Thursday, May 12, 2016

Engraving of a Possibly Lost Tintype Portrait of Union Soldiers Posing With at Least 30 Confederate Flags They Captured at the Battle of Sailor’s Creek in Virginia (1865)


Engraving of a possibly lost tintype portrait of Union soldiers posing with at least 30 Confederate flags they captured at the Battle of Sailor’s Creek in Virginia, April 1865. Most, if not all of the soldiers photographed here were awarded the Medal of Honor for their achievement of capturing an enemy flag. From the book Uncle Sam's Medal of Honor Some of the Noble Deeds For Which the Medal Has Been Awarded, Described by Those Who Have Won It, 1861-1886.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Monday, May 2, 2016

Portrait of a Group of Unidentified Police Officers Armed With Bayoneted Muskets and Onlookers Posing in Front of the Metropolitan Hotel in New York City (1860′s)


Portrait of a group of unidentified police officers armed with bayoneted muskets and onlookers posing in front of the Metropolitan Hotel in New York City, c. 1860′s. By Silas A. Holmes and Charles DeForest Fredricks.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Soldiers’ Homestead Advertisement by Union Veteran and Attorney Henry N. Copp Who Briefly Served With Stroud’s Independent Company, Pennsylvania Cavalry (Railroad Troops) During the Civil War (1902)


Soldiers’ homestead advertisement by Union veteran and attorney Henry N. Copp who briefly served with Stroud’s Independent Company, Pennsylvania Cavalry (Railroad Troops) during the Civil War, 1902. From the book Official Program and Pictorial Souvenir of the 36th Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Portrait of Elmer Ellsworth and Other Officers of the 6th Regiment New York State Militia and United States Zouave Cadets in New York City (1860)



Portrait of Elmer Ellsworth (second from left) and other officers of the 6th Regiment New York State Militia and United States Zouave Cadets in New York City, July 1860. By E. L. Brand. From McClure's Magazine.