Virginia. Group of mechanics of 1st Division, 9th Army Corps. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Bv't. Major General D. McM. i.e. McMurtrie Gregg and staff. No. B67, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Bv't. Major General S. G. Griffin and staff. No. 5126, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Zouaves, Camp de Chlons. Artist: Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820-1884). Dimensions: Image: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.). Date: 1857. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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

Garde Nationale, 45e Bataillon, Comm' Jonte-Dumoulin. André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819 - 1889)

Bv't. Major General A. T. A. Torbert and staff. No. 5131, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Torbert, Alfred Thomas Archimedes, 1833-1880, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Officers of Company B | Library of Congress

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. B943, Title from item, Mounted with four other photographs, Identification of soldiers based an identified photograph from the same negative at The Medford Historical Society & Museum, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 7th, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Washington (D.C.)

Four Navy officers seated on board the gunboat "Agawam". No. B648, Title devised by library staff, Mounted with five other photographs, Photographer and ship name from original negative in the National Archives, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Detachment U.S. Engineers, Petersburg, Virginia, April, 1865. No. 434, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Sir Hy Fk Ponsonby (1825-1892) General; Thomas Hook Pearson (1806-1892) General; Fredrick Markham (1805-1855) General; Taken on the Field, Crimea Made 1854-1855 England. Thinly albumenized print . Roger Fenton

Officers of 61st New York Infantry, Falmouth, Virginia, April 1863. Civil War Photograph Collection, No. 530. Infantry, Union, Virginia, Falmouth, 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, Virginia, Falmouth, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Sergt. Thompson, 23rd New York Volunteers 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Bealeton, Virginia Officers and noncommissioned officers 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, United States, Virginia, Bealeton, New York troops, 93rd New York Infantry. Company D.

Antietam, Md. Colonel John S. Crocker, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin C. Butler, and adjutant of 93d New York Volunteers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 93rd (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Butler, Benjamin C, Crocker, John S, Infantry, Union, Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862, United States, Maryland, Antietam, New York troops, 93rd New York Infantry.

Washington, District of Columbia. General Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlen and staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Co. C, 110th Pennsylvania Infantry after battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. No. B195, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, p. 203", Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921-1940, Item: Company of Infantry on parade. Part of 6th Maine Infantry after battle of Fredericksburg. At time of the charge across stone wall at foot of Marye Heights Gen. Hooker in command of Federals, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee in command of Confederates, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 110th (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Fredericksburg.

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

Brandy Station, Virginia Clerks at Army of the Potomac headquarters. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Military personnel, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

Group of soldiers from the 68th Durham Light Infantry, Tauranga 1864, circa 1895, New Plymouth, by William Francis Gordon, Hartley Webster.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862. No. B784, Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history, Mounted with five other photographs, Negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921-1940, Item: George Shepherd and others, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 22nd, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry.

L'Entente Cordiale; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published February 29, 1856; Salted paper print; 16.2 × 17 cm (6 3,8 × 6 11,16 in.)

Lt. Col. Shadforth & Officers of the 57th; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published January 1, 1856; Salted paper print; 16.7 × 20.5 cm (6 9,16 × 8 1,16 in.)

Confederate camp, Warrington Navy Yard, Pensacola, Florida. Title devised by Library staff, Reproduced as an engraving in: Harper's Weekly, June 22, 1861, p. 395 with the title: "Bivouac of rebel troops at General Bragg's camp at Warrington, Pensacola", Caption on verso: Rebel bivouac at camp Warrington, Pensacola, Caption from negative inventory list: Company B, 9th Miss. Regiment, Pensacola, Fla, 1861 (attributed to J.D. Edwards), Purchase Jno. R. Chapin, Buffalo, Jan. 1902, Purchase; 1902; (DLC/PP-1902:41531-32), Photograph published in: The Image of War 1861-1865, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1981, vol. 1, pg. 361, Published in: "War" chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2013. Military life, Confederate, Florida, Pensacola, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Confederate, Florida, Pensacola, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate, Florida, Pensacola.

