1862

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

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

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Our beautiful flag, or The Bonnie, red, white and blue

Music associated with the Union side

American dancing master, and ball-room prompter containing about five ...

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Brig. General Mathew [Martin?] Burke & staff.

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Brig. General Mathew [Martin?] Burke & staff.

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Jacksonville, Fla., American Civil War Glass Negative.

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Commodore Goldsborough / Magee.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in uniform.

Chickahominy River, Virginia. Bridge - 19th century Virginia.

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Capt. Semmes, of the pirate "Alabama"

Raphael Semmes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Officers of Co. [?], 153d New York Infantry

No. B320. 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

Map showing the defenses of the Mississippi below New Orleans and Farr...

Map shows the Confederate fortifications at Fort Jackson under Gen. Duncan, Fort St. Philip and the Union fleet along the Mississippi River. This map, also shows the positions of Union ships under Farragut, who... More

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

Photograph shows Private J.H. Carpenter and unidentified soldiers playing cards in front of tent. No. B849. Date based on 22nd NY history. Photographer and soldier's name from another copy in the National Arch... More

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

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James K. Moorhead to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 04, 1862 (Tel...

"Up a tree". Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illus. in: Punch, 1862 Jan. 11. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Presidents.

Drayton's negro quarters, Hilton Head, S.C.

Photograph shows soldiers and slaves in front of the slave quarters on Drayton's plantation. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.271).

[John W. Anthony of Company B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Southe...

Photograph shows identified soldier, John W. Anthony, who enlisted in Company I, 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment, and then in Company B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, as a private and was later promoted to ser... More

[Group of Native Americans (possibly Winnebago) wearing blankets, some...

On verso: C.L. Hamilton. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The CARONDELET running the gauntlet at Island No. 10

Ironclad under artillery bombardment from Island No. 10 in Mississippi River, Missouri, April 6, 1862. Steel engraving by Samuel Sartain after drawing by J. Hamilton. This record contains unverified, old data f... More

Negroes driven south by the Rebel officers

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 Nov. 8, pp. 712-713. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[John C. Frémont], Confederate States of America.

Design drawing for engraving by J.C. Buttre shows two scenes: Battle in the Shenandoah Valley under Genl. Frémont Cross Keys, and Pike's Peak, surrounding head-and-shoulders stipple engraving portrait of John C... More

Evacuation of Corinth, Mississippi, lately held by the rebel General B...

Soldiers on railroad tracks in front of Corinth, Mississippi; bridge on fire. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 14, no. 350 (1862 June 21), p. 184.

Map of the battle ground near Richmond, showing plainly, every point o...

Scale ca. 1:250,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 633 Indicates location and dates of battles, "McClellan's present defensive line" at Harrison's Landing, principal roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. Descri... More

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

No. B1019. Date based on 22nd NY history Mounted with five other photographs. See LC-USZC4-6315 for full card mount. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[The Waltham Bank one hundred dollar private bank note proof]

Print shows vignettes of sailors on wharf with steamship; girl and boy with grazing cows and sheep; and factory. On verso: Deposited April 8, 1862. The Waltham bank, proprs. See vol. 37, p. 173.

Plan of the Battle of Savage's Station Virginia. Sunday, June 29th 186...

The Battle of Savage's Station was part of the Seven Days' Battles of the Peninsular Campaign. This map shows the area of Savage's Farm in Henrico County, Va., to the north and the Williamsburg Road to the sout... More

Professor Lowe dictating a dispatch to General McClellan during the ba...

Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2012-2013.

Fair Oaks, Virginia (vicinity). General George Stoneman, U.S.A.

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Map showing the system of rebel fortifications on the Mississippi Rive...

Scale 1:84,480 ("3/4 of an inch = one mile"). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 299.8 From U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Supplemental report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the W... More

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

Photograph shows Private E.T. Avory standing with bayoneted rifle. No. B959. Date based on 22nd NY history. Identification of photographer and soldier from same photograph in National Archives. Mounted with fi... More

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge. Southeastern view

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Charles H. Davis to Gideon Welles, Monday, March 10, 1862 (Telegram r...

Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). Group of patients in fron...

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Cumberland Landing, Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey

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Snuff-taking in Iceland - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a man standing with a powder horn to his nose, taking snuff in Iceland. Another man sits on a rock and watches. Taylor visited Iceland in 1862, perhaps en route to Russia. Gift; Charles F. Heartma... More

[Confederate General John Bell Hood], Confederate States of America.

