1862, history

Dead on battlefield at 1st Bull Run

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The Union assault on the Rebel works at Lee's Mill, Yorktown, Va.

Shows fortifications on opposite sides of the Warwick River, with the Confederate forces concentrated to the north of the river and the Union forces to the south around Lee's Mill.

[Kneeling rifleman] - Public domain portrait drawing

Title devised. Inscribed left margin: Oct 2 1887. (Not in Waud's hand?) Formerly matted with Waud nos. 576 and 577, with inscription "1862 Army of the Potomac, 6 sketches." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:... More

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Group. T. Anderson, Esq. Lt. Colonel F...

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Yorktown, Virginia. Naval battery with Nelson house in background used...

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Hard times in Ole Varginny, an worse a cumin'! Scene--Rebel pickets in...

Cartoon showing two Confederate pickets standing in the wilderness on a cold Virginia night, complaining about the cold, the lack of quinine or alcohol to warm the body and boost the spirits; they conclude with... More

Fredericksburg, Virginia (vicinity). The Barnard house below Frederick...

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U.S. Grant, Lt. General U.S.A.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows signed portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in the uniform of a Major General. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Heritage Auctions, December 2014. Forms part of: Liljenqui... More

Colonel McCallum - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows side profile portrait of Daniel Craig McCallum, Superintendent of United States Military Railroads, in uniform. Originally in album belonging to Joel B. Clough, Civilian Engineer, United States... More

Pivot guns crew, U.S. Steamer Pocahontas

Photograph shows sailors posed on the ship near the pivot gun. Title inscribed in ink on the front of the mount. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.269).

Mexican commission in Miramar - Public domain portrait print

Ten men in suits, standing, facing Maximilian on left. Title written above item in album. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 3, lower left.

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam bridge on Sharpsburg and Boonsboro turnpi...

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Lacy House, Fredericksburg - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. C-163. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1090) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Manassas Junction, Virginia after its evacuation by the Confederates, ...

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Yorktown, Virginia. Confederate battery with McClellan's No. 1 mortar ...

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Antietam, Maryland. General Joe Hooker's headquarters

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Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C.

Woman with sleeves rolled up holding basket, posed in front of tent with a soldier (possibly her husband) and three children, other soldiers in the background. Civil War Photographs collection. Published in: Am... More

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Servants of officers of staff. (The "Be...

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Culpeper Court House, Virginia. View of houses and army wagons

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Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Group of contrabands at Allen's farm ho...

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Woodbury's bridge - Chickahominy River, American Civil War Glass Negat...

Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 17. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Soldier's quarters, American Civil War Glass Negative.

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The Peninsula, Virginia. Officers of General George B. McClellan's sta...

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Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; posit...

Illustration showing ruins of a stone bridge which was destroyed to prevent pursuit by Confederate troops. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp... More

Antietam, Maryland. Dead on battlefield, American Civil War Glass Nega...

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[Washington, District of Columbia]. Camp beside [Fort Totten]

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[Worker repairing telegraph line?] (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 61 & 62 (handwritten) and 2562 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (L... More

Antietam, Maryland. Graves of Federal soldiers at Burnside bridge

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[Portraits of Provost Marshal, McLean]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Title inscribed above and below: Provost Marshal; McLean. Inscribed below inset: feet of officer. Formerly Waud no. C-58. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.985 recto) Forms part of: Morgan collection of... More

Ambulance drill in the field, American Civil War Glass Negative.

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Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Decr. 13, 1862.

Map shows the region surrounding Fredericksburg, Va., including Marie's Heights outside of the city and Falmouth across the Rappahannock River. Due to Burnside's slow maneuvering of the Union forces, Lee was a... More

Lt. Colonel James J. Smith and officers of 69th New York Infantry (Iri...

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Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). Great Falls, Potomac Rive...

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Culpeper, Virginia, August 1862 during American Civil War

View of Civil War military encampment in Culpeper, Virginia. Civil War Photograph Collection. Negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner. Corresponds to illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of... More

[Abraham Lincoln on battlefield at Antietam, Maryland, cropped version...

