1865

Scene on the bank of Truckee River, lower canyon of Truckee

No. 295. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada. Scenes in the Washoe Range.

Washington, District of Columbia. Grand Review of the Army. Infantry p...

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Charleston, South Carolina. View on Battery. Remains of Blakely gun de...

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[Fort Fisher, N.C. Interior of the "Pulpit"; another view]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Fort Fisher, N.C., January 1865.

[Charleston, S.C. Roper's Hospital (Calhoun Street near Lucas)]

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Jefferson Davis to Francis P. Blair Sr., Thursday, January 12, 1865 (...

Richmond, Virginia. Captured siege guns at Rocketts

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Photographs of Senators who voted "Aye" on the resolution submitting t...

Montage showing individual portraits of senators surrounding a larger portrait of Abraham Lincoln. No. 2. Source unknown.

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Ordnance depot on Morris Island

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Washington, District of Columbia. The Grand Review of the Army. Units ...

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Washington, District of Columbia. The Grand Review of the Army. Units ...

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[Ruins in Richmond, Virginia] (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows two men at a street corner with buildings in ruins. Title "Ruins in Richmond" devised by Library staff. Other title with date from the Virginia Historical Society. Exhibited: "The Civil War in... More

Granville Moody to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, March 27, 1865 (Appointme...

Review of the return'd veterans, Philadelphia, main stand, Broad & Mar...

Photograph shows crowd at reviewing stand. 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

Ulysses S. Grant to Theodore S. Bowers, Thursday, March 30, 1865 (Tel...

[Covered wagon for "Headquarters baggage" and saddlery, probably a Civ...

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[Covered wagon for "Headquarters baggage" and saddlery, probably a Civ...

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 surface to h... More

Savannah, Georgia. United States barracks, American Civil War Glass Ne...

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[Richmond, Virginia Wheels and burned railroad cars near Richmond & Pe...

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Dearest wilt thou bid me go - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

The bombardment and capture of Fort Fisher, N.C. Jany. 15th 1865

Print shows Union soldiers during the attack on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, with Union warships, just offshore, bombarding the fort. Caption: Both the Army and Navy were engaged in this great exploit, the mos... More

Depot at Elko. 468 miles from Sacramento

No. 346. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Utah. Scenes near the Great Salt Lake.

Dutch Gap, Virginia. View of completed canal

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Charleston, South Carolina. Post Office, American Civil War Glass Nega...

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[Washington, D.C. Company B, 10th Veteran Reserve Corps, at Washington...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Two girls holding hoops, at extreme right.

Churchyard, Circular Church, Meeting St., Charleston, S.C.

Photograph shows ruins of Circular Church and surrounding cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3085A. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Obriady sovershaemye musul'manami pri molitvie (namaz). Omovenie pered...

Photograph shows a Muslim man washing his feet before prayer. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixt... More

Fort Sedgwick near Petersburg, Confederate States of America. (Andrew ...

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 surface to h... More

[Appomattox Court House, Virginia Federal soldiers at the courthouse]

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

Bluff and snow bank in Donner Pass. Western summit, altitude 1,092 fee...

No. 200. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

General Grant's rail road, City Point, Virginia looking north

Stereograph showing an overview of the railroad facility. Sailing ships in the distance on the James River.

Port Royal Island, South Carolina. Cypress swamp

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New York Times, [newspaper]. April 19, 1865.

Black mourning border employed.

[Engine "Nashville" of the Lincoln funeral train]

Photo shows a Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad engine, with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln mounted on the front. The engine was one of several used to carry Lincoln's body from Washington, D.C., to Spri... More

Richmond, Virginia. Henry Clay memorial on the Capitol grounds

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Dead Confederates in the trenches of Fort Mahone, April 3, 1865

No. B964. Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Dead Confederates at Ft. Mahone, Petersburg, Va. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Snow plow - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

No. 239. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Military on Broadway. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Stereograph shows soldiers on Broadway, men in trees and crowds lining the street during Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession, New York City, N.Y.

Heading of east portal Tunnel No. 8

Photograph shows Chinese railroad worker with a shoulder pole. No. 204. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Battle of Bentonville, left of action

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed within image as indicators: Ravine above front of guns; open field. Inscribed above image: 14" x 20". Formerly Waud no. C-102. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1... More

Richmond, Virginia. St. John's Church from street

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Tunnel No. 15. Looking east, toward Nevada

No. 269. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

[Richmond, Virginia "New York newspaper correspondents' row" (between ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. View of Confederate Fort Darling and obstruc...

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Hydraulic mining, at Gold Run, Placer County

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 surface to h... More

American River, from Green Bluffs - stereocsopic card

No. 154. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mi... More

This view was taken in the rebel trenches, the morning after the storm...

Conservation no. 2.90.291.27. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: [This view] shows a dead rebel soldier who must have died instantly, his left temple and part of th... More

Petersburg, Virginia (vicinity). Mill dam on Appomattox River

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Washington, District of Columbia. The grand review of the Army. Genera...

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Kozhevennyi zavod (Charmgiari [sic]). Obshchii vid zavoda v g. Tashken...

In album: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' promyslovaia, part 3, pl. 25, no. 120. Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 56

Richmond, Virginia. View of burned district and ruins of Mayo's bridge...

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View of the Wharves, Charleston, S.C., near the Battery.

Stereograph showing ships docked at the piers. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library... More

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Sling cart used in removing the c...

