1864

North Anna River, Virginia. View of log bridge at Quarles mill from so...

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[Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximilian kneel before Our Lady of Guada...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 6, upper left. Photograph of painting? On recto: A... Peraire foto, ... Mexico. On verso: Ay ... Peraire fotog ...

Sketch of the roads &c near the position of this Div. on the left of t...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S94, 191 Similar to a map in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95, p... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Company H, 114th Pennsylvania Infantry

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Admiral D. D. Porter - A black and white photo of a man on a boat

Alternate title, 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. Gift; Col. Godwin... More

Cuthbert Bullitt to Simeon Draper, Tuesday, February 23, 1864 (Electi...

Jemison's [sic] Jayhawkers. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Antislavery guerrillas under Charles Jennison attacking civilians in Missouri. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 17.

The operations near Washington--scene of the fight in front of Fort St...

Illustration showing soldiers behind low wooden barricades; the remains of a building burned to the ground; and the smoke from cannon fire in the background. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v.... More

Engine house at City Point, Virginia, September 1, 1864 (Andrew J. Rus...

Photograph shows railroad tracks leading to the engine house at City Point on the City Point and Army railroad. No. 138.

[Inuit man holding oars in a kayak at shore]

Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 25] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J.L. Dunmore and G.P. Critcherson, but William H. Pierce, from the firm of J.W. Black,... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Surgeons at Finlay Hospital

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Brandy Station, Virginia. Tent of A. Foulke, Sutler at headquarters of...

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Scouts and guides, Army of the Potomac

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Charles City Courthouse, Virginia. Rear view

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Josiah Snow to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, July 01, 1864 (Recommendation...

Officers of 3rd Battalion, 15th New York Heavy Artillery Fort Woodbury...

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Lemuel Cook, aged 105, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph, with hands in a different position, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolut... More

For President of the United States of America, For the term commencing...

Handwritten at bottom, "This vote was given by me at the electoral college December 7, 1864. A. Hale.

Portrait of brevetted Brigadier General Napoleon Bonaparte McLauglen (...

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[Bombproof kitchen and tents on front line in front of Petersburg, Aug...

No. 806. 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

Point Lookout, Md. View of Hammond Genl. Hospital & U.S. genl. depot f...

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 257 Sixty-three sites are listed in the margin and keyed by number to the appropriate position in the view. Inset: Headquarters of the general commanding St. Mary's... More

[Four cameos with portraits inset over the letter M, in the center are...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 4, upper right.

Mare Island California Navy Yard, Friday, February 19, 1864 (Drawing)

Stockade and entrance to camp of 50th New York Engineers, Rappahannock...

No. 351. Civil War Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Civil War Troops; Civil War Camps; Civil War Engineers; Forts and Fortifications.

Petersburg, Virginia. Surg. Charles N. Hewitt, 50th New York Engineers

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Scenes on the Rio Grande / from sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. B...

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Alexander Imperials - Public domain photogrpaph

Portrait of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia. LOT subdivision subject: Europe (royalty). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lith. of F. Heppenheimer, 22 N. William St., N.Y. Cop... More

[Photograph of a campaign button with portrait of Abraham Lincoln and ...

Stamped on verso: Gift, Joseph Verner Reed, July 22, 1955. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Lincoln ... Campaign.

Petersburg, Virginia. Surgeons of 2d Division

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[Group of six men, one in Union uniform]

Notation on verso: Joe Reynolds, Capt. Weeks, Dr.[?] Frank, A. Mills, W. Dasasie[?], Geo. Warren. April 1864.

General U.S. Grant & staff in front of Hdq. Cold Harbor, Virginia

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Surgeon John H. Brinton and group of hospital attendants in front of P...

No. 564. Alternate title 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. Gift; Col... More

Looking up Appomattox River, from Point of Rocks, December 1864

Photograph showing the channel of the Appomattox River from Point of Rocks.

Fort Morgan just after the surrender, August 23, 1864

Battle of Mobile Bay, Ala. Wood engraving after sketch by George Slater Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1864). LOT 9355; CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 FORTS. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. South view of stockade

No. 8216. Hand written on verso: "Vol. VII, p. 119 (top)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Old mill on Mountain Run near Culpepper [sic] Court House, Virginia Ap...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.148) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Belle Plain, Virginia (vicinity). Camp of Negro laborers in the Quarte...

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Winter quarters in Army of Potomac near Brandy Station, Virginia, 1864

No. B383. 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

Officers' winter quarters, Army of Potomac, Brandy Station

Two men beside log structure with brick chimney, Brandy Station, Virginia. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 133VA.

Knoxville, Tenn., from the cupola of University of East Tennessee, Mar...

Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; December 20, 1985; DLC/PP-1985:644. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe. No. 19. Landmarks labeled on image.

Jericho Mill, North Anna River, Virginia

No. 4197. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. II, pl. 65. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Alexander Gardner (October... More

Breaking Camp, Brandy Station, Virginia, American Civil War Glass Nega...

No. 4165. Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. II, pl. 63. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Wagon park, Brandy Station, Virginia, May 1864

No. 268. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). Published in: Gardner, Alexander / Gardner's photographic sketch book of the War. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons... More

[View of City Point, Virginia from along shore of James River]

A few buildings and ship masts, seen across mud flats. Civil War Photographs collection.

[Interior view of Rebel fort in front of Petersburg works, manned by C...

No. 788. 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

Outer line of Confederate fortifications, in front of Petersburg, Virg...

No. B139. Hand written on mount: Mathew Brady in center, hands in pockets. Hand written on verso: orig. neg. in National Archives. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).

A ward in hospital at convalescent camp near Alexandria, Virginia

No. B390. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, p. 279". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The United States monitor "Neosho" engaging three Rebel batteries on t...

