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Photographers would follow the armies almost everywhere - not an easy feat since the logistics of field photography were daunting. Some photographers were content to turn out inexpensive soldier portraits or group photos while others served the army more formally. Brandy Station, Va. Band of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (Zouaves) Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1864 April REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7611 Group of Co. A, 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Va., June, 1861 Group of soldiers posed in front of tent, one with drum, one with flag, some with rifles, some with swords, and a dog. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-7985 Group of Co. A, 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Va., June, 1861 Group of soldiers posed in front of tent, one with drum, one with flag, some with rifles, some with swords, and a dog. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-7985 Gibson's horse battery (C. 3d U.S. Art'y.) near Fair Oaks, Va. June 1862 Many soldiers with cannons drawn by horses. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-7986 Group of soldiers of Co. G., 71st New York Volunteers, posed in front of tent CREATED/PUBLISHED: Photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-117312 Headquarters of Blenkers Brigade Large group of soldiers posed in front of building. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-92594 Major General J.A. Mower and staff 16 soldiers posed. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-90935 Warrenton, Va. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner and staff Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. Left to right: Capt. W. G. Jones, Maj. Laurence Kip, A.D.C., Lt. Col. Joseph H. Taylor, A.A.C., Gen. Sumner, Capt. J. M. Garland, Chief of Ambulances, Capt. S. S. Sumner, A.D.C., unknown, Lt. Col. W. W. Teall. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1862 November 13 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7211 District of Columbia. Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, at Fort Lincoln Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Shows 27 African Americans in two lines with rifles resting on the ground. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7890 Confederate prisoners at Belle Plain Landing, Va., captured with Johnson's Division, May 12, 1864 CREATED/PUBLISHED: Photographed 1864, printed later REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-121669, LC-USZC4-6469 District of Columbia. Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, at Fort Lincoln Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Shows 27 African Americans in two lines with rifles resting on the ground. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7890 District of Columbia. White officers of 4th U.S. Colored Infantry at leisure, Fort Slocum Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1865 April REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7851 Brandy Station, Va. Troopers of Co. D, 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry (2d Division, Cavalry Corps) Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1864 March REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7389 Brandy Station, Va. Officers and men of Co. K, 1st U.S. Cavalry (1st Division, Cavalry Corps) Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1864 February REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7279 Washington, D.C. Six marines with fixed bayonets at the Navy Yard Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1864 April REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7697 Hampton Roads, Va. Rear Admiral David D. Porter and staff aboard his flagship, U.S.S. Malvern Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1864 December REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7227 Copyright 2002 WETA. All rights reserved.