1862

Washington, District of Columbia. Wiard guns at U.S. Arsenal

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Portion of Rebel battery at Wynns Mill. The gun which wounded Lieut. W...

Signed lower left: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 10, 1862, p. 296. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.174) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings fil... More

Andrew Johnson to Horace Maynard, Wednesday, June 04, 1862 (Telegram ...

[Tad Lincoln, standing, leaning against a chair]

Notation on verso: "'Tad' Lincoln." Accessions box no. DLC/PP - 1972:018

Fight at Mechanicsville [changed to] Beaver Creek between McCalls divi...

Title inscribed above image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 26, 1862, p. 470 as "The Army of the Potomac-The Battle of Beaver Creek, June 26, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.694) Reference ... More

[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Federal encampment; another view]

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

Port Royal Island, Beaufort, South Carolina. Moss covered tomb over 15...

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Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862: By the federal forces, unde...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0903

Samuel G. Daily to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, August 08, 1862 (Politics...

Guarding the Road to Windschester [sic]

Signed [T.T.R. Bott[?]]. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: Occupied by Capt. Wallace of the Fourth Ohio Regiment under Brigadier Genl. Kelley Comand. Romny. Published in the New York Illustrat... More

Guarding the Road to Windschester [sic]

Signed [T.T.R. Bott[?]]. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: Occupied by Capt. Wallace of the Fourth Ohio Regiment under Brigadier Genl. Kelley Comand. Romny. Published in the New York Illustrat... More

Reception of the officers of the Army by Secretary of War Stanton. Mon...

Drawing shows an interior scene of meeting, images detailed-several portraits of Union officers.

Turning over the bottom of an ark (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 7 (handwritten) and 2508 (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

[The 1st Virginia Cavalry at a halt]

Title devised. Published in: Harper's Weekly, September 27, 1862, p. 612. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.764) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file E. Reference print available i... More

Eastern portion of the Military Department of North Carolina /

Relief shown by hachures. Incomplete copy of printed map. For a complete copy see entry no. 306.2 Shows roads, railroads, towns, drainage, and swamps. Following handwritten statement appears to left of map titl... More

Citizen volunteers assisting the wounded in the field of Battle

Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC?PP_1919:R1.2.0546). Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file U. Reference print availabe in Ray, Plate... More

[Antietam, Md. General Randolph B. Marcy with officers and civilians a...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862. Capt. Wright Rives; John W. Garrett, Pres., Baltimore & Ohio R.R.; Orderly; Gen. Marcy; Lt. Col. Andrew P. Porter... More

Harrison House, Virginia - Public domain historic place drawing

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Smith per. Inscribed below image: Waud has photo of this. (Do this) Sketch of large man and rocky landscape on verso. Published in: Battles and Leaders of the... More

[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.

Group of Irish brigade as they lay on the battlefield of Antietam, 19t...

Photograph shows dead soldiers, members of the Irish brigade commanded by Gen. Thomas F. Meagher, on the battlefield of Antietam. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 550. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the yea... More

Abraham Lincoln. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter-length portrait, facing right, U.S. Capitol in background. No. 47 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Antietam, Md. Confederate dead in a ditch on the right wing]

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

[White House Landing, Virginia Ruins of the White House, burnt during ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. These photographs reflect McClellan's advance from Yorktown to Fair Oaks, only five miles from Richmond. Some of the ... More

[Port Royal Island, S.C. African Americans preparing cotton for the gi...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Port Royal, S.C., 1861-1862. Shows seven African Americans sitting in a pile of cotton in ... More

[Washington, D.C. Park of Wiard guns at the Arsenal; H.L. Stuart, Nath...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The first battle between "iron" ships of war

Print shows the Monitor and the Merrimack firing at each other during battle, with other battleships in the background, one sinking on the left. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by Henry B... More

Refugees leaving the old homestead during American Civil War

Stereograph showing a Union family on and around a horse drawn wagon loaded with furniture and belongings in the process of relocating northward.

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Sketchbooks, 1863-1887, undated; Nos. ...

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

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Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Sketchbooks, 1863-1887, undated; Unnum...

Johnson's new illustrated (steel plate) family atlas, with description...

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Johnson's new illustrated (steel plate) family atlas, with description...

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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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Dead on battlefield at 1st Bull Run

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Manassas Station, Virginia. General Beauregard's headquarters

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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.

[Augusta Currie Bradhurst Field, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woma...

Photographer unidentified. Case: red velvet, push button. Accompanying note: Augusta C. Field. June 1862 16 years carried by H.H.F. Gift; Family of William B. Osgood Field; 1997; (DLC/PP-1999:155). Forms part o... More

[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

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.

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

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Rising of the people. "The drum-tap rattles through the land"

A patriotic scene on the cover of a music sheet for a song written by N. P. Beers and composed by M. Colburn. In a middle-class domestic interior a young soldier (center) prepares to go off to war for the Union... More

Francis Frith - The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx, [Gezeh, Egypt]

Photo by Francis Frith. Illus. in: Francis Frith, Lower Egypt and Thebes. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Egypt Pyr & Sphynx.

Notice! The undersigned, one of the surgeons appointed "To examine mil...

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 69, Folder 29.

Central Park, the lake - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows people riding in carriages, on horseback, and strolling along paths at the lake in New York's Central Park. Copyright number possibly 21942. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale... More

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

Headquarters of General Smith near Manassas

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.9) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

M. Fillmore / painted by Alonzo Chappel.

Millard Fillmore, full-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, holding book. Copyright by Johnson, Fry & Co.

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

General view of the city of Nashville, Tennessee

From: Harper's Weekly, 1862 March 8, p. 152. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Richmond newsboy announcing the rebel success!!!

Death as skeleton running and carrying newspapers announcing defeat of Federal Army. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1862. Reference copy may be in: LOT 4421-E. This record contains unverified, old data from captio... 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).

Nursery at Elliot's Plantation, Hilton Head, S.C.

Photograph shows slaves sitting in from of a building described at the "nursery". Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Edge loss on the upper right corner of the mount. Title is inscribed in ink on the f... More

Union Playing Cards - Drawing. Public domain image.

Patriotic illustration. LOT subject: Cards. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Samuel Hart & Co. Caption card tracings: Civil War Patriotic themes; Advertisements... More

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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Plan of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Va. Showing position of both ar...

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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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[Unidentified man with hat] / Photographed by L. H. Hale, 293 Washingt...

Notation on verso: Mrs. Berry. 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, wh... More

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

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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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Preliminary chart of Calibogue Sound and Skull Creek forming inside pa...

Scale 1:40,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 368a.4 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1... More

[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

[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 1746-1825, full-length portrait, standin...

Engraving after Chappel. Copyright stamp on verso bears registration number (A417785?) and copyright date 1903 Feb. 21. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

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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Banner Brand, Confederate States of America.

Label showing Union soldier standing on cliff holding up U.S. flag and sword; Fort Sumter in background. "Manufactured by John J. Levy, New-York."

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

[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

Coast of North Carolina & Virginia - Public domain map

Scale 1:200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 305a.2 At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. Map is printed in two sheets which have been joined together to form a continuous map. The northern s... More

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

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

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.

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.

Colton's new topographical map of the states of Virginia, Maryland and...

Scale 1:760,320. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.9 Another issue. Lang & Laing Lith, N.Y. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. H. Colton." 1864 edition listed as Civil War Maps entry no.... More