Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Battery Buchanan
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[Washington, District of Columbia]. Capt. D.G. Thomas, M.S.K.
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De Bolt, Honorable R.A. of Mo. Capt. in 23rd Regt. Mo. Vols. - 1861 U....
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Giesboro, Md. (Andrew J. Russel) during American Civil War
Photograph showing bales of grain on the wharf at Giesboro cavalry depot. Alternate title from published source: Giesboro grain wharf; July 1865. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic pr... More
Pardon. Franchise Columbia. -- "Shall I trust these men, and not his m...
Centerfold prints show Columbia considering why she should pardon Confederate troops who are begging for forgiveness when an African American Union soldier with an amputated leg does not have the right to vote.
Washington, District of Columbia. Captain Chas. H. Tompkin's (A.Q.M.) ...
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Ditch and abattis (i.e. abatis) in front of Fort Sedgewick (i.e. Sedgw...
No. 4431. Another print of this image: LOT 11486-G, no. 11. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).
Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia (vicinity). Confederate fortifi...
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In Memoriam! Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States; Assassin...
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15 in. gun near Wash., D.C. Aug. 1865
No. 659. Hand written on verso: see Miller, vol. 3, p. 145. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)
[Gettysburg camp of Captain Huft] during American Civil War
Men gathered at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for the laying of the cornerstone of the Soldier's National Monument on the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, men on left are preparing food.
Joyce, Honorable Rep. Charles Herbert of Vermont Lt. Colonel of 2nd Ve...
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Battle of Cumberland Church, Virginia during American Civil War
Map shows the area between Farmville, Va., and Cumberland Courthouse to the north. This was a small skirmish just north of Farmville in Cumberland County on April 7, 1865, just following action at Highbridge an... More
Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Confederate Fort Darling on James river
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[Return envelope of the Bureau of the American Freedmen's Aid Union, N...
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Ruins of Mayo's Bridge, Richmond, Virginia
Man standing on shore overlooking ruins of bridge with ruins of city in background. Brady-Handy Collection. No. 3271.
View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing the debris, shot, shell, a...
Stereograph showing debris among the rocks on exterior of Fort Sumter. No. 3052. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Attributed to George N. B... More
Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia (vicinity). Confederate battery...
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Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of Richmond & Petersburg Railroad bridge
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The return home, Confederate States of America.
Illustration showing Columbia asking a returning soldier about her "Wayward Sister" on the road back to "U.S.," as a distant figure representing the Confederacy approaches. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no.... More
Giesboro, Md (Andrew J. Russel) during American Civil War
Photograph showing an aerial view of the Giesboro cavalry depot . Alternate title from published source: General view of the car depot at Giesboro; July 1865. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 11... More
Manchester Mills & pontoon bridges, Ap. 15, 1865, Richmond, Virginia, ...
Photograph shows pontoon bridges across the James River and Manchester Mill, part of a Confederate industrial complex, on the opposite side of the river. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 his... More
Washington, District of Columbia. Government Paint Shop
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Petersburg, Virginia. Earthworks in front of Petersburg
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The ruins of Richmond, Virginia 1865 (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows soldiers surveying the ruins. No. B466. Caption continues: (US Army Signal Corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-466. FSA copy negative no. 40480-ZA, after a photographer working u... More
Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). Officers of 3d U.S. Infan...
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Wreck of the large Blakely Gun, on the Battery, Charleston, S.C.
Stereograph showing remains of wrecked Blakely gun, facing the coastline. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 121. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anth... More
[Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity)]. General Daniel White an...
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Washington, District of Columbia. Grand review of the army
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Battle at Black River, M[ar]ch 16th, 65
Lone rider on road, with batteries, cabin, trees, and smoke. Title inscribed lower left. Formerly Waud no. C-101. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1028) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Washington, District of Columbia. Group of officers of Signal Corps. C...
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[Petersburg, Virginia (vicinity)]. View of James river and photographi...
