A Trio of USCT Group Portraits Identified
By Kurt Luther and Bryan Cheeseboro Group portraits of U.S. Colored Troops (USCT), like all photos of USCT, are rare, and identifying their subjects rarer still. Back in 2015, this
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A Mexican War Era Captain
This U.S. Army captain poses with a hand on his hip in the New York City studio of daguerreian pioneer Henry Earle Insley. One theory holds that the officer posed
War Compromised His Health. Photography Gave Him a New Lease on Life. The Life and Times of Enos F. Hilton, 8th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
By M. Jane Johansson On August 22, 1889, Union veteran Enos Franklin Hilton arrived in Alamosa, Colo. He brought with him his wife, Sarah Jane, along with their three daughters
Ball’s Wartime Camp Scene
By Buck Zaidel Four cartes de visite produced in Cincinnati during the Civil War years reveal how one of America’s most important 19th century photographers used painted backdrops as visual