1863

Blacksmiths department Hd. qts. Army of the Potomac

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, April 18, 1863, p. 244. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.485) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawi... More

Hikyoku no biwa no hana matsunami kengyō jitsuwa akushichibyōe

Head-and-shoulders portrait of the actor Aku Hichibei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie (Chirimen-e). Fr... More

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

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[Culpeper, Virginia Approach to town, with photographer's wagon in for...

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

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...

John A. McClernand to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, May 06, 1863 (Repor...

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

8th Penn Cavalry, crossing at Ely's Ford, before battle of Chancellors...

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 16, 1863, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.97) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Robt. G. Shaw / Whipple, 96 Washington Street, Boston.

Photograph shows a three-quarter length portrait of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV226. Photographer: Whipple. "TD786" and "9... More

Missionary Ridge, Tenn., Nov 25 1863.

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed under image: Corse [sic] v Cleburnes fight Missionary ridge, Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.230) Reference print availabe in the Civil War Drawings file 1863. ... 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

Prof. Wilson's house, Carlisle, Pa., Pennsylvania, 19th century stereo...

Amateur Photographic Exchange Club label affixed to verso gives title, photographer, photographer's address (Troy University), date, number (84), and negative (tannin). Amateur Photographic Exchange Club. Form... More

View inside Port Hudson - A black and white photo of a horse drawn car...

Photograph shows damaged weapons and fortifications inside Port Hudson after the siege. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Fundin... More

Augustus W. Bradford to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, October 01, 1863 (...

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Battered trees on Culp's Hill

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Genl Robinsons fly at Gettysburg

Soldiers seated under tent "fly" beneath a tree. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-69. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.996 verso) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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

[Drummer boy, taking a rest, Culpeper, Virginia] / EF.

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.112) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2013-2014.

Letterbook---26 November 1863-22 July 1865

"I still have an Artist's heart, while deprived by long disuse of an artist's skill," Morse writes wistfully in this letter to his friend, Daniel Huntington, president of the National Academy of Design. Reminis... More

Letterbook---26 November 1863-22 July 1865

"I still have an Artist's heart, while deprived by long disuse of an artist's skill," Morse writes wistfully in this letter to his friend, Daniel Huntington, president of the National Academy of Design. Reminis... More

They pray for us at home - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

We have parted - Public domain music sheet scan

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.

Death of Reynolds--Gettysburg - Public domain architectural plan drawi...

Three men on horseback in foreground, soldiers in background. Title inscribed lower left. A narrative and a map on cream lined paper accompany the drawing (on the verso). The text reads: The Fall of Reynolds/ L... More

Gen. Forrest schottisch, Confederate States of America.

Music associated with the Confederate side

Abraham Lincoln to William A. Buckingham, Monday, January 12, 1863

[Gun battery at Port Hudson, Louisiana] / photographed by McPherson & ...

Photograph shows a cannon on the ground by a wall of sandbags and a row of barrels. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV50 ;Port Hudson. "XXXVI-5" written... More

Sixty three is the jubilee - Public domain American music sheet

Robert H. Milroy to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 20, 1863 (Defends h...

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

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

Rebecca, a slave girl - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing right. Title from back of mount. "[Rebe]cca, [slave] girl from [Ne]w Orleans" written in ink on front of photo. "WD0179" and "A179" written in pencil on... More

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

Anson G. Henry to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 27, 1863 (Telegram c...

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

Abraham Lincoln to Charles D. Drake, et al., Monday, October 05, 1863 ...

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

George G. Meade to Henry W. Halleck, Friday, August 21, 1863 (Telegra...

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

The Union volunteer: home from the war

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6777

Abraham Lincoln to Charles W. Rand, [May 8] 1863 (Order concerning Ne...

H. De Mareil to John G. Nicolay, Tuesday, April 21, 1863 (Seeks suppo...

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

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North side views from Port Hudson

Photograph shows Confederate artillery after the surrender of Port Hudson in July of 1863.

