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Showing posts with label alexandria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alexandria. Show all posts
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Union Provost Marshals Tearing Down a House Whose Occupants Had Been Accused of Selling Liquor to Union Soldiers in Alexandria, Virginia, During the Civil War (1863)
Union provost marshals tearing down a house whose occupants had been accused of selling liquor to Union soldiers in Alexandria, Virginia, 1863. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Union Soldiers Convalescing From Wounds or Disease in the Interior of a Hospital Ward in Alexandria, Virginia, During the Civil War
Union soldiers convalescing from wounds or disease in the interior of a hospital ward in Alexandria, Virginia, during the Civil War. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Three Union Soldiers Posing in the Interior of a Slave Pen During the Civil War in Alexandria, Virginia
Three Union soldiers posing in the interior of a slave pen in Alexandria, Virginia, during the Civil War. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Thursday, November 13, 2014
Time-lapse Photographic Portrait of Union Soldier Francis E. Brownell (1862)
Time-lapse photographic portrait of Union Zouave Francis E. Brownell, 1862. Brownell killed secessionist James W. Jackson shortly after Jackson shot Union Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth in the Marshall House in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 24, 1861. Brownell is possibly standing on the large Confederate flag captured in the incident for which he was later awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.
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Saturday, October 11, 2014
Three Views of a Union Convalescent Camp During the Civil War Near Alexandria, Virginia
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Three views of Union soldiers and other unidentified men in a convalescent camp near Alexandria, Virginia. Possibly all taken by Andrew J. Russell as other views taken near where these were taken in the camp were also taken by him. All of them seem to be attributed to Mathew Brady by NARA however.
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Sunday, September 28, 2014
View of the USS Pensacola in Alexandria, Virginia (1861)
View of the Union Navy screw steamer USS Pensacola in the background and a number of civilians posing in and around smaller vessels in the foreground in Alexandria, Virginia, 1861. By James F. Gibson. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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