Camp Life

: 1st Massachusetts Cavalry camp in the woods; Stereograph: View of companies 'C' and 'D,' 1st Massachusetts Cavalry in front of their tents.

: 7th Regiment (N.G.) N.Y.S.T., Camp Cameron, Washington City, Tent No. 20, Co. 2, May 1861; Stereograph: 5 soldiers seated outside of tent.

: A Breakfast party at headquarters, Army Potomac, April, 1864; Stereograph: Officers seated outside a tent enjoying a meal, young African American man standing by.

: A Camp in a pleasant grove; Stereograph: Group portrait of soldiers and African-American boy seated in front of tent., Roche is attributed as creator based on information from the book, Anthony: the man, the company, the camera. An American Photographic Pioneer.

: A Group of soldiers of the 31st Pennsylvania Regiment; Stereograph: Group portrait of five soldiers with guns and swords.

: Camp dinner; Stereograph: Hand-colored view of soldiers and African-American man sitting around a dinner table eating., Roche is attributed as creator based on information from the book, Anthony: the man, the company, the camera. An American Photographic Pioneer.

: Camp in Monument Garden, Chattanooga; Stereograph: Soldiers relaxing in a field with log structures in the background.

: Camp life, Army of the Potomac. Basking in the sunshine; Stereograph: Soldiers relaxing outside tents., Roche is attributed as creator based on information from the book, Anthony: the man, the company, the camera. An American Photographic Pioneer.

: Camp life, Army of the Potomac. News from home. [Stereograph]; Stereograph: Four soldiers sitting outside a tent preparing food and reading a letter.

: Camp of Gen'l M'Dowell's body guard, July 5, 1862; Stereograph: Soldiers seated underneath a tree with tents and a house in the background., Irvin McDowell (15 Oct. 1818-4 May 1885) Graduated from West Point in 1838. At the start of the Civil War, McDowell was a brevet major and served on General Winfield Scott's staff. In late May 1861 he was given the command of the Union forces in the Department of Northeastern Virginia. McDowell led a corps in the Second Bull Run (Second Manassas) campaign. He was sent to command a territorial department on the West Coast. After the Civil War, he commanded the Department of the East from 1868 to 1872 and the Department of the South from 1872 to 1876.�

: Camp of the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment, April, 1864; Stereograph: Soldiers in formation out in an open field with tents in the background.

: Capt. Bollerman's kitchen. Tasting the soup. [Stereograph]; Stereograph: Soldiers, a woman, and an African-American man relaxing while one soldier ceremoniously tastes the soup.

: Commissary department, headquarters Army Potomac, April, 1864; Stereograph: Soldiers of the Commissary Dept. butchering meat, carcasses hanging from a pole, left, barrels of supplies, right.

: Discussing the probabilities of the next advance; Stereograph: Two men seated smoking pipes with horses in the background, possibly the photographers Timothy O'Sullivan and Alexander Gardner., The men in this photograph are believed to be O'Sullivan (right) and Gardner (left). See Timothy O'Sullivan, American's Forgotten Photographer, by James D. Horan, copyright 1966, pp. X,125. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1840-14 Jan. 1882) Photographer whose career began as an apprentice operator in Mathew Brady's daguerreotype studio in New York City. Based out of Washington D.C., O'Sullivan photographed military sites and personnel during the Civil War. Followed General William Tecumseh Sherman through South Carolina from December 1861 to May 1862. Over the next three years, O'Sullivan worked for Alexander Gardner photographing soldiers, war equipment, and the aftermath of many significant battles. Following the Civil War, O'Sullivan participated in a number of important scientific and military surveys of the western United States. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 � December 10, 1882) A Scottish photographer who emigrated to the United States in 1856. Based out of Washington D.C., Gardner was appointed chief photographer under the jurisdiction of the�U.S. Topographical Engineers and later became a staff photographer under General�George B. McClellan. Between 1862 and 1865, Gardner followed General Ambrose Burnside and General Joseph Hooker and photographed the Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, and the Siege of Petersburg. Gardner is also well known for photographing President Abraham Lincoln. After the Civil War, he photographed Native Americans visiting Washington, D.C. and gave up photography to start an insurance company.

: Field telegraph, battery wagon and officers tent of military Telegraph Corps, headquarters Army of the Potomac, 24th June, 1864; Stereograph: Telegraph wagon and tent with the operators outside of the tent.

: Filling their canteens; Stereograph: Canvas covered well being used by soldiers to replenish their canteens.

: Group at Telegraphic Corps quarters, headquarters Army Potomac; Stereograph: Men, possibly journalists seated around a table eating and drinking.

: Group at transportation office, Aquia Creek, February, 1863; Stereograph: Two men outside transportation tent with sign reading Transportation Office, Subsistence and Stores, Capt. F.C. Tripter, AAQM.

