Incredible Civil War era photos

Through a great blog I came upon called A Genealogist's Sketchbook, I found a collection of amazing photos of Civil War soldiers.

These wonderful and unusual pictures were collected by the Liljenquist family and donated to the Library Of Congress. Most of the people depicted are not identified.

Viewing them, you can't help but be awed and touched. The photos chosen by Tom, Jason, Brandon, and Christian Liljenquist truly capture the subjects' humanity and strike an emotional chord in us 150 years later.

A little girl holds a photo of her fallen father

Thanks to the Liljenquists and to Dr. Nathaniel Lane Taylor, who posted about this on his aforementioned blog.