Steamships of The Civil War Time

Map showing the system of Confederate fortifications on the Mississipp...

In lower left margin: Report of Maj. Gen. John Pope to the Committee on the Conduct of War. Similar to the preceding map. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 301 Description derived from published bibliography. Availa... More

The war in Virginia - Explosion of a torpedo under the Commodore Barne...

Masthead and illustration of the Union gunboat Commodore Barney blown in air by torpedo (underwater mine). Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 16, no. 413 (1863 Aug. 29), p. 357.

[James River, Virginia Sailors relaxing on deck of U.S.S. Monitor]

Photo shows Robert Williams, a native of Wales, at far right. Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Federal transports with cargoes of artillery...

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[Unidentified sailors in Union uniforms with American flag in front of...

Case: Thermoplastic fruit and scroll. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Li... More

Embarkation for White House, from Yorktown, Virginia

Stereograph showing Union soldiers and supplies including stacks of cannon balls at the dock in Yorktown, Virginia. Steamships in the distance will transport the supplies to White House Landing Virginia. No. 2... More

John Ericsson to S. B. Ruggles, Monday, April 14, 1862 (Ironclad vess...

U.S. gunboat Agawam and the monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B81. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 an... More

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

Sunken gunboats in James River, Virginia. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 1116. Reproduced in The photographic history of the Civil War / Francis Trevelyan Miller. New York : T. Joseloff, 1957, v. 1, p. 10... More

Dutch Gap Canal, Virginia. (Drewry's Bluff, James River) A giant sling...

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The war in Georgia -- Reconnoissance of a detachment of national troop...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 13, no. 336 (1862 April 19), p. 376.

Chase and capture of the blockade-runner "Armstrong" by our gun-boats

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1864 Dec. 31, p. 837, bottom. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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[The cannon hold on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mahmudiye] / Constan...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 34. No. 424. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More

[The torpedo steamboats] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 21. No. 35. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abd... More

Com. Farragut's fleet, passing the forts on the Mississippi, April 24t...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1337

[Vicksburg, Miss. Levee and steamboats] - stereocsopic card

Photograph of the War in the West. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The crew hanging the ship's lifeboats on the Imperial Ironclad Frigat...

Lifeboat launching drill. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 12. No. 600. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of:... More

Scene near the landing place, capturned merchandise - steamship Consti...

Photograph shows Federal troops guarding captured supplies on the dock. The SS Constitution is docked in the harbor. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Inscribed on verso: "No. 5." Forms part ... More

John A. Andrew to Charles Sumner, Tuesday, April 28, 1863 (Ironclad t...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Edwin M. Stanton to Abraham Lincoln, March 1862 (Ironclad vessels)

[Charleston Harbor, S.C. Deck and officers of U.S.S. monitor Catskill;...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Adm. David D. Porter, Lt. Commander, on deck of U.S. Steamship Fulton.

A black and white photo of a man on a boat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A gun crew on deck of U.S.S. Mendota, James River, Virginia

Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Public domain image of an American navy warship, 19th-century ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. gunboat Ozark - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3124. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

James Howard cabin. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph shows stove in the main cabin of the steamer, James Howard.

[The ironclad Abdulkadir] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 6. In album: Ships, naval schools and the Naval Fire Brigade, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid ... More

[The crew of the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Osmaniye] / Constantinople,...

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 creates a glossy surface to h... More

[The rigging drill on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Osmaniye] / Consta...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 27. No. 599. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More

[Steamship with sidewheel and three masts at dock]

Title devised. Sketches of two sailing ships and a steamship on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.115) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Edwin M. Stanton to Abraham Lincoln, March 1862 (Ironclad vessels)

John Ericsson to S. B. Ruggles, Monday, April 14, 1862 (Ironclad vess...

The smoke stack of the rebel ram Virginia at the Rocketts, Richmond, V...

Stereograph shows the destroyed smoke stack from ironclad ram C.S.S. Virginia II.

[Two steamships], Library of Congress drawings collection

Broadside view two ships.

U.S. Gun Boat "Fanny", Library of Congress drawings collection

Broadside view of steamship.

Chesapeake & Patapsco, Library of Congress drawings collection

Four scenes of rivers, lighthouses, ships and boats.

Plan of Fort Jackson, showing the effect of the bombardment by the U.S...

Annotated in pencil on verso: Plan of Fort Jackson. [1862?]. From the Joseph R. Hawley papers in LC Manuscript Division. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 237 Includes explanatory note. Available also through the Lib... More

The Banks expedition--scene on the hurricane deck of the U.S. transpor...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Jan. 17, p. 257, bottom half.

Monitor off Akin's Landing, November 1864

Photograph showing the double turreted ironclad monitor "Onandaga" off Akin's Landing in the James River.

[The Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mahmudiye] / Abdullah Frères, Constanti...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 32. No. 45. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection ... More

The city of St. Louis / sketched & drawn on stone by Parsons & Atwater...

Bird's-eye view of St. Louis, Missouri, as seen from above the Mississippi River; prominent features identified below the image. Copyright by Currier & Ives. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

James River, Virginia. View of damaged deck of Confederate gunboat TEA...

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Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Sling for heavy artillery

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U.S. steamer "Massasoit," in James River, 1864

Stereograph showing Union sailors on a pier in the foreground and the U.S. gunboat Massasoit nearby on the James River in Virginia. No. 2547. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 186... More

Bombardment and capture of Fort Henry, Tenn.: By the federal gunboats ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0657. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1938:042).

Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Rear Adm. John A. Dahlgren standing...

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The original "Monitor" after her fight with the "Merrimac"

Stereograph showing Union soldiers on deck by the turret of the U.S.S. Monitor seen from the stern. No. 486. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to James F. G... More

James River, Virginia. 100 pdr. gun on Confederate gunboat TEASER capt...

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[James River, Virginia Deck of Confederate gunboat Teaser, captured by...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. View of Confederate Fort Darling and obstruc...

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The Union iron clad monitor "Montauk": destroying the Rebel steamship ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6772

[Two steamships], Library of Congress drawings collection

Broadside view two ships.

[Union soldiers on deck of U.S.S. New Hampshire, off Charleston, S.C.]

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