Signal tower on the line before Petersburg, Va., 1864

Comrades will all remember how we made a rush for the old well to fill our canteens, when on the march. This is the way it was

A Sutler's Tent

Troops drawn up in Hollow Square to witness an execution

Non-commissioned Officers' Mess, Co. "D", 93d New York Infantry

"Hard Tack"

"Hard Tack"

Headquarters Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Va., April, 1864

Soldiers' winter quarters, Army of the Potomac. Inside the first line of fortifications, near City Point, Va.

Headquarters 10th Army Corps, Hatchies Run, Va.

Lt. Gen. Grant's Head Quarters, City Point, Va. May 29, 1865

W.G. Johnson's tent, purveyor 2d. division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac, Va.

Encampment at Cumberland Landing, Va.

Encampment at Cumberland Landing, Va.

Winter quarters of the Engineer Corps.

Execution of a deserter, Alexandria, Va.

Rebel artillery soldiers, killed in the trenches of "Fort Hell," at the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865 The one in the foreground has U.S. belts on, probably taken from a Union soldier prisoner, his uniform is grey cloth trimmed with red. This view was taken the morning after the fight.

[Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia]

[Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia]

Embalming building near Fredericksburg, where some bodies were prepared for sending home

Burial of the Union dead at Fredericksburg, December 15, 1862 (i.e. May 19 or 20, 1864. Working within the Confederate lines under a flag of truce. Our army had retreated, leaving our dead on the field

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches

These died, that our Nation might live. We were driven from this field (Wilderness) before we could gather our wounded or bury our dead. This is the way we found the field covered when we returned some months later

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches

Embalming building near Fredericksburg, Va.

Embalming building near Fredericksburg, Va.