Faces of the Civil War Navies bull run Archival images and biographical sketches

Archival images and biographical sketches of common sailors on both sides of the conflict reveal the human side of the Civil War

The 44th Massachusetts at Camp Meigs

Giving Johnny "Cold Iron

the 156th New York Infantry

interpret and preserve historic photography from the Civil War period

Faces of the Civil War Navies bull run Archival images and biographical sketchesArchival images and biographical sketches of common sailors on both sides of the conflict reveal the human side of the Civil War. During the American Civil War, more than one hundred thousand men fought on ships at sea or on one of Americas great inland rivers. There were no large scale fleet engagements, yet the navies, particularly the Union Navy, did much to define the character of the war and affect its length. The first hostile shots roared from