#14 Photo Details

Civil War
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Detail of the front porch of the church in each of the Gardner stereo views reveals Union soldiers seated and relaxing. Sharpsburg, Md.
Robby N Angie Gouge Calvary camp. Unless one has spent any time around horses or livestock, you will never be able to grasp the reality of such an image, with its stench of manure and urine, flies and gnats, neighing and noise, dust and mud, the smell of leather and the sound of the anvil, etc., etc. Farriers and blacksmiths most likely never had any idle time in this war...
Todd Ferguson Flamboyance at is finest. The cavalry units on both sides were determined to out cavalier each other
little girls with their hoops posing alongside armed VRC soldiers in April 1865
APRIL 3, 1865 "Very cool detail showing Union soldiers posing in a gabioned Confederate picket post.
Gary Adelman’s Civil War Page. Very cool detail showing Union soldiers posing in a gabioned Confederate picket post pretending to gaze off toward an enemy who left the day before. This incredible shot was taken April 3, 1865, at Fort Mahone, the day after the Union broke through at Petersburg
Washington, District of Columbia. Signal Corps camp near Georgetown. Very cool and tight Signal Corps detail outside Washington with two ghost kids, dudes in a window, ride 'em cowboy, the backward chair and more! This is August 1865 and these guys clearly have some time on their hands. Gary Adelman’s Civil War Page
Pipes, tubs, tools and more in a very cool early war Union camp shot I can't recall having seen before! From the American Antiquarian Society Gary Adelman’s Civil War Page
Photo detail: North Anna River, Virginia. Pontoon bridge across North Anna, below railroad bridge, where a portion of the 2nd Corps under Gen. Hancock crossed, May 23d Digital ID: (digital file from original neg. of variant) cwpb 01219 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.01219