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

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February 1863
Aquia Creek Landing, Va.
View of the Federal supply depot
lc-dig-cwpb-00310 March 1863
Falmouth, Va., vicinity.
Balloon camp

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July - August 1863
Morris Island, South Carolina.
Unidentified camp

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July - August 1863
Morris Island, South Carolina.
Unidentified camp
lc-dig-cwpb-04746 July - August 1863
Morris Island, South Carolina.
Unidentified camp scene

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July - August 1863
Folly Island, South Carolina.
Bomb and splinter proof of General Gillmore's works

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August 1863
Bealeton, Va.
Members of the Bureau of Military Information: Col. George H. Sharpe, John C. Babcock, unidentified, and Lt. Col. John McEntee
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Germantown, Va.
Headquarters of the U.S. Christian Commission
lc-dig-cwpb-04333 November 1863
Culpeper, Va.
Encampment on the edge of town

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November 1863
Auburn, Va., vicinity.
"Castle Murray" (five miles southeast of Warrenton), headquarters of Gen. Alfred Pleasonton
lc-dig-cwpb-02147 Winter 1863 -1864
Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity.
Blockhouse on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad
lc-dig-cwpb-03596 Winter 1863 - 1864
Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity.
Federal camp by the Tennessee River
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