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Headquarters of General M. D. Hardin, Washington, D.C., April, 1865
No. 833. Hand written on verso: "19th & Penn. Ave." Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[Brig. General Albert J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer, USA, head-and-sho...
Forms part of: Congressional Portrait Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support ... More
[Five Forks, Virginia (vicinity).] Confederate prisoners on the way to...
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Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865, looking westward
No. B47. 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
Richmond, Virginia. Group of Negroes ("Freedmen") by canal
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Extreme line of Confederate works, Cold Harbor, Virginia / negative by...
Photograph showing a fallen tree and other barricades used by Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Cold Harbor. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. :... More
Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia. Samuel Arnold, a conspirat...
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Washington, District of Columbia. Group of Quartermaster Corps employe...
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Interior views of Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C., April, 1865
Photograph shows a stack of cannon balls by a brick wall. No. 4393. Mounted with four other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Richmond, Virginia. Burnt district - 19th century Virginia.
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Prospect Hill, Virginia. Officers of 13th New York Cavalry
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[Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity)]. General William F. Bart...
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A burial party on the battle-field of Cold Harbor
Page of text describing the scene pictured in the accompanying plate. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 2, [94]. ... More
[John R. Goldsborough, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in...
Printed on back of card: Published by E. Anthony from a photographic negative from Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Gift; Mrs. Norman P. Mason; 1963 Oct. In album: Cartes-de-visite portraits of U.S. Army off... More
Sen. Powell Clayton Gov. of Arkansas, Col. of 5th Kansas vol. cav. U.S...
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Hanging conspirators (The drop) during American Civil War
Brady-Handy Collection. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to the United States ... More
Charleston, S.C. April 14, 1865. Flag-raising ceremony, with Brevet Ma...
Photograph shows crowd at ceremony inside Fort Sumter watching the flag being raised.
Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). General Bryon R. Pierce a...
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Dead Confederate soldier, in trenches of Fort Mahone in front of Peter...
Civil War Photograph Collection. Original glass negative: LC-B811-3189. No. 4082.
Dead confederate soldier, Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate States of ...
Dead Confederate soldier lying in trench. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington :... More
View on docks at Rocketts, American Civil War Glass Negative.
Photograph shows two boats stacked next to supplies with the wharf in the distance. No. B843. Mounted with three other photographs with general caption: Views in Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865. Gift; Col. God... More
Landing supplies on the James River, Virginia 1865(?)
No. B416. Caption continues: (US Army Signal Corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-416). FSA copy negative no., after a photographer working under the direction of Matthew (i.e. Mathew) B. Brady. Ha... More
Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865
Photograph shows crowd with tents and a covered wagon outside Libby Prison. No. B128. Hand written on verso: "Miller vol. 7, p. 91 (top)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
General U. S. Grant and staff, City Point, Virginia, winter [March] of...
No. B57. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 10, p. 49". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Finding the last ditch--Running the "head" of Secession "into the grou...
Union soldier, followed by African American in broken chains, hurls Jefferson Davis (dressed as a woman) who drops a bag of "stolen gold" over the edge of a cliff; Satan waits below the cliff with a pitchfork. ... More
Dead Confederate soldier in trenches of Fort Mahone in front of Peters...
No. 4078. 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
Richmond, Virginia. Burnt district - 19th century Virginia.
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Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Interior of Fort Darling. (Magazines, bomb-p...
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Petersburg, Virginia. Ruins of houses - 19th century Virginia.
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Charleston, South Carolina. Beacon on parapet of Fort Sumter
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Petersburg, Virginia. Dead Confederate soldier in trenches before Pete...
Photo shows, according to Thomas Roche's caption, "a Rebel soldier killed in the Rebel trenches before Petersburgh [sic]. The spots and marks on his face are blood issuing from his mouth and nose. The wound is ... More
One of Grant's breast works opposite of cemetery no. 2, Wilderness
Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). American Scenery (Stereoscopic) label on verso, no. 63. Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography.
