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Mathew B Brady and many of the decade's best photographers created the photographs in this collection. There are detailed portraits of notable men of the era, as well as photos of soldiers, living and dead, battlefields, scarred landscapes, and cities burned and bombed by invading troops. They portray the horrors of war and images of life in camp. They represent photojournalism in its infancy and present us with real-life interpretations of our nation at war with itself. Continue…

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Annotation added: noted as : "Appomattox Manor near City Point not far from Petersburg"

Found in: Brady Civil War Photos » B-1900 House, Place not Known.

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Found in: Brady Civil War Photos » B-4526 Hon. Clements

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Image: B-4831 Winter camp of 12th. Infantry.

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Image: B-4831 Winter camp of 12th. Infantry.

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Spotlight added: Brady Civil War Photos B-5809 -- President Abraham Lincoln

Found in: Brady Civil War Photos » B-5809 President Abraham Lincoln

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Annotation added: . [see also: 111-B-4866 and Review of Reviews, page 310, volume II]

Found in: Brady Civil War Photos » B-590 The "Suck". Tennessee River

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Annotation added: Aqueduct built by Confederate after destruction by high water.

Found in: Brady Civil War Photos » B-196 Aqueduct Built by Confederate After

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Annotation added: Cars of U. S. Military Railroad and bridge built by soldiers. Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The engine is the Firefly.[U. S. Military Railroad Firefly was built by Norris and Son in 1862, Cylinders 16” x 24”, drivers 56” and weight of engine 57910 pounds. (Information furnished by Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc. Brookline, Massachusetts 6-28-1932.)

Found in: Brady Civil War Photos » B-185 Cars of U.S. Military R.E. [Illegible]

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Annotation added: Headquarters of Surgeon Jameson, Stoneman’s Station, Virginia.

Found in: Brady Civil War Photos » B-150 Headquarters of Surgeon James N.

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Annotation added: Gun boat on James River, 1864. Converted side-wheel steamer; port view, at anchor.

Found in: Brady Civil War Photos » B-135 Gunboat on the James River, 1864.

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Annotation added: Blackburn’s Ford on Bull Run, Virginia. [Copy of 111-B-5300]

Found in: Brady Civil War Photos » B-68 Ford on Bull Run.

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Annotation added: 14. Major Wm. E. Furness, 15. Captain Orace B. Fitch, 16. Captain Lewis Weitzel, 17 and 18. Not Recognized, 19. Lieutenant Samuel Munson, 20. Major Edward P. Morong, M. D.

Found in: Brady Civil War Photos » B-56 General Godfrey Weitzel and Staff of Nineteen

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Annotation added: General Godfrey Weitzel and Staff of Nineteen. Recognized: 1. Colonel Loomis L. Langdon, 2. and 3. Not Recognized, 4. Captain John E. Remington (Captain Goodrich), 5. Lieutenant De Physter (Lieutenant Sylvester R. Partidge), 6. Captain Henry C. Lockwood, 7. Not in Catalogue, 8. Major Atherson H. Stevens, 9. Surgeon Norton Folsom, 10. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel D. Wheeler, 11. Captain T. E. Graves (Major Emmons E. ?), 12. General George O. Shipley, 13. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Wheaton, ....

Found in: Brady Civil War Photos » B-56 General Godfrey Weitzel and Staff of Nineteen

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Annotation added: General George G. Meade and Staff of Thirty-Four. Recognized – Major Simon F. Barstow, Major James C. Biddle, Major John S. Billings (Surgeon), Henry S. Burton, Captain Craig, Lieutenant John R. Eddie, General Benj. J. Fisher, Colonel James T. Ghiselin (Surgeon), General Andrew A. Humphreys, General Henry J. Hunt, General Rufus Ingalls, Captain Wm. Jay, Major Theodore Lyman, Captain Thomas G. McKenzie (Surgeon), Colonel Thomas A. McParlin, Captain George Meade, General Marsena R. Patrick, Captain Charles

Found in: Brady Civil War Photos » B-27 Gen. George G. Meade and Staff of

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Annotation added: noted as : "Appomattox Manor near City Point not far from Petersburg"

Annotation added: Clements, officer

Image added to Canterbury Genealogy Person Page

Image added to George Custer Person Page

Image added to A. K. Canterbury Person Page

Spotlight added: Brady Civil War Photos B-5809 -- President Abraham Lincoln

Annotation added: . [see also: 111-B-4866 and Review of Reviews, page 310, volume II]

Annotation added: Aqueduct built by Confederate after destruction by high water.

Annotation added: Headquarters of Surgeon Jameson, Stoneman’s Station, Virginia.

Annotation added: Gun boat on James River, 1864. Converted side-wheel steamer; port view, at anchor.

Annotation added: Blackburn’s Ford on Bull Run, Virginia. [Copy of 111-B-5300]

Annotation added: 14. Major Wm. E. Furness, 15. Captain Orace B. Fitch, 16. Captain Lewis Weitzel, 17 and 18. Not Recognized, 19. Lieutenant Samuel Munson, 20. Major Edward P. Morong, M. D.