1861

Missionary Ridge

No. B618. Title from item. Left side of panorama shown in LC-B818-8552. Hand written on verso: Miller II, 309. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Nebraska Territory Legislature, Wednesday, December 11, 1861 (Legisla...

[Chas. H. Davis, Rear Admiral, three-quarter length portrait, seated, ...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 5545.

Geo. Gensel

Photograph shows portrait of George Gensel standing next to chair with hat on top. Originally in album belonging to Joel B. Clough, Civilian Engineer, United States Military Railroad, 1863 and 1864. On verso: G... more

[Major General N.P. Banks, full-length portrait, standing, facing left...

Copyright by M.B. Brady.

Confederate fortifications at Warren Station

No. 660. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs under the general title: Views on the Petersburg Lines. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).

[Illustrated Civil War "Union Envelopes"]: Poor deluded Miss-Sori take...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: The South; Patriotism; Devils & Demons (Cart. themes); Cotton industry; C.W. CS Govt.; Seals; Va. H... more

Robert Murphy, Monday, September 02, 1861 (Promissory Note)

Preston King to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, March 09, 1861 (Recommenda...

[R.P. Buckland, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Civil War Collection. No. 4741.

The great expedition, [...] on the way to Port Royal Inlet / sketched ...

Two panoramic views showing Union ships on way to Beaufort, South Carolina and bombardment of forts in Beaufort. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 257 (1861 Nov. 30), pp. 760-761.

The star spangled banner! of 1861. Published by Stevens & Co., ... Phi...

Charles B. Harris to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, February 01, 1861 (Auto...

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and fez with Model 1855 rifle m...

Plan of the Battle of Ball's Bluff Va. Fought October 21st 1861.

Shows the Potomac River in the area of Loudoun County, Va., and Montgomery County, Md., where Union troops under Col. Edward D. Baker faced Confederate troops commanded by Evans. What was meant to be a "a slig... more

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket in front ...

Title devised by Library staff. Written behind case: Taken at Beaufort, South Carolina, April 2, 1862, W.C.A. Written in modern handwriting behind case: This could be Elmer A. C. Grandfather Elmer Canny when he... more

Thomas B. Wade to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 26, 1861 (Telegr...

Chiryū

Print shows men in a field with horses at the Chiryū station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōk... more

[Union army soldiers seated on a porch with three other men]

Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Confederate camp

Photograph showing 9th Miss. Confederate soldiers at camp near Pensacola, Fla., Ap. 1861. Title from item. Photo attributed to J. D. Edwards. "Reproduced in Miller, vol. I, p. 201".

The John Ross house, Rossville Gap, Ga. Hdq. of Gen. Gordon Granger, B...

Photograph shows a cabin with a family seated on the porch in a damaged area. Title from item. Brady-Handy Collection. Original print in PH - Barnard, (G), no. 16. Published in: Photographic views of Sherman's ... more

William R. DeWitt to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 19, 1861 (Rec...

William Sprague to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, August 01, 1861 (Recomm...

William P. Fessenden to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, March 09, 1861 (Co...

General McGowan addressing the Abbeville Volunteers in front of the Ch...

Large crowd of people and soldiers gathered in front of the Charleston Hotel to hear General McGowan's remarks. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 11, no. 274 (1861 February 23), p. 221.

Marye's House on Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, Va.

No. 5044. Title from item. Caption continues: The spots on side of house and on pillars of porch are bullet marks. No. "116" etched in the negative. Mounted with three other photographs. Photograph is half of a... more

[Major General Howell Cobb, portrait, head and shoulders, facing left]

No. 5447. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union cavalry uniforms with sword share ...

Photo shows identified soldier. Title devised by Library staff. Case: Leather; Eichmeyer style. Vintage case supplied by donor. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collec... more

The Western wharves at Washington where Army supplies are received

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 5, 1861, p. 615. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4420 T. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and Ohio Volunteer Militia belt...

Title devised by Library staff. Case: Leather, scalloped oval surrounded by scrolls design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.... more

John G. Nicolay to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 21, 1861 (Removal...

[Civil War envelope showing soldier holding 51st Pennsylvania Infantry...

