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Showing posts with label union navy. Show all posts
Monday, January 29, 2018
Retouched Portrait of US Navy Lieutenant Henry Erken During the American Civil War Attributed to Mathew Brady (1860's)
Retouched portrait of US Navy Lieutenant Henry Erken during the American Civil War attributed to Mathew Brady, c. 1861-1865.
Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Portrait of Union Sailor Minstrels Posing on the Deck of the USS Wabash During the Civil War (1860's)
Portrait of Union sailor minstrels posing on the deck of the USS Wabash during the Civil War, c. 1860's. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.
Monday, July 18, 2016
Union Navy Officers and Sailors Posing on the Deck of the USS Sciota Shortly After the Union Sunken Gunboat Was Raised From Twelve Feet of Water in Mobile Bay, Alabama (1865)
Union Navy officers and sailors posing on the deck of the USS Sciota shortly after the sunken gunboat was raised from twelve feet of water in Mobile Bay, Alabama, April 1865. It had been sunk by a Confederate mine on April 14, 1865. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.
Monday, December 28, 2015
Portrait of Two Union Navy Sailors Fencing on the Deck of the Union Gunboat USS Hunchback During the Civil War
Portrait of two Union Navy sailors fencing on the deck of the Union gunboat USS Hunchback during the Civil War. Probably by Egbert Guy Fowx. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Sunday, July 19, 2015
Portrait of a Powder Monkey Named Aspinwall Fuller Posing in Front of a Cannon Aboard the USS New Hampsire Off the Coast of Charleston, South Carolina (1864)
Portrait of a powder monkey named Aspinwall Fuller posing in front of a cannon aboard the USS New Hampsire off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1864. Animated stereoview.
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Saturday, December 27, 2014
A Group of Men Posing With the Steam Engine of the USS Kearsarge Before Its Installation on the Ship (1861)
A group of men posing with the steam engine of the Mohican-class sloop-of-war USS Kearsarge before its installation on the ship, c. 1861. By the Kellogg brothers.
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Sunday, December 14, 2014
US Navy Blacksmiths at Work on the Deck of the Union Monitor USS Lehigh During the Civil War
US Navy blacksmiths at work on the deck of the Union monitor USS Lehigh during the Civil War. The darkroom where this photographs were probably developed and a box of equipment with the name of photographer Egbert Guy Fowx on it, who probably took this photo, are visible on deck on the right behind the ironworking operation. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Time-lapse View of the Crew and Officers of the Union Monitor USS Saugus on the James River, Virginia (1865)
Time-lapse view of the crew and officers of the Union monitor USS Saugus posing on its deck on the James River, Virginia, c. 1865.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
United States Navy Officers Posing on the Deck of the Union Gunboat USS Agawam While Serving on the James River in Virginia (1864)
United States Navy officers posing on the deck of the USS Agawam, a steam-powered side-wheel Union gunboat, while serving on the James River in Virginia, 1864. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Thursday, November 13, 2014
View of the Union Ironclad USS Onondaga on the James River, Virginia (1864)
View of the Union river monitor USS Onondaga on the James River, Virginia, 1864. A group of Union soldiers and sailors are in a rowboat in the foreground. Animated stereoview.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
View of Union Soldiers and Supply Ships Docked at White House Landing, Virginia (1862)
View of Union soldiers and supply ships docked at White House Landing, Virginia, 1862. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Friday, November 7, 2014
View of a 100-pounder Gun Aboard the Recently Captured CSS Teaser Which Was Captured by the USS Maratanza (1862)
An unidentified man posing with a 100-pounder gun aboard the recently captured CSS Teaser which was captured by the USS Maratanza on July 4, 1862. By James F. Gibson. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Union Soldiers Waiting to Embark For Fort Monroe at Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia (1863)
Union soldiers of the IX Corps waiting to embark for Fort Monroe at Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia, February 1863. By Alexander Gardner. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Sunday, October 26, 2014
Union Sailors Posing Next to a Cannon on an Unidentified Gunboat During the Civil War
Union sailors posing next to a cannon on the deck of an unidentified gunboat during the Civil War. Attributed to Mathew Brady. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Friday, October 24, 2014
Union Soldiers of the 71st Regiment New York State Militia in Square Formation at the Navy Yard (1861)
Union soldiers of the 71st RegimentNew York State Militia in square formation during drilling at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., c. 1861.
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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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Saturday, September 27, 2014
Union Navy Officers Posing in Front of the Turret on the Deck of the USS Monitor on the James River, Virginia (1862)
Union Navy officers posing on deck in front of the turret of the USS Monitor on the James River, Virginia, July 9, 1862. A group of Union sailors are also visible on top of the turret. By James Gibson. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Sailors Posing on the Deck of an Unidentified Union Warship
Sailors posing on the deck of an unidentified Union warship during the Civil War, early 1860's. Attributed to George Harper Houghton. Animated stereoview.
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Monday, August 4, 2014
Bounty Brokers Looking for Men to Enlist in Front of a Recruitment Office for the U.S. Navy
A group of bounty brokers looking for men to enlist posing in front of a recruitment office for the U.S. Navy. The two men with badges might be members of local or military policemen looking for bounty jumpers. Published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Company. Animated stereoview.
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Friday, May 2, 2014
Crew of the USS Monitor on the James River
Members of the crew of the USS Monitor posing on its deck while on the James River a few months after its fight with the CSS Virginia, July 9, 1862. By James Gibson. Animated stereoscopic photograph.
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