1861

Smith & Lockwood to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, June 13, 1861 (Express...

[Unidentified soldier in Union first lieutenant uniform with badge of ...

Case: Rinhart, no. 141. 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 Congr... More

Federal camp on beach, American Civil War Glass Negative.

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13 inch mortar "Dictator", in front of Petersburg, Virginia

No. B772. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and slouch hat]

Case: Berg, no. 3-483. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Cayuga Lake Antiques, Interl... More

Lewis H. Machen Family Papers: Diaries and Diary Transcriptions, 1860-...

Contrabands, Newport News, 1861

Title inscribed above and below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.672) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Exhibited in: "The President and the Tsar" at the Oshkosh Public Mus... More

General W. S. Hancock [misidentified in caption, possibly General Will...

Stereograph showing a half length portrait of a Union officer, possibly William F. Smith, facing right. No. 1877. The subject in this photograph is misidentified as General W.S. Hancock. Part of series: The War... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with saber and horse]

Photograph shows horse with a McClellan saddle and roll behind the saddle labeled 4. Case: Berg, no. 3-29. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photogr... More

Fairfax Seminary, near Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War

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

[Unidentified soldier in Union sergeant's uniform with U.S. Model 1850...

Case: Leather geometric urn 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

Schenks Ohio regiments - Public domain drawing

Signed lower left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed on verso: The Ohio Corps near Vienna, in a valley through which runs the railroad, on which the skirmish took place, a beautiful and romantic... More

Amerika no shōnin shōju no sakura o motomete ōi ni kanki no zu

Japanese print shows a man admiring a bonsai tree in bloom, it possibly reminds him of his wife and brings to mind her portrait hanging in the upper left corner. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Cock... More

Amerika no shōnin shōju no sakura o motomete ōi ni kanki no zu

Japanese print shows a man admiring a bonsai tree in bloom, it possibly reminds him of his wife and brings to mind her portrait hanging in the upper left corner. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Cock... More

[John E. Cummins of the 50th, 99th, and 185th Ohio Infantry regiments ...

Photo shows identified soldier John E. Cummins, who enlisted at the age of 31 as a Lt. Colonel in the 99th Ohio Infantry. In December 1864 he was transferred to the 50th Ohio, and was then promoted to the rank ... More

[James McGrail in Union uniform with shoulder scales and eagle breast ...

Photo shows identified soldierr in Union uniform. Title devised by Library staff from information in collections file. Case: Leather quatrefoil combined with square center. Additional information in collections... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union artillery shell jacket with revolver ho...

Case: Leather case with framing lines. 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 (L... More

Shipyard / Levy & Cohen., Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows a ship building facility in a rural area near 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 the ... More

Camp song, why, soldiers, why? - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

View of Charleston, South Carolina during American Civil War

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of the city over rooftops with bay in background. No. B1257. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform next to draped table in front o...

Frame:Thermoplastic scroll frame. 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, W... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union kepi and sack coat]

Case: Leather cross geometric motif. 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 (Lib... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with musket, revolver, and bayo...

Case: leather circle design. 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 Fam... More

William J. Hardee, Lieut. General, American Civil War.

Lieut. General William J. Hardee, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. No. 4849. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Review of Colonel William Dwight's "Excelsior Brigade". (Composed of 7...

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[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with musket]

Case: Rinhart, no. 196. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pa., 2006. Exhibited: "The Last Full Mea... More

[Colonel Burnside's brigade at Bull Run]

Title devised from N.Y. Illustrated News. Published in: New York Illustrated News, August 5, 1861, pp. 216-217, with caption: Colonel Burnside's brigade, First and Second Rhode Island, and Seventy-first New Yor... More

[Colonel Burnside's brigade at Bull Run]

Title devised from N.Y. Illustrated News. Published in: New York Illustrated News, August 5, 1861, pp. 216-217, with caption: Colonel Burnside's brigade, First and Second Rhode Island, and Seventy-first New Yor... More

Cyrus W. Field to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, December 27, 1861 (Introdu...