Title devised by Library staff. Addressed to Mrs. Danl. A. Wheeler, Perkinsville, Windsor County, Vermont; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

Major General J. J. Peck and staff

A Cure for republican lock-jaw.

John C. Fremont to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, September 05, 1861 (Tel...

North Dome, Royal Arches, and Washington Column, Yosemite Valley, Mari...

Brig. General Albert G. Jenkins

Albert G. Jenkins, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. No. 5319. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified young soldier in uniform]

Title devised by Library staff. Case: Leather geometric scroll. Uncertain if Union or Confederate. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at http://h... more

Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

U.S. frigates Constitution and Santee at Naval Academy, Annapolis, Mar...

No. B158. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 6, p. 65". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Essex - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3134. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Rough sketch of the Rich Mountain battle area, extending from Beverly...

Relief shown by hachures. Date and title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil (some col.) on blue paper, mounted on cloth. A stain at upper center. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H78 Includes ancillary ... more

Mark W. Delahay to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 29, 1861 (Kansas po...

Sailor boy

Sailor boy smoking a cigarette, looking out to sea, where a three mast ship is approaching to pick up boxes of cigars for the foreign market. LOT subdivision subject: Ships (clipper and steam). Title and other ... more

John C. Fremont to Montgomery Blair, Saturday, August 31, 1861 (Teleg...

Amerika

Japanese print shows an American family. Title from item. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Cock 2. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 82; 47623a; 5. Earlier control number: 9942.25-2. Gift; M... more

Map of Virginia : showing the distribution of its slave population fro...

"Sold for the benefit of the sick and wounded of the U.S. Army." Includes population table based on census of 1860 by county. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with cavalry saber and scabbard...

Title devised by Library staff. Case: leather, scroll design; vintage case provided by donor. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.lo... more

Samuel T. Glover to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, September 29, 1861 (Tele...

Building stockade, Alexandria, Va.

Photograph shows a group of African American men digging a trench in front of the stockade. No. B524. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, p. 91". Original neg. is at National Archive. Gift;... more

Camp of 67th New York Infantry

No. B721. Title from item. Mounted with 5 other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Thomas H. Nelson to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, March 13, 1861 (Recom...

John C. Fremont to John G. Nicolay, August 6 [1861] (Military affairs...

Henry S. Lane to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, February 25, 1861 (Recommen...

Abraham Lincoln to James Sulgrove, Eric Locke, William Wallace and Joh...

Igirisujin Yokohama ni orimono irowake no zu

Japanese print shows a merchant examining cloth which possibly reminds him of his wife and brings to mind her portrait hanging in the upper left corner.

Charles Naylor to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, June 11, 1861 (Seeks inte...

Vancouver Island Indian Kootenay [i.e., Kootenai] Indians.

Photographs show (top) a Vancouver Island Native, half-length portrait, facing front, and (bottom) three Kootenai men, full-length portrait, seated against blanket in front of a log cabin, facing front, wearing... more

[Private Thomas McCreary of Co. E, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, in a...

Photo shows identified soldier.

The stars and stripes forever

An illustrated sheet music cover for "The Stars and Stripes Forever," a song dedicated to the United States Volunteers by William J. Lemon. A figure representing the Constitution is shown wearing a Phrygian cap... more

Thomas T. Eckert to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, October 22, 1861 (Milit...

U.S. frigate Macedonian

[Albert J. Myer, U.S. Army Signal Corps officer, full-length portrait,...

Title devised by Library staff.

[Gen. John Pegram, full-length portrait, standing, facing left]

Parke Godwin to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, April 16, 1861 (Opposes app...

U.S. gunboats DeKalb, Mound City, and Cincinati [i.e. Cincinnati] - Mi...

No. 3123. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Bv't. Brig. Gen. Horace Porter, half-length portrait, facing right]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 4490.

Officers' quarters?

No. B972. Title from item. Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Views on Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Anonymous. “A Baltimorean” to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, April 13, 186...

The charge of the First Iowa Regiment, with General Lyon at its head, ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 11, 1861 Aug. 31, p. 244.

