Civil War Encampments

Historical images of military camps and scenes from the American Civil War, showing tents, soldiers, and battlefield activities.

Camp of U.S. Military R.R. Construction Corp near Manchester, Va., April, 1865 | Library of Congress

Camp of U.S. Military R.R. Construction Corp near Manchester, Va., April, 1865 | Library of Congress

Scene of Ewell's attack, May 19, 1864, near Spottsylvania i.e. Spotsylvania Court House. 1st Mass. Artillery burying the dead. Civil War Photograph Collection, No. 724. Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va, 1864, Gravedigging, Virginia, Spotsylvania, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Cemeteries.

Petersburg, Va. Quarters of photographers attached to Engineer Corps in front of Petersburg | Library of Congress

Morris Island, South Carolina. Fort Putnam, formerly Confederate battery Gregg. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Tents with Flag #1. Attributed to George Davidson, photographer (Scottish, born 1854) or Carleton Watkins, photographer (American, 1829 - 1916) January 1889

Bivak River, 1903 - 1913 photograph View of the bivouac Lampahan, a few soldiers and a woman and two children in front of the gate. Sticked photo in an album with 107 photos about the construction of the Gajoweg on North Sumatra between Bireuen and Takinguen between 1903-1914. Noord-sumatra photographic support Gajoweg

Headquarters of Christian Commission, Germantown, Virginia (). No. 4151, Title from item, Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866, v. II, pl. 53, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VII, p. 337", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States Christian Commission, Facilities, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

Antietam, Md. General Randolph B. Marcy with officers and civilians at Army of the Potomac headquarters. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Marcy, Randolph B, Rives, Wright, Garrett, John W, Porter, Andrew P, Mather, Thomas S, Hatch, Ozias M, Kennedy, Joseph C. G, Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862, United States, Maryland, Antietam.

Extension institution at PlotyCza.Gammansicht II.

Keedysville, Maryland (vicinity). Smith's barn, used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam | Library of Congress

Brandy Station, Virginia, vicinity. Camp of 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 3d Division, Cavalry Corps. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, Army, Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 18th (1862-1865) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Cavalry, Union, Military camps, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station, Pennsylvania troops , 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry

General Porters headquarters camp in front of Yorktown, Virginia , Headquarters General Porter, Farnhold's house and York River in the distance. No. 370, Title from item, Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner..by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003, Mounted with 3 other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, Virginia, Yorktown.

Interior view of Rebel fort in front of Petersburg works, manned by Cowan's Independent battery, 1st New York, 24th June, 1864. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Petersburg, Virginia Captured Confederate encampment. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865, Military camps, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Culpeper, Virginia. Dr. Charles K. Irwin, 72nd New York Infantry in front of tent | Library of Congress

Hampton, Virginia View of the town. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Hampton (Va.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865 , United States, Virginia, Hampton.

Stage stations and loading stations of the fourth K.U.K. Army probably in the area of Kowel.

Camp near Brandy Station, Virginia 1863-64 James Gardner American. Camp near Brandy Station, Virginia 268051

Fort Totten, N.W. of Washington 1865 Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady American. Fort Totten, N.W. of Washington. 1865. Albumen silver print from glass negative. Photographs

Petersburg, Virginia. Earthworks in front of Petersburg. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

High area of 7 municipalities. Freigager of a battery. .

A field with tents in the Camp de Châlons, Gustave Le Gray, 1857 photograph France cardboard. photographic support albumen print (military) camp with tents Châlons camp

Quarters of Company D, U.S. Engineer Battalion, Brandy Station, Virginia, March, 1864. No. 5, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

Tents and Military Gear, Camp de Chalons. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)

Belle Plain Landing, Virginia. No. B388, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Petersburg, Virginia Bomb-proof quarters, Fort Sedgwick ("Fort Hell"). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. Roche, T. C, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865, Forts & fortifications, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Culpeper, Virginia. Dr. Charles K. Irwin, 72nd New York Infantry in front of tent. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General Hospital, Point of Rocks, Appomattox River below Petersburg. Artist: Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840-1882). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823-1896 New York). Date: 1864. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fort Fisher, N.C. Interior of the "Pulpit"; another view. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort), Siege, 1864-1865, Forts & fortifications, United States, North Carolina, Fort Fisher.