Secrets of the prison-house--the black hole of Washington, D.C. / from...

Composite of views of the Washington, D.C. jail and people inside the jail. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Dec. 28, pp. 88-89.

Appomattox River, Virginia. Boat on the Appomattox River

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Ira Harris to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, November 01, 1861 (Resignation...

General Winfield Scott. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. 4988. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

George A. Cutler to William P. Dole, Monday, October 21, 1861 (Fear t...

[Fifteen officers on deck of a Union monitor warship]

Title devised by library staff. Formerly identified as "the original Monitor" in Miller, Vol. 6, p. 165. Corrected information provided by researcher, 12/28/2009. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified soldier in Union artillery uniform with red piping holdi...

Case: Leather geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : ... More

[Unidentified soldier in 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment uniform w...

Case: Thermoplastic; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tinty... More

[Unidentified soldier in 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment uniform w...

Case: Thermoplastic; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tinty... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and forage cap]

Case: Unidentified leather case with floral vase intereior with scroll embelishments. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquis... More

[James River], Virginia. U.S. gunboat MASSASOIT

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[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate shell jacket and forage cap...

Case: Leather; floral and star interior with geometric scroll exterior. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published in: The Civil War: A visual h... More

[Unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms and infantry Company B Hardee...

Case: Berg, no. 7-43. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

Galusha A. Grow to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 18, 1861 (Cabinet...

Wharves at Bermuda Hundred Landing, Virginia

No. B393. 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

Henry Foelke to Abraham Lincoln, February 1861 (Translation of German...

Public domain scan of a poetry manuscript, poem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with 28th Pennsylvania badge in...

Case: Leather scroll exterior with floral center. 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 fro... More

Palmer's field, on Orange Turnpike four miles from Wilderness Church C...

No. 5006. Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Battlefield of the "Wilderness." Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Letter to General Thompson from Gideon J. Pillow, August 29, 1861.

Norman J. Hall, Friday, March 01, 1861 (List of provisions at Fort Su...

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[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform next to unidentified woman]

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St. Augustine, Florida. View of town from bay

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Washington, District of Columbia. Sgt. and officer of 31st Penn. Infan...

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Robert Anderson to Samuel Cooper, Thursday, February 28, 1861 (Reinfo...

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Arlington, Virginia. Big gun at Fort Woodbury

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Pontoon [bridge] across Appomattox Creek (i.e. River)

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Cox's Landing, Virginia. Waiting for Flag-of-Truce boat

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Meade's Hdqs. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19th century ste...

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Meade's Hdqs. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19th century ste...

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[Unidentified young soldier in Union shell jacket]

Case: (front) Berg, no. 1-129; (back) Berg no. 3-259. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

[Unidentified sailor in Union uniform resting hand on American flag-dr...

Case: Rinhart, no. 131 variant. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Normal Civil War Antiques, Normal, Illinois, 2002. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Phot... More

33d New York Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. B1070. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Charles L. Huntington to John G. Nicolay, Tuesday, December 10, 1861 ...

[Unidentified soldier in Union corporal's uniform holding revolver to ...

Case: Leather geometric 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 War Photographs (Lib... More

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

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City Point, Virginia (vicinity). Building used as a stable

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Quartermaster's Wharf, Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War

Photograph shows stacks of wood and cotton bales on the landing; steamer "John Brooks" in the distance. No. B753. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with 15th New York Engineer Reg...

Case: Leather geometric circular design. Additional information in collections file. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Cashtown, Pa., 2007. Exhibited: "The Last... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform of the 56th New York Volunteers...

Photograph shows insignia on right breast pocket of a shield with an embedded "X" probably designating the 56th New York Volunteers, also known as the 10th Legion. Case: Leather pointed design with scroll exte... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform of the 56th New York Volunteers...

Photograph shows insignia on right breast pocket of a shield with an embedded "X" probably designating the 56th New York Volunteers, also known as the 10th Legion. Case: Leather pointed design with scroll exte... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate shell jacket and tricorn hat with...

