1863, american civil war

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Dead Confederate sharpshooter in "Devil's De...

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Bealeton, Virginia. View of camp of 93d New York Volunteers

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A. J. Byram, 10th Iowa Infantry

Photograph shows portrait of Corporal Andrew J. Byram of Co. K, 10th Iowa Infantry Regiment, in uniform. No. 402.

The war in Virginia - Officers and men of Meade's army discovering unb...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 17, no. 424 (1863 Nov. 14), p. 120.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania November 1863. Dedication of Gettysburg battl...

No. 4426. 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 s... More

[Union troops on rocks climbing to the summit of Lookout Mountain] / J...

Photograph shows soldiers led by Captain John Wilson reenacting climb to plant 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment battle flag on the summit of Lookout Mountain (Source: Will Stapp, January 2016). Photographed by Ro... More

[Morris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Fleet offshore]

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Little Round Top, American Civil War Glass N...

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"Pine Cottage", Civil War soldiers winter quarters

Caption continues: "(US Army Signal corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-256)".

William H. Lambert, Capt. 33rd N.J. Infantry., U.S.A.

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View of lower end of Fredericksburg, [...]

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[Studio portraits of a Japanese woman, an officer's wife, two women, ...

Captions on front of item: "The Belle of Yokohama" (upper left); "Japanese officers wife" (upper right); "A Japanese girl in traveling costume" (lower left); and "Two Japanese sisters in holiday costume" (low... More

Views from Confederate fort on Peachtree street looking south, towards...

No. B635. Hand written on back of mount in ink: Close up of cannon. Hand written on back of mount in ink: Miller, III, 123. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Major General A.A. Humphreys & staff. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows Major General A.A. Humphreys, seated, and staff posed in front of a tent.

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Bombproof for telegraph operator in tr...

An old black and white photo of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Walt Whitman, 1819-1892. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Head and shoulders, facing slightly right. Inscription: Walt Whitman, taken from life, 1863, war time, Washington, D.C. To Horace L. Traubel from his friend, W.W. June 1888. Feinberg-Whitman Collection. This re... More

Stacy's Photographic Ambrotype Rooms during American Civil War

Photograph shows Union soldiers, an African American civilian and white civilian, in front of shack with sign "Stacy's Photographic Ambrotype Rooms" likely located in the Southern United States. Coyright by "G... More

Genl Rawlings[sic]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Bust portrait of officer in uniform. Title inscribed lower left. Rawlins was promoted to Brigadier General, 11 August 1863. Purchase; Conner & Rosenkranz; 1986; (DLC/PP-1986:108).

Headquarters Army of Potomac - Wallach's house, Culpeper, Virginia Sep...

No. 1295. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 2, p. 345, Wallach House, Meade's Hdq. at Culpeper, Va. Oct. 1863". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

General Joseph Hooker and staff, Falmouth, Virginia, June 1863

No. 950. Photographer 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, c2003. Officers' names and o... More

Capt. Thomas Alexander, 80th New York Infantry, September, 1863

No. 7605. Alternate title, and photographer 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, c2003.... More

The great American What is it? chased by Copper-heads

An anti-Lincoln satire, showing the Republican incumbent and his supporters menaced by giant "Copperheads" (Peace Democrats). After a speech on May 1, 1863, asserting that the Civil War was being fought to fre... More

The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, on battle field of Gettysburg

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Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The coffee call / H.W. [i.e. W.H.]

Print shows Army of the Potomac soldiers waiting for coffee at a campfire in an encampment. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2013; (DLC/PP-2013:089.01).

The ruins of Lawrence, Kansas / sketched by a correspondent.

Print shows ruins of buildings in Lawrence, Kansas, following attack by William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 351 (1863 September 19), p. 604.

Emmitsburg, Maryland. Mount St. Mary's college

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[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms; African American soldier...

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The food question down south, Confederate States of America

Editorial cartoon shows Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate states, offering a new pair of boots to General Beauregard who, though barefoot, would rather have food for his troops.

U.S. Sanitary Commission at Gettysburg General Hospital, August, 1863

Photograph shows members of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, who helped to run the general hospital at Camp Letterman in Gettysburg.

Interior Views of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. taken by a Confederate...

Photograph showing ruins inside Fort Sumter. No. 4377. Date and photographer's name from 99 Historic Images of Civil War Charleston, ed. by Garry Adelman, John Richter, and Bob Zeller, Center for Civil War Pho... More

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Battery Hays. One 8-inch Parrot Rifle ...

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Bealeton, Virginia. Company E, 93d New York Infantry

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Capt. E. J. Kuhn, 10th Iowa - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows portrait of Captain Elbert J. Kuhn of Co. G, 10th Iowa Infantry Regiment, in uniform. Notation on verso: Severely wounded at Champion's Hill, May 16 - 63. Notation on verso: Handy.

Battery D, 2d (i.e. 5th?) U.S. Artillery, going into action on south s...

No. 4212. Caption on verso from Gardner's photographic sketchbook of the war: "Battery D, Second United States Artillery". Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gard... More

[Commissioned & non-com. staff of 93rd N.Y. Infy. Bealton, Virginia, A...

Original negative no.: LC-B817-7011. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Civil War, 1861-1865 Military personnel. Virginia B. 93rd New York Infantry.

View of Gettysburg from the Northwest

No. 970. 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, c2003. Caption continues: First and ... More

Map of Pr. George, Surry, Sussex and Southampton counties, Virginia /

Shows names of some residents. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer chief engineer - Presented to - the West Point Military Academy by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Mini... More

Rebel Negro pickets as seen through a field-glass

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Jan. 10.

The post of duty. A funeral discourse in memory of Capt. Lansing Holli...

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The post of duty. A funeral discourse in memory of Capt. Lansing Holli...

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[Falmouth, Virginia, vicinity. The Phillips house immediately after th...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

Daniel Webster. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Associated name on shelflist card: Middleton, (E.C.) & Co. Title written in pencil on item. Accompanied by copyright notice adhered to verso: Warranted oil colors. Entered according to act of Congress in the ye... More

[Culpeper, Virginia General Judson Kilpatrick of the 3d Division, Cava...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

Headquarters of Christian Commission, Germantown, Virginia (?)

No. 4151. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. II, pl. 53. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VII, p. 337". Gift; Co... More

Redeemed in Virginia / photograph by Renowden, 65 Fulton Av., Brooklyn...

Photograph shows a portrait of Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence sitting, facing front. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by C. S. Lawrence, in the Clerk's Office of the district Court... More

[Group shot, officers of the 54th Mass. Colored]

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of three officers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Sitters have been identified as Second Lieutenant Ezekiel G. Tomlinson, Captain Luis F. Emilio (center), an... More

Signal station on the summit of Poney Mountain, near Culpepper [sic] C...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.127) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Bodies of Federal soldiers, killed on July 1...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863.

Capitol, Washington, D.C., north-east view. Dome and front unfinished,...

Photograph shows construction on the U.S. Capitol building. No. 276. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with... More

Beaufort, S.C., house used as hospital for "contrabands"

Photo shows a two story house which was used as a hospital for fugitive slaves during Union occupation of Beaufort, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Photograph reproduced in: ... More

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child, 5 years of...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of the young girl with a drum, facing front. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Title continues: "Redeemed in Virginia by Catharine S. Lawrence; baptized in... More

[District of Columbia. Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, at Fort L...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Shows 27 African Americans in two lines with rifles resting on the ground.

A Negro family coming into the Union lines

Photo shows African American men, women, and children seated in front of and inside a mule-drawn covered wagon. Artist Alfred Waud worked up a sketch from this photograph, probably made in his presence by David... More

The slaughter pen at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscop...

Stereograph showing dead soldiers in an area called the slaughter pen to the right of the Union line at the foot of Round Top in Gettysburg in July of 1863. No. 253. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photo... More

Long Bridge and Washington, from Maryland [i.e., Virginia] shore, June...

Photograph shows the Long Bridge across the Potomac River from the Virginia shore. No. 223.

Liberty. "Liberty brings to the earth justice and peace" / C. Inger.

A grand, pro-Union allegorical print, produced as a complimentary "Presentation Plate" for the "Philadelphia Inquirer" newspaper in 1864. Liberty stands on the steps of an altar, wearing a breastplate, cape, an... More

[Culpeper, Virginia Gen Robert O. Tyler and staff of the Artillery Res...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

The siege of Vicksburg - Major General U.S. Grant, commanding / JG ; s...

Print shows soldiers in the foreground hiding behind trees and bushes during a bombardment of the encampment and earthworks of the Union army outside Vicksburg, Mississippi, with Confederate forts and earthwork... More

Bull Run, the scene of General Taylor's death, May 1863

Photograph showing a man sitting on a fallen tree in the Occoquan River at the scene of the battle of Bull Run Bridge in which Union Brigadier General G.W. Taylor was killed in August, 1862. Includes handwritte... More

Victory! - Public domain historical image during American Civil War. A...

Card showing Afro-American soldier carrying U.S. flag being shot in battle. No. 11, no. 67. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Line of breastworks looking eastward

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Bealeton, Virginia. Officer's mess. Company F, 93d New York Volunteers...

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Preston King to Edwin M. Stanton, Thursday, April 23, 1863 (Recommend...

Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania. Passenger train and crowd at station

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Joseph Hooker to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, June 05, 1863 (Telegram con...

General Stewart of the Black Horse Cavalry

Photograph shows a caricature of General Jeb Stewart riding a horse, represented as an African American man. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV39 ; CSA Generals. "DE285" written in pencil on back of t... More

South angle of Fort Sumter after the war, Charleston, S.C.

Photograph shows the damage done to the fortifications on the southern exterior of the fort. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). "No. 29." Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digiti... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Battered trees on Culp's Hill

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Belle Plain, Virginia. Camp of 150th Pennsylvania Infantry

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Confederate artillery near Charleston, S.C. in 1861 [i.e. 1863]

No. 4389. Caption log entry for no. 10358: Palmetto Battery, near Charleston, S.C. Photo by Cook. Hand written on verso: "See p. 281, Divided We Fought, and Miller, vol. I, p. 107". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1... More

On the battlefield at Stone River

Stereograph showing a monument to honor those killed in the battle of Stone River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1862-1863. No. 6649. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. ... More

Culpeper, Virginia. Dr. Charles K. Irwin, 72nd New York Infantry in fr...

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These children were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St....

Photograph shows half-length portraits of Charles Taylor, Rosina Downs, and Rebecca Huger. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Philip Ba... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor[sic], Confederate States of America.

Exterior view of Fort Sumter, a Confederate flag flying as part of the fort explodes. Signed lower left: A. Vizitelly. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower left: 1863. Formerly listed as DRWG/US - B - Fo... More

[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Dead Confederate soldiers in the "slaughter ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863.

[Culpeper, Virginia General Andrew A. Humphreys and staff]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

Ceremony of "Turning the Sod" of the New Masonic Temple, Thanksgiving ...

J245245 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Spencer & Wyckoff; December 15, 1920. Similar to PAN SUBJECT - Events, no. 11, street sign in foreground has been eliminated from negative.

Rosa, a slave girl from New Orleans / photographed by M. H. Kimball, 4...

Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rosina Downs wearing a bonnet, facing left. "Ent'd, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Geo. H. Hanks, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. for the S. Dis. of N.... More

[Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform with for...

Case: Berg, no. 1-145. 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

John Burns, the hero of Gettysburg Slaughter pen at Gettysburg / / Ori...

Photographs show (on recto) wounded 69-year old war hero John Burns seated in a rocking chair with his crutches and his rifle and (on verso) dead bodies at the foot of Little Round Top. Printed on recto: "No. ... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Unfinished Confederate graves near the cente...

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Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence / Kellogg Brothers, photographers, ...

Photograph shows a portrait of Fannie Lawrence, standing against a bannister holding a bouquet, facing front. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year... More

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child, 5 years of...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of the young girl kneeling by a chair, praying. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by C. S. Lawren... More

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Ostendorf, no. 77 (variant) Meserve, no. 59 Copyright deposit; 1891. Similar to portrait published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 145. ... More

Culpeper, Virginia. Generals, John H.H. Ward, Gershon Mott and Colonel...

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Wounded trees at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope ca...

Stereograph showing a man lying on the ground surrounded by trees battered by bullets and shells near Culp's Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. No. 2391. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War His... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. View of breast works on Round Top

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Dead Confederate sharpshooter, Pennsylvania,...

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"Your men bin stealing my hogs"

Full length sketch of older woman. Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Wooding up" on the Mississippi / F.F. Palmer, del. ; Currier & Ives l...

New Best Fifty, #23. Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Inscribed... More

Devil's Den, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Stereograph showing a woman walking past the Devil's Den rock formations in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. View at Trostle's barn where the 9th Massach...

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[Dead horse on battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 226. A glass copy negative is: LC-B811-226.

Dowdalls Tavern Howards Hd.-Qtrs during American Civil War

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed below image: position of the Right of the line of battle. May 2nd 1863. 2 miles from Chancellors previous to the Germans running away. Publish... More

Deck view of Russian frigate "Osliaba," harbor of Alexandria, Virginia

Photograph shows sailors from the Baltic Fleet and their cannons on the deck of the Russian frigate "Osliaba." No. 240.

[Cannon mounted in the camp of Duryea's and Bainbridge's Batteries, 15...

Title devised by Library staff from caption information on back and Miller, v. 2, pg. 217. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV50 ;Port Hudson. "XXYUI-11" ... More

Gun-boats at Baton Rouge, La., March 1863

Stereograph showing sailors and soldiers resting on shore with carts and supplies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In the distance, ships rest in the harbor. Title from handwritten on verso. Alternate title from Mil... More

[Virginia, City Point. Park of Army Wagons]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the hospitals. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bealeton, Virginia Capt. Henry Page, assistant quartermaster, at Arm...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania The cemetery gatehouse], Pennsylvania, 19th ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863.