Civil War Era Troops

Images from the Civil War period show soldiers, encampments, and historical military fortifications, reflecting life and operations of that time.

Winter quarters of Quartermaster's Department, 6th Army Corps. near Hazel River, Virginia, 1864. No. B391, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Fort Corcoran. No. B442, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

K.u.k. Infantry Regiment No.16 in Alt Zuczka, headquarters Freiherr von Planzer Baltin inspects the regiment.

Untitled. Gustave Le Gray; French, 1820-1884. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 27.1 × 36.1 cm (image/paper); 52.8 × 63.7 cm (album page). Albumen print, from the album "Souvenirs du Camp de Chlons". Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Bathing authority in a companizing of the infantry regiment 35, second trough of the pokopivna section, taken on June 2, 1916.

1st Connecticut Battery, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 2, 1863. Title from item. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Fredericksburg.

Winter quarters of Quartermaster's Department, 6th Army Corps. near Hazel River, Virginia, 1864. No. B391, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Photo collection First World War. Refugees pull over a country road. 1914-1918}

Propaganda officer with Russians.

Illustration of life in the field and accommodation at the Russian war showplatz.

Keystone Battery, Pennsylvania Light Artillery 1861-65 Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady American. Keystone Battery, Pennsylvania Light Artillery 268167

Railway workshop in the field on 29.5.1918 These pictures bear the note "Reservation" and were not provided for a publication due to their information content

Untitled (soldiers beside tank), circa 1915, maker unknown.

4. Divisionanity institute, team apartment in Palzca, taken on December 12, 1915.

Cuba, December 1896. Cuban War. Work on the Júcaro to Morón trail. Spanish soldiers preparing the ranch for the troops employed in La Manigua.

War album 106, picture 32489.

Pictures of accommodation, field god services and leisure facilities on the Russian war showplatz.

Plateau before Sebastopol, Turkish tents in the distance; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; Salted paper print; 27 x 36.7 cm (10 5,8 x 14 7,16 in.)

Shopping exercises, Vladimir Wolinsky.

Headquarters, Co. F, 11th Rhode Island Infantry, Miner's Hill, Virginia 1862 Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady American. Headquarters, Co. F, 11th Rhode Island Infantry, Miner's Hill, Virginia 268037

Soldiers preparing cannons on the battlefield. Note: Original photograph is out of focus, Title devised by library staff, Gift; George Holmes; July 26, 1941. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Pontoon bridge across Rappahannock River below Fredericksburg, Virginia. No. B613, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Fredericksburg.

Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, Confederate entrenchments on hill. No. B455, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, James River.

Codroipo Ital. Guns. .

Fort Wallace, Hilton Head, South Carolina, November, 1861 , Fort Walker, Hilton Head, South Carolina, rear view. No. 207, 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 four other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, South Carolina, Hilton Head Island.

Stapfelplatz for hay of the 25th infantry division in Rudnia.

Fieldbar, station at Cervical Magazin Nesterowce.

1906. King Alfonso XIII participates in the hunt on the Trasmulas estate, property of the Count of Agrela. Departure of the hunters after lunch on Cerro de la Porra.

FeldMess at the 12th century.Komdo on the Christmas 1916. in Neagra Sarulin. .

The insurgents occupying Barcelona train station, Venezuela, photograph by U Moriconi, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXX, No 5, February 1, 1903.

Freedman's Barracks, Alexandria, Virginia, 18643-65. Alexandria attracted refugee African Americans during the Civil War. It was in the vicinity of fortification construction and transport on the Potomac River. The well built barracks housed the 'contrabands' in more security than many of 1000 refugee camps for ex-slaves throughout the various war zones. In this photo white adults and children are visiting the barracks (BSLOC_2018_5_106)

Untitled (trench digging), circa 1915, maker unknown.

Buffalo hunter's dugout home and encampment, ca. 1870. The two hunters pose with their rifles and dog. Unskinned bison meat hangs at right. There are two horses and a wagon, with which they can haul the proceeds of their hunting. The photographer, Robert Benecke of St. Louis, was hired in October 1873, to create promotional images along its line from Kansas to Denver (BSLOC_2019_9_43)

Photograph by Ludwig David showing military facilities, printed on albumin paper on a box box between 1890 and 1913, depicting buildings, training grounds, and infrastructure.

