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Showing posts with label artillery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artillery. Show all posts
Sunday, January 8, 2017
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.
View of Smoke From Artillery Fire Coming From the Russian Redoubts of Mamelon and Malakoff During the Siege of Sevastopol Taken From Allied Lines (1855)
View of smoke from artillery fire coming from the Russian redoubts of Mamelon and Malakoff during the Siege of Sevastopol taken from Allied lines, 1855. Possibly the first combat photograph ever taken. By Roger Fenton.
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Friday, May 1, 2015
Union Soldiers and Civilians Posing With Artillery at the Washington Arsenal in Washington, D.C., During the Civil War
Union soldiers and civilians posing with artillery at the Washington Arsenal in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
View of a Crowd Watching Militiamen Preparing Cannons to Fire a Salute in Honor of the Arrival of Japan’s First Diplomatic Mission to the United States, New York City (1860)
A crowd watching militiamen preparing cannon to fire a salute in honor of the arrival of Japan’s first diplomatic mission to the United States, New York City, June 16, 1860. By E. & H. T. Anthony & Company.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Union Soldiers of Mott's Artillery Posing With Two Cannon at the Lower Battery Which Protected Chain Bridge in Washington, D.C. (1861)
Union soldiers of Mott's Artillery posing with two cannon in the lower battery which protected Chain Bridge in Washington, D.C., 1861.
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Monday, March 2, 2015
German Soldiers Firing an Artillery Piece at a Building During the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Warsaw, Poland (1943)
German soldiers firing an artillery piece at a building during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Warsaw, Poland, 1943. Photographs from the Stroop Report.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
A Union Soldier Posing in the Barrel of a Cannon at Battery Rodgers in Arlington, Virginia, During the Civil War
A Union soldier posing in the barrel of a cannon at Battery Rodgers in Arlington, Virginia, during the Civil War.
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Sunday, January 11, 2015
Confederate Artillerymen Posing With Two Artillery Pieces Near Charleston, South Carolina (1861)
Confederate artillerymen posing with two artillery pieces near Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1861. By George S. Cook.
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Thursday, December 4, 2014
Three Group Portraits of Union Officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade in Fair Oaks, Virginia (1862)
Three group portraits of Union officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade in Fair Oaks, Virginia, 1862. By James F. Gibson. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
View of a Damaged Artillery Caisson, a Dead Horse And Other Debris After the Battle of Gettysburg (1863)
"Unfit for service." View of a damaged artillery caisson, dead horse, and other debris after the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863. A Union Army wagon train can be seen in the background. By Alexander Gardner. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Friday, November 21, 2014
View of United States Military Academy Cadets Drilling in a Fortified Artillery Battery Along the Hudson River at West Point (1856)
View of a United States Military Academy cadets drilling in a fortified artillery battery along the Hudson River at West Point, New York, 1856. By the Langenheim brothers. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Union Soldiers of Major Robertson’s Battery of Horse Artillery on Review Near Richmond, Virginia (1862)
Union soldiers of Major Robertson’s Battery of Horse Artillery on review near Richmond, Virginia. 1862. A similar image I posted here earlier says that it was taken in Fair Oaks, Virgina, which I think might be more accurate. By James F. Gibson. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Monday, November 17, 2014
Union Soldiers of the 3rd Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery Regiment Posing With an Artillery Piece in Fort Totten, Washington, D.C. (1865)
Union soldiers of the 3rd Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery Regiment posing with an artillery piece in Fort Totten, Washington, D.C. 1865. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Saturday, November 8, 2014
Union Soldiers Posing With a Cannon in the Captured Fortifications of a Confederate Battery Overlooking the James River, Virginia (1865)
Union soldiers posing with a cannon in the captured fortifications of a Confederate battery overlooking the James River, Virginia, 1865. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Union Soldiers Posing With an Artillery Piece in an Emplacement on Missionary Ridge During the Civil War in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Union soldiers posing with an artillery piece in an emplacement on Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
View of a Union Artillery Unit Fording Tributary of the Rappahannock River on the Day of the Battle of Cedar Mountain (1862)
View of a Union artillery unit posing for a photograph during their fording of a tributary of the Rappahannock River on the day of the Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Union Soldiers Posing on Fortifications Captured From Confederate Forces in Yorktown, Virginia (1862)
Union soldiers posing on the captured fortifications of a Confederate battery which were reinforced with cotton bales in Yorktown, Virginia, June 1862. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Saturday, October 4, 2014
A British Artillery Unit With Holt Tractors Passing Through Jerusalem
A British artillery unit with Holt tractors passing through Jerusalem, c. 1918. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Friday, September 19, 2014
Union Soldiers Posing Behind a Whitworth Breech-loading Cannon in Richmond, Virginia (1865)
Union soldiers posing behind a 12-pounder Whitworth breech-loading cannon in Richmond, Virginia, April 1865. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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