Published in: Harper's weekly, 1864. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The battle of Jonesboro Georgia, Sept. 1st 1864

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0455

Fort Powhatan--on the James--below the Pontoon bridge

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: Put in as many boats as you will. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 2, 1864, p. 429. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.68... More

[Atlanta, Ga. Federal soldiers relaxing by guns of captured fort]

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

[Atlanta, Ga. Federal soldiers relaxing by guns of captured fort]

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

Agenor-Etienne Gasparin to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, November 24, 186...

Chasing the Rebs through Strasburg

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.0440) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil Wa... More

Cold Harbor, Virginia (vicinity). W.P. Burnet's house

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

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Rebecca Huger sitting with arms crossed over her chest, looking at the U.S. flag toward her right. Oh! How I love the old flag! caption below image. "Entered, accor... More

Nashville, Tennessee. View of city, river in the distance

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Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Signed above image: Wm Waud. Title inscribed above image. On verso sketch of river landscape with frigate. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 21, 1865, p. 41. Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Photographs show primarily single portraits of officers serving in the 25th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Includes about forty-five identified sitters, ranking as Captains or Lieutenants, two troop do... More

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Photographs show primarily single portraits of officers serving in the 25th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Includes about forty-five identified sitters, ranking as Captains or Lieutenants, two troop do... More

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Photographs show primarily single portraits of officers serving in the 25th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Includes about forty-five identified sitters, ranking as Captains or Lieutenants, two troop do... More

Atlanta, Georgia (vicinity). Federal pickets before the city

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What will they say in England - Public domain music sheet scan

[North Anna River, Virginia Federal troops occupying line of breastwor...

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

[Atlanta, Ga. General William T. Sherman on horseback at Federal Fort ...

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

Simeon Draper to William P. Dole, Wednesday, September 07, 1864 (Send...

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Ambrose E. Burnside, et al., 1864 (Printed correspondence)

Genl. U.S. Grant at Wilderness - Public domain scan / drawing

Also titled: The march from the Wilderness. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.179) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Exhibited: American treasures of the Library of Congress, 1998.

[Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Photographer at Butler's signal tower]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Shows an African American man standing along with Signal Corps.

Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, facing front, Januar...

Lincoln visited Mathew Brady's studio in Washington, D.C., on at least three occasions in 1864. Several portraits survive from each session. Notation on verso: "President Lincoln." Printed on verso: Brady's Nat... More

Pamunkey River / McIlvaine. - A painting of people riding horses in a ...

View from a hill of Union troops in formation, wagon trains, and, in the distance, steamships on the Pamunkey River. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

Joshua P. Cooper to Lyman Trumbull, Tuesday, February 02, 1864 (Seeks...

Confederate prisoners at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, captured with ...

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The old bull dog on the right track

An election year cartoon measuring Democratic candidate McClellan's military failures against the recent successes of his successor, Ulysses S. Grant. At right Grant, portrayed as a bulldog wearing a collar lab... More

Isaac Newton to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, December 01, 1864 (Annual ...

Carl Schurz, Friday, September 16, 1864 (Printed speech)

[Vicksburg, Miss. Levee and steamboats] - stereocsopic card

Photograph of the War in the West. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Savannah, Ga., vicinity. Fort McAllister; another view]

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman at the sea, December 1864. After marching through Georgia for a month, Sherman stormed Fort McAllister on December 13, 1864 and captured Sava... More

[Brandy Station, Virginia General view of 6th New York Artillery encam...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

Benjamin B. French to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, April 01, 1864 (Paymen...

William B. Thomas to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, December 15, 1864 (Co...

John C. Hamilton to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 29, 1864 (Fede...

Ordnance Depot at Broadway Landing-Siege train awaiting shipment-U.S. ...

Stereograph showing rows of cannons and carts on a field in Broadway Landing, Virginia with soldiers in the foreground. No. 1074. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. Forms part ... More

James River, Virginia. Confederate Ram ATLANTA after her capture

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Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly Confederat...

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Sheridans army following Early up the Valley of the Shenandoah

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harpers Weekly, Oct. 22, 1864, p. 681. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.158) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawing... More

Abraham Lincoln, Friday, May 13, 1864 (Memorandum on church at Memph...

["Auction & Negro Sales," Whitehall Street], Confederate States of Ame...

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

Benjamin F. Butler to John G. Nicolay, Thursday, April 21, 1864 (Case...

Sketched on battlefield of Wilderness May 6th, 1864, 6 o'clock during ...

"Gun in position on the Wilderness battlefield" and "A hot day on the battlefield" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.224) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Happy dreams - Public domain American sheet music

[Knoxville, Tenn., vicinity. Military bridge at Strawberry Plains and ...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of the Siege of Knoxville, November-December 1863. The difficult strategic situation of the Federal armies after Chicamauga enabled Bragg to detach a fo... More

[Atlanta, Ga. City Hall; camp of 2d Massachusetts Infantry on the grou...

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 ab... More

William McAffee, et al., Tuesday, July 12, 1864 (Affidavits on charac...

William McAffee, et al., Tuesday, July 12, 1864 (Affidavits on charac...

J. Rutherford Worster to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, August 17, 1864 ...

The Jobe house. Ringgold, Ga. - Public domain historic place drawing

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed upper left, identifying tree: Cedar. Rough sketch of seated man with head in hands on verso. Formerly Waud no. B-14. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.779) Forms p... More

Holyoke Silver Lead Mine, Marquette, Mi.

Stereograph shows men standing near a scaffold at a mine(?). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtu... More

George Chopat to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, August 24, 1864 (Support...

Savannah, Georgia (vicinity). View of Fort McAllister and Cooley's pho...

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