Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Time-lapsed Photographs of a Cock Fight at Union General Orlando B. Willcox's Headquarters Near Petersburg, Virginia


Time-lapse photographs of a cock fight at Union General Orlando B. Willcox's headquarters near Petersburg, Virginia, c. 1865.

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Union Soldier of the 31st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing With His Family Near Fort Slocum in Washington, D.C. (1861)


A Union soldier from the 31st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing with his family in front of a tent as a few comrades are seen posing in the background in a camp near Fort Slocum in Washington, D.C., 1861. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Union Soldiers From the 71st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing in Front of a Sibley Tent


A group of Union soldiers from Company G of the 71st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing in front of a Sibley tent, 1861.

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Union Zouaves of the 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing as if Fighting in Combat During the Civil War


"Picket Guard on the alert." A group of Union Zouaves from the 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing as if fighting in combat during the Civil War. Animated stereoview.

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A Soldier Who Was Said to Have Been Killed by an Artillery Shell During the Battle of Gettysburg (1863)


The bloated, disemboweled, and partially dismembered body of an unidentified soldier who was said to have been killed by an artillery shell during the Battle of Gettysburg at the Rose Farm, July 1863. Different sources say different things about which side the soldier fought on. As to where his severe wounds may have really come from, leading Civil War photography expert William Frassanito has surmised that the body might have been a victim of scavenging hogs in the days after the battle. The artillery shell and bayoneted musket are also thought to have been items found elsewhere by the photographer for the purpose of posing them with the body. By Alexander Gardner. Animated stereoview.

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American Soldiers Firing From Behind a Wall at Filipino Rebels in Taguig During the Philippine–American War


American soldiers firing from behind a wall at Filipino rebels in Taguig during the Philippine–American War, c. 1899. Animated stereoview.

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A Union Slaughterhouse at City Point, Virginia


A pile of cattle horns in front of a Union slaughterhouse at City Point, Virginia. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Sunday, July 27, 2014

A Group of Journalists Covering the Union Pacific Railroad's Excursion to the 100th Meridian in Nebraska (1866)


A group of journalists covering an event set up by the Union Pacific Railroad celebrating the First Transcontinental Railroad's reaching the 100th Meridian in Nebraska posing in front of a tent, October 1866. By John Carbutt. Animated stereoview.

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