Civil War Camps

Historic images of Civil War encampments, battlefield sites, and troops, reflecting the harsh realities and preparation of war.

Battle-field of Gettysburg. Scene of the charge of the Louisiana Tigers | Library of Congress

Camp of 55th New York Infantry. No. B1071, Title from item, Mounted with 5 other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

War album 24, picture 6398.

Field train. .

French mortar in action during the Battle of Somme, France, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 30, July 23, 1916.

Visit of King William III - the Prince of Orange and Prince Alexander on/ Het Fort Rijnauwen - September 1, 1870 -

The picture shows soldiers running over a field where there are several smoke clouds from exploding grenades.According to inscription, the image must represent an ongoing seizure of German soldiers during the First World War .. The picture shows soldiers running over a field where there are several smoke clouds from exploding grenades.According to inscription, the image must represent an ongoing seizure of German soldiers during the First World War.

War album 106, picture 32536.

Battle-field of Gettysburg. Scene of the charge of the Louisiana Tigers | Library of Congress

One of a series of four photos with the page caption "East African Police Sports August 25th 1917.'' This photograph shows a tug of war with African men in KAR uniforms, being coached by European officers, in the foreground. A large multiracial crowd spectate around the perimeter. Original manuscript caption: K.A.R. Pulling.

Warren Station, near Petersburg (graves) 1864 Timothy H. O'Sullivan American, born Ireland. Warren Station, near Petersburg (graves). Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840-1882). 1864. Albumen silver print from glass negative. Photographs

Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run. Barnard and Gibson; American, active 19th century. Date: 1862. Dimensions: 17.3 x 22.6 cm (image/paper); 31.2 x 44.5 cm (album page). Albumen print, pl. 7 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Barnard and Gibson.

Pontoon bridge at Deep Bottom, James River, Virginia. No. 254, Title from item, Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921-1940, Item: Upper pontoon bridge, Deep Bottom, James River, Va, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Deep Bottom.

Getreided rusch by 9.korpskMDOs. In Volhynia /: Ostrozec 14.x.1915.:/.

Quartermaster and Ambulance Camp, Brandy Station, Virginia 1861-65 Timothy H. O'Sullivan American, born Ireland. Quartermaster and Ambulance Camp, Brandy Station, Virginia 268054

Somme district

Fort Putnam, previously Confederate Battery Gregg, Morris Island, South Carolina. No. B42, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Artillery (Weaponry), South Carolina, Morris Island, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, South Carolina, Morris Island, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, South Carolina, Morris Island.

Headquarters of Chief Commissary Army of the Cumberland. No. B725, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Cedar Level Station, City Point and Army Line, December, 1864. Title from item. Railroad freight cars, Virginia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel.

Feed passport Berehinsko in November 1916.

Fort Brady, James River 1864 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Fort Brady, James River 268169

Camp Jameson, Hall's Hill, 22nd Maine Infantry 1861-65 Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady American. Camp Jameson, Hall's Hill, 22nd Maine Infantry 268190

Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Dampfwäscherei des 9. Korps. OSTROZEC 13.x.1915. .

Battle-field of Gettysburg. Scene of General Reynold's death. No. 966, Title from item, Caption continues: Archer's (Confederate) brigade was advancing to seize the clump of woods on right of picture. General Reynolds ordered Meredith's brigade to repel the attempts, and was sitting on his horse at the edge of the woods, encouraging the men as they passed him, when he was shot. McPherson's Woods, Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. I, p. 75, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg.

The monitor Mahopac, (i.e. Lehigh) James River, Virginia. No. B429, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 179," citation refers to the ship as the Lehigh, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, James River.

Materal bearing place on the field railway station terminal east Nesterowce on 1 July. 1916.

War album 106, picture 32675.

Inspection of Troops at Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey, Virginia Made 1862 United States. Albumen print, pl. 15 from the album Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1 (1866) . Wood and Gibson

Gen. Butlers' Dutch Gap canal. In the centre sic is a dam to keep out the water.... The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Pontoon bridge across Hazel River, Virginia, March, 1864. No. B407, Title from item, Hand written on mount: "Welford's Ford", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

US Civil War. The Overland Campaign, The Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864. Wagon train crossing a pontoon bridge in Virginia, during the US Civil War. This is believed to be the crossing of the Union V Corps, at the Germanna Ford on the Rapidan River, May 4th. Photo by Timothy O'Sullivan (BSLOC_2018_9_111)

U.S. Quartermaster's repair shops on Nashville Turnpike, Nashville, Tenn., March, 1864. No. 8501, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Tennessee, Nashville.

