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

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May 1862
Yorktown, Va.
Embarkation for White House Landing, Va.
April 1863
Falmouth, Va.
Men and wagons of the Engineer Corps ambulance train

September 1863
Culpeper, Va.
Men of Battery M (Benson's), 2d U.S. Artillery

1864
Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity.
Federal camp by the Tennessee River
June 1864-April 1865
Fort Burnham, Va.
The former Confederate Fort Harrison.
Federal soldiers in front of bomb-proof headquarters

June 1864
Petersburg, Va.
Captured Confederate encampment
August 1864
Petersburg, Va.
Company D, U.S. Engineer Battalion
August 1864
Petersburg, Va.
Commissioned and noncommissioned officers of Cos. C and D, 1st Massachusetts Cavalry
August 1864
Petersburg, Va.
Group of Company D, U.S. Engineer Battalion
1862-1865
District of Columbia.
Soldiers at gate of Fort Slemmer
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