Wearing of the Cartridge Box
A photo study of images from the collection
of the Library of Congress.

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1861
Centerville, Va.
Stone Church

1862
Port Royal Island, S.C.
Coosaw Ferry; battleground of January 1, 1862, in the distance
1862
Rappahannock River, Va.
Fugitive African Americans fording the Rappahannock

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

November 1863
Gettysburg, Pa.
Crowds at the dedication of the battlefield cemetery
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
1864
Petersburg, Va.
Railroad gun and crew
April 1865
Petersburg, Va.
Row of stacked Federal rifles; houses beyond
April 1865
Appomattox Court House, Va.
Federal soldiers at the courthouse
1864
Atlanta, Ga., vicinity
Federal pickets before the city

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

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