Showing posts with label mississippi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mississippi. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Union Soldiers Posing in Front of an Encampment Near Corinth, Mississippi, During the Civil War (1860′s)



Union soldiers posing in front of an encampment near Corinth, Mississippi, during the Civil War, c. 1860′s. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

Monday, August 29, 2016

Union Soldiers Posing in Front of Bungalows Which Served as Their Winter Quarters in Corinth, Mississippi (1862)

 

Union soldiers posing in front of bungalows which served as their winter quarters in Corinth, Mississippi, 1862. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

Monday, October 19, 2015

A Group Posing in Front of the Armstead and White Photograph Gallery in Corinth, Mississippi, During the American Civil War (1860's)


A group posing in front of the Armstead and White Photograph Gallery in Corinth, Mississippi, during the Civil War, c. 1860's. A number of photographic negatives on a table are in the process of making prints in the sunlight on the left. Attributed to George Armstead, who is said to be one of the men visible on the left. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

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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.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Photograph Taken During Prisoner Exchange Negotiations Between Union and Confederate Officers Under Flags of Truce at Camp Fisk in Vicksburg, Mississippi (1865)


Photograph taken during prisoner exchange negotiations between Union and Confederate officers under flags of truce at Camp Fisk in Vicksburg, Mississippi, April 1865. Many of the wounded Union POWs released as a result of these negotiations died after the boilers of the SS Sultana, the steamship they were traveling back home on, exploded near Memphis, Tennessee, on April 27, 1865.

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Thursday, December 18, 2014

View of Confederate-held Vicksburg Said to be Taken While Under Confederate Fire During the Siege of Vicksburg (1863)


"Vicksburg, taken under fire." View of Confederate-held Vicksburg from Union lines across the Mississippi River which was said to be taken while under Confederate fire during the Siege of Vicksburg, 1863. Caption written by Assistant Surgeon George H. Bixby. From Miller’s Photographic History of the Civil War.

Monday, February 3, 2014

Animated Comparison of Photographs of the Battle of Corinth Dead (1862)


Comparison between the two photographs of Confederate dead that lay gathered at the bottom of the parapet of Battery Robinett on the day after the Battle of Corinth, 1862. Shows how the bodies had been moved as well as various objects in the background. Colonel William P. Rogers of the 2nd Texas (far left) was holding the colors of his unit when he was killed by canister shot.

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