Category: Civil Wars

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.