1861

[Unidentified soldier in Union shell jacket and infantry Hardee hat wi...

Case: Berg, no. 7-42. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform], American Civil War.

Case: Unidentified leather oval scroll interior with scroll motif exterior. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family C... More

Watson Newbold to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, January 23, 1861 (Cabin...

City Point, Virginia. Scouts at Secret Service headquarters

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General Hospital at City Point, Virginia

Stereograph showing a cluster of tents used as a hospital in City Point, Virginia. No. 6612. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Coll... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union sack coat and forage cap with bayoneted...

Case: Berg, no. 7-21. 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 (Library of Congres... More

Continuation of view no. 1009, showing rear of Battery Dantzler, (Howl...

Stereograph showing the magazine and fortifications in Confederate Battery Dantzler on the James River above Dutch Gap Canal from a high vantage point. No. 1010. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batter... More

Fort Sherman, Chattanooga, Tennessee during American Civil War

Photograph shows view of the fort with Lookout Mountain in the distance.

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, kn...

Case: Leather geometric vines/leaves. 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 Congres... More

Saint John's Church, Richmond, Virginia, where Patrick Henry delivered...

No. B1167. 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 ... More

Residence of General Lee / Levy & Cohen.

Photograph shows the three story home of General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, of the District Court, for t... More

N.Y. Artilleryillery group. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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 and salt, w... More

[Civil War envelope showing (on back) red, white, and blue ribbon tied...

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[Point of Rocks, Virginia (vicinity).] View along river. Butler's sign...

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No. 6, Ruins of Circular Church, A.

Photograph shows the damaged ruins of the Circular Congregational Church after the bombardment of Charleston in Dec. 1861. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From: "The Southern Series," "No. 6... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Charles H. Ray to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, May 20, 1861 (Recommends a...

Views of Rocketts and south side of James River from Libby Hill

Photograph shows view of buildings at the wharf at Rocketts Landing on the south side of the James River in Richmond, Virginia.

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with Bowie knife]

Case: Berg, no. 3-284. Gift; Tom Liljenquist, 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105) Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, Louisiana, 2010. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Libr... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with sword]

Case: Berg, no. 3-248. 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 Co... More

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with bayoneted muskets]

Case: Berg, no. 3-99. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph fil... More

Headquarters Capt. J.G.C. Lee, A.Q.M, Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. ...

Photograph shows several men standing in front of the U.S. Army Quartermasters Dept. in Alexandria, Virginia. No. 170.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform holding Hardee hat]

Photograph shows a regulation brass eagle holding up rightside of hat and the crossed sabers pointed down to possibly indicate a state or local unit.

Aqueduct Bridge, Georgetown, D.C., general view (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows horse drawn cars and pedestrians on a tubular bridge supporting water pipes in Georgetown. No. 267. Alternate title from another view in Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints /... More

Aqueduct Bridge, Georgetown, D.C., general view (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows horse drawn cars and pedestrians on a tubular bridge supporting water pipes in Georgetown. No. 267. Alternate title from another view in Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints /... More

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with cigars in mouths in ...

Case: Berg, no. 7-21 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 (Library of Congress... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Colt Revolving Rifle Model...

Case: Leather geometric with side clasp. 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 Lil... More

Battlefield of Bull Run, Matthew's house

No. B122. Title on similar image in the National Archives: "Pickets making coffee." (Source: researcher M. Patrick Higgins, 2018) Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with slouch hat holding revolve...

Case: Leather floral geometric motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth, Va., 2002. Exhibited: ... More

Alexandria, Virginia. Episcopal Seminary - 19th century Virginia.

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Portrait photo of [Unidentified girl seated in dress]

Case: Metal locket with belt interior and Union shield, flags and cannon. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congr... More

Death of Colonel Ellsworth After hauling down the rebel flag, at the t...

