A Civil War Photo Album

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A Civil War Photo Album
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Yorktown, Va., vicinity. Headquarters of Gen.
George B. McClellan, Camp Winfield Scott
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Antietam, Md. A cavalry orderly
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The Arsenal
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Petersburg, Va. The "Dictator," a closer view
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"Elmira Cornet Band," Thirty-third Regiment, of
the New York State Volunteers, July 1861
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Washington, D.C. Spectators at side of the
Capitol, which is hung with crepe and has flag at
half-mast
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Bealeton, Va. Sutler's tent at Army of the
Potomac headquarters
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City Point, Va. African American army cook at work
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Alexandria, Va. Cooks in the kitchen of Soldiers'
Rest
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Stockade and prison at Cahawba sic, Alabama
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Brandy Station, Va. Dinner party outside tent,
Army of the Potomac headquarters
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Fairfax Court House, Va. House used as a
headquarters by Gen. G. B. McClellan and Gen. P.
G. T. Beauregard
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Petersburg, Va. Hospital stewards of 2d Division,
9th Corps, in front of tents
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Washington, D.C. Patients in Ward K of Armory
Square Hospital
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Photo of Lincoln by Matthew Brady
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Antietam, Md. President Lincoln with Gen. George
B. McClellan and group of officers
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James River, Va. Sailors relaxing on deck of
U.S.S. Monitor
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Virginia. Newspaper vendor and cart in camp
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The rebellion, its cause and cure. A meeting for
the Free Discussion of the Great Principles
involved in the War for the Union will be held at
the Wigwam in the village of Haverstraw, on
Wednesday Evn'g, Sept. 24th at seven o'clock.
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View of Atlanta, Georgia, with railroad cars in
left foreground
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Large group of slaves(?) standing in front of
buildings on Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South
Carolina
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Bull Run, Va. Matthews' or the Stone House
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Postcards

• You will be writing a postcard home to family and
  friends. As you write, think about
• What the picture shows
• What side you are on
• What state you are from
• Write from that perspective and try to include
  things you have learned about the Civil War in
  your writing.

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Washington, D.C. view across Chain Bridge over
the Potomac http//memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cwp
b/04100/04113r.jpg