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Wearing of the Cartridge Box
A photo study of
images from the collection
of the
Library of Congress.
(Click on image to enlarge) |
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1861
Centerville, Va.
Stone Church |
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1862
Port Royal Island, S.C.
Coosaw Ferry; battleground of January 1, 1862, in the distance |
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1862
Rappahannock River, Va.
Fugitive African Americans fording the Rappahannock |


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February 1863
Aquia Creek Landing, Va.
Embarkation of 9th Army Corps for Fort Monroe |

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November
1863
Gettysburg, Pa.
Crowds at the dedication of the battlefield cemetery |
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1864
Spotsylvania Court House, Va., vicinity.
Burial of soldier by Mrs. Alsop's house, near which Ewell's Corps attacked the
Federal right on May 19, 1864 |
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1864
Petersburg, Va.
Railroad gun and crew |
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April 1865
Petersburg, Va.
Row of stacked Federal rifles; houses beyond |
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April 1865
Appomattox Court House, Va.
Federal soldiers at the courthouse |
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1864
Atlanta, Ga., vicinity
Federal pickets before the city |

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1865
Washington, D.C.
Hanging hooded bodies of the four conspirators; crowd departing |
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1865
Washington, D.C.
Reading the death warrant to Wirz on the scaffold |



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June 10, 1865
Bull Run, Va.
Dedication of the battle monument |
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1865
Washington, D.C.
View across Chain Bridge over the Potomac |
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