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Union artillery unit posed with cannon

Description: Image of eight men standing around a field gun, ready to fire. There are two sergeants at the front, on the sides, and in the back there is an officer, his coat unbuttoned.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1864
Call number: photCL 491
Creator: Bonsall, I. H (1833-1909)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of John Boland, December 2008.; Purchased for the Huntington from the Andrew Smith Gallery by the Library Collectors' Council, January 2009.; Gift of John Boland, November 2009.; Gift of Claire Lozier and Andrew Smith, December 2019.
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Partial artillery squad in a Union redoubt, Fortress Rosecrans, Murfreesboro, Tenn

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Photograph of an artillery unit repositioning a gun. Four men with levers are around the gun; standing behind observing is a sergeant and an officer. The officer has his sword drawn.

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Close order Black Platoon Drill in Parade Plaza near Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Image of a large parade ground surround on three sides by cabins. On the right there is a platoon of African-American soldiers grouped closely together; they face an officer standing at attention on the other side of the parade grounds. There are numerous onlookers, including a woman, on the right behind the platoon. In the middle of the image is the Tennessee River, while dominating the background is Lookout Mountain.

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Group of Union Military and Civilian Men, Chattanooga, Tennessee

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A group image of twelve men outside, some in Union military dress, others in civilian dress. Eight of the group are standing, four are seated. There are buildings in the background, and in the distance Cameron Hill with a house on top to the left.

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[Artillery squad in a Union Redoubt, Chattanooga, Tennessee]

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This collection contains 54 photographs by photographer Isaac H. Bonsall chiefly depicting the landscape and Union Army operations during the American Civil War in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Lookout Mountain, Georgia, Corinth, Mississippi, and the surrounding regions, from approximately 1862 to 1865. The prints primarily document encampments, buildings, artillery, steamships, railroad bridges, and soldiers. The collection also includes some portraits of soldiers and Union officers, including the officers of the 1st United States Veteran Volunteer Engineers and Generals William S. Rosencrans, John H. King, George H. Thomas, and Joseph Hooker. Among the images are two images of African American Union troops. A landscape view of grazing farm animals near Arkansas City, Kansas, is the only image in the collection that does not date from the Civil War, and also the only image carrying Bonsall's imprint. There are also two additional images that were not taken by Bonsall and include copyright information for N. Brown.

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[Group of 7 Union Army soldiers posed in demonstration of eating at mess, possibly Chattanooga, Tennessee]

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House presented to Lt. Genl. U. S. Grant by the Citizens of Galena, Ills

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Photograph of a brick, two story home. There are men standing outside the home. A white picket fence is in the foreground.

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Union artillery unit posed with cannon

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