Bombproof Huts in the Civil War

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer. "Bombproof huts in the front line before Petersburg, August 10, 1864." 1 photographic print on card mount : half stereograph, albumen.. 1864 Aug. Printed between 1880 and 1889. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012646253/ (Accessed 11/13/2013)

Bombproof Huts in the Civil War

Bombproof huts close to the front lines, made to withstand a bombardment. Bombproof Huts for "Colored" Troops, are basically a board over a ditch. Not much protection but generally the bombardment was towards the front lines so you would position the boards to deflect debris. Unfortunately if you were under this, and they were shelling you directly, it is not much cover.

Confederate Camp

M. & N. Hanhart Chromo Lith. "Confederate camp" during the late American war." 1 print : chromolithograph. London : Louis Zimmer, c1871. Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006686265/ (Accessed 10/15/2013).

Confederate Camp

A chromo-lithograph of a Confederate encampment. The interesting thing about this war is that people could obtain color prints during the war of the events and the press, particularly Harpers Weekly were depicting stylized scenes of the war to promote the Union cause. This image was made after the war, in London.

Three years In the C.S. Army (P.A.C.S) A Diary of a Confederate

Soldier by Jerry Pepper and Richard Lauren McClung

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