1864

Burial of the Union dead at Fredericksburg, December 15, 1862 (i.e. Ma...

Stereograph showing dead Union soldiers lying on the ground covered with blankets while a group of people, including soldiers, prepare for a burial in Fredericksburg, Virginia. No. 2508. Part of series: The War... More

[Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, vicinity. View from Beverly house...

Photo shows Fifth Corps artillery reserve in the distance. (Source: Grant and Lee / William Frassanito. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1983.) Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wildern... More

James river, 1864 - Public domain scan / drawing

Three landscapes, two identified as 1861 and one as 1864. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below upper left image: on the James river 1864. Inscribed below upper right image: Near Powhatan on the James 186... More

McClellan is the Man, by Henry Cromwell / Fabronius ; F.N. Carter, Lit...

Sheet music cover illustrated with half-length portrait of George B. McClellan by Fabronius after a photograph by Black & Case. Exhibited: Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial ... More

View of railroad depot and surroundings, Atlanta, Ga.

Stereograph showing loaded carts and wagons in front of the railroad depot in Atlanta. No. 2712, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. Attributed ... More

[Jericho Mills, Virginia View of the Mills and the pontoon bridge from...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

Rickett's advance against Rhodes [sic] division in the woods

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: Sept. 19th 10:30 A.M. Inscribed lower right: 33. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.293) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864... More

Street in Atlanta, Ga. - A black and white photo of a street with buil...

Stereograph showing a number of buildings including a church. The house next to the church was used as Sherman's headquarters. No. 3609. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Attributed ... More

Atlanta, Georgia. Northward view across the tracks on Whitehall Street...

Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison

Photo shows Pvt. Isaiah G. Bowker (d. 1864), Co. B, 9th Maine Vols. at the U.S. General Hospital Div. no. 1, Annapolis, Maryland. Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 2013. No. 5524. Erroneous capt... More

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N...

Photograph shows a vignette portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing left. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States,... More

William Dennison to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, February 28, 1864 (Ohio ...

Water tanks. Big Shanty. W & A.R.R

Title inscribed below image. Sketch fragment on verso. Formerly Waud no. B-76. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.840) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman's men in Confederate fort

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Fort Sumter, December 9th 1863, View of South East Angle

Interior view of Fort Sumter having undergone considerable damage. Soldiers sitting amongst rubble, hauling sacks, and climbing a ladder. Ripped flag flying. Exhibit caption: When Confederate forces under Gener... More

Battlefield of Chancellorsville / E. Forbes.

"The Army of the Potomac marching from the Wilderness to Spotsylvania. Passing the ruins of the Chancellorsville House burned during the battle of Chancellorsville" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:... More

The army marching past Todds Tavern

Four rough sketches of troop movements. Title inscribed below first image. Formerly Waud no. B-97. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.861) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Letter from George F. Train. Danville, Pa., October 29th, 1864. To the...

[Washington, D.C. Douglas Hospital (formerly "Minnesota row"), 2d and ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the hospitals. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bermuda Hundred, Virginia. General Benjamin Butler's headquarters

A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George T. Allen to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 23, 1864 (Suppo...

[James River, Virginia Monitor U.S.S. Onondaga; soldiers in rowboat in...

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

[James River, Virginia Monitor U.S.S. Onondaga; soldiers in rowboat in...

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

Benjamin F. Butler to Edwin M. Stanton, Tuesday, March 08, 1864 (Tele...

Arkansas Legislature, Wednesday, December 14, 1864 (Resolutions prote...

Maj. General Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches be...

Stereograph showing Major General William T. Sherman, center, leaning on the breach of a cannon, with his staff at Federal Fort No. 7 near Atlanta, Georgia.

William H. Kent to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 27, 1864 (News...

[Petersburg, Virginia Captured Confederate encampment] - 19th century ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

James River, Virginia. Gunboat MENDOTA - 19th century Virginia.

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On picket in the woods - Public domain drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.140) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street]

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

Band of 114th Pennsylvania Infantry in front of Petersburg, Virginia, ...

No. 346. 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 an... More

Slave cabin near the Long Bridge, Chicahominy River, Virginia, June 13...

"Sketched while on the march from Long Bridge to the James River." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.158) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, vicinity. Beverly house, headquar...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

Views on the Appomattox at Port Walthall

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed upper right: I enclose a dup from one of the papers giving a description of the scene. Inscribed below title: The nearest point to Petersburg, approached by the Gun Boats t... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Detachment of 3d Indiana Cavalry]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Brothers James McHenry Howard (1838-1916), First Maryland Infantry, C...

