Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Three Union Soldiers and Two African American Camp Servant Boys Posing in Front of a Tent During the Civil War


Three Union soldiers and two African American camp servant boys posing in front of a tent in an unidentified camp during the Civil War. Attributed to Mathew Brady. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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French Cavalrymen of the Cent-Gardes Squadron at Camp Châlons, France (1857)


French cavalrymen of the Cent-gardes Squadron at Camp Châlons, France, 1857. By Gustave Le Gray.

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A Group of Wide Awake Marchers Posing With Their Lanterns (1861)


A group of Wide Awake marchers posing with their lanterns, 1861.

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Time-Lapse View of Union Wharves and Supply Boats at City Point, Virginia, Shortly After the Explosion of a Large Amount of Ordnance Which was Sparked by a Confederate Saboteur (1864)


Time-lapse view of Union wharves and supply boats at City Point, Virginia, shortly after the explosion of a large amount of ordnance which was sparked by a Confederate saboteur, August 1864. By Timothy O'Sullivan.

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An Independence Day Parade Attended by a Large Crowd in the Campus Martius Area of Detroit, Michigan (1866)


An Independence Day parade attended by a large crowd in the Campus Martius area of Detroit, Michigan, July 4, 1866. By J.J. Randall.

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Monday, February 9, 2015

Portrait of Two Union Officers in an Unidentified Camp During the Civil War


"Capt. Marshall with another officer." Portrait of two Union officers in an unidentified camp during the Civil War. Attributed to Mathew Brady.

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Time-Lapse View of Union Soldiers Posing in Front of A. Foulke's Sutler Hut in the Camp of the 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery in Brandy Station, Virginia



Time-lapse view of Union soldiers posing in front of A. Foulke's sutler hut in the camp of the 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery in Brandy Station, Virginia, February 1864. By James F. Gibson.

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Another photograph of the scene from another angle published in Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

Union Soldiers of the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment Standing at Attention at Fort Wayne in Detroit, Michigan, During the Civil War


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Union soldiers of the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment standing at attention at Fort Wayne in Detroit, Michigan, during the Civil War. By J.J Bardwell.

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Two Views of the United States Capitol With Its New Dome Under Construction, Washington, D.C. (1859)



Two view of the United States Capitol with its new dome under construction, Washington, D.C., 1859. By the Langenheim brothers. Animated stereoview.

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