Category: Civil Wars

At 101 years old in 1949, Civil War veteran John S. Dumser sits for a formal portrait that feels both intimate and monumental. His gaze meets the camera directly, framed by a neatly groomed mustache and the deep lines of a long life, while a cane rests in the foreground as a quiet marker of…

Weathered faces and well-worn clothing set a sober tone as two elderly Confederate veterans pose with a Georgia battle flag at a Confederate reunion in Washington, DC, in June 1917. One man stretches an arm toward the fabric as if to steady it for the camera, while the other stands beside the flagpole, medals pinned…

Along a broad New York parade route on May 30, 1938, veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic advance in steady formation, their dark coats and peaked caps giving the procession a solemn, uniform rhythm. Several men lean on canes, and their measured stride suggests both age and determination, while spectators line the street…

Night hangs heavy over Belfast’s dockland, but the skyline is ripped open by a timber-yard inferno—an industrial blaze bright enough to turn warehouses into stark silhouettes. Flames surge behind the rooflines and through the skeletal frames of buildings, while thick smoke billows upward in a rolling ceiling. The scale suggested in the title, a 12‑acre…

Along a wide Belfast roadway, British troops form a staggered line that cuts across the street, their helmets and rifles creating a hard visual rhythm against the open pavement. The stance is defensive rather than ceremonial—boots planted, backs turned toward the camera, attention fixed on the space ahead. In the background, small groups of civilians…

Boots and rifles dominate the foreground as armed British soldiers take up positions on the Falls Road in Belfast during the July 1970 curfew. Their alert stances and raised weapons turn an ordinary street into a controlled space, framed by parked cars, factory-like buildings, and hard brick walls. In a single glance, the photograph conveys…

Armoured wheels sit hard on the roadway as soldiers from 1st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment take up positions around a fortified watchtower in Crossmaglen, South Armagh, in 1977. Concrete barriers, wire mesh, and the elevated platform turn an ordinary streetscape of terraced houses and chimney stacks into a militarised checkpoint, where sightlines…

This haunting Civil War photograph, widely known as “Harvest of Death,” shows the bodies of several Union soldiers lying across an open battlefield. The low, ground-level view emphasizes the stillness of the fallen in the foreground while the field stretches into a hazy distance, turning the landscape into a stark record of loss.

This stark Civil War photograph shows Confederate soldiers lying on the ground beneath a large tree, a quiet woodland edge framing the aftermath of violence. The scene is still and somber, with bodies stretched across the foreground and sparse grass and leaves underfoot, capturing the human cost that battlefields left behind.

This historical Civil War portrait shows Lt. Gen. James Longstreet in Confederate uniform, captured in a formal studio-style pose. The black-and-white image highlights period details such as the double-breasted coat with prominent buttons, his full beard, and a composed, forward-looking expression that reflects 19th-century photographic conventions.