Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Union Soldiers Dining in a Clearing in Beaufort, South Carolina (1862)



Union soldiers dining in a clearing with African American servants waiting on them in Beaufort, South Carolina, April 1862. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Monday, August 4, 2014

Union Officers From Company E of the 93rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Dining in Camp in Bealeton, Virginia (1863)


Union officers from Company E of the 93rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment dining in camp in Bealeton, Virginia, August 1863. By  Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Bounty Brokers Looking for Men to Enlist in Front of a Recruitment Office for the U.S. Navy


A group of bounty brokers looking for men to enlist posing in front of a recruitment office for the U.S. Navy. The two men with badges might be members of local or military policemen looking for bounty jumpers. Published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Company. Animated stereoview.

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Saturday, August 2, 2014

A Group of African American Men Repairing Railroad Tracks Near Murfreesboro, Tennessee (1863)


A group of African American men repairing railroad tracks shortly after the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1863. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Friday, August 1, 2014

African American Union Soldiers Guarding a Section of Union Siege Line Fortifications During the Siege of Petersburg Near Petersburg, Virginia (1864)


View of mostly African American Union soldiers guarding a section of Union siege line fortifications during the Siege of Petersburg near Petersburg, Virginia, August 7, 1864. A number of them are looking towards what are probably Confederate lines in the background. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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A Reunion of Union Soldiers Who Had Been Incarcerated in Confederate Prison Camps


A reunion of former Union POWs who had been incarcerated in the Confederate prison camps of Andersonville Prison, Libby Prison, Florence Stockade, and Belle Isle Prison. Possibly taken in 1884 during the 18th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Minneapolis. By Daniel W. Webb. Animated stereoview.

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The Burial of Crewmen Who Died in the Sinking of the USS Maine in Arlington Cemetery, Virginia (1899)


The burial of crewmen who died in the sinking of the USS Maine in Arlington Cemetery, Virginia, 1899. Animated stereoview.

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Union Soldiers of the 93rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment in Bealeton, Virginia (1863)



Union soldiers of the 93rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment in camp in Bealeton, Virginia, 1863. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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French Princes Serving in the Union Army Playing Dominoes at Camp Winfield Scott in Yorktown (1862)


Two Union officers who were also members of French royalty Prince Robert (Duke of Chartres, far left) and Prince Philippe (Count of Paris, center) playing dominoes with friends at Camp Winfield Scott in Yorktown, Virginia, 1862. Their uncle, François d’Orléans (Prince of Joinville), is sitting on the far right wearing checkered pants. By James F. Gibson. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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