Library of Congress
Virginia Civil War Photographs
2,588 photographs in this state - page 27 of 44
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![[Petersburg, Va. Military telegraph operators at headquarters]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/03900/03988_150px.jpg#h=121&w=150)



![[Brandy Station, Va. Officer's quarters, U.S. Engineers]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/03700/03710_150px.jpg#h=122&w=150)
![[Brandy Station, Va. Capt. James M. Robertson and staff, 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04000/04044_150px.jpg#h=122&w=150)

![[Mrs. Nelson's Crossing, Va. Pontoon bridge across the Pamunkey, built by the 50th New York Engineers]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/00300/00371_150px.jpg#h=62&w=150)

![[Quarters of Capt. Harry Clinton, Qt. Mst. of Provost Marshal Dept., Brandy Station, Virginia]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cph/3c00000/3c02000/3c02100/3c02120_150px.jpg#h=120&w=150)
![[Norfolk, Va. Ruined buildings at Navy Yard]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/01200/01294_150px.jpg#h=149&w=150)




![[Fredericksburg, Va. Cooking tent of the U.S. Sanitary Commission]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/01100/01197_150px.jpg#h=150&w=150)




![[Fredericksburg, Va. Nurses and officers of the U.S. Sanitary Commission]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/01100/01195_150px.jpg#h=138&w=150)





![[Fort Monroe, Va. Officers of 3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/03900/03996_150px.jpg#h=121&w=150)


![[Brandy Station, Va. General view of 6th New York Artillery encampment]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/03900/03933_150px.jpg#h=122&w=150)
![Dutch Gap Canal [...] November 1864, while Canal was being dug](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cph/3c10000/3c19000/3c19900/3c19946_150px.jpg#h=119&w=150)
![[Jericho Mills, Va. Party of the 50th New York Engineers building a road on the south bank of the North Anna, with a general headquarters wagon train crossing the pontoon bridge]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/00300/00359_150px.jpg#h=61&w=150)

![[Spotsylvania Court House, Va., vicinity. Body of a Confederate soldier near Mrs. Alsop's house]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/01100/01185_150px.jpg#h=130&w=150)
![[Petersburg, Va. Redoubt near Dunn's house in outer line of Confederate fortifications captured June 14, 1864, by Gen. William F. Smith]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/01200/01229_150px.jpg#h=127&w=150)
![[Petersburg, Va. Officers of the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry at Army of the Potomac headquarters]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/03700/03797_150px.jpg#h=122&w=150)



![[Rappahannock Station, Va. Pontoon wagon, 50th New York Engineers]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/03800/03866_150px.jpg#h=121&w=150)
![[Brandy Station, Va. House used as headquarters by Gen. David. B. Birney, commanding 1st Division, 3d Corps]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04000/04087_150px.jpg#h=121&w=150)
![[Bombproof kitchen and tents on front line in front of Petersburg, August 10, 1864]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ppmsca/32400/32406_150px.jpg#h=126&w=150)
![[Camp of Union soldiers on the line in front of Petersburg, Va., August 10, 1864]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ppmsca/32400/32408_150px.jpg#h=122&w=150)

![[Fredericksburg, Va. Wounded from the Battle of the Wilderness]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/01800/01842_150px.jpg#h=120&w=150)
![[Brandy Station, Va. Officers and a lady at headquarters of 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04000/04066_150px.jpg#h=124&w=150)

![[Petersburg, Va. Sutler's tent, 2d Division, 9th Corps]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/01700/01731_150px.jpg#h=150&w=148)


![[Brandy Station, Va. Guard mount of 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (1st Division, 3d Corps)]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/04000/04075_150px.jpg#h=120&w=150)
![[Fredericksburg, Va. Soldiers filling canteens]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/01800/01852_150px.jpg#h=150&w=150)
![[North Anna River, Va. Federal troops occupying line of breastworks on the north bank]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/01200/01211_150px.jpg#h=134&w=150)