(Source: Civil War Times Magazine Facebook page (accessed 19 May 2015); Recollections of a Maryland Confederate Soldier and Staff Officer, McHenry Howard, 1914, frontispiece portrait of McHenry Howard (GoogleB... More

[Brothers James McHenry Howard (1838-1916), First Maryland Infantry, C...

(Source: Civil War Times Magazine Facebook page (accessed 19 May 2015); Recollections of a Maryland Confederate Soldier and Staff Officer, McHenry Howard, 1914, frontispiece portrait of McHenry Howard (GoogleB... More

Johnsonville, Tennessee. Federal supply depot, American Civil War Glas...

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Bennett Pieters & Cos. celebrated Red Jacket stomach bitters / lith. b...

Patent medicine label showing full-length portrait of Seneca chief Red Jacket holding a rifle. Copyright by Bennett Pieters & Co.

Edwin M. Stanton to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, February 26, 1864 (Inqui...

Battery Rodgers, Alexandria, Virginia, April 15, 1864 (Andrew J. Russe...

No. 277. Library has two photographs: LOT 4336, no. 7 is on the original mount. LOT 11486-G, no. 14 is another copy adhered to a contemporary mount. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 histori... More

[Atlanta, Ga. Trout House, Masonic Hall, and Federal encampment on Dec...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

Frederick F. Low and Stephen J. Field to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, Oc...

Gen Butlers Head Quarters--Army of the James

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed within image: Gen Butlers Tent. Inscribed below title on verso: The Gen'ls Tent is the last one on the left, the House is used for the Adjutant Gen's Telegraph & other office... More

[Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity. Tripod signal erected by Capts. Dorr an...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of the Battle of Chattanooga, September-November 1863. After Rosecrans' debacle at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, Bragg's army occupied the mountai... More

Waring Latting to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 01, 1864 (New Yo...

St. Peter's Church New Kent Co. Virginia

Drawing shows Union soldiers standing guard and sitting near St. Peter's Church in Virginia, with guns leaning against the wall and arranged as tripods during the American Civil War. Inscribed lower right, and ... More

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civ...

Portrait, full length, facing left. Source unknown. Copy photo by J. Malovich, Trieste. Original glass negative (LC-BH824-4754) made by Andrew Burgess, one of Mathew Brady's operators, on a trip to Mexico City.... More

Commissary Depot, Cedar Level, Virginia, Aug. 1864

No. 819. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Kautz's Cavalry coming back to camp in Gen Butlers lines after their r...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below title: more figures can be shewn[sic]. Inscribed lower left : Front P[age?]. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 508. Reference print available in the ... More

Cold Harbor, Virginia. General W.F. Smith & staff

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Aiken's Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Aiken house on James River

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Sydney H. Gay, et al. to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, May 19, 1864 (Tel...

Petersburg, Virginia. Camp of 50th New York Engineers Popular Grove. O...

Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Abraham Lincoln] / Brady., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Photograph showing portrait of Lincoln, head and shoulders, taken January 8, 1864.

General Grant's council of war - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows General Ulysses S. Grant holding a council of war outside the Massaponax Church in Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Union officers are sitting on benches, General Grant leaning over bench on the ... More

Birneys Station. U.S.M.R.R. Petersburg Va.

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[City Point, Virginia Wharves after the explosion of ordnance barges o...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Destruction of a railroad bridge - 19th century Virginia.

Photo shows a smoldering railroad bridge on the North Ana River in Virginia. Confederate troops destroyed the bridge to slow down advancing Union soldiers. (Source: Zeller, p. 73) Series: The War for the Union... More

[View on the U.S. Military R.R. in front of Petersburg]

Title devised from Harper's Weekly. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1864, p. 712 as part of: Yankee Improvements in Front of Petersburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Reference print av... More

The Wilderness, on the Brock road, 2nd Corps--May 11th 1864 / E.F.

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.210) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Adams Express office, Army of the James]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

Lays Ferry. Oostanuala river. May 14-15-16 1864

Possibly by William Waud. Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed within image: Horn Mts. Chattougata Mts. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.624) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Bombproof quarters of Maj. Strong, at Dutch Gap, 16th N.Y. artillery

Photograph shows two African American soldiers sitting in front of bombproof structure, Dutch Gap, Virginia. Original glass negative no: LC-B811-2551. From series The War for the Union. Photographic History. W... More

[Freeman Mason of Company K, 17th Vermont Infantry holding a tintype o...

Photograph shows identified soldier Freeman Mason, who was accidentally shot and killed in camp at Petersburg, Virginia, March 12, 1865. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosMason.ht... More

The battle of Spottsylvania [sic]--View of the field from the center o...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.215) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Birney's Div. across the N. Anna

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.585) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Clara Barton Papers: Diaries and Journals: 1864, Jan.-Dec.