Fest to the telephone department of the 25th infantry division on the occasion of the Caiser Karl Caiser.

Headquarters, 10th Army Corps, Hatcher's Farm, Virginia 1861-65 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Headquarters, 10th Army Corps, Hatcher's Farm, Virginia 268145

H.E. The Viceroy's Camp; Bourne & Shepherd (English, founded 1863); London, England; 1877; Woodburytype; 14.8 x 18.1 cm (5 13,16 x 7 1,8 in.)

Horses, Somme-Tourbe, northern France, c1914-c1918. Artist: Unknown.

Winter quarters of the Reserve of the Infantry Regiment No. 54 in the Walde Wygoda. .

The railing appears to the national border from the Norwegian side.

James Robertson, General View of Camp, 1855 1856 General View of Camp

Artillery waggons i.e., wagons, view looking towards Balaclava, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, Virginia. Barnard and Gibson; American, active 19th century. Date: 1862. Dimensions: 17.8 x 22.6 cm (image/paper); 31.2 x 44.5 cm (album page). Albumen print, pl. 5 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.

Dutch East Indies, soldiers in the field. .

A field with tents in the Camp de Chlons.

Fort Rice | Library of Congress

War album 95, picture 28188.

Moroccan War. Melilla Campaign, September 1909. Camp of the Alfau Brigade.

Encampment of Horse Artillery. Roger Fenton; English, 1819-1869. Date: 1855. Dimensions: 23.9 × 33.8 cm (image/paper); 40.4 × 53.3 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, Chicago, USA.

Artillery on Lisa Gora. .

Russian position. .

Coulson Richard N (lt Col) Collection 8th Scottish Rifles Camp: Beit Likia, 21st November 1917.

Segovia. 1906 (CA.) Artillery Practices. The 10th Mounted Batteries doing target shooting exercises.

French mechanised division on the road in northern France during World war one 1914

War album 54, picture 14878.

View of the neutral zone. .

Boer Mountain Battery, Second Boer War, South Africa, photo by Jagar Rossegger, from L'illustrazione Italiana, Year XXVIII, No 10, March 10, 1901.

Outdoor Mass at Canadian Camp: nursing tents. Rows of Tents Established at the St. Cloud Hippodrome Transformed into Canadian Military Hospital, Hauts-de-Seine, March 1916-1918 Anonymous. Outdoor Mass at Canadian Camp: nursing tents. Rows of tents erected at the St. Cloud Hippodrome transformed into Canadian Military Hospital, Hauts-de-Seine, March 1916-1918. Draw at gelatin bromide of silver. March 01, 1916-1918.

Fort Carroll. No. B500, Title from item, See also: LOT 11486-G for similar photographs by Andrew J. Russell, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, District of Columbia, Washington (D.C.)

Triangulierungsgruppe in Cholajow.(20/III.1918.) .

Broadway Landing, Appomattox River 1864 William Frank Browne American. Broadway Landing, Appomattox River 268068

Polish Population Leaves Wlochy, Where a Battle is Being Fought. Original German Caption: "Angriff auf Wlochy. Polnische zivilisten flüchten aus den umkampften Stadtteilen.". Photographs taken by Propaganda Units of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) and the Waffen-SS

Illustration of weapons at the Russian war showplatz.

War album 106, picture 32598.

Vladimir-Wolynskij: homecomers from RussiaFuffschaft. .

Inspection by its Royal Highness Prince Leopold V.Bayern in Narajov and Hinowice.

'Guard mount' at Camp of 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Brandy Station, Virginia, Feb. 1864. They guarded the headquarters of General Meade, who shared the 114th's hometown, Philadelphia. In the background are their winter quarters, constructed with a combination of logs, rough cabins with rough chimneys of stone, bricks and barrels; all topped with tenting canvas. Photo by Alexander Gardner (BSLOC_2019_2_107)

Aviator observation station in Veneto 27.1.18. .

Fort Sumter at the end of the US Civil War in April 1865. Much of the fort's walls were blasted to rubble by Union bombardment from Morris Island, during the Second Battle of Charleston Harbor, August 17Sept. 8, 1863 (BSLOC_2018_6_119)

Buffalo teams at rest. Gustavo Reiger (Italian, active Rome, Italy 1860s)

World War I, U.S. soldiers aboard a train in France, circa 1914-1918.