Abraham Lincoln with, from left: Col. Alexander S. Webb, Chief of Staff, 5th Corps.; Gen. George B. McClellan; Scout Adams; Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Army Medical Director; an unidentified person; and standing be... More

[Railroad construction workers] (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 63 (handwritten) and 2563 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B1006. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Flag of Genl Cleburne's Division, Confederate States of America

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-63. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.990) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Private Samuel H. Wilhelm of I Company, 4th Virginia Infantry Regimen...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform, who died as POW of acute diarrhea at Fort Delaware, Del., on September 22, 1863. Case: Leather; floral and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows portrait of Corporal Joseph P. Goodliff of Co. I, 22nd New York Infantry Regiment with bayoneted rifle, bedroll, and backpack. No. B777. Negative in the National Archives, who attribute the ima... More

U.S. iron clad Galena, after her attack on Fort Darling, James River, ...

Photograph showing the deck of the warship after receiving Confederate cannon fire, with holes in the smokestack. Mounted on board with five other photographs. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congr... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B793. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Manassas Station, Virginia. General Beauregard's headquarters

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Manassas Junction, Virginia, after its evacuation by the Confederates,...

No. B831. Mounted with 5 other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Major Genl. Henry W. Halleck General in chief of the armies of the U.S...

Henry W. Halleck, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, seated on rearing horse. 456(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Currier & Ives. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Res... More

Halt of Wilcox's Troops in Caroline street prevous[sic] to going in to...

Troops lounging on furniture and debris in foreground, battered dwellings in background. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image: Battle field; smoke from Battle field. Published in: New York Illustr... More

A glimpse of the defeat at Ellisons Mill June 26th

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Men lost in the smoke; Pennsylvania reserves; original; June, Kendrick. (Sat.) Virginia. June. Inscribed on verso: Knapsacks and blank... More

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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[Fair Oaks, Virginia Lt. James B. Washington, a Confederate prisoner, ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Sketch of a group of Collis' Zouaves--General Banks bodyguard, now att...

"Officers & non-commissioned officers of Collis' Zouaves. General Banks' bodyguard. Camp Pardee, near Upperville, Va." on mount. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.19) Forms part of: Morgan collection ... More

Night. The sacking of Fredericksburg-- & biovace[sic]of Union troops

Street scene of soldiers plundering, buildings in shambles--some on fire. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed lower left: Bivouac. Inscribed on building left margin as identifier: BANK OF VIRGINIA. Inscribed... More

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Signal tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, overlooking battlefield of Ant...

Photograph showing soldiers at the Elk Mountain Signal Station. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 22. Another... More

Richmond, Virginia (vicinity). General John H. Martindale & staff in t...

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[Portrait photographs of soldiers and servants from various Union head...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 359, no. 444, no. 349, no. 428, no. 366, and no. 387. Exhibit loan 4116-L.

[Landscape with buildings] - Public domain scan / drawing

Title devised. Sketch formerly mounted with Waud nos. 576 and 578, and labeled "1862 Army of the Potomac, 6 sketches." Small sketches of soldiers on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.577) Forms p... More

View of Gloucester & Yorktown, from Farnhold's [i.e. Farenholt's] hous...

Photograph shows aerial view of the fortifications along the York River with the fleet in the distance. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 361. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Barnard & Gibso... More

View of Gloucester & Yorktown, from Farnhold's [i.e. Farenholt's] hous...

Photograph shows aerial view of the fortifications along the York River with the fleet in the distance. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 361. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Barnard & Gibso... More

[Charge of Union troops of the left flank of the army commanded by Gen...

Caption from LC-USZ62-7014. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.34) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Group at Headquarters, Army of Potomac, October 1862

Photograph shows, from left: H.F. Clark, A.V. Colburn, J. Buford, J. Letterman, Mr. Coleman, John Gibbon, and J.C. Duane seated and reclining under a tree in front of tents. No. 5086. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Antietam, Maryland (vicinity). Maj. Allan Pinkerton, Secret Service De...

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The battle of Pittsburgh, Tenn. April 7th, 1862

General Ulysses S. Grant leading a charge on the Rebels at Pittsburgh, Tennessee. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0476.

Antietam, Maryland. Federal buried, Confederate unburied, where they f...

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[Bull Run, Virginia Ruins of the stone bridge, looking upstream]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, First Bull Run, July 1861.

Antietam, Maryland. Newcomer's mill, American Civil War Glass Negative...

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Confederate dead at Fort Robinette, Corinth

Stereograph showing dead Confederate soldiers in front of the damaged battery at Fort Robinette, Corinth, Mississippi the morning after the attack. No. 1291. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic ... More

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

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pa., 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part... More

Yorktown, Virginia. Confederate battery Magruder with 8-inch Columbiad...