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

[Port Royal band books] during American Civil War

1. Bird of paradise : waltz -- 2. Come where my love lies dreaming / [Stephen Collins Foster] -- 3. Port Royal gallop -- 4. Q[uick] s[tep] from Martha -- 5. Lights of the days -- 6. Cavalry q[uick] s[tep] -- 7.... More

[Port Royal band books] during American Civil War

1. Bird of paradise : waltz -- 2. Come where my love lies dreaming / [Stephen Collins Foster] -- 3. Port Royal gallop -- 4. Q[uick] s[tep] from Martha -- 5. Lights of the days -- 6. Cavalry q[uick] s[tep] -- 7.... More

Kearney's men wounded at Fredericksburg., American Civil War Glass Neg...

Woman seated in doorway is volunteer nurse Abby Gibbons of New York City (Source: descendant Angela Schear, Oct. 2013)

Ruins of Petersburg and Richmond railroad bridge, across the James

Photograph showing the ruins of a Confederate bridge, destroyed by the Union army, from the Richmond side of the James River.

[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph

Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing left (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864); metal casing with pin fastener attached. (PR 17 CN 541.6) For... More

[Brandy Station], [Virginia]. Lt. Chas W. Wolsey with horse headquarte...

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Bridge across the Matapony River near Bowling Green, Virginia

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.228) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Carroll & Queen's double cloc dance / J. H. Bufford's lith., Boston.

Two men performing dance. Copyright by Oliver Ditson & Co. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The clairvoyant's dream, Confederate States of America.

Four vignette cartoon shows Brother Jonathan kicking the confederacy, Napoleon III, and Emperor Maximillian, represented by animals, with his "iron-clad" boots. In the next vignette, Brother Jonathan fills the ... More

[Two unidentified Civil War soldiers in Union uniforms, seated in a ph...

Photo by D.C. Bettison, Louisville, Ky. With revenue stamp on back of mount. Ink caption on album page, "Genl. J.B. McPherson at Memphis, Tenn." But, photo does not match known likenesses of McPherson. Transf... More

[Man holding top hat, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 17, lower left. On verso: Montes de Oca, fotografo, Calle de Plateros, No. 6, Mexico. On verso: Nbre 16/64.

Pontoon bridge across James River at Powhatan Point on which Army of P...

No. B392. 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

Washington, District of Columbia. House near Fort Stevens showing effe...

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Guard mount, head-quarters, Army of the Potomac / negative by T.H. O'S...

Photograph showing the Zouaves of the one hundred fourteenth regiment in formation near Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. ... More

[Eagle lifting veil from cameo of Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximili...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 5, upper right. On recto: A. Peraire foto. On verso: Ay... Peraire foto ... Mexico.

Petersburg, Virginia. Lt. Vane and horse, Army of the Potomac

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[Roberts and Alvord edition the Emancipation proclamation.]

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Vicksburg Canal, Confederate States of America.

Confederates watching Union troops at work building a canal near Vicksburg in 1862-1863. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 29.

Atlanta, Georgia. Ruins of depot, blown up on Sherman's departure

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[Bombproof huts in the front line before Petersburg, August 10, 1864]

No. 808. 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, c2003. Mount... More

General George A. Custer, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Stevens north of Washington, D.C., 1864

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Looking down James River, from Dutch Gap canal, December 12, 1864

Photograph showing army transports on the James River from the Dutch Gap Canal.

Election day in New York. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Depicts election day in wealthy neighborhood and poor neighborhood. Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1864 Dec. 3, p. 560.

Plan of fortifications at Columbus, Ga.

Shows fortifications near Columbus, Georgia. Relief shown by hachures. Similar map appears in the U.S. War Dept.'s Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies, 1891-95, pl. 132, ... More

The last men of the Revolution - Public domain print

Set of portraits showing American Revolutionary War veterans who lived to be 100 or more years old.

The Presidential campaign in America. Great M'Clellan meeting in Union...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1864 Oct. 1, p. 345.

[Nine views of the Great Aqueduct, Washington, D.C.]

Wood engraving by Alfred R. Waud, in Harper's Weekly, volume 8, 1864. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Aqueducts; Washington, D.C. Canals and aqueducts; 2; Shelf.

El Compañero - Engraving, Public domain image

Saint Bernard dog standing on a pier by the sea. LOT subdivision subject: Animals. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Grant's Great Campaign--Stevens's Battery at Cold Harbor.

Wood engraving for DRWG/US A Waud, no. 426 (A size). Attributed to A.R. Waud. Title printed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, 25 June 1864, p. 404. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.426a) Form... More

New York Press. - Public domain portrait print

Some clipped from newspapers. Principal subject matter: The election campaign of 1864.