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Charleston, South Carolina. Ruins of Secession Hall

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Grave of John C. Calhoun, in front of St. Philip's church, Charleston,...

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Calhoun's grave, Charleston, S.C., St. Philip's Churchyard

Photograph shows the tomb of John C. Calhoun on the grounds of St. Philip's Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3087. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

[Petersburg, Virginia Interior of Fort Steadman]

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

Horse Ravine. 77 miles from Sacramento

No. 87. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California, scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

[Morris Island, S.C. Two 100-pdr. Parrott guns and stacks of shells in...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

[Ulysses S. Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / [...] &...

Pencilled on front: "Prest. U.S. Grant." 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... More

[Ulysses S. Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / [...] &...

Pencilled on front: "Prest. U.S. Grant." 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... More

Cottonwood Valley. Lower canyon of Truckee

No. 294. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada. Scenes in the Washoe Range.

Charleston, South Carolina. Interior of Fort Moultrie; Looking through...

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[Washington, D.C. Patients in Ward K of Armory Square Hospital]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the hospitals. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Washington, D.C. Patients in Ward K of Armory Square Hospital]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the hospitals. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Petersburg, Virginia General view] - 19th century Virginia.

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

Lost Camp Spur Cut, 80 miles from Sacramento

No. 162. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Zaravshanskii okrug. Kaskad v kysh: Piandzhshambe Siab

Photograph shows a man with a jug near a waterfall. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 101.

[Charleston, S.C. The Mills House, with adjacent ruins]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, seated, with pencil and specta...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Ostendorf, no. 116-D. Meserve, no. 97-A (Version of #97, touched up to highlight pencil and glasses) Similar to portrait published in: Lincoln's phot... More

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Ordnance depot on Morris Island

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View of the east face of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor...

Stereograph showing a damaged cannon among the rocks, cannon shells, and debris of the exterior of Fort Sumter. No. 3125, from series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Han... More

The Chicago Times, [newspaper]. May 29, 1865.

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

The Library has prints of two versions of Lincoln holding his spectacles: an 8x10 inch print from "Emily Tinker positive" and a carte-de-visite-size print. Both are copies of a photo taken by Alexander Gardner ... More

Shelkovoe proizvodstvo. Razmotka shelka pri pomoshchi samoprialki

Photograph shows two men unwinding silk with the aid of a spinning wheel. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 6.

Charleston, South Carolina. Ruins of Circular Church and Secession Hal...

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Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...

Samarkand antiquities. The grave of the holy Kussam Ibn Abass (Shakh-Zinde) and the mausoleum. The mausoleum of Shah-Arap - man sitting on upper ruins. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia... More

Jeff. Davis! "As women and children." / Scattergood, eng.

Cartoon shows Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America, dressed as a woman and holding a Bowie knife, labeled "Arkansas tooth-pick" in order to avoid capture by Union soldiers after the A... More

[President Abraham Lincoln's catafalque, New York City, N.Y., April 24...

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[Richmond, Virginia Captured siege guns at Rocketts; different view]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Breastworks and "Cheavaux de Frise" in the Rebel Fort Mahone, called b...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing on the log fortified parapet at Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Va. Lt. John B. Krepps, 2nd Penn. Heavy Artillery, 112th Regiment, Battery K is fourth from left. Part of se... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Dead Confederate soldiers in trenches of Fort Ma...

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The surrender of General Lee and his entire Army to Lieut. General Gra...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Weise. Copyright Deposit, Eastern District of Penn.: 1865. Check 500 field.

Inside view, Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows gabions used as reinforcements inside Fort Sumter. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with ... More

Sherman and his generals: distinguished commanders, in the Atlanta and...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5890

New Hampshire Falls, on Yuba River. Summer view. 96 miles from Sacrame...

No. 106. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Ōya tarō mitsukuni - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Ōya Tarō Mitsukuni watching a battle scene between armies of skeletons.

[Washington, D.C. Brig. General Charles Thomas, Assistant Quartermaste...

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

Charleston, South Carolina. Post office, East Bay Street, showing the ...

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Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 34.

[Charleston, S.C. The fire-scarred Mills House; Hibernian Hall at left...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

General Grant's horse "Cincinnati" - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing a man holding the reins of one of General U.S. Grant's favorite horses, "Cincinnati", at City Point, Virginia. No. 2590. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861... More

Kamyshevoe proizvodstvo. Prodazha izdielii iz kamysha (bazari kamysh)

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovaia, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 38. "Bazari kamysh" translated from Persian as: reed basaar.

Summit of Castle Peak, 10,000 feet altitude

No. 189. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

[Charleston, S.C. Blakely guns and ammunition in the Arsenal yard]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Officers of 5th U.S. Cavalry near Washington, D.C., June, 1865

No. 4551. 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

Donner Lake, with Pass in distance. Altitude above lake, 1,126 feet

No. 131. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Outside view, Fort Sumter, n. east face

Photograph shows war damaged brick walls and timber reinforcements on exterior of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3056. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Capitol of Illinois, no. 26 - An old photo of a building with a clock ...

Photograph shows the Illinois State House draped with black and white mourning cloth for the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. (Source: Kunhardt, Dorothy Meserve, and Philip B, Twenty Days: A Narrative in text and pi... More

[Richmond, Virginia View on James River and Kanawha Canal near the Hax...

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.