Henry Treece is believed to have enlisted in Bowen’s Battalion on July 17, 1861, at Rolla, Missouri, and was promoted to first sergeant and assigned to Company A. In late 1862, when the 10th Missouri Cavalry regiment was formed, he was promoted to second lieutenant in Company A; promoted to first lieutenant on September ...
James Tryon was born in Coxsackie, New York, on September 24, 1837; he graduated from Union College in 1858 and the University of Pennsylvania in 1861. He was appointed an assistant surgeon in the U.S. Navy on September 22, 1863, and served with the West Gulf Blockading Squadron until 1865. He was later ...
Group photograph, consisting of five U. S. Colored Infantry officers who are identified by number: #1 Lt. Ira S. Smith; #2 Lt. Lysander S. Butler; #3 Col. Alonzo Jay Edgerton; #4 Lt. Charles Bornarth; and #5 Lt. Albert F. Hunt. Ira Smith mustered into the 9th Minnesota Infantry on August 19, 1862, as a private; ...
J. J. Ungerer was appointed a chaplain on November 6, 1861, and accepted the appointment on December 12, 1861. In what was surely a formality, Ungerer was then nominated by Confederate President Jefferson Davis on December 21, 1861, and was confirmed by the Confederate Senate on December 24, 1861. Initially assigned to the ...
Originally formed in the 1830s, French Zouave units initially consisted of native North African troops. By the time of the Civil War, however, the French Zouaves were non-natives. Their distinctive uniform included a short jacket, baggy trousers, sash, gaiters, and a fez with turban. Their bravery in combat in the Crimea from ...
Reverse image of an unidentified Native American soldier dressed in Union uniform, wearing a plumed slouch hat. The soldier is holding a revolver in his left hand and a sword in his right. Native Americans fought on both sides during the Civil War, with the Delaware, Kickapoo, Quapaw, Seneca, Shawnee, Osage, and some Cherokees fighting for ...
Photograph of unknown amputee, wearing a robe or dressing gown and using a crutch; his right leg appears to have been amputated. The photograph has a Chicago photographer’s backmark, which likely indicates the subject is an Illinois soldier. During the Civil War, the commonly used “Minie” bullet was a relatively slow, large caliber soft lead ...
Photograph of an unidentified cavalry bugler. Commands in the cavalry were transmitted by bugle, so it was important for officers to be able to readily distinguish the buglers in the smoke and confusion of battle. A bugler’s uniform jacket was trimmed with yellow worsted herringbone braid, and buglers usually rode grey horses to further help ...
Undated photograph of an unidentified Union engineer, holding a civilian hat with the engineer “castle” insignia. Engineers played a vital role in the Civil War, building pontoon and railroad bridges, forts, emplacements for artillery batteries and roads. Perhaps the most famous engineer unit from the Trans-Mississippi Theater was Colonel Josiah W. Bissell’s “Engineer Regiment of ...
Undated photograph of an unidentified private in the 2nd Missouri Cavalry, “Merrill’s Horse.” Organized by Colonel Lewis Merrill in 1861, the 2nd Missouri Cavalry battled guerrilla forces in Missouri, then participated in the Little Rock campaign, Frederick Steele’s Camden Expedition, and in actions against General Sterling Price during his 1864 raid through Missouri. The members of “Merrill’s ...
Unidentified civilian sutler of the 6th Missouri Infantry; sutlers were merchants who were allowed to sell goods not provided by the government to soldiers of a particular unit or post. Only one sutler was allowed per unit or post; they were appointed by the Secretary of War, regimental officers or governors. The most ...
This photograph of an unidentified mounted dragoon soldier is a mystery. It may depict a member of a cavalry company in a state’s pre-Civil War militia. At the start of the Civil War, many such militia units were mustered into service; some briefly retained impressive dress uniforms before abandoning them for more practical ...
Undated photograph of an unidentified African-American women; a tentative identification indicates she may be the wife of Joe Grafs, whose photograph is also in the Wilson’s Creek Battlefield collection. Carte-de-Visite by Unknown Photographer Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31936
Image of an Osage warrior in native dress, possibly a member of the 2nd Regiment Indian Home Guard; the Osage were native to Kentucky, but relocated to the Kansas-Oklahoma area after years of fighting with the Iroquois. A treaty between the Osage Nation and the Confederacy was signed on October 2, 1861. A cavalry battalion ...
