The "guard of honor" before tappa cloth mat - hand-woven from tree bark, Fiji Islands

"The home guard" White Mountain rangers

Union picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation", Richmond, Va.

Union picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation", Richmond, Va.

Union picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation", Richmond, Va.

Group at Cumberland, May, 1862

Guards at American bridgehead boundary, Montbaur, east of Rhine

Picket Post (Union), Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 1864

Exterior of sally port, Fort Moultrie, outside, March 1865

Sally port (outside), Fort Moultrie, Sullivans Island

Paul Boynton with his dog, Atlantic City, N.J.

Indian guard, confined in Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla.

Bank safes being guarded.

Bank safes being guarded.

Bank safes being guarded.

Bank safes being guarded.