Civil War Photographs

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Photograph of Civil War battlefield from Lookout Mt
Photograph from a high overlook on Lookout Mountain of "Lookout Battlefield" and "Moccasin Bend", several fields and a river.
American Civil War; Battlefields; Photography; Rivers
Civil War Photographs

Photograph of Civil War Mass Meeting Broadside
Photograph of a broadside advertising a mass meeting in Mason (Mich.) on September 9th, 1854. The sign encourage people to gather at the Court House in Mason to nominate "suitable persons" to fill the County offices, Representative to the state...
American Civil War; Broadsides; Congressional Convention; County Office; state representative; Mason (Mich.);
Civil War Photographs

Photograph of Civil War Victory Broadside
Photograph of a broadside proclaiming the "Surrender of Gen. Lee." The sign orders "every man, woman, and child" to attend a celebration of victory at Campus Martius (c.1865).
American Civil War; Broadsides; Victory; Celebration; Campus Martius; Detroit (Mich.); General Lee
Civil War Photographs

Butler, Chauncy
Portrait of Chauncy Butler. Williamston. Enlisted in company H, Twenty-sixth Infantry, as Corporal, Aug. 12, 1862, at Willaimston, for 3 years, age 31. Mustered Sept. 25, 1862. Sergeant. Died May 21, 1864, at Alexandria, Va., of wounds...
American Civil War; Butler, Chauncy; Chauncy Butler; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; corporal; noncommissioned officer; Williamston (Mich.); Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House;
Civil War Photographs

Photograph of a Civil War sketch of the capture of Jefferson Davis
Photograph of a sketch artistically rendering the scene of the capture of Jefferson Davis. Captions indicate that the sketch was "Published at 111 Nassau St. N.Y. (up stairs.)" and also include the text "Don't provoke the President, or he may hurt...
American Civil War; Campaigns & battles; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Political cartoons
Civil War Photographs

Photocopy of Civil War sketch showing march into Alexandria
Photocopy of a sketch from Harper's Weekly, June 15, 1861. Caption reads "Advance of the federal troops (Michigan regiment and Sherman's battery) into Alexandria, May 24." Shows soldiers marching on foot and horesback along a road adjacent to farms.
American Civil War; Campaigns & Battles; Marching; Soldiers; Sketches; Alexandria (Va.)
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Sketch of battle near Falling Waters
Sketch of soldiers in a Civil War battle scene by Edwin Forbes, originally appearing in Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspaper. Original caption is "Gallant charge of the Sixth Michigan Cavalry over the Confederate Breastworks, near Falling Waters,...
American Civil War; Campaigns & battles; Sixth Michigan Cavalry; Soldiers; Sketches; Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895;
Civil War Photographs

Sketch of Civil War battle
Original caption is "Capture of a Confederate Battery." Sketch is of Civil War soldiers charging and raising a flag. Appears in the book Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (New York: Century, 1887) vol. 1, p. 527.
American Civil War; Campaigns & battles; Sturgess, Robert H.; Military personnel; Artillery (Weaponry); Sketches;
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Photograph of Civil War sketch of Fort Sanders battle
Titled "Rebel charge on Fort Sanders [Tenn] November 29, 1863." Photograph of a pencil sketch by Sergeant Chas. E. Townsend, from F. H. Smiley's Photographic Gallery of Knoxville, Tennessee, copied by I. O. Chapman in Stanton, Michigan, on February...
American Civil War ; Campaigns & battles ; Twentieth Michigan Infantry ;20th Michigan Infantry; ; Wounds & injuries ; Sketches ; Fort Sanders, Battle of, Knoxville, Tenn., 1863
Civil War Photographs

Photograph of Civil War homefront gathering in Michigan
Photograph of a crowd gathered in a plaza with some buildings and a tall church steeple in the background. Difficult to discern any central action. Not dated.
American Civil War; Crowds; Steeples; City & town life; Michigan
Civil War Photographs

Photograph of Civil War Illustrations for the Book, 'The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War'
Photograph of four Civil War illustrations for "The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War" published by American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc taken in 1962. Images include General Custer, the surrender of the Union Army, a confederate...
American Civil War; Custer, George A.; George A. Custer; cavalry; Ruins; confederate flag; Richard Brooke; Brooke, Richard; J. R. Chapin; Chapin, J. R.
Civil War Photographs

Sketch of a Union Capture of a Confederate Battery
Sketch entitled "Capture of a confederate battery" in the book 'Battles and Leaders of the Civil War', published by Century Co. of New York in 1887. The sketch depicts the Union capture of a Confederate Battery.
American Civil War; Eighth Illinois Infantry; 8th Illinois Infantry; Rober H. Sturgess; Sturgess, Robert H.; Colonel; Cannons; Battlefields; musket
Civil War Photographs

Photograph of 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics
Photograph of displaying soldiers arranged in rows from the First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, Company B.
American Civil War; First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, Company B; 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, Company B; saber; musket; camp
Civil War Photographs

Photograph of soldiers return at Detroit train station
Photograph of railroad yard with returning veterans of the First Michigan Infantry at the Detroit & Milwaukee station on Brush Street, August 2, 1861. Many people are watching from rooves. Photograph by J. J. Bardwell.
American Civil War; First Michigan Infantry;1st Michigan Infantry; Crowds; Homecomings; Railroad shops & yards; Railroad stations
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Photograph of Fort Morgan, water batteries, West side
Civil War photograph of Fort Morgan, labeled number 3, with caption dating it to 1864. Shows a beach with cannons, soldiers and tents. Signed by Major U. Soule.
American Civil War; Forts & fortifications; Batteries (Weaponry); Cannons; Coastlines; Fort Morgan (Ala.)
Civil War Photographs

Photograph of Fort Morgan, front and West side
Civil War photograph of Fort Morgan, labeled number 2, with caption dating it to 1864. Shows fort walls, lighthouse, and firewood. Signed by Major U. Soule.
American Civil War; Forts & fortifications; Coastlines; Fort Morgan (Ala.)
Civil War Photographs

Photograph of Fort Morgan, South-East Bastion
Civil War photograph of Fort Morgan, labeled number 4, with caption dating it to 1864. Shows cannons, sandbags and camps in the distance. Signed by Major U. Soule.
American Civil War; Forts & fortifications; Military camps; Batteries (Weaponry); Cannons; Fort Morgan (Ala.)
Civil War Photographs

Photograph of Lt. Parker and two members of the Fourth Michigan Infantry
Photograph of Lt. Parker (right), commissary officer, and two unidentified members of the Fourth Michigan Infantry with an African American contraband. Original is housed at the National Archives.
American Civil War; Fourth Michigan Infantry; 4th Michigan Infantry; military officer; musket; saber; Contraband
Civil War Photographs

Photograph of three unidentified soldiers in the Fourth Michigan Infantry
Photograph of three unidentified soldiers from the Fourth Michigan Infantry outside a camp tent.
American Civil War; Fourth Michigan Infantry; 4th Michigan Infantry; Soldiers; musket; camp; squirrel
Civil War Photographs

Photograph of Three Soldiers of the Fourth Michigan Infantry
Photograph of three unidentified soldiers from the Fourth Michigan Infantry sitting within a camp tent.
American Civil War; Fourth Michigan Infantry; 4th Michigan Infantry; Soldiers; musket; tent; camp
Civil War Photographs

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