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

The Devil's Den Gettysburg - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on verso: C[entury] W[eekly] No. 20, pg 323. The struggle for Devil's Den, Gettysburg. Inscribed lower right: Vincents brigade driven in. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-19... 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).

Couch's Corps forming line of battle in the fields at Chancellorsville...

Title inscribed below image. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Inscribed on verso: Battle May 1-3, 1863 Chancellorsville, Va. 11; Corps ... 26 Wisconsin; 25 Ohio; 82 Illinois; 55 Ohio; No II 2. MJB 32. Gift, J.P... More

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.

[Soldiers shooting from behind rock at Round Top]

Title devised and identified from inscription lower right of image. Incomplete sketch of fort and railroad tracks on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-72. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.999) Forms part of: ... More

Gettysburg. View of the hills on the left of our position from the Reb...

Signed lower right and left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Gettysburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.16) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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.

Execution 5 deserters - Public domain drawing

Signed reversed lower right: Alfred R. Waud. Title inscribed upper right. Study for Waud, no. 187. Inscribed in image, as identifiers: guard, band, [surpons?], [mowers?]. Sketches of deserters sitting on casket... More

[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

Freedom to the slaves - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congres...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2311

The battle of Gettysburg. View from the summit of Little Round Top. Th...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.74) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The battle of Gettysburg. View from the summit of Little Round Top. Th...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.74) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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

In the woods at Chancellorsville--Bivouac at night / EF.

Men seated around campfire. "Sketched back of Fredricksburg, April 30th" on item. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.68) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[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.

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

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

Rebel prisoners and battle flags captured at Chancellorsville, being t...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.63) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Porch at Aldie, where Pleasontons staff slept

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-7. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.934) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Commissary dept. Hd.qts. Army of the Potomac

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Capt. R. Headen / Ball & Thomas, Photographic Art Gallery, 120 W. 4th ...

Photograph shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Capt. Robert Headen, Company E, 12th U.S. Colored Infantry. Title from ink inscription on front. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV52; Capt. Robert Hea... More

The Army of the Potomac--The Blue Ridge from Genl. Shalers headquarter...

Image overdrawn with numbered grid to guide engravers. Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Prisoner's lament - Public domain music sheet scan

The Athenaeum collection of hymns and tunes for church and Sunday sch...

[compiled] by Horace Waters. (statement of responsibility) English words, with music; second and subsequent verses printed as text. Selected hymns printed as text: p. 496-503. 7027827 (oclc)

Put it through - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Body of Confederate sharpshooter

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Washington, District of Columbia. 17th New York Independent Battery Li...

Photo shows the United States Capitol in the background. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States ... More

Bealeton, Virginia. Capt. Cunningham of General T.F. Meagher's staff

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Falmouth, Virginia. A muss at headquarters, Army of the Potomac

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The veteran - Public domain scenic drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.194) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Home in Charleston, S.C., American Civil War Glass Negative.

Ruins of home in Charleston, South Carolina and another house in background. Photograph by Haas and Peale. No. 46.

The battle of Raymond / sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.

Illustrations showing views of different stages of the Battle of Raymond. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 337 (1863 June 13), p. 372.

The Invasion of the North - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania / from a sketch b...

View of the city from across Susquehanna River. Reference copy in LOT 4416G (1863). Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 July 18, p. 461.

Great Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.--Jany, 2nd 1863: between the Union...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union cavalry uniform with s...

Case: Berg, no. 1-52. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth, Va., 2011[?]. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Lib... More

Jeff Davis's last appeal to arms

Jefferson Davis making address to soldiers missing arms and legs. Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, 1863.

The Army of the Potomac in huts / / sketched by Theodore R. Davis. The...

Top illustration shows soldiers marching in front of log huts and one soldier cutting logs. Bottom illustration shows two black teamsters lashing each other with whips. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Jan. 17, p. 33.

The head of the canal, opposite Vicksburg, Miss., now being cut by Com...

Print shows Union troops and contrabands constructing a canal near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 16, no. 391 (1863 March 28), p. 8-9.