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Showing posts with label tennessee. Show all posts
Thursday, December 28, 2017
A Group of Union Soldiers and Civilians Posing in Front of the Office of Provost Marshall Department of the Cumberland in Chattanooga, Tennessee, During the American Civil War (1860's)
A group of Union soldiers and civilians posing in front of the Office of Provost Marshall Department of the Cumberland in Chattanooga, Tennessee, during the American Civil War, location unknown, c. 1861-1865. Attributed to Mathew Brady.
Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
Additional information: Library of Congress.
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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1870's,
1870's fashion,
1872,
courthouse,
dekalb county,
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hanging,
horse-drawn wagons,
horses,
murderer,
retouched,
scaffold,
smithville,
spectators,
tennessee,
wagons
Friday, July 3, 2015
Union Soldiers of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing in Their Winter Camp Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, During the Civil War
Union soldiers of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing in their winter camp near Chattanooga, Tennessee, during the Civil War.
Source.
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
View of a Town Square on a Market Day in Nashville, Tennessee (1856)
View of a town square on a market day in Nashville, Tennessee, 1856. By Dodge and Wenderoth.
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1850's,
1856,
dodge and wenderoth,
horse-drawn wagons,
market day,
nashville,
shops,
stores,
tennessee,
town square,
us history,
wagons
Friday, February 20, 2015
Two Views of Union Soldiers Posing With an Office Wagon Used by the Headquarters of the Army of the Cumberland During the Civil War
Two views of Union soldiers posing with an office wagon used by the headquarters of the Army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga, Tennessee, during the Civil War.
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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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Labels:
1850's,
1850's fashion,
1859,
barrels,
cart,
confectionery,
confectionery shop,
confectionery store,
nashville,
saloon,
shops,
sidewalk,
stores,
stove pipe hats,
street,
tennessee,
top hats,
union saloon,
wagon
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Time-lapse Photographs of a Group of Union Soldiers Posing Behind a Locomotive
Time-lapse photographs of a group of Union soldiers posing behind a locomotive, Engine No. 162, during the Civil War in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Union Soldiers Posing With an Artillery Piece in an Emplacement on Missionary Ridge During the Civil War in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Union soldiers posing with an artillery piece in an emplacement on Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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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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Source 2.
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.
More information.
Albumen print version.
Source.
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)
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