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View on battlefield of Antietam, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows four dead Confederate soldiers from General William Starke's Louisiana infantry along the Hagerstown Pike. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 567. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862... More

Genl. Humphreys charging at the head of his division after sunset of t...

Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 10, 1863, p. 24-25. Waud no. 751a is Harper's Weekly engraving. Reference print available in the Civil War Dra... More

Gunboats shelling the enemy at the battle of Malvern hill sketched fro...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: General McClellan went aboard while I was sketching to change the position of the gunboats that were shelling our infantry. Gif... More

Antietam, Maryland. A Confederate soldier who after being wounded had ...

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[Second experiment with board trusses, after it had been broken, and t...

No. 30 (handwritten) and 2531 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B852. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

March of Genl. Fremont's army through the woods in pursuit of Jackson ...

"March of Genl. Fremont's army to Cross Keys, Va." on mount. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.33) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

General Stoneman and staff, at his headquarters, near Fair Oaks

Photograph shows group portrait of General George Stoneman, seated in center, and his staff. A dog rests on the right. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 436. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by... More

Experimental bridges (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing a man standing next to the bridge truss. No. 26 (handwritten) and 2527 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and e... More

[James River, Virginia Bow of Confederate gunboat Teaser, Lt. Hunter D...

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

Represents arks in process of construction; one is seen on the launchi...

No. 6 (handwritten) and 2507 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Library... More

Yorktown, Virginia. Confederate Battery with 8-inch Columbiads

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Fighting in the woods Kearneys division repulsing the enemy Monday Jun...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 9, 1862, p. 500. Inscribed on box in image: 1000 ... Cartridges Call 52. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1... More

Fighting in the woods Kearneys division repulsing the enemy Monday Jun...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 9, 1862, p. 500. Inscribed on box in image: 1000 ... Cartridges Call 52. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1... More

[Bull Run, Virginia Federal cavalry at Sudley Ford]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, First Bull Run, July 1861.

Bringing wounded soldiers to the cars after the battle of Seven Pines

Wounded soldiers brought to a train in carts and on stretchers. Tentative sketches of soldiers on verso. Title devised from inscriptions. Inscribed above image: "Battle Field" Fairoak [sic] Station Richmond and... More

Dress parade of First South Carolina, (U.S.C.T.), Beaufort, S.C.

No. 4970. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Union War Prisoners Association, organized in Charleston jail, Dec. 31...

List of names of Union war prisoners and illustrations of southern prisons. Copyright by Otto Boetticher.

Experimental bridge trusses (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing four men on bridge trusses. No. 24 (handwritten) and 2525 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / Un... More

Battle of Winchester, decisive charge upon the rebels at the stone wal...

Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: Many of the soldiers without caps and arms at the [rear?]. Published with description in: Harper's Weekly, April 12, 1862, p.... More

[Chickahominy River, Virginia Military bridge built by the 15th New Yo...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

[Antietam, Md. President Lincoln and General George B. McClellan in th...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862.

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men working on bri...

Photograph showing a man boring a hole in bridge trestle and a man with Haupt's Torpedo; back of train in background. No. 59 (handwritten) and 2560 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military ... More

Antietam, Maryland. Colonel Turner G. Morehead, 106th Pennsylvania Vol...

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[Centreville, Virginia Fort on the heights, with Quaker guns]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Confederate winter quarters, 1861-1862.

Sharpsburg, Maryland. Lutheran church on Main St

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Blest banner of freedom - Public domain music sheet scan

[Railroad construction worker straightening track; pile of twisted rai...

No. 67 (handwritten) and 2567 (stamped) on mount. Photo in album compiled by U.S. Military Railway Dept. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewh... More

[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Gens. Andrew A. Humphreys, Henry W. Sloc...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Guerilla warfare. Unarmed Union soldiers fired at by farmers on the Ja...

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Prime block. See similar image by William Waud in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper August 2, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DL... More

Building pontoon bridges at Fredericksburg Dec. 11th.

Engineers in foreground constructing bridge, while Fredericksburg burns in background. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above title: 50th Engineers. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.326) Referenc... More

Savage Station, Virginia, June 27, 1862

Stereograph showing Army of the Potomac headquarters with railroad cars in the background, and covered wagons in the foreground before the battle began. No. 468. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photograp... More