This photograph depicts the commissioned officers of Hoffman's Battalion, the volunteer unit assigned to guard the Confederate prisoners at Johnson's Island Prison. Hoffman's Battalion guarded the island from the Spring of 1832 until January 1864.…
This photograph depicts the soldiers' barracks at Johnson's Island, with members of Hoffman's Battalion, the volunteer unit assigned to guard the Confederate prisoners, in the foreground. Johnson's Island, the site of a Civil War prison camp, is…
Albumen stereograph showing an exterior view of the site of the Libby Prison, a Confederate military prison near Richmond Virginia. This photograph was taken as a part of the series, 'Photographic History: The War for the Union.'
This photograph depicts Hoffman's Battalion, the volunteer unit assigned to guard the Confederate prisoners at Johnson's Island. Hoffman's Battalion guarded the island from the Spring of 1832 until January 1864. At that time six more companies were…
This photograph shows Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside reading a newspaper, with Mathew B. Brady at Army of the Potomac headquarters. This photograph was made at 9th Corps headquarters, Cold Harbor, Virginia. Photograph from the main eastern theater of the…