Amazing Original Photographs from the Civil War

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/civil_war.html ^

[steveo]

later indeed too busy-ness

[sauropod]

later

[hennie pennie]

Is the picture identified? I am curious if that is the site of the Battle of LONE JACK, in Missouri. The battle there was thus named because there was one lone sole jack oak tree on the battlefield.

I suppose, however, it's "just" a photo of a tree... anywhere.

[mware]

I recognize some of the photographs, many of the ones taken at Petersburg are ones I have never seen before.

[Jagdgewehr]

Excellent. Thanks for posting this!

[autumnraine]

Vain and attractive don’t always go hand in hand.

[JoeProBono]

A lone grave on the battlefield of Antietam (Sharpsburg)

[Berlin_Freeper]

Obama would be most like General George McClellan, never possessing the required backbone to make a move.

[JoeProBono]

[cripplecreek]

I bet none of them had insurance either and every last one of them is dead.

[hennie pennie]

Thank you so much, JoeProBono!

[JoeProBono]

Former slaves collecting bones of soldiers killed in the Battle of Cold Harbor over a year after the battle was fought.

[JoeProBono]

General Hancock's Veteran Corps on F Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 1st U.S. Volunteer Infantry

[JoeProBono]

Amazing posting!

Thank you.

[JoeProBono]

Federal troops guarding the Chain Bridge which connects Arlington, VA and Washington, D.C.

[mel]

amazing. thanks

[JoeProBono]

Adjusting the ropes for hanging the Lincoln assassination conspirators at the Washington Arsenal. In this photo I cropped in tight so you can actually see the faces of the conspirators as the ropes are being place around their necks, just moments before their execution.

[autumnraine]

This picture is fascinating to me as I did a report on Dr. Mudd who treated John Wilkes Booth for the broken leg for my forensics history class. He ended up being sent to America’s “Devil’s Island” and was eventually released due to his saving hundreds of lives from yellow fever.

I walked away from that modern investigation believing he was convicted for being a slave owner and probably not a nice one as the only testimony against him was former slaves.

Interesting picture though. Which one (if any) is Booth I wonder?

[autumnraine]

This is pretty damn amazing and thanks for posting!

[autumnraine]

Oh, hey! Just noticed your name. What does your Navy Seal son think of the assault charges against those three Seals? I mean I’m sure he isn’t happy, but what is the hub bub amongst the men?