Pipe Styles during the Civil War
A photo study of images from the collection
of the Library of Congress.

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May 1862
The Peninsula, Va.
The staff of Gen. Fitz-John Porter; Lts. William G. Jones and George A. Custer reclining
 

May 1862
Cumberland Landing, Va.
Secret Service men at Foller's House
June 1862
Richmond, Va., vicinity.
Engineers building corduroy road

July 1862
Manassas, Va.
Men of Co. C, 41st New York Infantry
1864
Bermuda Hundred, Va.
Officers by their quarters near the signal tower

1864
Brandy Station, Va.
Capt. James M. Robertson and staff, 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery
August 1864
Petersburg, Va.
Company D, U.S. Engineer Battalion
August 1864
Petersburg, Va.
Group of Company D, U.S. Engineer Battalion

August 1864
Petersburg, Va.
Officers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry playing cards in front of tents
August 1864
Petersburg, Va.
Group of Company B, U.S. Engineer Battalion; wagons in background

November 1864
Petersburg, Va.
Group of the quartermaster department, 1st Division, 9th Corps, at leisure
March 1865
Petersburg, Va.
General view of camp of Oneida, N.Y., Independent Cavalry Company at Army headquarters, with men at leisure
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  Image Studies:

  Barrels and Boxes

  Blankets

  Camp Furniture

  Camps

  Fit of the Uniform

  Frocks and Scales

  Hand Tools

  Knapsacks and Blanket Rolls

  Pipe Styles

  Shirts and Suspenders

  Tin Cups and Cans

  Vests

  Wearing of the Cartridge Box

 

  Period Drawings and Paintings