Colonel Ellsworth shot as he descends a stairway carrying a flag by a Rebel sympathizer who is confronted by a Zouave carrying a rifle fixed with bayonet. 1992 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogu... More

A view of Fort Sumter from Fort Moultrie

Photograph shows two people seated on a sand covered merlon on top of the parapet of Fort Moultrie looking across the harbor to Fort Sumter. A mounted gun sits in the embrasure. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015;... More

Officers of 1st Rhode Island Volunteers, Camp Sprague, 1861

Ambrose Everett Burnside with eight officers posed in front of building, with sign reading "Col. Burnside welcome home." No. 4100. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Exhibit loan 4116-L.

In defence of the Union and the Constitution / C[hristian] Schussele, ...

A large certificate for a volunteer serving in the Union army to suppress the rebellion of 1861. In the center stands a woman, probably Columbia, holding two laurel wreaths and the Constitution. She extends her... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union first lieutenant's uniform and gauntlet...

Case: Leather geometric scroll motif with oval center. 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 Wa... More

Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal

No. B505. 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

[Five unidentified soldiers of the 63rd New York Infantry Regiment in ...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

City Point, Virginia. Slaughter house - 19th century Virginia.

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[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with 6th Corps badge in front o...

Case: Leather scroll motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform next to chair draped with...

Case: Rinhart, no. 93. 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 Co... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate shell jacket, Hardee hat wi...

Case: Berg, no. 3-576. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published: O'Donnell, Mike, U. S. Army and militia canteens, 1775-1910. Alexandria, Va.:... More

[Unidentified man, woman, and child and unidentified soldier with musk...

Case: floral and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). NewsetLilj02 pp/liljwoch pp/liljunion

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Case: Leather gem and scroll motif. 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 Liljenqu... More

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

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Salmon P. Chase to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, March 18, 1861 (Columbus ...

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, cartridg...

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Edward Bates to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, April 23, 1861 (Memorandum ...

Professor Lowe's balloon "Eagle" in a storm

Print shows Union soldiers trying to prevent Professor Lowe's balloon from being blown away during a storm. Landauer Collection.

[A. Coleman Woolfolk] to John G. Nicolay, Thursday, December 19, 1861 ...

Landscape, American Civil War Glass Negative.

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Amos Beckwith to Julian S. Rumsey, Sunday, May 26, 1861 (Military aff...

B. S. Hedrick to Salmon P. Chase, Saturday, September 14, 1861 (Charl...

[Unidentified young soldier in Union frock coat next to draped column ...

Case: Leather floral interior with scroll exterior. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

[Unidentified soldier in Union frock coat and forage cap holding book]

Case: Berg, no. 7-53. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and plumed infantry Company A H...

pp/liljunion Case: Leather floral motif. 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 Con... More

Major Genl. George B. McClellan, Commander of the U.S. Army / G.W. Sim...

Print shows George B. McClellan, full-length portrait, on horseback, facing right. Signed on stone: G.W. Simons. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by D.J. Byrnes, in the Clerk's Office of t... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union corporal's uniform and forage cap sitti...

Case: Berg, no. 1-51 (front). Case: Berg, no. 3-165 (back). Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civ... More

Henry D. Bacon to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 10, 1861 (Politi...

Hamilton Illinois Ministers to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, October 01, 1...

Cox's Landing, Virginia. - 19th century Virginia.

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Cox's Landing, Virginia. - 19th century Virginia.

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[Ulysses S. Grant of General Staff Regular Army Infantry Regiment; dri...

Case: (front) Berg, no. 1-165; (back) Berg, no. 3-587. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "T... More

[Elias Teeple in Union uniform with saber and Smith and Wesson revolve...

Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Case: Leather geometric design with circular and leaf motifs. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of C... More

Beaufort, South Carolina. Robert Barnwell Rhett's residence

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Portrait photo of [Unidentified soldier in forage cap]

Case: Leather diamond gem interior with scroll. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Uncertain if Union or Confederate. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap with canteen]

Case: Rinhart, no. 135 variant. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published: O'Donnell, Mike, U. S. Army and militia canteens, 1775-1910. Alexand... More

Slave pen, Alexandria, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows horse and buggy and soldiers outside building with sign Price, Birch & Co., dealers in slaves. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, VA. War Views. No. 2296. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.