Title devised. Inscribed below image: Hood. See also Waud no. 921 (AA size). These two portraits, though different, correspond to photographic portraits of Hood. Formerly Waud no. B-156. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919... More

Battery B, 2d U.S. Artillery near Fair Oaks, Virginia, June, 1862

No. 439. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

[Preliminary emancipation proclamation.] during American Civil War

Issuing passes at St. Louis - A group of people standing around a tabl...

Travel passes being issued to citizens by Federal government agents. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War, 1862 March, p. 292. Copyright by Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden.

Siege of Yorktown, Virginia Federal Battery No. 4 mounting ten 13 inch...

No. 4178. Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 14. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 23. ... More

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Allen's farm house. Headquarters of Gen...

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Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Headquarters of General George B. McCle...

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[Evander McNair, of Arkansas, Brigadier General, C.S.A., head-and-shou...

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Antietam, Maryland. Picnic party at Antietam bridge

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Capture of Fort Henry by U.S. gun boats under the command of Flag Offi...

Print shows four Union ironclads in the foreground, identified as the "St. Louis", "Carondelet", "Cincinnati", and the "Essex", bombarding Confederate Fort Henry in the background; also shows two Confederate st... More

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

No. B719. Mounted with 5 other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

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

No. B1014. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The Battle of Antietam - burning of Mr. Mumma's house and barns

Wood engraving after sketch by A.R. Waud. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 6, (1862 October 11), p. 648. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

[The Waltham Bank five hundred dollar private bank note proof]

Print shows vignette of Civil War soldiers with cannon, American flag, and fort in the background. On verso: Deposited April 8, 1862. The Waltham bank, proprs. See vol. 37, p. 172.

Albert James Myer, 1829-1880 - Early photography, Public domain image

Half lgth., seated, facing slightly left. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Photograph by Hinton's Gallery, no. 102 Camp Street, corner Poydras. Caption car... More

William H. Seward to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, April 24, 1862 (Treat...

Fort Pulaski, Georgia. The breach, American Civil War Glass Negative.

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Co. - , 139th Pennsylvania Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. B1173. 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

The Union prisoners at Richmond, Virginia

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1862 Jan. 18. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Memphis (Tennessee) before the war / sketched by Porte Crayon.

Composite of three scenes showing the old battery at the navy yard, steamboat landing, and the cotton levee, Memphis, Tennessee. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 March 15, p. 168. David Strother (1816-1888), 19... More

Amerika - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows an American soldier on horseback. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Dog 10. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 86; 47623a. Earlier control number: 9942.25-7. Gift; Mrs. E... More

[Freed slave children with their teachers]

Title from inventory. Stereoview shows a group of African American children of all ages posed in front of their schoolhouse in Beaufort, South Carolina. The Caucasian women standing behind them on the steps of... More

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Group at Camp Winfield Scott. T. Anders...

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Seabrook's negro quarters. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

Photograph shows an aerial view of the slave quarters at Seabrook's Plantation.

Reception of the wounded soldiers by the national authorities at Fortr...

After a sketch by J.H. Schell. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 Aug. 16, p. 332.

[John N. A. Griswold house (now Newport Art Museum), Newport, Rhode Is...

Inscribed in pencil J. Griswold [?]. Notation on verso: HWM1.1.3. Also: P.49-TR. Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation ; 2010 ; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/A... More

Plan of Rebel redoubt and barracks [at] "Camp Misery" : surveyed April...

Layout of "Camp Misery," a Confederate fort on the Virginia Peninsula located in a swampy area on the Ship Point road. The camp was evacuated on April 5th, 1862, as Union forces began their siege of Yorktown.

Officers and non-coms. of Co. (?), 119th Penn. Inf'y

No. B428. 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

R. W. Johnson, Brig. Genl. U.S.V.

Bust portrait of officer in uniform. Title inscribed below image. Johnson was appointed Brigadier General on 11 October 1861 and promoted to Major General after the Battle of Nashville. Purchase; Conner & Rosen... More

Antietam, Maryland. Sherrick's house, near Burnside bridge

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Lieut. General Winfield Scott. General in Chief of the U.S. Army

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Magee, J.

[Raft of blanket boats ferrying field artillery and soldiers across th...

