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    Original Civil War Union Pictures

    This thread is for the posting of original Union Pictures. We would prefer to one to post what Year, place and unit if possible.





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    The 69th PA Taken shortly after the battle of Antietam burial detial





    Man still wearing the 69th PVI zouave jacket






    69th PA Officers After the battle of Gettysburg 1863



    69th PA Pictures





    69th PA Adjutant



    Colonel Dennis O'Kane of the 69th PA taken around 1862


    CAPTAIN CHARLES McANALLY - 69th P.V.I. Co. D 1863


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    Original 5th NY Pictures

    5th NY CPL of either company I or F were issued sharps rifle with modified Sabre bayonets to fit the sharps rifle












    Officers Mess 1862




    1st Sgt of the 5th NY



    CPL of the 5th NY


    Captain of the 5th NY


    The 1st Colonel of the 5th NY notice the long leather riding boots

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    95th Pennsylvania Virginia march 1862 Colorized


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    Does anyone know of any photos of Union soldiers they feel are very iconic and most relatable to a modern day veteran? Something casual, not a staged tintype studio photo. Preferably something I can find ultra high resolution in the library of congress.
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    Problem is that with the shutter speed (it was done manually)of cameras of this era something other than staged shots was almost impossible. Any movement would cause blur. I doubt that there are many civil war fotos out there which are true casual snapshots, that’s something that only became possible some decades later with the invention of smaller formats/cameras with automatic shutters. I know that someone was doing civil war style fotography here in the forums who possibly could explain that better than me or correct me, if I was wrong.

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    Thanks. The gravediggers are along the lines of what I'm looking for but I'm not sure I want to use that.
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    Those are nice but I wish all of them were colorized. Color really brings the photos to life and puts you right there with them.

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    IMG_0009.JPGIMG_0010.JPG Wish I had a better picture of the photos, but I was on a private tour of the Maryland 5th Regiment Armory Museum, so I had to be moving quickly.

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    That is ridiculously fantastic Rbater, a whole company represented in a complete collection of ferrotypes! It is a shame that so many of them are unidentified.

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