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Friday, August 14, 2026

Engraving of a Lost Photo of Officers of the Boston Light Infantry On a Visit to New York City (1858)

 

Engraving of a lost photograph of officers of the Boston Light Infantry on a visit to New York City, New York, 1858. The men are identified as (standing, left to right): Adjutant Dodd, Surgeon Green, Paymaster Boyd, Quartermaster Newton, and (sitting, left to right) Lieutenant Jordan, Lieutenant Smith, Captain Charles Rogers, Lieutenant Allen, Lieutenant Train. The original photograph was taken by photographer Charles DeForest Fredricks. The engraving was originally published in the June 28, 1858 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

Source: Internet Archive.

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Belgian Soldiers Guarding a Checkpoint Near Halen, Belgium (1914)


Belgian soldiers guarding a checkpoint near Halen, Belgium, shortly after the German invasion of Belgium, August 1914.

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Friday, August 28, 2015

A Group of What Are Believed to be French Zouaves and Chasseurs Posing for the Camera at an Unidentified Location (1860's)


A group of what are believed to be French Zouaves and chasseurs posing for the camera at an unidentified location, c. 1860's.

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Thanks to Gary Dombrowski and members of Civil War Talk for pointing out that these are probably French troops.

Monday, June 1, 2015

Portrait of Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers From Company F of the 8th Regiment New York State Militia


Portrait of officers and non-commissioned officers from Company F of the 8th Regiment New York State Militia, c. 1850′s. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Militiamen of the 1st Regiment, Missouri State Guards, Posing at Camp Lewis Which Was Set up on Fair Grounds in St. Louis, Missouri (1860)


"Camp Lewis, 1st Regiment, Missouri State Guards, Col. A. R. Easton, St. Louis Fair Grounds. Salted Paper Print, 1860." Militiamen of the 1st Regiment, Missouri State Guards, posing at Camp Lewis which was set up on fair grounds in St. Louis, Missouri, 1860.

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Saturday, February 21, 2015