No. 79 (handwritten) and 2580 (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

Uncle Sam, "Go ahead, boys, I'll take care of the wives and babies - G...

Cartoon shows Uncle Sam waving Union troops off to Virginia, telling them that he will take care of the women and children who are gathered around him, as well as two large bags labeled "gold." Illus. in: Harp... More

Ruins at Manassas Junction / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive b...

Illustration showing the remains of a turntable on the Orange and Alexandria railroad after the station was destroyed by retreating Confederates. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alex... More

Carver Barracks, Washington, D.C., Landscape view print

Print shows a temporary barracks established by the Union Army during the Civil War.

The 10th Reg't Iowa Volunteers on the march from Hamburg to camp befor...

Print shows Union soldiers fording a stream in a wooded area while on the march from Hamburg, Tennessee, to Corinth.

The first snow storm. Gen Pleasanton advancing from Orleans to Waterlo...

Mounted officers and cavalry riding through a snow storm. Title inscribed upper left. Published in: New York Illustrated News, 29 November, 1862, p. 57. Reference copy available in Civil War Drawings File 186... More

[The Confederates under Stuart crossing the Potomac at McCoy's Ferry t...

Canal and lockhouse in the foreground, troops crossing Potomac in background. Signed lower right: Theo R Davis. Title devised. A group of similar scenes by Davis were published in Harper's Weekly, 8 November 18... More

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

Cumberland Landing, Virginia. Federal encampment on Pamunkey

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Clara Barton Papers: Miscellany, 1856-1957; Financial and legal papers...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Clara Barton Papers: Miscellany, 1856-1957; Financial and legal papers...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

The fight in the cornfield; The Irish Brigade driving the rebels out, ...

Title inscribed below image. Formerly attributed to Alfred R. Waud, with the call number DRWG/US - Waud, no. 290 (A size). Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R2.2.290) Reference print available in the Civil W... More

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

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Antietam, Maryland. Burying the dead Confederate soldiers

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Antietam, Maryland. Bodies of dead, Louisiana Regiment

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Bull Run, Virginia. Ruins of stone bridge

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Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 8th 1862

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0470.

[Private William Savage Moore of Richmond "Parker" Virginia Light Arti...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform. Case: Berg, 3-151. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist... More

Hanami no en - Public domain scan / drawing

Ukiyo-e diptych showing richly-dressed man, two children, and two women in a richly-appointed interior. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

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Nursery at Elliott's, Hilton Head, S.C. / photographed and for sale by...

Photograph shows slaves sitting in front of a building described as the "nursery". Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV59; children's nursery. "GA 687" written in pencil on back of the mount. Handwritte... More

George A. S. Crooker to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, October 07, 1862 (S...

93d New York Infantry, Antietam, Md, Sept., 1862 (i.e. Oct. 4, 1862)

Photo shows McClellan's headquarters guard, the Ninety-third New York volunteers, including unit commander Col. John S. Crocker on horseback to immediate right of the flag. (Source for subject, date, and photog... More

Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being and ephemeris regul...

"G.W. Gary, printer." The diary extends from May to Aug. 1, 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2664 LAC snh 2019-05-30 no edits (1 card)

The escape of Stonewall Jackson's Army down the valley pike at Strausb...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.263) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

General Porters headquarters camp in front of Yorktown, Virginia

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

Massanutten Mountain, near Strasburg, Virginia, looking S.W. / EF.

"This is the mountain on which the celebrated Confederate signal station was posted and from which Genl. Sheridan's signal officer intercepted a dispatch which gave warning of Early's designs, carried out at th... More

Edward Bates to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, December 18, 1862 (Judicia...

The slavery code of the District of Columbia, together with notes and ...

"The first section contains the acts of Congress. The second section, the old Maryland laws in regard to slavery, in force in the District of Columbia at the time of its cession by Maryland to the Federal gover... More

The Blockade on the "Connecticut Plan"

The artist ridicules the government's early efforts to overhaul and augment a somewhat outdated Union fleet to blockade Southern ports and effectively defend against Confederate privateers and blockade-runners.... More

July 4, 1862 - at Mr. James Hunter's Hestonville Pa

Label affixed to verso with heading "Memoir, Jamin Tubes", gives title, photographer, date, number (123), negative (wet collodion), arrangement (view), opening (3/8), exposure (20"), and notation "negative dama... More

[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

Abraham Lincoln to John Ross, Thursday, September 25, 1862