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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Portrait of Union Soldiers and Civilians Posing in Front of a Sutler Store Somewhere in Tennessee During the Civil War (1865)


Portrait of Union soldiers and civilians posing in front of a sutler store somewhere in Tennessee during the Civil War, c. 1865. Getty claims that the building is a quartermaster's storehouse of the 159th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

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Friday, August 21, 2015

View of a Crowd Gathered to Watch the Execution by Hanging of John Presswood, Jr. in Smithville, Tennessee (1872)


View of a crowd gathered to watch the execution by hanging of John Presswood, Jr. in Smithville, Tennessee, 1872. Presswood had confessed to murdering Rachel Fowler Billings with an axe.

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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Union Musicians From the Band of the 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing With Their Instruments in a Camp Near Nashville, Tennessee, During the Civil War


Union musicians from the band of the 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing with their instruments in a camp near Nashville, Tennessee, during the Civil War. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

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Friday, January 9, 2015

View of People Posing in Front of a Building Containing a Number of Businesses in Nashville, Tennessee (1859)


View of people posing in front of a building containing the Benjamin T. Johnson & Co. Confectionery, Union Saloon, and Longhurst & Co. Wholesale Confectionery businesses in Nashville, Tennessee, c. 1859.

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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Friday, October 24, 2014

Union Soldiers in Skirmish and Regimental Line Formations in Camps in Chattanooga and Washington, D.C.




Two rare views of Union soldiers of the 31st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing in various formations in a camp near Fort Slocum in Washington, D.C., 1862. The men in front look like they are posing in skirmish line formations while the troops in the rear are posing in regimental line formations.

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A similar photograph of unidentified Union troops in skirmish line formation with a regimental line behind it during drilling said to be taken in a camp near Chattanooga, Tennessee, c. 1864. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Two Union Engineers Posing on Ground Over Which Confederate Troops Assaulted During the Battle of Fort Sanders in Knoxville, Tennessee (1863)


Union engineers Orville Babcock and Orlando Poe posing on ground in front of Fort Sanders over which Confederate troops commanded by General Longstreet assaulted during the Battle of Fort Sanders in Knoxville, Tennessee, c. 1863. By George Barnard. Animated stereoview.

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Saturday, August 2, 2014

A Group of African American Men Repairing Railroad Tracks Near Murfreesboro, Tennessee (1863)


A group of African American men repairing railroad tracks shortly after the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1863. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

A Group of Union Soldiers and Civilians Watching the Battle of Nashville from Capitol Hill in Nashville, Tennessee (1864)


"Spectators watching the fight between Hood and Thomas." A group of Union soldiers and civilians watching the Battle of Nashville from Capitol Hill in Nashville, Tennessee, December 15, 1864. By Jacob F. Coonley. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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