Civil War Photos - AMAZING collection

[Scream And Fly]

For those of you interested in history - especially the Civil War, you better check the below link out. The Library Of Congress has an amazing collection of high resolution photos, available totally free for viewing and downloading. This is the kind of thing I like to see tax dollars doing - preserving our history.

Check it out, and get ready for literally hours of amazing images. This was all at the dawn of photography. Amazing.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html

Subject Index: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwarsubjindex1.html

[The Big Al]

I was born in this hospital!

So were my Brother and Sister.


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[Charleston, S.C. Roper's Hospital; a closer view]. CREATED/PUBLISHED
1865.

[The Big Al]

I used to work in the Building when I was a purchasing agent for the
City Of Charleston, the city stopped using it in 1995 I'm not sure if they they ever moved back in. It was being restored.


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[Charleston, S.C. City Hall (80 Broad Street)]. CREATED/PUBLISHED
1865.

[The Big Al]

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[Charleston, S.C. Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar; another view]. CREATED/PUBLISHED
1865.

My Sister's wedding and christening of her children was held in this church, along with her funneral.

[The Big Al]

A lot of the Charleston SC building are still there.

It is trully a historic town.

Al

[The Big Al]

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[Port Royal Island, S.C. African Americans preparing cotton for the gin on Smith's plantation].
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1862.

This belonged to my Great Great uncle. He was my grandfathers Uncle.

Most of the land was givin to the state and declared historic.
It was on the Ashley River! 25,000 acres. Could you emagine what that would be worth today?

A President went hunting on that land, I need to ask my Ant about it. She has all the family history.

Most of the plantaion was burned during the civil war. And yes it was a slave Plantation.

[The Big Al]

Five generations of slaves on Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina. Photographed in 1862 and printed later.

“Five generations on Smith’s plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina.”

This African-American family was photographed in 1862 after Union forces captured the Sea Island coastal area of South Carolina. One of four photographs taken by Timothy O’Sullivan of the J. J. Smith plantation, this picture was subsequently exhibited at Alexander Gardner’s Washington, D.C., photography gallery in September 1863. In contrast to this Beaufort, South Carolina, family the history of the slave family was usually characterized by constant efforts by enslaved African Americans to maintain continuity in the face of forced break-ups and sales (exemplified in the naming of children to mark lineage).

[The Big Al]

Large group of slaves(?) standing in front of buildings on Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina. Photographed in 1862 and printed later.

[Trikki1010]

Big Al,

Nice to see you tracing your ROOTS

The old "family" photos are nice to see too

[The Big Al]

Big Al,

Nice to see you tracing your ROOTS

The old "family" photos are nice to see too

WOOOO! Not my family in the pic! HA HA!!!
Only part i was related to is the groud in those photo's!!

[Trikki1010]

WOOOO! Not my family in the pic! HA HA!!!
Only part i was related to is the groud in those photo's!!

I figured, but bustin' is more fun

I must say though, some pretty detailed photo's/repaired photos.

Sure was ALOT of slaves

[heath brinkley]

awesome site !!!

[triple dude]

A lot of the old glass negatives got carelessly destroyed later on in the 1800's. Many people regarded them as old junk. They were even used as glass panes in greenhouses.

[heath brinkley]

I got a set of glass negatives from my neighbor before she died. Old city photos, no war stuff, but still cool. Not in the greatest shape either.

[triple dude]

A buddy makes his entire living off selling things on ebay. He made $50K last year with no taxes. Anyway, one item he's always lookin' for is old 8&16mm movies. Family vacations, parties, etc. Sometimes I watch them with him on his gagrage door trying to figure out where they could be and when. He bought some old travel movies of Alaska from the 50's. Did well on those. A couple weeks ago, he picked up some old footage from an Indiana college. Showed homecoming parade, boxing team, etc. He made a couple hundred on those. Last week, he got some old German footage. We guessed Germany just before WW2. Nazi banners hanging everywhere. He paid $25 for those and sold for $600. Old photo's do well also, especially if they're a known location.