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Custom Military Caricature Portrait – Personalized Officer Cartoon From Photo (digital File) - Etsy

Custom Military Caricature Portrait – Personalized Officer Cartoon From Photo (digital File) - Etsy

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Portrait of American military family

Military Honored in Veterans Portrait Project

Military Honored in Veterans Portrait Project

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portrait of soldiers inside war automobile moving to location of military operation, closeup of face

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Portrait of military man. Dark key. Footage with camera motion.

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Portrait military soldier in army camouflage, warrior with helmet, protective gas mask. Mercenary in nato uniform. Private military company concept. War conflict. Red blue light and smoke fog indoors

Portrait military soldier in army camouflage, warrior with helmet, protective gas mask. Mercenary in nato uniform. Private military company concept. War conflict. Red blue light and smoke fog indoors

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Portrait of military soldier singing a national anthem against US flag background 4k

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The Civil War Story Revealed in an Unknown Soldier’s Portrait In these videos I share stories and information about individuals for whom an original, wartime photograph is known to have survived more than a century and a half. For all these identified images, there are many more of soldiers and sailors who have become separated from their identities and lost in time. Yet they to have stories to tell. Here's one. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and

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"THEY SAT FOR THEIR PICTURES BY HUNDREDS" When we look at 160-year-old portrait photographs left behind by soldiers as a memento of their Civil War experience, we study the uniforms, the weapons, and other aspects of the material culture. We examine the backdrops, the props and any inscriptions. If the image is identified, we research their lives and service. We don't dwell on the actual taking of the photograph. Here's an eyewitness account of the excitement of having that photograph taken in a

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Grant on Confederate War Morale: "The South Was a Military Camp" In his Personal Memoirs, President Ulysses S. Grant wrote extensively about the South, sharing his observations and experiences during the Civil War. He dedicates part of one section to comparing the morale of the armies and the relative conditions in which they operated. Here's his conclusions. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine. Learn more abo

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A CONFEDERATE GENERAL IN LEE'S ARMY SHARES THE OPINION OF U.S. GRANT'S LEADERSHIP IN 1864 When the U.S. Army of the Potomac opened its spring 1864 campaign against the C.S. Army of Northern Virginia, Gen. Robert E. Lee faced a new adversary fresh from the war's Western Theater: Ulysses S. Grant. One of Lee's subordinates, Brig. Gen. Evander M. Law, recalled how little his fellow senior officers knew of Grant, and the low opinion they had of his generalship. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail"

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Robert E. Lee’s Official Report: The Capture of John Brown at Harpers Ferry The highest profile service of Robert E. Lee’s as an officer in the United States Army may be his role in quelling John Brown’s Raid in 1859. His official report, dated October 19, describes the action in vivid detail. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine. Learn more about our mission to showcase, interpret and preserve Civil War portra

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An Account of the Victorious Union Army Marching Into Petersburg, April 1865 Less than 48 hours after the Confederate Army and senior government leaders evacuated Richmond and Petersburg, Va., Union nurse Adelaide W. Smith rode into Petersburg with a group of medical staff to witness victorious troops occupying the city. Here's her vivid description. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine. Learn more about our mi

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Robert E. Lee's Arrives to a Hero's Welcome in Richmond After Resigning from the U.S. Army Days after he resigned his U.S. Army commission, Robert E. Lee strode into the Capitol Building in Richmond to a hero's welcome as he formally accepted a commission as major general of Virginia's military forces. The correspondent of a local newspaper left a record of the proceedings. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine.

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Hail! Glorious Banners It can be fairly said that a Civil War soldier’s photo album embodied the visual record of his military experience. Some included photographs of the torn and tattered flags for which they fought and were willing to lay down their lives. Here's a sampling. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine. Learn more about our mission to showcase, interpret and preserve Civil War portrait photography a

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Born in Battle: From Kearny’s Patch to Rebel Ribbons, the Rise of the Corps Badge The origin of corps badges in the Union Army begins with a case of mistaken identity involving Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny and officers, and an observation of Confederates after the Battle of Seven Pines, according to Assistant Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend of the U.S. Army. Here's the story. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine

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Planting the Colors on Fort Harrison On Sept. 29, 1864, about 2,500 U.S. soldiers from Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler's Army of the James attacked and captured Fort Harrison, part of the Confederate defenses of Richmond, Va. The action went down in history as the Battle of Chaffin's Farm. During the assault, two Union color bearers planted their regimental flags in the rebel fort at almost the same moment. One of them received the Medal of Honor. Here's the story. "Life on the Civil War Research Trai