Richmond - Public domain monumental decor drawing during American Civi...
Street scene. Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.365) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Charleston, S.C. Mounted gun, parapet of Fort Moultrie]
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.
Petersburg, Virginia. Confederate breastworks in front of Petersburg
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Ruins of Cathedral, Broad Street, looking South East
Stereograph showing the ruins of Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar, Broad and Legare Streets, destroyed in the fire of December 1861. No. 369, War Views, Charleston, S.C. and forts in vicinity... More
Terrain on way from Savannah to Columbia
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Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Interior view of Fort Sumter
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[Richmond, Virginia Grave of General J. E. B. Stuart in Hollywood Ceme...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.
Washington. Patent Office / lith. by E. Sachse & Co., Balto.
Print shows an exterior view from the street of the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C.; also shows carriage traffic on the street and pedestrians. Inscribed in pencil at bottom: 169524.
Crossing the North Edisto - Public domain scenic drawing
Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed below title: Shillings Bridge. Inscribed on back: Col. Wells [i.e. Welles] Jones Brigade crossing the North edisto on raft before the pontoons were laid & charging on the ... More
Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Graves of Federal soldiers
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Custer receiving the flag of truce--Appomatox [sic]--1865
Title inscribed below image. Sketch of two men, perhaps aboard ship, on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.357) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1865. Reference print ava... More
Genl. Lee leaving the McLean house after the surrender
Signed lower left of image: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: Orderlies holding horses all about. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.358) Reference print available in the Civil War... More
Picketts charge from a position on the enemys line looking toward the ...
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.291) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2012-2013.
[Richmond, Virginia Park of captured guns at Rocketts]
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.
Petersburg, Virginia. Damaged house - 19th century Virginia.
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View on Meeting St., Charleston, S.C., looking south, showing St. Mich...
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. On verso: Similar to Miller, vol. III, p. 329. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of ... More
First glimpse of Richmond - Public domain drawing
Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.634) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Ruins of Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865
No. B156. 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
Charleston, South Carolina. Interior view of Castle Pinckney, Charlest...
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Richmond, Virginia. Ruined buildings in the burnt district
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Petersburg, Virginia. View in rear of Dunlop's house, Bolling Brook st...
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[City Point, Virginia. General Rufus Ingalls' horse and dog]
Photo shows a dalmatian dog and horse. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Broadway Landing, Appomattox River, Virginia. Ordnance (?)
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Richmond, Virginia. Residence of General Robert E. Lee. (707 East Fran...
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Vulcan Iron Works, no. 633 / George Stacy.
Stereograph shows the Vulcan Iron Works, Cumberland Street, Charleston, South Carolina. Image includes five men standing on the iron balcony. Carriages and carriage parts line both sides of the street. Sign in... More
Petersburg, Virginia. General Edward Ferrero and staff
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Charleston, South Carolina. Rifled cannon in the Arsenal yard
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[Richmond, Virginia The Governor's Mansion] - 19th century Virginia.
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.
Washington, District of Columbia. The Grand Review of the Army. Genera...
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Charleston, South Carolina. Interior view of Fort Sumter
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Vendue Range, Charleston, S.C. - A black and white photo of a street w...
Stereograph showing ruined buildings, and wooden planks in the foreground. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Ph... More
Parapet, Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.
Photograph shows damaged gabions on the parapet of Fort Sumter. Photographer Samuel Cooley sets up his camera in the distance. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3053. Forms part of: Visual materials from t... More
Ruins of Cathedral, Broad Street during American Civil War
Stereograph showing interior ruins of Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar, Broad and Legare Streets, destroyed in the fire of December 1861. No. 366, War Views, Charleston, S.C. and forts in vic... More
[Washington, D.C. Officers at door of Seminary Hospital (formerly Geor...
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
[Richmond, Virginia Front and side view of Libby Prison]
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.
[Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity).] Steamers at wharf
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