Tintypes and ambrotypes of Civil War soldiers

The Library of Congress's Flickr collection includes 700+ high-res scans of ambrotype and tintype photos of US Civil War soldiers -- they're looking for help from the public with identification for many of the anonymous images: "These fascinating photographs represent the impact of the war, which involved many young enlisted men and the deaths of more than 600,000 soldiers. The photos feature details that enhance their interest, including horses, drums, muskets, rifles, revolvers, hats and caps, canteens, and a guitar. Among the rarest images are African Americans in uniform, sailors, a Lincoln campaign button, and portraits with families, women, and girls and boys."

Civil War Faces (Thanks, Gmoke, via Submitterator)

 

• Civil War buff fires cannonball into neighbor's home - Boing Boing
• Civil War mail art: envelope illustrations from mid-1800s - Boing ...
• Civil War Reenactors to march through London - Boing Boing
• Rose and Isabel: berzerker Valkyries fight the Civil War - Boing Boing

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/TmUGg2aCEDI/tintypes-and-ambroty.html

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