Union Army Contributions as a Percent of the 1860 Population
A breakdown of about 2.1 million soldiers contributed by each loyal state and the District of Columbia during the Civil War as a percent of the 1860 U.S. Census population
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USCT Troops Commissioned and Enlisted during the Civil War
The total number of United States Colored Troops who served in the Civil War was 186,017, as reported in the 1866 Report of the Provost Marshal General by James B.
When Did We Start Calling It the Civil War?
A survey of selected names for the conflict in America between 1861 and 1865 on Newspapers.com reveals nomenclature changes over time. During the war and into the latter part of
Identified Union Soldiers and Sailors Published In Military Images Magazine
Since 1979, we’ve published 6,094 identified portraits (visit militaryimagesmagazine.com/archives to view our spreadsheet). Top 20 states: SPREAD THE WORD: We encourage you to share this story on social media and elsewhere
Identified Confederates Published In Military Images Magazine
Since 1979, we’ve published 1,770 identified portraits of Confederate soldiers and sailors. SPREAD THE WORD: We encourage you to share this story on social media and elsewhere to educate and raise
What Were the Popular Names for Cartes de Visite?
Today, Americans refer to the baseball-card sized paper prints that became all the rage during the Civil War as cartes de visite or CDVs. But that’s not what we called
Photographs Mailed To and Received From Home
Kraig McNutt, who is currently researching a book about the 58th Indiana Infantry, discovered a post office report in the Jan. 29, 1862, issue of Indiana’s Evansville Daily Journal. Addressed
Survey: The Rise in Popularity of Photograph Albums, 1860s
A search of Newspapers.com reveals American photographers first advertised the availability of cartes de visite, or card photographs, in 1860. The French import did not cross the Atlantic alone. Photograph
Photo Survey: Marked Differences of Formats in Southern States
An MI survey of 190 identified Confederate portraits published in the magazine reveals format variations in six Southern states. SPREAD THE WORD: We encourage you to share this story on social
Photo Survey: Greater Percentage of Ambrotypes in the South, Cartes in the North
Students of Civil War photography are aware that surviving portraits of U.S. soldiers are much higher in number than their C.S. counterparts. This disparity is explained by the North’s larger