United States Christian Commission Headquarters at White House Landing

Union soldiers and civilians posing at a headquarters of the United States Christian Commission, White House Landing, 1864. Animated stereoscopic photograph.

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Union Soldiers Posing with a Captured Confederate Howitzer

Union soldiers posing with a 12-pounder howitzer captured during the Battle of Hanover Court House, 1862. Animated stereoscopic photograph.

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Union Intelligence Agents at Cumberland Landing

Union intelligence agents including spy chief Allan Pinkerton (smoking a pipe in the center background) posing in front of Foller's House at Cumberland Landing, 1862. By James Gibson. Animated stereoscopic photograph.

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Union Soldiers of the 7th New York Militia

Union soldiers of the 7th New York Militia posing in front of a tent, probably taken in Camp Cameron, Washington, DC, 1861. Animated stereoscopic photograph.

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Union Zouaves Posing Around a Makeshift Mess Table at Fort Monroe (1861)

A group of Union Zouaves posing around a makeshift mess table, Fort Monroe, 1861. By George Stacy. Animated stereoview.

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Battery Chatfield on Morris Island

Union soldiers posing with an artillery piece in Battery Chatfield on Morris Island, Charleston, 1864. By Sam A. Cooley.

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Railroad Destruction

Union soldiers of the 1st Michigan Volunteer Engineers and Mechanics Regiment tearing up railroad tracks in Atlanta, 1864. By George Barnard. Animated stereoview.

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Union Soldiers at Fort McAllister

Union soldiers removing artillery shells from Fort McAllister, Georgia, 1864. Animated stereoview.

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Wounded Union Soldiers on the Grounds of Brompton, Fredericksburg (1864)

Union soldiers wounded during the Battle of the Wilderness being cared for beneath a tree at Brompton, Fredericksburg, 1864. Among them are Native American soldiers possibly from the 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Sharpshooters. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Union Soldiers Playing Cards

Union soldiers of the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment playing cards and drinking in camp, Columbus, Kentucky, 1864. By John Carbutt. Animated stereoview.

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Captured Confederate Fortifications in Centreville

A group of Union soldiers posing on captured Confederate fortifications in Centreville, 1862. Animated stereoscopic photograph.

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Union Soldiers Returning From Foraging

Union soldiers of the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry returning from foraging, Columbus, Kentucky, c. 1864. By John Carbutt. Animated stereoview.

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Women of the White Mountain Rangers

Members of the White Mountain Rangers, a home guard militia, pose with their spears, c. 1861. Very little information is known about the photograph, but it is probably not a serious military unit. The women seem to have a bit of a uniform going on. A young boy and older male teenager, possibly the acting officer in charge, appear at the far right and far left of the photo. Women in civilian clothing stand on the porch. Gilder Lehrman claims the photograph could have been taken in New Hampshire. By Alexander Gardner.

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Union Soldiers Returning Home

A large crowd attending an event welcoming Union soldiers home, Philadelphia, 1865. The main stand for where the most prominent attendees sit is the structure in the background festooned with flags. The banner in the background contains the names of the battles the soldiers fought in including the battles of Seven Pines, Bull Run, Antietam, Malvern Hill, and Mobile Bay. Animated stereoview.

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Union Picket in Front of Atlanta

Union soldiers manning a picket line in front of Atlanta, 1864.

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Two Views of the Great Sumter Rally in Union Square, New York City (1861)

Animated stereoview of the crowd in Union Square during the Great Sumter Rally. Source.

View taken after the end of the event after much of the crowd had dispersed. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

Two photographs of a large crowd of people in a gathering to show support for the preservation of the Union after the fall of Fort Sumter in Union Square, New York City, 1861. Around 100,000 people were said to have attended the event which would have made it the largest gathering of people held in the United States up to that point. It succeeded in raising money and enlisting soldiers for the early Union Army and was credited with helping to defend Washington, D.C., in the early months of the war. The event has variety of different names including "The Great Union Meeting," "The Great Mass Meeting," and the "Great Sumter Rally."

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Captured Confederate Flags

Union soldiers posing with Confederate flags that they captured in battle, each of whom was awarded a Medal of Honor for the feat, 1865. General John Gibbon, at center with his left hand on his belt, was in charge of transporting them to Washington, DC. Photograph is said to portray the 14 Medal of Honor recipients from the Battle of Fort Gregg during the Siege of Petersburg. Probably taken after Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House.

Possibly the first photograph taken of soldiers with flags that they had captured in battle, a phenomenon that would become very popular in 20th century wars.

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The Dutch Gap Canal Combat Photograph

Before (left) and after (right) the Confederate shell exploded.

The negative version of the left photograph (before the shell exploded). The smoke coming from a fire in the shelter built into the canal in the background is obviously different from the smoke said to be coming from the exploded Confederate shell.

Animated stereoscopic view which looks like it was taken during the same photo shoot as the other two photographs.

An image taken during the Dutch Gap Canal photographic sequence was possibly the first combat photograph to be taken during fighting on land (top right). According to the stereocard it was released on: “The mist rising against the bank is caused by a rebel shell, which exploded just as this view was being photographed, December, 1864.” Unfortunately, this is the best quality image of the photograph so far released online. The CCWP web post says that Union soldiers can be seen moving away from the smoke in the background to the right, inferring that they are escaping the shell explosion. It appears they are emerging from digging in a deeper section of the canal. The officer in the right foreground is said to look quite unfazed by the whole ordeal, merely turning his head towards the commotion. The image said to be taken right before the shell exploded is on the top left and a better resolution version is below it. . The animated stereoview photograph at the bottom looks like it was taken during the same photo shoot as the other two and portrays the same main subjects but from a greater distance away. Possibly taken by A.J. Russell.

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View of Union Soldiers Drawn up to to Watch an Execution Near Petersburg, Virginia (1864)

Photograph from right half of the stereoscopic pair.

Photograph from left half of the stereoscopic pair.

A regiment of Union soldiers drawn up to watch an execution of an unknown individual or individuals, near Petersburg, Virginia, August 1864. Two recently dug graves can be seen to the right of the gallows presumably for the people about to be executed. Even though it was captured as a stereoscopic image, the photograph was taken at too extreme of a distance to show anything interesting when animated. By John Reekie.

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A Film-Like Photographic Sequence and Stereoscopic Views of a Union Camp From One Plate

Animated photographic sequence.

Animated stereoscopic view of the top photographs.

Animated stereoscopic view of the bottom photographs.

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A rare four photograph stereoscopic plate taken of Union soldiers in camp which is probably a Sanitary Commission camp in Virginia, c. 1864. Each photograph was taken seconds apart which allows the photos to be viewed in a film-like photographic sequence as seen in the first animation. It also allows the photographs to be viewed as animated stereoscopic images, which can be seen in the second and third animations.

Animations of stereoscopic images from four-photograph plates sadly do not seem to come out as well as those of the standard two-photograph stereoscopic plates. Distortions seem to be present that prevent this perhaps because photographers never perfected using the four photograph plates or else it was simply too impractical.

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