British soldiers pose next to a mass grave for Ottoman soldiers killed during the Battle of Tel el-Ful, near Jerusalem, Palestine, 1917. Today the area is known as Gibeah. Animated stereoview.
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Friday, February 28, 2014
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 Zouaves Posing in Camp at Fort Monroe (1861)
A group of Union Zouaves in camp posing in camp at Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1861. By George Stacy. Animated stereoview.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Distant View of the USS New Ironsides Firing at Confederate-Held Fort Sumter or Fort Moultrie From Just Off Morris Island, South Carolina (1863)
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| Close-up of the scene. |
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| Close-up of spectators and the Union ironclads behind them. |
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| Close-up of the USS New Ironsides firing. |
Distant view of the USS New Ironsides (right) and other Union ironclads firing at Confederate-held Fort Sumter or Fort Moultrie from just off Morris Island as a large number of spectators on the beach watch the action, 1863. By Haas and Peale.
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| Profile view of the USS New Ironsides (center) leaving Hampton Roads for North Carolina. Source. |
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Two Views of the Great Sumter Rally in Union Square, New York City (1861)
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| Animated stereoview of the crowd in Union Square during the Great Sumter Rally. Source. |
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| View taken after the end of the event after much of the crowd had dispersed. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War. |
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Distant Glimpse of the Second Battle of Fredericksburg in Progress (1863)
Three men in a tree on Stafford Heights watching distant fighting on Marye’s Heights during the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, 1863. Smoke from the battle is possibly visible in the distance which would make it one of the earliest combat photographs of a land battle. The destroyed railroad bridge over the Rappahannock River is in the middle ground of the photo.
Photograph is from the National Park Service via the Western Reserve Historical Society, which seems to have a large collection of previously unpublished American Civil War photographs. The photograph was discovered by Bob Zeller, the president of the Center for Civil War Photography.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Mosby's Rangers
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| John S. Mosby (sitting in center with legs crossed) posing with some of his men in a studio, possibly postwar. |
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| John S. Mosby standing (center) posing with a group of his men in a studio, possibly postwar, c. 1865. |
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| Five members of Mosby's Rangers, possibly postwar, c. 1865. |
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| 16-year-old Sergeant William T. Biedler of Mosby's Rangers, c. 1863. |
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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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Union Zouaves of the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Standing at Attention in Fort Monroe (1861)
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