Soldiers in formation riding through Oneonta, N.Y.. E.S. Thorn (American, active 1870s)

Sally at Fort Richardson 1862 Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady American. Sally at Fort Richardson 268192

The image applies the chaos on the deck on the English cruiser vindictive that was destroyed under Zee brewer seeds through German artillery.The deck is filled with scrap from the chimney and air intake from the steamship.The tire is filled with scrap from the chimney and air intake from the steamship.

Anefo photo collection. Remembering. Bloemendaal silent journey. May 4, 1953. Bloemendaal

Camp Scene, Group of Officers and Ladies 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Italy. Fasteners on Tagliamento. 21.11.17. .

The Christmas gifts for Italian soldiers being unloaded, Tripoli, Libya, Italian-Turkish war, photograph by Aldo Molinari, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIX, No 1, January 7, 1912.

The French Redoubt at Inkemann.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

The Aceh War, also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War (1873-1914), was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the United Kingdom in Singapore during early 1873. The war was part of a series of conflicts in the late 19th century that consolidated Dutch rule over modern-day Indonesia.

Military home Queen Wilhelmina, 1900 - 1940 photograph Soldiers and staff posing outside in front of the Koningin Wilhelmina military home. Part of a group of 14 individual photos taken in Central and South Sumatra in the period ca. 1900-1940. Sumatra photographic support Dutch East Indies, The. Sumatra

Decorating the crew of the Landwehrfanteriergimentes 24, in the presence of the CorpsCommandant General Neutest Tesztyanszky.

Battery Strong. Haas & Peale, photographer (American, active 1846 - 1867) 1863 A large parrott rifle faces the right of the photograph. Two sailors appear to be in mid-conversation towards the left and several others appears are scattered on the grounds. (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.5 - Battery Strong./ One 300-pounder Parrot Rifle. Breaching batter against Sumter"; (Verso, sheet) upper right, notation in pencil: "19";

Inspection of the national border track.

Inspecting by its excellence General of the Infantry Succovaty v. Vezza at the Sturmbatalon Exercise Square.

Officers on the lookout at Cathcarts Hill; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published February 29, 1856; Salted paper print; 23.3 × 34.8 cm (9 3,16 × 13 11,16 in.)

Camp of 153rd New York Infantry ca. 1861 Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady American. Camp of 153rd New York Infantry 268035

The French Redoubt at Inkermann. Roger Fenton; English, 1819-1869. Date: 1855. Dimensions: 16 × 26.1 cm (image/paper); 42.5 × 58.9 cm (mount). Salted paper print, plate 3 from the album "Photographs Taken in the Crimea" (1856). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Berlin, Linde & Co, E., Stiehm, Johann Friedrich, Ansichten von Germany, Berlin and Potsdam, Uebung preuss. Truppen. Berlin, Prussian troops exercising in the Viktoriapark, Kreuzberg, recto - printed, stereograph, stereophoto, photos, No. 98, height 86 mm, width 177 mm, German, 1826-02-22 - 1902-07-20, photographer, 1881 - 1900, cardboard, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Starter magazine of the 4th Army at Rogozno.

Ruitert scene at the Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo: riders on a country road, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1925 photograph Part of the photo album of Mr Brams, Opperhoutvester by Queen Wilhelmina at the Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo. Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo photographic support gelatin silver print hunting, chase. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. hunting-ground. forest path or lane Royal Houtvesterij Het Loo

Camp of 18th Ohio Infantry. No. 4516, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18th Ohio Infantry. 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Photograph is half stereograph, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Presumably a photo gallery of a honing unit with field of application in Galicia.

General Butler's Headquarters, Chapin's Farm | Library of Congress

Photo collection First World War. The British Western Front in France. The German Offensive. British and French Tommies Cooking Together. 1914-1918}. France

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War Members of staff at Farnborough lined up for a royal visit. Several workshops and hangars can be seen in the background.

Some ITL.Jerzige. Monfalcone. Early May. 1918.

Tents and Military Gear, Camp de Chalons; Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884); Chalons, France; 1857; Albumen silver print

Civilian Conservation Corps - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Provost Marshal's office, Acquia i.e. Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia, February 1863. No. 4208, Title from item, Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1866, v. 1, pl. 46, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Aquia Creek.

Scene from the Siege of Paris, consequent capture of the city by Prussian forces, led to French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Dated 19th Century

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