Camps
A photo study of images from the collection
of the Library of Congress.

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LC-dig-cwpb-03700 March 1862
Manassas, Va.
Provost guard of the 9th New York Infantry
LC-dig-cwpb-03888 March 1862
Centreville, Va.
Confederate winter quarters, south view
lc-dig-cwpb-00665 May 1862
Cumberland Landing, Virginia.
City of tents. Encampment of the Army of the Potomac

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(close-up of same)
lc-dig-cwpb-00550 May 1862
Cumberland Landing, Va.
Federal encampment on Pamunkey River, Va.

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(close-up of same)
lc-dig-cwpb-00550 (close-up of same)

lc-dig-cwpb-00557 May 1862
Cumberland Landing, Va.
Federal encampment; view from tree

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May 1862
Yorktown, Va., vicinity.
Headquarters of Gen. George B. McClellan, Camp Winfield Scott
lc-dig-cwpb-01401 May 1862
Cumberland Landing, Va.
Federal encampment on Pamunkey River, Va.; another view

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May 1862
Cumberland Landing, Virginia.
Federal encampment on Pamunkey
lc-dig-cwpb-01580 May-August 1862
Yorktown, Va.
Federal artillery park
lc-dig-cwpb-00255 September 1862
Keedysville, Md., vicinity.
Confederate wounded at Smith's Barn, with Dr. Anson Hurd, 14th Indiana Volunteers, in attendance
lc_dig-cwpb-04335 September 1862
Antietam, Md.
Blacksmith shoeing horses at headquarters, Army of the Potomac
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  Wearing of the Cartridge Box

 

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