Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

Civil war portrait

Unidentified soldier in Company H, Vermont uniform with bayoneted musket - edited and  framed

Unidentified soldier in Company H, Vermont uniform with bayoneted musket.

Sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.5 x 8.4 cm (case)

Gift by Tom Liljenquist; 2011

Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs; Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Record page for image is here.

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Unidentified private in Confederate uniform in frame

 

Unidentified private in Confederate uniform.

Sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.4 x 8.1 cm (case)

Deposited by Tom Liljenquist; 2012

Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs; Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Record page for image is here.

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Private Edward A. Cary of Company I, 44th Virginia Infantry Regiment, in uniform and his sister, Emma J. Garland née CaryPrivate Edward A. Cary of Company I, 44th Virginia Infantry Regiment, in uniform and his sister, Emma J. Garland née Cary; Photographed by Charles R. Rees.  Edward Cary was killed in the June 1862 Battle of Port Republic.  (Glimpses of Soldiers’ Lives: Edward Cary)

Sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.2 x 8.3 cm (case)

Gift by Tom Liljenquist; 2012

Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs; Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Record page for image is here.

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Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with M1816 conversion musket with affixed bayonet, bowie knife, and large Colt revolverUnidentified soldier in Union uniform with M1816 conversion musket with affixed bayonet, bowie knife, and large Colt revolver.

Quarter-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 12.5 x 10.1 cm (case)

Deposited by Tom Liljenquist; 2012

Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs; Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Record page for image is here.

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00292, 12/29/10, 8:03 AM,  8C, 4790x5777 (551+1355), 100%, Custom,  1/50 s, R97.6, G84.9, B106.4<br />

 

Civil War induction officer with lottery box; circa 1863; photographic print : sixth-plate tintype; 9.2 x 8 cm. (case); Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress image.

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Five unidentified prisoners of war in Confederate uniforms in front of their barracks at Camp Douglas Prison, Chicago, IllinoisFive unidentified prisoners of war in Confederate uniforms in front of their barracks at Camp Douglas Prison, Chicago, Illinois.

photograph : quarter-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 11.9 x 9.4 cm (case)

Donated by Tom Liljenquist; 2011

Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs; Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Record page for image is here.

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Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with canteen -- in frame Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with canteen

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Close-up crop: close-up crop -- Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with canteen

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Sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 12.3 x 11.1 cm (frame) Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs; Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Record page for image is here.

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Private Jackson A. Davis of Co. E, Holcombe Legion South Carolina Cavalry Battalion, with musket and two pistols

Private Jackson A. Davis of Co. E, Holcombe Legion South Carolina Cavalry Battalion, with musket and two pistols.

sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.5 x 8.4 cm (case)

Donated by Tom Liljenquist; 2012

Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs; Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Record page for image is here.

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Captain George W. Chilton, Confederate States of America Army

Capt Geo – W Chilton, Brig Ordnance officer, Fort Brown, June 1, 1863

Captain George Washington Chilton, Third Texas Cavalry, and ordnance officer on the staff of Brigadier General H. P. (Hamilton Prioleau) Bee at Fort Brown. Chilton, who owned five slaves, was a delegate to the Texas Secession Convention. He wears a French military waist belt and belt plate.

Fort Brown, Cameron County, Texas.

SMU – Lawrence T Jones III Texas Photographs collection image.

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Group shot, officers of the 54th Mass. Colored

Group shot, officers of the 54th Mass. Colored

Image summary: Photograph shows a full-length portrait of three officers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Sitters have been identified as Second Lieutenant Ezekiel G. Tomlinson, Captain Luis F. Emilio (center), and Second Lieutenant Daniel G. Spear (National Archives records).

Part of William A. Gladstone collection of African American photographs

Library of Congress image.

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