Photo of Union soldiers of the 7th New York State Militia Regiment posing in front of a building during the American Civil War, location unknown, c. 1861-1863. Two black civilians and another soldier can be seen peering out of windows/doors on the first floor of the building.
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Early Photo of Fort Lafayette Taken From Fort Hamilton in New York City (1860)
Photo of Fort Lafayette taken from Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York City, c. 1860. Taken by photographer Platt Babbitt and originally published as a glass stereoview.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Union Soldiers Loading a 15-inch Rodman Gun in Fort Warren on Georges Island at the Entrance to Boston Harbor in Massachusetts During the American Civil War (1864)
Union soldiers loading a 15-inch Rodman gun in Fort Warren on Georges Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor in Massachusetts during the American Civil War, 1864. By James Wallace Black.
Source: Boston Public Library.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Animated Stereoview of Confederate Soldiers Posing With Artillery Pieces on the Parapet of Fort Moultrie Sometime After the Bombardment of Fort Sumter (1861)
Animated stereoview of Confederate soldiers posing with artillery pieces on the parapet of Fort Moultrie sometime after the bombardment of Union-held Fort Sumter, April 1861. By Osborn and Durbec.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Union Soldiers Posing at a Wharf in Yorktown, Virginia, During the Peninsula Campaign (1862)
Union soldiers posing at a wharf in Yorktown, Virginia, during the Peninsula Campaign, May 1862. A steamer named Robert Morris is visible docked in the background. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Saturday, December 27, 2014
Three Men Posing With Two Mortars in the Trapier Mortar Battery on Morris Island Shortly After the Surrender of the Nearby Fort Sumter by Union Forces in Charleston Harbor (1861)
Three men posing with two mortars in the Trapier Mortar Battery on Morris Island shortly after the surrender of the nearby Fort Sumter by Union forces in Charleston Harbor, 1861. The battery fired its mortars at Fort Sumter in the bombardment leading to its surrender. The darkroom used by the photographers to develop this photograph is visible behind the mortar in the background. By Osborn and Durbec. From The Blue and Gray in Black and White: A History of Civil War Photography.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
A Union Soldier Guarding the Damaged Sally Port of Fort Moultrie in Charleston, South Carolina (1865)
A Union soldier guarding the damaged sally port of Fort Moultrie in Charleston, South Carolina, March 1865. By George Barnard. Animated stereoview.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Union Picket Line Taking Cover Behind Gabion Defenses in Front of Fort Mahone, Virginia (1865)
Union soldiers posing as if fighting from behind gabion defenses in front of Fort Mahone, April 1865. Probably taken after the fighting considering the line of soldiers standing in line out in the open in the background in two of the photographs. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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