Belle Plain, Virginia. Camp of 150th Pennsylvania Infantry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Austrian 15 cm. gun in action

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Fair Oaks, Virginia. Rudoubt thrown up by Captain Jeremiah McCarthy, 1st Pa. Artillery near the extreme front at the battle of Fair Oaks. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Brandy Station, Virginia. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Eastern half of the camp. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Union Army Camp Kitchen. Unknown maker, American

Petersburg, Virginia. General Orlando B. Willcox and staff. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Headquarters 6th Army Corps. Warren Station, in front of Petersburg, Virginia. No. B255, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

10/01/1914. The Germans in France. Partial appearance of Rethel's camp. In the Center, the Field Furnaces.

Colored infantry camp | Library of Congress

View of troops in formation with camp in background. No. B650, Title devised by library staff, Mounted with 5 other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Confederate fortifications at Gloucester Point, Virginia, opposite Yorktown, Virginia. Civil War Photograph Collection, This record contains unverified data from caption card, Caption card tracings: Civil War Forts..; Civil War Yorktown Campaign; Geogr.; Ph. Ind.

View Of Kitchen, Dental Clinic, Supplies Ward And Dispensary Tents At The 8Th Air Force Service Supply Deopt At Thrapston, England. 8 June 1943.

Cedar Mountain, Virginia Battlefield viewed from the west. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields, Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va, 1862, Battlefields, United States, Virginia, Cedar Mountain.

Fairfax Court House, Virginia. Captain J.B. Howard, A.Q.M. and group at headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Construction Underway At Tripoli Camp, Iceland. 21 August 1941.

Cumberland Landing, Virginia. Encampment of the Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Arlington, Virginia. Rear entrance, Fort Corcoran. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Tents with camp Roma, Oil painting of August Xaver Pettenkofen

Dabuk Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division

Rough rider camp, Santiago , Military camps, Tents, Spanish-American War, 1898

From Little Round Top, overloooking the Valley of Death. Excelsior Stereo Views. Battle of Gettysburg. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Gettysburg (Pa.), Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.)

Officers' Mess, Xxix Tactical Air Command, Headquarterssomewhere In France. 9 October 1944.

Dutch Gap Canal. No. 672, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Dutch Gap Canal. The upper row of views taken in April 1865. The lower row of views taken in November 1864, while canal was being dug, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, United States, Virginia, James River.

US Civil War, Peninsula Campaign, Seven Days Battles, June 25-July 1, 1862. Ruins of White House, which was burned as the Union Army destroyed supplies they could not take on retreat, June 28, 1862. Euphemistically called 'a change of base,' the move to Harrison Landing, on the James River, was in response to the Union defeat at the Battle of Gaines' Mill the previous day (BSLOC_2018_7_110)

General Ambrose E. Burnside (reading newspaper) with Mathew B. Brady (nearest tree) at Army of the Potomac headquarters. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862, , Burnside, Ambrose E, Brady, Mathew B, approximately 1823-1896, United States, Virginia

Groups: Forest Service Technical. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. North-west view of stockade. No. 8215, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VII, p. 75 (bottom)", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Georgia, Andersonville.

Groups, By State - Arizona. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

James River, Virginia. Building winter quarters, Ft. Brady. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Otto.lager at Podwysocki, team tents. .

West Point Cadet Camp

US Civil War, Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, March 23-June 9, 1862. Confederate prisoners captured in the Battle of Front Royal are under relaxed guard in a Union camp in the Shenandoah Valley (BSLOC_2018_7_137)

Headquarters Field Office of the Trenches. Second Parallel.. Haas & Peale, photographer (American, active 1846 - 1867) 1863 A field office constructed of what appears to be soil and sandbags with multiple soldiers standing posed in front of it. The soldiers appear to be carrying bayonets and other objects. Equipment such as barrels are visible in the foreground. (Recto, sheet) lower center, light green ink: "Photo by Haas & Peale Morris Island & Hilton Head S.C."; (Recto, sheet) lower right, letterpress label in black ink: "No.14. - Headquarters Field Office of the Trenches/ Second Parallel."; (Verso, sheet) lower left, in pencil: "25-";

