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General U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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

[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...

Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Ostendorf, no. 2 Meserve, no. 6 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 6-7.

[Two unidentified soldiers of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues, later...

Case: Berg, no. 1-39. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: Anne Arundel House, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs... More

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, looking right]

Date from: Looking for Lincoln: the making of an American icon / Philip B. Kunhardt, III. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, p. 465. Ostendorf, no. 18 Meserve, no. 110 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a comp... More

Abraham Lincoln. The martyr President, Assassinated April 14, 1865, [C...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Sartain portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln]

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The Democratic convention at Charleston, South Carolina - Interior of ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 231 (1860 May 5), pp. 358-359.

Confederate artillery near Charleston, S.C., 1861

Photograph showing Confederate soldiers around a cannon. No. 4389. Mounted with four other photographs. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 9, p. 49 (top)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Engraved portrait of Lincoln possibly based on a daguerreotype create...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Schlecht portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Silhouette. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and hat with initials C.R...

Case: Papier mache with mother of pearl; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: Don Schwab, Franklin, Tennessee, December 2014. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collecti... More

[Lieutenant William Sharpe Barnes, F Company, 4th North Carolina Infan...

Photograph shows identified soldier, William Sharpe Barnes, who enlisted in 1861 as a corporal. Case: Berg, no. 2-86. Inscription on handwritten note: "William Sharpe Barnes, 19 yrs. old ... father of R. I. Ba... More

Mrs. Ridgley Brown, American Civil War.

Photograph shows Mrs. Ridgley (or Ridgely?) Brown, possibly the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Ridgely Brown of Co. K, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment, and Co. A, 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion, holding 11-star Confe... More

[Unidentified officer in the Confederate Medical Corps]

Frame: Berg, no. 7-18. Formerly identified as Julian John Chisolm, surgeon in Medical Staff Confederate States Infantry Regiment, based on information received when purchased. Subsequent information from the fa... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform], American Civil War.

Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Reunion Civil War Antiques, April 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Libra... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with Colt Navy revolver a...

Case: Leather, floral and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, La., 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Phot... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with bouquet of flowers]

Case: Rinhart, no. 53. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth, Va., 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Libra... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with pistol and Bowie kni...

Case: Berg, no. 1-93. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph fil... More

[Corporal Samuel H. Overton of A Company, 44th Virginia Infantry Regim...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform, possibly with Virginia state seal buckle. Case: Berg, no. 3-3. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljconfed NewsetLilj03

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Louisiana state seal ...

Case: Berg, no. 3-103. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of C... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Richmond Howitzers ar...

Case: Berg, no. 1-148R. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, La., 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library ... More

[Unidentified boy holding cased photograph of soldier in Confederate u...

Case: Berg, no. 3-71. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph fi... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate infantry uniform]

Photograph shows young soldier, possibly a drummer boy. Case: Leather; Eichmeyer design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth, Va., 2012. Forms par... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with Bowie knife and revo...

Case: Imitation Eichmeyer. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate infantry uniform with model 1842 ...

Case: Rinhart, no. 250. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph ... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate uniform]

Same sitter as tintype processed as AMB/TIN no. 2337, who is wearing South Carolina forage cap with Palmetto insignia. Case: Berg, no. 3-126. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:094). NewsetLilj01 pp/liljconfed

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with musket, knife, and s...

Case: Berg, no. 2-12. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:180) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph fil... More

[Unidentified soldier in Richmond Howitzers uniform]

Case: Berg, no. 3-97. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Domenick A. Serrano, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Pub... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with knife and revolver]

Case: Leather; curved octagon and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambr... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Georgia frame belt bu...

Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Libra... More

[Jesse Sharpe Barnes, later captain of Co. F, 4th North Carolina Infan...

Photograph shows identified soldier, Jesse S. Barnes, a Confederate captain who was killed on May 31, 1862, at Seven Pines, Virginia. Captain Barnes probably fought in a South Carolina militia unit before organ... More

[Portrait of Lincoln facing right.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Captain George W. Hackworth of Co. F, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment, ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Castle Pinkney [i.e. Pinckney], Charleston, S.C., August, 1861, barrac...

