Zouaves, a Naval Officer, a Confederate and an Elite Knickerbocker
This soldier in the 5th New York Infantry, better known as Duryée’s Zouaves for its commander, Col. Abram Duryée, apparently liked his portrait enough to have it tinted by a
Category: Stragglers
Lincoln’s Men
These portraits of infantrymen posed with Model 1861 Springfield rifled muskets evoke the celebrated Conkling Letter penned by Abraham Lincoln on Aug. 26, 1863. Written for a mass meeting of
Wounded Confederates, Union Soldiers
July 4, 1864, the 88th anniversary of American independence from Great Britain, marked the end of Confederate Brig. Gen. Alfred Jefferson Vaughan, Jr.’s combat career with the Army of Tennessee.
A Florida Chaplain and One of Mosby’s Men
Among the men of faith who tended to the spiritual needs of the Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee was Robert Lemuel Wiggins. Born in Baldwin, Ga., Wiggins lived
Quantrill’s Raid, Musicians and a Zouave
Carte de visite by W.H. Lamon of Lawrence, Kan. Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Museum Collection. Two years after Quantrill’s Raid devastated Lawrence, Kan., the town rose like Phoenix from the
A Chaplain and Two Soldiers
The belt and cap box worn by this unnamed volunteer tell a soldier’s story. His Southern-made leather belt with a two-piece Confederate buckle is flanked by two buttons that appear
A Teamster and a Bluejacket
The inscription scratched into the emulsion of this tintype notes the man with a whip posed for his portrait in Corinth, Miss., on July 23, 1862. Less than two months
Confederate Portraits
A Confederate trooper wearing a hat with A star attached to the brim is armed to the teeth. He grasps an 1840-style Dragoon saber and a double-barrel shotgun. The revolvers
Pennsylvanians, an Austrian Lorenz Musket, and Federals at Suffolk
Nearly half of the 240 men and officers of the 52nd Pennsylvania Infantry who fought in the Battle of Fair Oaks, Va., on May 31, 1862, became casualties. One of
Rare Images of a Field Photography Studio, a Soldier Post Mortem, and More
In the midst of death we are in life is a fitting way to describe this image of a young soldier resting a hand on a fawn. Was the soldier