The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (“the North”) and the Confederacy (“the South”), which had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which many believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction.
The Civil War is one of the most extensively studied and written about episodes in U.S. history. It was among the first wars to use industrial warfare. Railroads, the telegraph, steamships, the ironclad warship, and mass-produced weapons were all widely used during the war. In total, the war left between 620,000 and 750,000 soldiers dead, along with an undetermined number of civilian casualties, making the Civil War the deadliest military conflict in American history.
Here below is a colorized photo collection of Civil War Faces from
Terry Ballard provided by the Library of Congress that captured portraits of American Civil War soldiers.
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| 3 unidentified men in Union uniforms, plus two other unidentified |
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| African American Union sergeant |
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| Boynton Brothers of Beaufort, South Carolina |
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| Captain Jesse Sharpe Barnes, F Company, 4th North Carolina Infantry in frock coat and hat |
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| Confederate soldier wearingConfederate uniform with Company C, 11th Virginia Regiment slouch hat |
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| Freeman Mason of Company K, 17th Vermont Infantry |
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| Private David Bowman from the 12th Virginia Cavalry |
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| Private Henry McCollum of Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment and three unidentified soldiers in 78th Pennsylvania Infantry uniforms at Point Lookout, Tennessee |
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| Private R. Cecil Johnson of 8th Georgia Infantry |
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| Third Lieutenant John Alphonso Beall of Company D, 14th Texas Cavalry Regiment |
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| Two Zouave soldiers |
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| Unidentified Confederate soldier |
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| Unidentified Confederate soldier |
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| Unidentified Confederate soldier |
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| Unidentified Confederate soldier |
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| Unidentified Confederate soldier |
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| Unidentified Confederate soldier |
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| Unidentified Confederate soldier |
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| Unidentified Union Corporal |
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| Unidentified Union musician |
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| Unidentified Union sailor |
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| Unidentified Union Sergeant Major |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Union soldier |
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| Unidentified Virginia soldier |
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| Unidentified young Union soldier |
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| Union soldier with child |
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| Union soldier with dog |
The 4th photo is actually Major Thomas Martin of the 13th North Carolina, Co. E, and is found in the Liljenquist Family Collection at the Library of Congress.
ReplyDeleteFYI, the entire set of Library of Congress photos that I've enhanced can be seen at https://flickr.com/photos/terryballard/albums/72177720309197840/ There are 270 completed, and I intend to enhance all 1200 of them by year's end.
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