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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Belgian Soldiers Guarding a Checkpoint Near Halen, Belgium (1914)


Belgian soldiers guarding a checkpoint near Halen, Belgium, shortly after the German invasion of Belgium, August 1914.

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Friday, August 28, 2015

A Group of What Are Believed to be French Zouaves and Chasseurs Posing for the Camera at an Unidentified Location (1860's)


A group of what are believed to be French Zouaves and chasseurs posing for the camera at an unidentified location, c. 1860's.

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Thanks to Gary Dombrowski and members of Civil War Talk for pointing out that these are probably French troops.

Monday, June 1, 2015

Portrait of Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers From Company F of the 8th Regiment New York State Militia


Portrait of officers and non-commissioned officers from Company F of the 8th Regiment New York State Militia, c. 1850′s. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Militiamen of the 1st Regiment, Missouri State Guards, Posing at Camp Lewis Which Was Set up on Fair Grounds in St. Louis, Missouri (1860)


"Camp Lewis, 1st Regiment, Missouri State Guards, Col. A. R. Easton, St. Louis Fair Grounds. Salted Paper Print, 1860." Militiamen of the 1st Regiment, Missouri State Guards, posing at Camp Lewis which was set up on fair grounds in St. Louis, Missouri, 1860.

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

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