http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war The Library of Congress recently acquired a rare collection of nearly 700 Civil War-era ambrotype and tintype photographs, donated by the Liljenquist family. en Copyright 2013, History.com Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-21T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo1 The Library of Congress recently acquired a rare collection of nearly 700 Civil War-era ambrotype and tintype photographs, donated by the Liljenquist family. The collection includes photographs of Union and Confederate soldiers, as well as the women and children they left behind. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo2 Unidentified girl in a mourning dress holding a framed photograph of her cavalryman father. Nearly 620,000 soldiers died during the war, almost 2 percent of the entire population of the United States at the time. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo3 Private Albert H. Davis of Company K, 6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment in uniform, shoulder scales and Hardee hat with Model 1841 Mississippi rifle, sword bayonet, knapsack with bedroll, canteen and haversack. Civil War soldiers carried between 30 and 40 pounds of supplies on their backs. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo4 Unidentified boy holding a 34-star flag, which became the flag of the United States on July 4, 1861, following the admission of Kansas to the Union. It was used until the newly created West Virginia joined the Union in 1863. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo5 Unidentified African American soldier in a Union uniform with his wife and two daughters. Some 180,000 African Americans fought in the war, almost exclusively for the Union. Nearly 40,000 of them died. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo6 Unidentified African American Union soldier with a rifle and revolver in front of a painted backdrop showing weapons and an American flag at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri. African Americans constituted less than 1 percent of the northern population but 10 percent of the Union Army. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo7 Unidentified young soldier in a Union uniform and forage cap. More than 10,000 Union soldiers were under the age of 18. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo8 Unidentified young sailor in uniform with an American flag in front of a naval scene backdrop. The minimum age to join the Union Navy was 13; it was 14 for the Confederate Navy. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo9 Unidentified soldier in a Union uniform with a fife in front of a painted backdrop showing a pastoral landscape. The Civil War was the last conflict in which military bands played on the battlefield. There were more than 400 Union bands and 125 Confederate bands. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo10 Unidentified soldier in a Union uniform holding a U.S. Model 1855 pistol-carbine, the last single-shot pistol produced as an issue arm for U.S. troops. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo11 Unidentified girl holding an American flag and ball. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo12 Private John Ryan of Company H, 2nd Rhode Island Infantry Regiment. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo12 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo13 Unidentified soldier of the 12th Illinois Volunteers, known as the First Scotch Regiment, wearing a greatcoat and tamoshanter cap. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo13 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo14 Unidentified African American soldier in a Union sergeant uniform holding a rifle. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo14 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo15 Three unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo15 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo16 Unidentified African American sailor in a Union uniform. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo16 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo17 Unidentified soldier in a Union artillery uniform with a revolver and American flag. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo17 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo18 Unidentified soldier in Union uniform holding a young child in his lap. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo18 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo19 Unidentified African American soldier in a Union artillery shell jacket and shoulder scales in front of a painted backdrop showing a military camp. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo19 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo20 Unidentified soldier in a Union uniform with a musket. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo20 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo21 Unidentified soldier in a Union uniform with an unidentified woman. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo21 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo22 Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms holding cigars in each other's mouths. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo22 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo23 Two unidentified young women wearing printed dresses and necklaces in front of a painted backdrop showing a plantation. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo23 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo24 Unidentified woman wearing a mourning brooch and displaying a framed image of an unidentified soldier. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo24 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo25 Unidentified young soldier in a Confederate uniform holding a book. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo25 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo26 Unidentified soldier in a Confederate artillery jacket with a secession badge and artillery forage hat. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo26 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo27 Unidentified soldier in a Confederate captain's frock coat and hat. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo27 http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo28 Unidentified soldier in a Confederate uniform of Co. E, "Lynchburg Rifles," 11th Virginia Infantry Volunteers, holding a 1841 "Mississippi" rifle, Sheffield-type Bowie knife, canteen, box knapsack, blanket roll and cartridge box. http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo28