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[Unidentified young soldier in Union frock coat and slouch hat smoking pipe]

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front]

Grove Palace, West Haven, [Connecticut] - stereocsopic card

A Hero is Born: Viscount Piffle yellow tunic with puffed hanging sleeves. Blue tights. Peaked purple cap

[Unidentified African American woman]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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Case: Leather oval geometric.

Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell.

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).

Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.

Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).

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More than 2,500 special portrait photographs, called ambrotypes and tintypes, and small card photos called cartes de visite represent both Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Tom Liljenquist and his sons Jason, Brandon, and Christian built this collection in memory of President Abraham Lincoln and the estimated 620,000-850,000 Union and Confederate servicemen who died in the American Civil War. For many, these photographs are the last known record we have of who they were and what they looked like. See "From the Donor's Perspective--The Last Full Measure" for the full story. The Liljenquist Family began donating their collection to the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division in 2010, and continues to add to it. In addition to the ambrotypes and tintypes, the collection also includes several manuscripts, patriotic envelopes, photographs on paper, and artifacts related to the Civil War. The portraits often show weapons, hats, canteens, musical instruments, painted backdrops, and other details that enhance the research value of the collection. Other photo topics include flags, city views, veterans, and ships. Among the rarest images are sailors, African Americans in uniform, Lincoln campaign buttons, and portraits of soldiers with their families and friends. LOC Prints & Photographs Division holds thousands of images relating to the Civil War, found in many different collections.

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01/01/1860
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Faces of the Civil War

Faces of the U.S. Civil War form Library of Congress.
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George W. Loveland of Co. H, 2nd New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, in uniform Whitehurst, Gallery, 434 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. ; M.J. Powers, photographer

Major General Francis Jay Herron of Co. I, 1st Iowa Infantry Regiment, and 9th Iowa Infantry Regiment in uniform E.A. Piffet's Gallery of Art, No. 93 Camp Street, New Orleans

Sailor in uniform Bogardus, photographer, 363 Broadway, New York

[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with first lieutenant's insignia on slouch hat W.J. Moulton, photographer, 111 & 113 Water St., Elmira, N.Y

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]

[African American girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Lieutenant Henry J. Coop of U.S. Navy in uniform Knowles & Hillman, photographers, No. 8-12 Purchase Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts

Portrait photo of [Two unidentified women reading letters]

Portrait of Lt. Colonel James T. Weaver, 60th North Carolina Regiment, C.S.A.

[Half-length portrait of an African American woman wearing a hat and holding parasol]

Mary Allen Watson, 15, June, 1866 / Disbrow & Few, Photographers, Albion, N. Y.

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african americans women ambrotypes hand colored portrait photographs african american woman 1860 1850 s woman protrait images black history month black history month 19th century liljenquist family collection of civil war photographs photo unidentified african american woman ultra high resolution high resolution american civil war civil war race relations library of congress