No. 5140. 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

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with single shot percussi...

Public domain scan of American Civil War portrait, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Private Henry Augustus Moore of Co. F, 15th Mississippi Infantry Regi...

Photograph shows identified soldier who died from wounds suffered in the Vicksburg Campaign in 1863. Case: Leather; octagon and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: B... More

[Private Archibald Magill Smith of Co. F, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regimen...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: The Virginia Confederate, Waldorf, Maryland, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenqui... More

[Private Reggie T. Wingfield and Private Hamden T. Flay in Confederate...

Photograph shows two identified Confederate soldiers. Case: Berg, no. 2-49. Identity of soldiers from dealer. Unable to confirm names in American Civil War database. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:1... More

Preliminary chart of Charleston Harbor and its approaches. nautical ch...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

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 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.

[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, holding glasses and...

"Lincoln poses in Gardner's new gallery on Sunday, August 9, 1863. ... Lincoln had promised to be Gardner's first sitter and chose Sunday for his visit to avoid 'curiosty-seekers and other seekers' while on his... More

[Abraham Lincoln, oval bust portrait, facing right]

Photograph by an unknown operator for Wenderoth & Taylor. Ostendorf, no. 95 Meserve, no. 79 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 184.

Abraham Lincoln:The Nation's Martyr. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0033

Interior views of Fort Sumter, in April, 1865

Photograph shows a pile of cannon balls inside the battery at Fort Sumter. No. B665. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

President Lincoln at home. Reading the scriptures to his wife and son,...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President Andrew Johnson (full length, standing)

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

General Joseph R. Hawley, president of the Chicago convention Honorabl...

3 illustrations in: Harper's weekly, 1868 June 6, p. 364. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The head of the nation's nightmare - see what dreams may come from too...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 36 (1873 May 3), p. 132.

Washington D.C. - The Inauguration - President Grant taking the oath o...

Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase holding Bible with hand raised, and Grant with hand on Bible, surrounded by crowd of men. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 36, no. 911 (1873 March 15), p. 1. Ref... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

[Ulysses S. Grant, bust sculpture, facing slightly right]

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Live oak, Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.

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Fords opera house in which Abraham Lincoln was shot

Photograph showing horses and buggies in front of Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.

The boat landing, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley [i.e. Magnolia Gardens], Char...

Public domain photograph of steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Inscribed in pencil at top right: C 22. Inscribed in pencil at bottom right: 1. Stamped on verso: Deposit received from Joseph Verner Reed 1949. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1949. Forms part of: Popular graphic a... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln at his home in Springfield, Illinois, with a large cr...

Text printed under image: A procession, probably in the 1858 [sic] campaign, halted in front of Lincoln's Springfield home. Abraham Lincoln is the tall figure in white at the right of the doorway. From a photog... More

U.S. Custom House, Charleston, S.C. during American Civil War

Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charleston College, Charleston, S.C. during American Civil War

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[Lowell Bank Note Company portrait of Abraham Lincoln.]

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Meeting Street and St. Michael's Church, Charleston, S.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Half-length portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, facing right]

"Lincoln liked this photograph, taken with a multiple-lens camera by Mathew B. Brady, Washington, D.C., Friday, January 8, 1864. He said of it: 'I don't know that I have any favorite portrait of myself; but I h... More

Statues and sculpture. Ulysses S. Grant memorial at Botanic Garden, Ca...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

["Magnolia Plantation," 3550 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Caro...

Site History. House moved from Somerville, S.C., after the Civil War. Landscape: Reverend John Grimke Drayton, from 1840s. Other: Magnolia Plantation founded in 1679 by Thomas Drayton. Gardens first known as "M... More

Mrs. W.A. Roebling, residence at 64 South Battery, Charleston, South C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Charleston architecture, Charleston, South Carolina. Alfred Hutty, res...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Master prints. Howland Spencer, residence at 32 S. Battery Place, Char...

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Mrs. Washington A. