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Civil War in Stereo

American Civil War Stereoscopic Views, 1861-1865Created by: LOC's Public Domain ArchiveDated: 1865
Fort Sumner - Fair Oaks, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.
During the Civil War, photographers produced thousands of stereoviews. Stereographs were popular during American Civil War. A single glass plate negative capture both images using a Stereo camera. Prints from these negatives were intended to be looked at with a special viewer called a stereoscope, which created a three-dimensional ("3-D") image.

This collection includes glass stereograph negatives, as well as stereograph card prints.
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Savannah, Georgia. Ruins of houses. American Civil War glass negative.

Savannah, Georgia. Ruins of houses. American Civil War glass negative.

Caption from negative sleeve: Ruins of houses, Savannah, Ga. Photographer's name attributed in Civil War caption books. Miller, vol. 3, p. 237. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3549B) and right (LC-B811-3549A) hal... More

Washington, D.C. Another artillery unit passing on Pennsylvania Avenue near the Treasury

Washington, D.C. Another artillery unit passing on Pennsylvania Avenue...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the grand review of the Army, May, 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 19... More

Terrain on way from Savannah to Columbia

Terrain on way from Savannah to Columbia

Caption from negative sleeve: Terrain on way from Savannah to Columbia. Miller, vol. 3, p. 239. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3566A) and right (LC-B811-3566B) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil wa... More

Libby Prison - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

Libby Prison - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

Photograph shows a man standing in front of Libby Prison, a Confederate facility in Richmond, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digit... More

Charleston, South Carolina. The bombarded graveyard of the Circular Church

Charleston, South Carolina. The bombarded graveyard of the Circular Ch...

Stereo filed in LOT 4163. Caption from negative sleeve: Charleston, S.C. April 1865. Miller, vol. 8, p. 51. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3086B) and right (LC-B811-3086A) halves of a stereograph pair. Attribute... More

Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of State Arsenal and view down James River

Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of State Arsenal and view down James River

Stereo filed in LOT 4162. Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond, Va., Ruins of State Arsenal and view down James River. Two plates form left (LC-B811-883A) and right (LC-B811-883B) halves of a stereograph pair... More

Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of Richmond & Petersburg Railroad bridge

Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of Richmond & Petersburg Railroad bridge

Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond, Va., 1865, Ruins of R&P R.R. Bridge. Two plates form left (LC-B811-885B) and right (LC-B811-885A) halves of a stereograph pair. File print in LOT 4162-E. Credit line: Civ... More

Petersburg, Virginia Bomb-proof shelter in Federal lines

Petersburg, Virginia Bomb-proof shelter in Federal lines

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Bollingbroke Street. American Civil War glass negative.

Petersburg, Virginia. Bollingbroke Street. American Civil War glass ne...

Caption from negative sleeve: Bollingbroke St., Petersburg, Va. Miller, vol. 3, p. 275. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3230B) and right (LC-B811-3230A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photog... More

Broadway Landing, Virginia Federal ordnance at the depot

Broadway Landing, Virginia Federal ordnance at the depot

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

City Point, Virginia Brig. General John A. Rawlins, Chief of Staff, with wife and child at door of their quarters

City Point, Virginia Brig. General John A. Rawlins, Chief of Staff, wi...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Camp of 35th New York Volunteers. (Jefferson County Regiment)

Camp of 35th New York Volunteers. (Jefferson County Regiment)

Caption from negative sleeve: Camp of 35th N.Y. Vol. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: N.Y. (1861-62). Two plates form left (LC-B811-2422B) and right (LC-B811-2422A) halves of a stereograph pair.... More

Cavalry detail at General Adelbert Ames headquarters

Cavalry detail at General Adelbert Ames headquarters

Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Adelbert Ames' Headquarters. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2347B) and right (LC-B811-2347A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4170. Credit line: Civi... More

Soldier group. American Civil War glass negative.

Soldier group. American Civil War glass negative.

Caption from negative sleeve: Soldier group. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2602A) and right (LC-B811-2602B) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prin... More

Seabrook Point, Port Royal Island, South Carolina. Mock battery erected by the 79th New York Volunteers on Coosaw River

Seabrook Point, Port Royal Island, South Carolina. Mock battery erecte...

Stereo filed in LOT 4172. Photographer name from negative sleeve: T.H. O'Sullivan. Caption from negative sleeve: Mock Battery erected by the 79th N.Y.V. at Seabrook Point, Coosaw River, Port Royal Island, S.C. ... More

City Point, Virginia. Cattle for the Army of the Potomac

City Point, Virginia. Cattle for the Army of the Potomac

Caption from negative sleeve: Cattle for the Army of the Potomac. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2462B) and right (LC-B811-2462A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4172-C. Credit line: ... More

Petersburg, Virginia (vicinity). Group of 13th New York heavy Artillery. Winter camp

Petersburg, Virginia (vicinity). Group of 13th New York heavy Artiller...

Caption from negative sleeve: 13th N.Y. Heavy Artillery, Winter Quarters, Petersburg, Va. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2495A) and right (LC-B811-2495B) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in L... More

City Point, Virginia. Caissons, cannon and army wagons, etc

City Point, Virginia. Caissons, cannon and army wagons, etc

Caption from negative sleeve: Army wagons, cannons, caissons, etc., at City Point, Va. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2455B) and right (LC-B811-2455A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT ... More

Bull Run, Virginia. Sudley church. American Civil War glass negative.

Bull Run, Virginia. Sudley church. American Civil War glass negative.

Caption from negative sleeve: Sudley Church near Bull Run, Va. Two plates form left (LC-B811-1148B) and right (LC-B811-1148A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4165-G. Credit line: Civ... More

Yorktown, Virginia Federal artillery park. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Yorktown, Virginia Federal artillery park. Washington DC sterescope ca...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of... More

Warrenton, Virginia. General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff officers

Warrenton, Virginia. General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff officers

Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Burnside and two staff officers. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2434A) and right (LC-B811-2434B) halves of a stereograph pair; with variant view (LC-B811-2434C). Corresponding ... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Confederate dead gathered for burial at the edge of the Rose woods, July 5, 1863

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Confederate dead gathered for burial at the e...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress... More

Culpeper, Virginia. Generals, John H.H. Ward, Gershon Mott and Colonels, William R. Brewster John S. Austin, 72nd N.Y. Infantry. and John E. Farnum 70th N.Y. Infantry

Culpeper, Virginia. Generals, John H.H. Ward, Gershon Mott and Colonel...

Caption from negative sleeve: Genl's J.H.H. Ward, Gershom Mott at Cols. Wm. R. Brewster [72nd N.Y.], John S. Austin and John E. Farnum [70th N.Y.] Oct. 1863; 2nd Div. 3rd Corps. Two plates form left (LC-B811-28... More

Atlanta, Georgia (vicinity). View of houses

Atlanta, Georgia (vicinity). View of houses

Photographer's name attributed in Civil War caption books. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3675B) and right (LC-B811-3675A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of ... More

Atlanta, Georgia. Fortifications. American Civil War glass negative.

Atlanta, Georgia. Fortifications. American Civil War glass negative.

Caption from negative sleeve: Fortifications at Atlanta. Photographer's name attributed in Civil War caption books. Annotation from negative, image side: 3580. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3580A) and right (LC... More

Kearney's men wounded at Fredericksburg. American Civil War glass negative.

Kearney's men wounded at Fredericksburg. American Civil War glass nega...

Woman seated in doorway is volunteer nurse Abby Gibbons of New York City (Source: descendant Angela Schear, Oct. 2013) Stereo filed in LOT 4180, no. 201. Date from corresponding photograph in LOT 4180 and from ... More

Nashville, Tenn. Hospital for Federal officers (Literary Department, University of Nashville; later Lindsley Hall, Peabody Normal College)

Nashville, Tenn. Hospital for Federal officers (Literary Department, U...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Hood before Nashville. Continuing his policy of the offensive at any cost, Gen. John B. Hood brought his reduced army before the defenses of Nashville... More

Aiken's Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Battery Abbot, Fort Brady. (Battery named for Colonel Henry L. Abbot, 1st Conn. H. Artilleryillery)

Aiken's Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Battery Abbot, Fort Brady. (Batt...

Caption from negative sleeve: Battery Abbot, Fort Brady, named for Col. Henry L. Abbot, 1st Conn. H. Art. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2704B) and right (LC-B811-2704A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line... More

Aiken's Landing, Virginia. Double-turreted monitor U.S.S. on James River

Aiken's Landing, Virginia. Double-turreted monitor U.S.S. on James Riv...

Caption from negative sleeve: Aiken's Landing, James River, Place where prisoners were exchanged. Double turreted monitor ONONDAGA. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2543A) and right (LC-B811-2543B) halves of a ste... More

Charleston, S.C. Crowd inside Fort Sumter awaiting the flag-raising

Charleston, S.C. Crowd inside Fort Sumter awaiting the flag-raising

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1862-1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

Charleston, S.C. Orphan Asylum (160 Calhoun Street)

Charleston, S.C. Orphan Asylum (160 Calhoun Street)

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

Charleston, South Carolina. Broad street, looking east with the ruins of Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar

Charleston, South Carolina. Broad street, looking east with the ruins ...

Stereo filed in LOT 4163. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: copyright; annotation in pencil: 3103. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3103A) and right (LC-B811-3103B) halves of a stereograph pair. Cre... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Bollingbroke Street. American Civil War glass negative.

Petersburg, Virginia. Bollingbroke Street. American Civil War glass ne...

Caption from negative sleeve: Bollingbroke St., Petersburg, Va. Miller, vol. 3, p. 275. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3230B) and right (LC-B811-3230A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photog... More

City Point, Virginia. Supply buildings. American Civil War glass negative.

City Point, Virginia. Supply buildings. American Civil War glass negat...

Caption from negative sleeve: City Point, Va. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2579B) and right (LC-B811-2579A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4177. Credit line: Civil war photographs,... More

Richmond, Virginia. View of the burned district and the Capitol across the Canal Basin

Richmond, Virginia. View of the burned district and the Capitol across...

Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond, Va., view of the capitol & burnt district from the Canal house. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3246A) and right (LC-B811-3246B) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: ... More

Washington, District of Columbia. The Grand Review of the Army. Artillery unit passing on Pennsylvania Avenue near the Treasury

Washington, District of Columbia. The Grand Review of the Army. Artill...

Caption from negative sleeve: Washington, D.C., Grand Review. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3311A) and right (LC-B811-3311B) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4198. Credit line: Civil ... More

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Ordnance depot on Morris Island

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Ordnance depot on Morris Island

Caption from negative sleeve: Morris Island, S.C. Ordnance Depot. Annotation from negative, on masking: 3512. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3512A) and right (LC-B811-3512B) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresp... More

The Union prison camp at "Belle Isle," Richmond, Virginia

The Union prison camp at "Belle Isle," Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing Maj. Thomas P. Turner, Commandant of the "Libby Prison," dressed in gray, with felt hat on, standing on hill overlooking the Confederate prison encampment on Belle Isle in the James River . ... More

[Charleston, S.C. Flag-raising ceremony, with Brevet Maj. General Robert Anderson and Henry Ward Beecher present]

[Charleston, S.C. Flag-raising ceremony, with Brevet Maj. General Robe...

Stereograph showing a crowd gathered at Fort Sumter to celebrate the raising of the American flag by General Anderson four years after it had been hauled down by the Confederates. Part of series: The War for t... More

The ruins of Charleston, S.C., showing the Sister Churches

The ruins of Charleston, S.C., showing the Sister Churches

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be availab... More

General Don Carlos Buel (i.e. Buell)

General Don Carlos Buel (i.e. Buell)

Stereograph showing a head and shoulders portrait of Major General Don Carlos Buell facing front with an oval cropping. No. 1551. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. For... More

Colard Foakes [i.e. Colored Folks] church, Beaufort, S.C.

Colard Foakes [i.e. Colored Folks] church, Beaufort, S.C.

Photograph shows a group of people, including African Americans, in front of a building that may have been used as a church. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Attributed to photographers Hubba... More

Institute Hall - known as Secession Hall

Institute Hall - known as Secession Hall

Photograph shows a street view of Institute Hall, known as Secession Hall, flanked on the left by the Circular Church and on the right by the Teetotal restaurant. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:02... More

View on Batty. Ruins of Blakely gun, March 1865, Charleston, S.C.

View on Batty. Ruins of Blakely gun, March 1865, Charleston, S.C.

Photograph shows the ruins of a Blakely rifled cannon in an open pit on the Battery, Charleston, South Carolina. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3081. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Bomb-proof restaurant on the Petersburg line

Bomb-proof restaurant on the Petersburg line

Stereograph showing a man sitting outside a bombproof "restaurant" called the "Fruit & Oyster House" amidst the fortifications in Petersburg, Va. No. 1051. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic Wa... More

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union wagon train entering Petersburg, Virginia, with provisions after the Rebels were forced to evacuate. No. 951. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865... More

Marion Chaplin's place - A group of people standing in front of a house

Marion Chaplin's place - A group of people standing in front of a hous...

Photograph shows a group of African American freedmen, women and children in front of a two story house on Marion Chaplin's plantation in Beaufort County, South Carolina. In the left foreground is a single len... More

Ruins of Cathedral, Broad Street, front view

Ruins of Cathedral, Broad Street, front view

Stereograph showing Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar, Broad and Legare Streets, destroyed in the fire of December 1861. No. 367, War Views, Charleston, S.C. and forts in vicinity. Copyright ... More

Negro quarters on Fripp Place, St. Helena Is. [i.e. Island], S.C.

Negro quarters on Fripp Place, St. Helena Is. [i.e. Island], S.C.

Photograph shows a group of African American freedmen, including a small child, gathered outside of their living quarters possibly on Thomas James Fripp plantation on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina. Purcha... More

Lincoln's tomb / photographed by C. H. Hall, Springfield, Illinois

Lincoln's tomb / photographed by C. H. Hall, Springfield, Illinois

Photograph shows the public receiving tomb of Abraham Lincoln at Oak Ridge Cemetery. One man is seated in the foreground and another man stands at the entrance to the vault along with two soldiers in uniform.(... More

Old "Libby Prison" building, Richmond, Virginia

Old "Libby Prison" building, Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing a group of people including Maj. Thomas P. Turner, Commandant of "The Libby," soldiers, and a young child, standing in front of tents on the prison grounds. The prison building, with its Co... More

Front (i.e., Trout) House and Masonic Hall, Marietta St., Atlanta

Front (i.e., Trout) House and Masonic Hall, Marietta St., Atlanta

Stereograph showing Federal encampment outside Trout House and Masonic Hall on Decatur Street in Atlanta. No. 2710, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New... More

View of James River pontoon bridge, from south side, above Jones' Landing

View of James River pontoon bridge, from south side, above Jones' Land...

Stereograph showing pontoon bridge across the James River near Jones' Landing, Virginia. No. 2538, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Forms part of: Civil W... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, no. 624 / George Stacy.

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, no. 624 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows three men standing on a sandbar next to a boat with three men sitting inside anchored opposite of Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina. Card number: "No. 624." Forms part of the Larry Gott... More

Mills House ] section - A group of men standing in front of a building

Mills House ] section - A group of men standing in front of a building

Photograph shows a group of men, including African Americans, standing in front of the Mills House Hotel in Charleston. Based on the date and location, the African American men are most likely slaves. Purchase;... More

View no. 5, Sumter Continuation of ruins of officer's quarters on the right of the gateway.

View no. 5, Sumter Continuation of ruins of officer's quarters on the ...

Photograph shows two soldiers seated on unmounted cannon barrels in front of the demolished officer's quarters. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Attributed to photographers Osborn & Durbec by... More

View of cottage on Alex. Knox's plantation, Mount Pleasant, near Charleston, S.C.

View of cottage on Alex. Knox's plantation, Mount Pleasant, near Charl...

Photograph shows a group of African American laborers engaged in repairing the front of a two story cottage. A child is seated on a horse nearby. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Date based ... More

The Grand Review. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

The Grand Review. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Stereograph showing the Grand Review of the Union Army veterans marching on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., May 23-24, 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Potter's House [i.e., Ponder House], on the lines N.W. of the city, showing the effect of shots, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1864

Potter's House [i.e., Ponder House], on the lines N.W. of the city, sh...

Photograph shows damage done by Union shelling of the Ponder House at the end of Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia, with Confederate breaskworks in the backyard. Misidentified in old captions as "Potter Hous... More

Catholic Cathedral, Charleston, S.C. during American Civil War

Catholic Cathedral, Charleston, S.C. during American Civil War

Photograph shows the ruins of the Catholic Cathedral in Charleston, South Carolina. Variant view in LOT 4163. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Soldier's graves of the 5th A.C. (i.e. Army Corps) Wilderness battle field

Soldier's graves of the 5th A.C. (i.e. Army Corps) Wilderness battle f...

Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). American Scenery (Stereoscopic) label on verso, no. 54. Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography.

Arsenal grounds, Richmond, Virginia, showing ruins and shot and shell scattered around

Arsenal grounds, Richmond, Virginia, showing ruins and shot and shell ...

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be availab... More

Fort Sumter, old flag staff, '61 (i.e. 1861)

Fort Sumter, old flag staff, '61 (i.e. 1861)

Photograph shows a view of the interior of Fort Sumter with the damaged flag staff and officer's quarters after the bombardment in April 1861. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). "No. 49." From ... More

Christian Commission, at White House, Virginia / Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.

Christian Commission, at White House, Virginia / Negative by Brady & C...

Stereograph shows Union troops and civilians surrounding an outdoor kitchen at the headquarters of the U.S. Christian Commission at White House Landing, Virginia. Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-2487B, ... More

The Citadel & the Southern Military Academy, Charleston, S.C. / photographed by W.E. James.

The Citadel & the Southern Military Academy, Charleston, S.C. / photog...

Photograph shows groups of people gathered on the grounds of the Southern Military Academy in Charleston. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: "Views of the Citadel." Forms part of: ... More

Hospital scene at Fortress Monroe, Virginia

Hospital scene at Fortress Monroe, Virginia

Stereograph shows Zouave soldiers, possibly from the 5th New York Infantry Regiment, in a field hospital, tending to an injured soldier, Fort Monroe, Virginia. Attributed to George Stacy. Card number: "No. 222... More

Steamer "Planter," Charleston, S.C. - stereocsopic card

Steamer "Planter," Charleston, S.C. - stereocsopic card

Photograph shows the steamship "Planter," loaded with supplies, in Charleston harbor, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: American Cities. Forms part of: The Robin G... More

Arsenal grounds, Richmond, Virginia, showing ruins and shot and shell scattered around

Arsenal grounds, Richmond, Virginia, showing ruins and shot and shell ...

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: LC... More

On the lines near Atlanta, Confederate States of America.

On the lines near Atlanta, Confederate States of America.

Stereograph showing exterior view of Ponder House damaged by shells from the Union battery to drive Confederate sharpshooters from the house. No. 6717. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War Hi... More

View from an elevation in front of the Capitol, Nashville, Tenn., looking west over the battle field on the first day of the fight, Dec. 15th, 1864

View from an elevation in front of the Capitol, Nashville, Tenn., look...

War Views. No. 2635. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which create... More

The Great Metropolitan Sanitary Fair Marine Department, 15th Street. Models of boats, steamers, and sailing craft.

The Great Metropolitan Sanitary Fair Marine Department, 15th Street. M...

Stereograph shows exhibit of boats at the Great Metropolitan Sanitary Fair, New York, New York. No. 1695. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).

General W. F. (Baldy) Smith, Commander of the Bloody Sixth Corps.

General W. F. (Baldy) Smith, Commander of the Bloody Sixth Corps.

Stereograph showing a portrait of General William Farrar "Baldy" Smith facing left. No. 2243. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Col... More

Meadow over which the 2d Massachusetts. and 27th Indiana charged on morning of July 3d. Woods occupied by Confederates, Johnson's Div., Ewell's Corps

Meadow over which the 2d Massachusetts. and 27th Indiana charged on mo...

Stereograph showing four men at the fence looking towards the meadow where the battle was fought. No. 515, part of series: Battlefield of Gettysburg. Part of series: Stereo Gems of Gettysburg Scenery. Forms pa... More

Outside view, Fort Sumter, north face

Outside view, Fort Sumter, north face

Photograph shows a gun on top of parapet and gabions used as reinforcements along the damaged exterior of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3048. Forms part of: Visual materials from the paper... More

"Hard Tack" - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

"Hard Tack" - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

Stereograph showing Union Captain J. W. Forsyth, the Provost Marshall, sitting on crate of hardtack, a cracker like bread served to soldiers, at Aquia Creek, Virginia. Box says "50lbs. net. Army Bread from the ... More

Charleston Harbor, east face of Fort Sumter, no. 631 / George Stacy.

Charleston Harbor, east face of Fort Sumter, no. 631 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows broken girders among piles of rocks next to the exterior palmetto reinforcement wall of Fort Sumter. Card number: "No. 631." Gottheim collection code: GCW 49. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim... More

City Hall, Charleston, S.C. - An old photo of a street with a building in the background

City Hall, Charleston, S.C. - An old photo of a street with a building...

Photograph shows an exterior street view of the building at 80 Broad Steet. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Funding from Cente... More

The Thirteen-Inch Mortar "Dictator" - 19th century Virginia.

The Thirteen-Inch Mortar "Dictator" - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing beside the mortar on the flat-car made to carry it on General Grant's Military Railroad at Petersburg, Va. No. 831. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographi... More

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing the first Union wagon train entering Petersburg, Virginia, with provisions after the Rebels were forced to evacuate. No. 951. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History,... More

Water Battery of Fort Johnson, James Island, S.C.

Water Battery of Fort Johnson, James Island, S.C.

Stereograph showing rows of cannons and carts facing the channel at Fort Johnson. Fort Sumter is in the distance. No. 3064. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Photo att... More

[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]

[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]

Photograph possibly by George H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tid... More

War views -- Army of the Potomac -- the way they cook dinner in camp

War views -- Army of the Potomac -- the way they cook dinner in camp

Photograph shows five Union soldiers, including one African American soldier, sitting and eating in front of tents. No. 2057. Photographer's name from same photograph in New York Public Library Digital Collect... More

Fair Oaks Station, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Fair Oaks Station, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Battery of howitzers and soldiers, during Civil War. Stereo, The War for the Union. Photographic War History (no. 471). LC-B8171-471 (half). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption ... More

Cumberland Landing, James River, Virginia. Encampment of the Army of the Potomac

Cumberland Landing, James River, Virginia. Encampment of the Army of t...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Encampment of Army of Potomac at Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey River, Va. Corresponding print is in LOT 4169. Credit line: Civil war photographs,... More

Fair Oaks, Virginia. Old frame house on Fair Oaks battlefield used by Hooker's Division as a hospital

Fair Oaks, Virginia. Old frame house on Fair Oaks battlefield used by ...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Old frame house on Fair Oaks Battle Field, Pierced by hundreds of bullets, and used as a hospital by Hooker's Division. June 1862. Credit line: ... More

View of Ft. Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing a mingled mass of debris, shot, shell & bursted gun

View of Ft. Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing a mingled mass of debris, s...

Stereograph showing two men seated on rocks amidst the debris of Fort Sumter. One man leans on a damaged cannon. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony... More

Panoramic view, the ruins of Charleston, S.C., Roman Catholic Cathedral in the distance

Panoramic view, the ruins of Charleston, S.C., Roman Catholic Cathedra...

Stereograph showing a young man seated on the ruins of exterior stairs. The ruins of several buildings, and the cathedral are in the distance. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand... More

General Ferrero and staff, Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Virginia

General Ferrero and staff, Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Virginia

Stereograph showing General Edward Ferrero and staff on the steps of a building in Petersburg, Virginia. No. 3333. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright in 1865 by E. & H. T. A... More

War views. No. 1997, Ruins of P.M. Gen'l M. Blair's residence, MD

War views. No. 1997, Ruins of P.M. Gen'l M. Blair's residence, MD

Stereograph shows several citizens standing among the ruins of Postmaster General Montgomery Blair's home, which was destroyed by Confederate forces during a raid on July 12, 1864. Caption continues: Destroyed... More

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Obstructions in James river. Blocked by the Confederate ? VIRGINIA; and gunboats PATRICK HENRY and JAMESTOWN

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Obstructions in James river. Bloc...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Construction in James River, VA, near Drewry's[?] Bluff. Miller, vol. I, p. 109. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congr... More

Battle-field of Gettysburg The effect of musketry and shell on the trees of Culp's Hill, on ground occupied by Rebels, in front of Union breast-works.

Battle-field of Gettysburg The effect of musketry and shell on the tre...

Tipton & Myers' Stereoscopic Views. No. 522. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James River, Virginia Work party and mortars at "Butler's Crow's Nest"

James River, Virginia Work party and mortars at "Butler's Crow's Nest"

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library... More

Appomattox River, Virginia U.S.S. transport Washington Irving

Appomattox River, Virginia U.S.S. transport Washington Irving

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Dona... More

Arlington, Virginia Guns and gun-crews of Fort Richardson

Arlington, Virginia Guns and gun-crews of Fort Richardson

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Photograph of 1st Connecticut Artillery drilling at Fort Richardson. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen an... More

Petersburg, Virginia Signal tower at 14th New York Heavy Artillery headquarters

Petersburg, Virginia Signal tower at 14th New York Heavy Artillery hea...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Unknown location. Wagons and camera of Sam A. Cooley, U.S. photographer, Department of the South

Unknown location. Wagons and camera of Sam A. Cooley, U.S. photographe...

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0868 Title from Milh... More

The gun yard at Fortress Monroe, Virginia

The gun yard at Fortress Monroe, Virginia

Stereograph shows rows, several deep, of cannon barrels, Fort Monroe, Virginia. Attributed to George Stacy. Card number: "No. 628." Gottheim collection code: GCW 24A. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collectio... More

Department of the Treasury. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Department of the Treasury. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th centur...

Copyright by Alexander Gardner. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year of 1863, by Alex Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Title partially devised by Lib... More

Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania. Bridge at Hanover Junction burned by Confederates before the battle of Gettysburg

Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania. Bridge at Hanover Junction burned by C...

Caption from negative sleeve: Bridge at Hanover Junction burned by rebels before Battle of Gettysburg. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2333B) and right (LC-B811-2333A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding ... More

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia View of the Federal supply depot

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia View of the Federal supply depot

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

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