"When I wish to catch rats, I first stop their holes" - Gen'l Scott

Print shows an anti-Confederacy cartoon advocating General Scott's blockade of the South, with Union ships in a circle outside Confederate centers labeled "Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Mississippi, Manassas G... More

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms holding cigars in each ot...

Photograph shows uniform of soldier on right with blue chevrons of an Infantry Sergeant. Case front: Berg, no. 1-129. Case back: Berg, no. 3-259. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Lil... More

Rear view of Fredericksburg, Virginia Confederate fortifications in fo...

No. B483. 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

Ellsworth's campaign & barrack or dress uniforms. Plate 1 / published ...

Print showing two soldiers in military uniforms. Fig. 1 wears a campaign uniform, and fig. 2 wears a barrack, or full dress uniform. Detail shows the use and significance of various elements of each uniform.

Alexandria, Virginia (vicinity). General Samuel P. Heintzelman's headq...

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Alexandria, Virginia (vicinity). General Samuel P. Heintzelman's headq...

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City Point, Virginia. Secret Service headquarters

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[Unidentified soldier in Union sack coat and forage cap with revolver ...

Case: Berg, no. 3-278SG. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collecti... More

Ten Inch Columbiad, and Magazine Entrance, Sand Bag Revertment (i.e. r...

Stereograph showing a soldier standing next to a cannon, and the fortified entrance to the magazine. No. 1001. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. Forms part of: Civil War Photo... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and Company K, 137th regiment f...

Case: Berg, no. 3-247. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Possible identification: Charles Hallett of Company K, 137th New York Infantry Regiment, based on information from Fred R. Hallett, great... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform and Company D forage cap ...

Case: Leather gem geometric motif. 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 Liljenqui... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with musket, revolver, an...

Case: Rinhart, no. 135. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Purchased from: Cowan's Auction of Historic Americana, Terrace Park, Ohio, 2000. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibi... More

Todd's Tavern at junction of Brock, Catharpin and Piney Branch Roads

No. 5033. No. "18." Mounted with 4 other photographs with general caption: Battlefield of the "Wilderness". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform holding saber]

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General G. K. Warren, Commander of the Fifth Corps.

Stereograph showing a head and shoulders portrait of Major General Gouverneur Kemble Warren, in an oval cropping, facing right. No. 1757. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-18... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Case: Rinhart, no. 225 variant. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

Simon Cameron to Robert Anderson, Thursday, April 04, 1861 (Copy)

Star spangled banner - Public domain American sheet music

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform], American Civil War.

Case: Leather, cross scroll motif framed by horizonal bands with scroll pattern. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: The Horse Sold... More

August Belmont to Lionel De Rothschild, Tuesday, May 21, 1861 (Britis...

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St. Augustine, Florida. Street view, American Civil War Glass Negative...

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Richmond as seen from Belle Island

Belle Island prison camp in foreground, detailed image of Richmond in background. Title inscribed in brown ink below image. Inscribed in pencil below title : Herringtons Castle; State house; sketched by a priso... More

Pioneers 8th N.Y. German rifles 1861

Two soldiers, one carrying an axe, the other a raised sword. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.247) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Federal soldiers in Confederate battery...

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[Unidentified soldier in Union sack coat and kepi]

Case: Berg, no. 1-141. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: The Pickett Post, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Forms part of: Liljenquist F... More

John Russell to Richard B. Pemell, Lord Lyons, Saturday, November 30, ...

Hail! Glorious banner of our land. Spirit of the Union / Gibson & Co. ...

Patriotic music cover showing woman holding U.S. flag. Copyright by Mrs. Mary Farrell Moore.

The iron-clad New Ironsides in fighting trim

Photograph shows a reproduction of a book illustration of the ironclad in battle.

Harrison's Landing, Virginia. "Westover" near Harrison's Landing on th...

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Amerika nigiwai no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese triptych print showing supposed view of an American town square, with people walking around, although the source for the architecture was an illustration of the Fredericksburg Castle near Copenhagen th... More

Charleston after bombardment, Dec., 1861 - Ruins of St. Finbar's Cathe...

Photograph shows the damaged ruins of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar on Broad Street after the bombardment. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Printed on label: "No. 6." Forms part of... More