Showing posts with label fortified. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fortified. Show all posts

Monday, November 27, 2017

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Map of French Forts Surrounding Paris Published Near The Start of World War 1 in September 1914


Map of French forts surrounding Paris published near the start of World War 1 in September 1914. From The Illustrated War News magazine published in 1914.

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

View of Buildings Razed by Union Troops in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Shortly After the Battle of Baton Rouge (1862)


View of buildings razed by Union troops in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, shortly after the Battle of Baton Rouge, 1862. A defensive stockade built by the Union garrison is visible in the background. By Andrew Lytle. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Three American Soldiers Examining a Captured German Pillbox in the Blanc Mont Sector of Champagne, France (1910's)


Three American soldiers examining a captured German pillbox in the Blanc Mont sector of Champagne, France. Possibly taken after World War 1 had ended. Published by Keystone View Company.

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Monday, November 2, 2015

Daguerreotype View of Fort Howard From Across the Fox River in Green Bay, Wisconsin (1851)


Daguerreotype view of Fort Howard from across the Fox River in Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1851. The officer standing on the wharf is identified as a Major Haller.

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Two Photographs of Union Soldiers Posing With a Captured Confederate 18-Pounder Cannon Nicknamed “Whistling Dick” (1863)



Two photographs of Union soldiers posing with a captured Confederate 18-pounder cannon nicknamed “Whistling Dick.” The gun was responsible for sinking the Union gunboat USS Cincinnati during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 26, 1863.

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Second image from Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

Friday, April 24, 2015

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Time-Lapse View of Union Soldiers Posing With the Wreckage of the Swamp Angel on Morris Island, South Carolina (1863)


Close-up view of the barrel of the 8-inch Parrot gun and the Union soldiers playing cards,

Time-lapse view of Union soldiers posing with the wreckage of the Swamp Angel, a gun emplacement for an 8-inch Parrot gun which was built in swampland on Morris Island, 1863. It fired incendiary shells into downtown Charleston, a distant 4.5 miles away, until it burst during its 36th shot on August 23, 1863. Two of the soldiers near the barrel of the Parrot gun are playing a card game. By Haas and Peale.

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Sunday, January 11, 2015

Monday, January 5, 2015

Sunday, January 4, 2015

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.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Union Soldiers Posing With Two Mortars in a Fortified Position on Morris Island, South Carolina (1865)


Union soldiers posing with two mortars in a fortified position on Morris Island, South Carolina, 1865. The mortars are said to be aimed at Fort Sumter. By Samuel A. Cooley. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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