[Jesse Sharpe Barnes, later captain of Co. F, 4th North Carolina Infan...

Photograph shows identified soldier, Jesse S. Barnes, a Confederate captain who was killed on May 31, 1862, at Seven Pines, Virginia. Captain Barnes probably fought in a South Carolina militia unit before organ... more

[Lieutenant Robert Pryor James of Co. E, 20th North Carolina Infantry ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Title devised by Library staff. Case: Berg, no. 1-73. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.go... more

[Drummer Louis D. B. Somerby of Company A, 48th Massachusetts Infantry...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Title devised by Library staff. Case: Berg, no. 2-76; case provided by donor. Original paper mat in collections file. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

[Captain George W. Hackworth of Co. F, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment, ...

Photograph shows identified soldier.

Battlefield of Bull Run, ruins of Henry house

No. B124. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Craig's Rifles, or 28...

Title devised by Library staff. Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchase... more

Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 26, 1861 (Accepts i...

William B. Wadman, dealer in furnaces, ranges and stoves, would respec...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 68, Folder 31.

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag as 7-star Confede...

Title devised by Library staff. Addressed to Mr. Benjamin, F. Delenbaugh, Pulaski, Williams Co., Ohio; postmarked Dec. 7, [186]3; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part o... more

[Unidentified Union officer, bust portrait, facing front]

Title devised by Library staff. In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 54. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

Stephen A. Hurlbut to John G. Nicolay, Monday, March 04, 1861 (Plans ...

Views of Fort Sumter from drawings

Photograph of drawing shows Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor with a boat sailing by. The Confederate flag waves above the fort. No. B701. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general capti... more

Camp of 2d Maine Infantry

No. B868. Title from item. Mounted with 5 other photographs. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, p. 58-59." Similar negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal ... more

Government bakery, Stoneman's Station, Aquia Creek & Fredericksburgh R...

Photograph shows overhead view of the facility with several people standing outside.

[Oliver Otis Howard, 1830-1909, bust portrait, facing left; in uniform...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf. Sources checked on verso of card.

Gen'l Dix "Shoot the first man that dares pull that flag down / E. & H...

Gen'l. John A. Dix, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. Gift; Mrs. Norman P. Mason; 1963 Oct. Title from item. Printed on verso: from photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. In alb... more

[Two unidentified soldiers and others at the front steps of a house]

Photograph shows two soldiers, two women, three girls, and an African American boy wearing an apron posing on or next to steps. Title devised by Library staff. Forms part of: Brady-Handy photograph collection (... more

Robert M. Palmer to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 08, 1861 (Suppo...

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag bearing messag...

Title devised by Library staff. Addressed to Mr. Wm. Scott, Eldersville, Washington Co., Penn.; postmarked Sep. 24; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

Benjamin F. Butler to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, May 09, 1861 (Introd...

Ijin shishimai kenbutsu no zu

Print shows a man and a woman watching street entertainers performing a New Year's dance. Title from item. Signature: Ichigeisai Yoshitomi. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Cock 3. Annotations, st... more

Review of the volunteer troops in Fort Moultrie, on Sullivan's Island,...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 23, pp. 216-217. Mrs. Pickens is Lucy Petway Holcombe Pickens, third wife of Gov. Pickens of S.C.; identification based on date of event depicted (M. K... more

Bvt. Brig. Gen. Daniel Dustin and staff

No. 4572. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Persons' new price list. Store, 1137 Washington Street ... [1861].

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 68, Folder 30.

Bridge and block house on Orange and Alexandria R.R. near Bull Run, Va...

No. 4795. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[A.D. Streight, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Civil War Photograph Collection.

Bv't Brig. Gen. H.H. Wells

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right.

Studio, Columbia, S.C.

Drawing shows bust portrait of American Indian man wearing feathers and beaded headband, witha small cameo portrait hanging on his neck. Title from item.

Parson Brownlow … Knoxville, April 22, 1861. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, I ...

Copy 1 has been renumbered as Portfolio 157, Folder 20, Copy 3. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Print... more

Anson Stager to Unknown, Monday, November 04, 1861 (Telegram regardin...