Case: Leather geometric quatrefoil motif. 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... More

Washington Monument, Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia / Levy & Cohen...

Photograph shows the equestrian statue of George Washington at the Washington Monument in Capitol Square Park. The smaller pedestals below hold statues of Patrick Henry, George Mason, and Thomas Jefferson. The... More

Tōto meishō kenbutsu ijin - Ryōgokubashi, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows an American man and woman sightseeing at the Ryōgoku bridge in Edo (Tokyo), Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Yokogawa Hori Iwa. Seal date: Cock 7. May be sec... More

Lieut. A. H. Creigh, 28th Penn'a. Vols. / Brady's National Photographi...

Photograph shows portrait of Lieutenant Alfred H. W. Creigh of Co. O, 28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and Co. B, 147th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, in uniform with sword. Erroneously labeled as from th... More

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

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Assasination of President Lincoln, George A. Atzerolt [i.e. Atzerodt],...

Photograph shows George A. Atzerodt, half-length portrait, seated, facing right. Photographer name from Swanson, J. Lincoln's assassins, 2001. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Exhibit loan 4136-L. Alexander Ga... More

2d Rhode Island Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. 894. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Jefferson Davis to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, July 06, 1861 (Capture ...

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

Case: Berg, no. 3-288. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

Elihu B. Washburne to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, February 03, 1861 (Con...

The 71st reg. N.Y. at Alexandria

Soldiers resting in front of buildings. Signed above title lower left: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: This regt. went over today without camp equipage. The 71st N.Y. wore Cardigan ... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform holding Colt revolving ri...

Case: Leather floral center with scroll exterior. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The L... More

City Point, Virginia. Building storehouse and railroad depot

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[Fort Sumter interior after bombardment], Confederate States of Americ...

Photograph shows damaged structures and debris inside the harbor face of Fort Sumter after the bombardment. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Title from inventory and item. Osborn & Durbec's la... More

[Private W.T. Harbison of Company B, 11th North Carolina Infantry Regi...

Photo shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of [Unidentified sailor in Union uniform]

Case: Berg, no. 3-95. 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

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia in a ring of clouds above Fort Su...

Addressed to Miss Katie Tolles, Attica, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Notations on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

Penna R.R. bridge across the Susquehanna River from the w.

Penned on bottom of mile-marker post in left stereo image: P.P.S. 36. Penned on back of mount: P.P.S. 16 (a). Pennsylvania Photographic Society. Forms part of: Charles F. Himes collection of stereographs by am... More

[Private Abram M. Carhart of Company C, 177th New York Infantry Regime...

Photograph shows identified soldier and unidentified insignia. Case: Circle scroll motif. Identification information from paper found in case. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Li... More

Federal entrenchments at junction of Brock, and Piney Branch Roads

No. 5034. No. "83." Mounted with 4 other photographs with general caption: Battlefield of the "Wilderness". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified soldier in Union sergeant's uniform with musket]

Case: Rinhart, no. 135 variant. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 2002. Exhibited: "... More

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

Case: Leather scroll exterior 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 C... More

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861.

Photograph shows portrait of Second Lieutenant Charles B. Babcock of Co. H, 7th New York Infantry Regiment, in uniform with sword. No. 953. Mounted with four other photographs. Identification of soldier based ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with saber and scabbard]

Case: Simple leather golden scroll stamp. 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

Co. - , 3d Connecticut Infantry, Camp Douglass, 1861

No. 4129. 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

Abraham Lincoln to William Ballard Preston, Alexander H. H. Stuart, a...

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with unidentified woman in dres...

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[First Lieutenant Jacob A. Field of Company K, 12th Maine Infantry Reg...

Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Case: Berg, no. 3-398. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:1... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with musket and cap box]

Case: Rinhart, no. 181. 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 C... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Sanitary Commission rest house

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Gen'l George B. McClellan. American Civil War 1861-1865.

George B. McClellan, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. Copyright by M.B. Brady. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of ... More