: Group, Comte de Paris, Duc de Chartres, Prince de Joinville, and friends, Camp Winfield Scott, near Yorktown, May 1, 1862; Stereograph: French nobles and others seated around table eating and drinking., Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans, comte de Paris (24 August 1838-8 September 1894) Grandson of Louis Philippe I, the King of France from 1830 to 1848. In 1861, he was appointed as an assistant adjutant general in the Union Army during the Civil War with the rank of captain. He served on the staff of General McClellan and resigned from the army on July 15, 1862. François-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d'Orléans, prince de, Joinville (14 August 1818-16 June 1900) The third son of Louis Philippe I, the King of the French from 1830 to 1848. Served in the French Navy from 1836 to 1848. Went to America upon the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 where his son and two nephews joined the Union Army.

: Group, Prince's servants; Stereograph: Four menservants preparing a meal, or cleaning.

: Gymnastic field sports of the gallant 7th. A four story pile of men. [Stereograph]; Stereograph: Pyramid of soldiers in a field, others looking on., Roche is attributed as creator based on information from the book, Anthony: the man, the company, the camera. An American Photographic Pioneer.

: Headquarters Army of the Potomac, eastern half of camp, April, '64; Stereograph: Partiality cleared field with tents in the background.

: Headquarters New York Herald in Army of the Potomac, Sept., 1863; Stereograph: Journalists relaxing outside of tents set among trees, wagon with 'N.Y.H. Headquarters' painted on the side to the right.

: Improvised dinner table in the field; Stereograph: Hand-colored view of a group of soldiers sitting around make-shift dining table with drums and flag hanging from the trees in the background., Roche is attributed as creator based on information from the book, Anthony: the man, the company, the camera. An American Photographic Pioneer.

: Mounting Guard; Stereograph: Groups of soldiers from the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry standing in formation.

: Officers of the 60th New York Volunteers at Sulphur Springs, Virginia; Stereograph: Eleven soldiers seated for a group portrait with other military men and a springhouse in the background.

: Officers of the 60th New York Volunteers at Sulphur Springs, Virginia; Stereograph: Fourteen officers posing for group portrait.

: Rear view of winter quarters of telegraphic and photographic departments, attached to headquarters Army Potomac, April, '64; Stereograph: Men, including an African-American man, standing outside log buildings with a wagon to the right.

: Tent life of the 31st Pennsylvania regiment; Stereograph: Soldiers with women and children outside of tents with personal belongings scattered around the camp site.

: The Way they cook dinner in camp; Stereograph: Four soldiers cooking dinner on small stoves beneath a tarp., Roche is attributed as creator based on information from the book, Anthony: the man, the company, the camera. An American Photographic Pioneer.

: View from the breastworks outside Fort Burnham, late Rebel Fort Harrison. Rebel pickets in the woods; a rebel fort in the middle distance. [Stereograph]; Stereograph: View from the Breastworks outside Fort Burnham, formerly the Confederate Fort Harrison, showing tents and buildings of rebel camp beyond., Fort Harrison, (Va.) was captured by Union forces in 1864 and renamed Fort Burnham.

: Winter quarters of telegraphic and photographic departments, attached to headquarters Army Potomac, April, 1864; Stereograph: Soldier on what appears to be a swing set among pine trees, tents and log buildings in background, one possibly O'Sullivan's darkroom. Written on the back of the stereograph, 'O'Sullivan's darkroom, left center.', Written on the back of the stereograph, 'O'Sullivan's darkroom, left center.'

: [Covered wagons and horses on a hill side with tents in the far background, Camp Winfield Scott, Va.]; Stereograph: Covered wagons and horses on a hill side with tents in the far background, Camp Winfield Scott, Va.

: [Group of soldiers, woman, and child in front of log building with sign reading 'Union 17' hanging over doorway.]; Stereograph: Group of soldiers, woman, and child in front of log building with 'Union 17' sign hanging over doorway.

: [Man standing next to tree with post office and other wood frame buildings in the background.]; Stereograph: Man standing next to tree with post office and other wood frame buildings in the background.

: [Officer and African-America man seated outside a camouflaged tent.]; Stereograph: Officer and African-America man seated outside tent camouflaged with brush and small trees.

: [Soldiers caring for horses at camp.]; Stereograph: Soldiers caring for horses at camp.

: [Soldiers lounging around artillery emplacements.] [Stereograph]; Stereograph: Soldiers lounging around artillery emplacements at possibly at Fort Jackson, La.

: [Soldiers of the 7th Regiment New York Militia outside tent.]; Stereograph: Soldiers of the 7th New York State Militia relaxing outside tent.

: [Soldiers of the 7th Regiment New York State Militia.]; Stereograph: Soldiers of the 7th Regiment New York State Militia and an African- American man relaxing outside the tent labeled 'The-Ruins.'

: [Tents of Camp Winfield Scott in the distance.]; Stereograph: Tents of Camp Winfield Scott in the distance.

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