Group of British Soldiers, 4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons, in Camp near Shack with Goat and Horse, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 990, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. General Randolph B. Marcy, officers, and friends at Camp Winfield Scott. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Marcy, Randolph B, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, United States, Virginia, Yorktown.

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

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

Group of noncommissioned infantry officers 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Officers on the Staff of Lt. General Sir G. Brown.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Military group. Charles Parker, photographer (British, active 1860s) about 1864 Group portrait of a number of Caucasian men and one man of possibly South Asian origin dressed in military uniform and civilian clothing. Some of the men are holding or smoking tobacco pipes. Another soldier stands guard next to a wooden building on the left area of the image.

Major Allan Pinkerton and colleagues of the Secret Service Department, of the Army of the Potomac at Antietam, Maryland. Seated, L-R: William Moore and Allan Pinkerton. Standing, L-R: George H. Bangs, John C. Babcock, and Augustus K. Littlefield. After the US Civil War, George Bangs became general superintendent of a chain of Pinkerton offices in the US. Photo by Alexander Gardner, Oct. 3, 1862 (BSLOC_2018_7_191)

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 1051, 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.

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade commanded by Captain James Robertson. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Group of Guides for the Army of the Potomac. Date/Period: 1862. Albumen print. Width: 22.9 cm. Height: 17 cm (sheet). Author: Alexander Gardner.

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

Petersburg, Virginia. Engineers at H.Q., Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

US Civil War, 1862. Three enlisted men of the 22nd New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, have a meal in a camp tent (BSLOC_2018_8_184)

Staff officers at headquarters 6th Army Corps near Brandy Station, Virginia, 1864. No. B452, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

The English Drummer Boy's Letter - Writing home to Mother after the Victory at Colesberg, South Africa..

The Civil War, group of 21 African American men holding musical instruments, title: 'Band of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry', Arlington, Virginia, photograph by William M. Smith, 1865.

2d Rhode Island Infantry. No. 1040, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Army, Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Description: Group of Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers. Location: Perak, Malaya Date: 1880-1890 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

General Labousiniére & General Beuret, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

President Abraham Lincoln, General George McClellan (sixth from the left) and staff, Antietam, Maryland, USA, October 3, 1862, Photographed by Alexander Gardner

Gen. Geo. B. McClellan and staff | Library of Congress

Officers on the Staff of Lt. General Sir G. Brown; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; Salted paper print; 19.5 x 16.5 cm (7 11,16 x 6 1,2 in.)

Colonel Lepic and Lieutenant-Colonel de Toulongeon. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)

Monaco, 1865-96, Montenegro, 1876-96, Morocco. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Monaco, Montenegro

Soldiers at a cannon, Karel Alexander Enklaar (Circle of), 1892 photograph Netherlands baryta paper. cardboard land forces (+ infantry). firearms: cannon Netherlands

General Sherman & Staff Before Atlanta July 19, 1864. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

Allan Pinkerton, head of the Union Intelligence Service, joins a meeting of Army of the Potomac Topographical engineers near Yorktown, May 2, 1862. Pinkerton is standing second from right. Frederick W. Door and John W. Donn are the 2 men seated at center and right. US Civil War photo by James F. Gibson (BSLOC_2018_7_132)

Provost Guard at Headquarters 6th Army Corps, near Hazel River, Virginia, 1864. No. B284, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Cuba, May 1896. Cuban War. Flibuster Expedition.

Captain Webb's hut, 4th Dragoon Guards, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Captain Vam, friend & servant, 38th Regiment, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Antietam, Md. President Lincoln with General George B. McClellan and group of officers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .. Washington : Library of Congress ., 1975, no. 75, Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Sacket, Delos B, Monteith, George, Sweitzer, Nelson B, Morell, George W, Webb, Alexander S, McClellan, George B, (George Brinton), 1826-1885, Hunt, Henry J, Letterman, Jonathan, Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901, Locke, Frederick T, Humphreys, Andrew A, Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862, United States, Maryland, Antietam.