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Proud to spotlight our military-connected students as they share their stories through art! Each “My Military Family” portrait is a heartfelt tribute to the strength, love, and resilience that defines their unique journeys. We are honored to display them in the main hallway!✨ #MonthOfTheMilitaryChild | Waller Mill Elementary Fine Arts Magnet

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First Combat: Accounts of Fear and Exhilaration That Grips a Soldier’s Heart Though they grew up with guns in peacetime and had basic training after joining the Union and Confederate armies, no one could fully prepare citizen soldiers for hostile fire and first combat. Here are three accounts that capture the intense mix of fear and exhilaration that grips a soldier’s heart. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine

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John Burns' Account of Himself at Gettysburg In her 1911 book "Reminiscences of an Army Nurse During the Civil War," Adelaide W. Smith shares an encounter she had with The Hero of Gettysburg, John Burns, during the Metropolitan Fair in the spring of 1864. Burns, a guest of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, the event sponsor, left her with a card that told his story—and a poem inspired by his actions on July 1, 1863. Read Smith's book: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/public/gdcmassbookdig/remin

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A Civil War Story Behind the Face In a Photographer's Ad In the aftermath of the Civil War, Jacob Coble launched his small business when he opened a photography studio in the Pennsylvania town of Newport. Interested to learn more about his career, I went down the research rabbit hole and found his Civil War story—an overlooked part of the Antietam Campaign. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine. Learn more about

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CAPTURED BY MOSBY'S RANGERS, SENT TO ANDERSONVILLE John Singleton Mosby and his Partisan Rangers disrupted U.S. Army communications along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Virginia as part of a coordinated effort to support Lt. Gen. Jubal Early’s 1864 invasion of the North that culminated in the Battle of the Monocacy and the Raid on Washington, D.C. In one move, Mosby's men compelled the surrender of a garrison at Duffield's Station along the B&O without firing a shot. One of the captured men,

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1ST MARYLAND VS. 1ST MARYLAND AT THE BATTLE OF FRONT ROYAL The 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign is one of the best remembered of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson's operations. One of the engagements, at Front Royal on May 23, 1862, was notable for a fight between two regiments with the same name—the 1st Maryland Infantry. One wore gray and the other blue. Here's the story from the perspective of the commander of the Union regiment. Col. John Reese Kenly. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" i

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Bringing to Light "Ein Soldat Aus Sherman's Armee" What can portraits of soldiers and sailors whose identities have been lost in time tell us? What is the value of these portraits to the larger body of Civil War scholarship? The answer is that photographs of unknowns can be of enormous value. Here’s a case in point. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine. Learn more about our mission to showcase, interpret and pr

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U.S. Grant on War, Peace, Race, Foreign Powers, and the Future The memoirs of Lt. Gen. and President Ulysses S. Grant are filled with subtle—and not so subtle—commentaries. Here's one, which appears at the end of his second volume, and it speaks to American power and the future. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine. Learn more about our mission to showcase, interpret and preserve Civil War portrait photography

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Robert E. Lee Discusses His Views on Slaves as Soldiers On January 7, 1865, attorney Andrew Hunter, a former legislator in the Virginia House of Delegates best known for his key role in the prosecution and conviction of John Brown for leading a slave insurrection, wrote a letter to his friend, Gen. Robert E. Lee, to sound him out on the question of enlisting Black men in the Confederate Army. Here's how Lee responded. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Edit

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At Gettysburg, Confederates Took a Pocket Bible from a Dead Union Officer. Here’s What Became of It. Three days after the Battle of Gettysburg, retreating Confederates encamped near Waynesboro, Pa. At the Hoover farm, three officers examined a Bible one of them had picked off the body of a dead Union officer, Capt. Isaac Nicoll of the 124th New York Infantry. Here's the story. Read a version of this story in Military Images magazine: https://www.militaryimagesmagazine-digital.com/2016/06/03/a-ga

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Three Bullets at Gettysburg—and a Medal of Honor Corporal and color bearer James Monroe "Roe" Reisinger and his fellow Bucktails in the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry had their first combat at the Battle of Gettysburg. Though badly wounded, Roe's inspired gallantry earned him the Medal of Honor 40 years later. Here's his story. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazine. Learn more about our mission to showcase, interpr

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Last Visit With Abraham Lincoln The assassination of President Lincoln looms large in our American memory almost 160 years after it occurred. What was it like to see him on his last day, before John Wilkes Booth took his life? U.S. Assistant Secretary of War Charles A. Dana happened to visit him on business hours before Lincoln went to Ford's Theater. Here's his recollection. "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald S. Coddington, Editor and Publisher of Military Images magazin

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