Artillery Wagons, Balaklava in the distance.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Civil War camp scene, showing company kitchen, 1863() , Camp of the 6th New York Artillery at Brandy Station, Virginia April, 1864. Title from item, Alternate title handwritten on item, On mount: US Army Signal Corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921. Kitchens, Virginia, Brandy Station, 1860-1870, Log buildings, Virginia, Brandy Station, 1860-1870, Military cookery, Virginia, Brandy Station, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, War

Westover Landing, Virginia. Officers of 3rd and 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry illustrating the hardships of war. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Recruits, Aldershot, H.A.C. Fargo Camp. 1914

Brandy Station, Virginia Quarters of Captain Harry Clinton, quartermaster, Provost Guard. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Clinton, Harry, Guards, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

Quartermaster's Office at 7th St. Wharf, Wash., D.C.. Brady-Handy Studio, Civil War Photograph Collection , No. 876. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Battalion auxiliary Square Landwehrfanterieregimentes 24. In Szelwow.

Miners gathering outside the Post Office at Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush Date: July 1900

Africa, Ethiopia, Abyssinian tracks impassable for heavy rains, 1920-30.

Band Quarters of 9th or 10th Veteran Reserve Corp. Wash. D.C., April 1865.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General View Of The Operations Tent Of The 307Th Fighter Squadron, 31St Fighter Group At An Airfield At Nettuno, Italy. 2 Feb. 1944.

Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman's men in Confederate fort east of Atlanta | Library of Congress

Germans cooking near firing line, North Sea Coast

Königsbrück. Troop Exercise Platz - Old bearing

Bealeton, Virginia. Company K 93d New York Infantry headquarters guard. Army of the Potomac. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Field mass in Piaseczna (II). Front of the Polish Legions in Volhynia. Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

Miners camp, Paparoa, circa 1906, West Coast, by Robert Bell.

Washington, District of Columbia. Government repair shops; Plumber's shop. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Centreville, Virginia The principal fort. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Forts & fortifications, United States, Virginia, Centreville.

Port of Balaklava with ships and tents, during the Crimean War, Crimean Peninsula and part of the city of Sevastopol, James Robertson, 1854-1856.

Theresienstadt. New field hood in fire position

N.Y. Nat'l Guard

Russian Poles in war zone

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 2 year anniversary 3-10 R.I. and 2nd inf. Brig.; Festivities Poerwokerto. football match. 30 June 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Purwakarta

What do I want, John Henry Warrenton, Virginia, November 1862 / Alex. Gardner, photographer.. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the War, v. 1, Title from item, Another version of this image is available in a later edition, v. 1, plate 27, Illus. in E468.7 .G2. Military camps, Virginia, Warrenton, 1860-1870, Servants, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African-Americans.

Tents of the General Hospital, at Camp Letterman, Gettysburg, in August 1863. The hospital was for the wounded who could not yet travel after the Battle of Gettysburg (BSLOC_2018_9_37)

Ramu Valley Finisterre Range. This is a surgical post, well forward, in the Orgoruna area, where Australian troops this week are advancing towards Jap-held Bogadjim. February 2, 1944.

The Camp Area Of The 41St Bomb Group Begins To Take Shape As Men Of The Group Set Up Their Tents Near The Kadena Airfield On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. 8 June 1945.

Burning Ghat. John Edward Saché (Prussian or British, born Prussia, 1824 - 1882)

James River, Virginia Work party and mortars at "Butler's Crow's Nest". Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, Bridges, United States, Virginia, James River.

Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards, near Karyni Made 1855 England. Salted paper print, from the album Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea (1856) . Roger Fenton

A Member Of The 1878Th Engineer Aviation Battalion Listens To His Buddy Play String Music As They Relax During Leisure Time. Battalion Pup Tents Are In The Background. Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, May 1945.

Anefo photo collection. VCJC camp in Oirschot. With blanket. July 27, 1948. Oirschot

Camp of the 4th Light Dragoons.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

One of General Grant's Union Field Telegraph stations during the American Civil War (1861-1865), Photograph

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