Newsboys camp, showing tents

War album 107, picture 32768.

Landing Place, Railway Stores, Balaklava. Artist: Roger Fenton (British, 1819-1869). Dimensions: Image: 27.9 x 36.4 cm (11 x 14 5/16 in.)Mount: 43.5 x 58.9 cm (17 1/8 x 23 3/16 in.). Date: 1855.Commissioned by the Manchester publisher Thomas Agnew to document the Crimean War, Fenton departed for the Black Sea port of Balaklava on February 20, 1855, with two assistants, a letter of introduction from Prince Albert, five cameras, seven hundred glass plates, a wine merchant's van refitted as a traveling darkroom, and thirty-six large chests of provisions. His extensive documentation of the war-the first use of photography for that purpose-focused on the port, camps, and officers of the British and French armies, along with more picturesque subjects such as Zouaves, Turks, and Croats. It did not include photographs of the fighting itself, which was beyond the technical grasp of the medium. Nor did it depict the wounded and the dead, which would have offended both taste and the political

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). Blockhouse on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

War album 108, Figure 33124.

Place de la Citadelle. Varady & Company

Photo collection First World War. Face from the famous quarry height 108 at Berry Au Bac, on the first German statements conquered by the Germans to the Aisnekanaal. In the background the conquered place Berry Au Bac. 1914-1918}. Aisnekanaal, Berry au Bac, France

War album 95, picture 28271.

General hospital wharf. Army of the Potomac, City Point, Va., US, USA, America, Vintage photography

Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. Headquarters of General George B. McClellan, Camp Winfield Scott. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, McClellan, George B, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, United States, Virginia, Yorktown.

Morris Island, South Carolina. Naval Battery. Two 8-inch Parrot Rifles. Breaching Battery against Fort Sumter. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Gesigt van den Krommen Rijn 25 Juny 1759

Feldspital 2/16 in Prvacina, Trainbaracke, 10.5.1916. .

Östl.Galuzia: defensive connection trench in the 1st line. .

Gen. Sherman's wagon train, near Savannah, Ga. Swamp Angel," Morris Island, S. C.. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Camp of 30th Pennsylvania Infantry. Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823-1896 New York). Date: 1861-65. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

War album 95, picture 28179.

US Civil War, Peninsula Campaign, April-August, 1862. At the Union encampment at Cumberland Landing, on the Pamunky River, Virginia, May 1862. In the distance ranks of Union troops are drilled near tents. In the foreground is a 'limber', an artillery ammunition wagon. Photo by Wood & Gibson (BSLOC_2018_7_91)

Through enemy grenades destroyed house. .

Painting the Racławice Panorama: fragment of the canvas showing the mounted hussar on the road from the direction of the Dziemierzyce farm. Hamel i Feigl (Lwów ; skład materiałów fotograficznych ; 1892-ca 1905), merchant employer, unknown, photographer

Positions and accommodations between Kote 77 and 121.

55.itd. The place of land.

Alexandria, Virginia (vicinity). Battery Rodgers overlooking the Potomac near Jones' Point. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Pontoon bridges across James River at Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865. No. 4088, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Pontoon bridges, Virginia, Richmond, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, United States, Virginia, Richmond.

Winter quarters of the Engineer Corps., US, USA, America, Vintage photography

Brandy Station, Virginia House used as headquarters by General David. B. Birney, commanding 1st Division, 3d Corps. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Birney, David B, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

Commander's Hill Naval Station - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The United States assumed territorial control over Guantanamo Bay under the 1903 Cuban-American Treaty, which granted the United States a perpetual lease of the area. The Guantanamo Bay Naval Base was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees from the 1970s onwards and following the commencement of the war in Afghanistan in October 2001, 775 detainees have been brought to Guantanamo from the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, 420 being releas

Landing Place, Railway Stores, Balaklava. Roger Fenton; English, 1819-1869. Date: 1855. Dimensions: 28.1 × 36 cm (image/paper); 40.5 × 53.2 cm (mount). Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, FLORENCIA, USA.

