the civil war in photographs by ashley potoukian and leah vincent
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The Civil Warin Photographs
ByAshley Potoukian
andLeah Vincent
In Power
President Abraham LincolnUnited States of America
United States CapitolWashington, D.C.
President Jefferson DavisConfederate States of America
Confederate States CapitolRichmond, VA
Union General Ulysses S. GrantArmy of the Potomac
Confederate General Robert E. LeeArmy of Northern Virginia
In the Camp
Officers of the 17th New York Battery(Union)
26th New York Volunteers(Union)
Company E, 4th U. S. Colored Infantry(Union)
107th U. S. Colored Infantry Band(Union)
Sailors on the U. S. S. Monitor(Union)
Maryland Soldiers(Confederate)
Company B, 2nd Mississippi Volunteers(Confederate)
16th Virginia Infantry(Confederate)
Mosby’s Rangers(Confederate)
Summer Quarters
Winter Quarters
Camp Post Office
Sutler’s (food seller’s) Booth
Newsboys
General Camp Life
General Camp Life
An Officer Entertaining Friends at His Headquarters
An Officer and His Family at His Headquarters
An Officer Entertaining Friends at His Headquarters
In the Field
Rifles
Cannon
The Largest Cannon Used in the War
“The Dictator” Mortar Gun
Ammunition
“Quaker Guns”
Fortifications
Balloon Reconnaissance
Fort Sumter, South CarolinaApril 1861
First Bull Run (First Manasses)July 1861
GettysburgJune-July 1863
GettysburgJune-July 1863
Cold HarborGrant’s Wilderness Campaign: May – June
1864
Sherman’s March to the SeaDecember 1864
Ambulance Wagons
U. S. Sanitary Commission Hospital
U.S. Sanitary Commission Nurses
In the End
McLean HouseAppomattox Court House, VirginiaSite of Lee’s Surrender to Grant
Ford’s TheaterWashington, D. C.
Site of Lincoln’s Assassination
Destroyed Homes in theSouthern Countryside
Destroyed Commercial DistrictRichmond, Virginia
A Few of the 600,000 Casualties