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

Brandy Station, Virginia Captain James M. Robertson and staff, 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Horse artillery, Robertson, James M, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

John BUFORD Federal General during the American Civil War 1861-65. Standing here with O'Keefe and staff. Photograph by Mathew Brady

Company at Österby use.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Officers of 50th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Duryée's Zouaves, attend Adjutant General Regimental Mess, Fort Schuyler, New York City, on May 18, 1861. The seated officers wear the standard Union frock coat uniforms, some with full cut trousers. The volunteer infantry regiment was led by Colonel Abram Duryée during the US Civil War. At the Second Battle of Bull Run, they suffered 330 casualties with 120 deaths in eight minutes (BSLOC_2019_2_138)

Officers on deck of U.S. gunboat Miami. No. B82, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 6, p. 199", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Alexis the Tsarevich of Russia in detention after the Russian revolution 1917

Fair Oaks, Virginia (vicinity). General John C. Caldwell and staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Major General Silas Casey and staff. No. 22, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Group portrait (class photo) of class H S III in Ter Aar. Photo is attached to decorated cardboard

Group at Commissary Depot, Acquia i.e. Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia, Feb. 1863 , General Ward and friends. No. 7040, Title from item, Alternate title and photographer 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, Aquia Creek.

Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards, Convivial Party, French and English; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; Albumen silver print

Five unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , pp/liljunion. United States of America, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Group of 7th Illinois Soldiers on Lookout Mountain, Tenn., June 19, 1864. Title from item, Identification from caption on item, with fuller name additions from the American Civil War Research Database: 1. R. L. Mountjoy Robert L., George Thompson, Geo. Sullivan George, Israel P. Norris, Joseph Lancaster, Joel Decker, S. B. Hainline Sylvester B., John D. Gardner, M.V. Miller Martin V., Jesse Real, Co. D Jesse T., Edwin R. Jones. Wm. H. Kelly William H. Kelley, L.D. Barnes Lorenzo D., Levi Allen, D.L. Allen David L, Allen Hainline, Louis J. Allman Lewis J., John F. Hainline, John Q. Tompkins, Lewis A. Burke, Caption continues: Hang Rock Point Lookout, Lookout Mountain Tennessee, Property of John Q. Tompkins, Photographed June 19, 1864. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Tennessee, Lookout Mountain.

Group portrait of six men on a ship's deck, far left John C. Sch¸ller, unknown, 1904 ñ 1905.

Lt. General Barnard and Staff; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published January 1, 1856; Salted paper print; 18.1 × 16.5 cm (7 1,8 × 6 1,2 in.)

Captain Croker, 17th Regiment, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Group portrait of three participants in the second farmers war: P.J. Lemmer (65), J.D.L. Botha (15) and G.J. Pretorius (43); Three families in the war 1900 p. Lemmer 65 years of J.D.L. Botha 15 years G.J. Pretorius 43 years Three Generations in The War 1900. Part of photo album with recordings of the second peasant war (1899-1902).

Washington, D.C. Officers of the U.S. Treasury Battalion; uncompleted Washington Monument in left background. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, District of Columbia, Washington (D.C.)

''Dr. Nansen's Snow-Shoe Expedition across Greenland', 1888. From, 'The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888'.

U.S. troops, on border, El Paso

Group portrait of soldiers (Cavalerists). .

Scene in the Arapahoe Camp near Camp Supply. Attributed to W. J. Phillips (American, active 1860s)

Camp de Chlons (1857).Officers for their tent to the meal

Group portrait of girls dressed in military costumes, with snorras, cigarettes and boots. .

Major General Joseph Hooker. No. B490, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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