Petersburg, Virginia. View of mills. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Floods 1955 , Floods, Buildings, Debris, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Fortifications on Bermuda Hundred's Line near Point of Rocks, Virginia. No. B707, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Transport camel lines at Basra

View from Confederate Lines Southeast of Atlanta, Georgia, photo by George N. Barnard, 1864

US Civil War. Battle of Antietam, also called Battle of Sharpsburg, Sept. 17, 1862. Horse artillery remains in the Antietam battlefield shortly after the battle. Photo by Alexander Gardner (BSLOC_2018_7_148)

Appomattox Station, Virginia. Timothy O'Sullivan; American, born Ireland, 1840-1882. Date: 1865. Dimensions: 17.7 x 23 cm (image/paper); 31.1 x 44.6 cm (album page). Albumen print, pl. 97 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Mounted cavalry riding past reviewing stand during the "grand review" of the Union Army, Washington, D.C. | Library of Congress

Field bakery. .

Belle Plain, Virginia. Encampment of 2nd N.Y. and 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery | Library of Congress

War album 95, picture 28156.

British Major Brandling's Troop, Encampment of Horse Artillery, showing Soldiers, Huts and Bell Tents, during Crimean War, near Kadikoi, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

Chattanooga. No. B710, Title from item, Mounted with 1 other photograph, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Fort Price 1861-65 Timothy H. O'Sullivan American, born Ireland. Fort Price 268152

War album 89, picture 26056.

California and Idaho troops in churchyard at San Pedro Macati, in Pasig, March 14-15, 1899. During the 2nd Battle of Manilla, in the first organized US campaign of the Philippine-American War, the church was used as a hospital and campground for American soldiers (BSLOC_2017_10_78)

War album 95, picture 28209.

War album 95, picture 28126.

Stage Bakery of the 4th K.U.K. Army.

Residence Chief Quartermaster Third Army Corps, Brandy Station Made 1863 United States. Albumen print, pl. 52 from the album Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II (1866) . James Gardner

Schützenregiment 33, positions in Zarzecz am Stochod.

Pictures of life at the front or in the hinterland, Russian war showplatz.

Naval Stores - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Todd's Tavern at junction of Brock, Catharpin and Piney Branch Roads. No. 5033, No. "18.", Title from item, Mounted with 4 other photographs with general caption: Battlefield of the "Wilderness", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Positions of the enemy, a view taken from Bastion 67 (Sixth Sector) (TF)

Destroyed dwellings still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1878. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Tornadoes , Connecticut , Wallingford, Natural disasters

Group of soldiers at a canteen building, Dutch East Indies, Anonymous, 1870 - 1900 photograph Dutch East Indies, The paper. cardboard albumen print barracks. mess ~ the soldier off duty Dutch East Indies, The

Barcelona, December 1895. Cuban War. Embarkation of the Navarra and San Quintín battalions at the Riba dock in Barcelona.

Sanitary Commission, Wash., D.C., 1865. No. 7005, Title from item, Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Washington (D.C.)

Winter Quarters of the Rebel Army, at Manassas, Va., 1862..

A Bombproof Shelter for the Soldier during the Seige of Petersburg, August 10, 1864.. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

Taylor's Tavern, near Falls Church, Virginia. No. B808, Title from item, Photograph is half of a stereograph pair, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Falls Church.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. View of Little Round Top. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General View of Camp. Dated: 1855-1856. Dimensions: image: 21.5 × 27 cm (8 7/16 × 10 5/8 in.) mount: 32.5 × 40.8 cm (12 13/16 × 16 1/16 in.). Medium: albumen print. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: James Robertson.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Landsturm-battleships Nr. 217..

Crimea. Léon-Eugène Méhédin (French, 1828 - 1905)

Officer's Division, U.S. General Hospital (Chesapeake Hospital) and white tents at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Hospitals, Virginia, Hampton, 1860-1870, Tents, Virginia, Hampton, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union.

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Rotterdam. Station scholarship. May 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Camp - Gettysburg

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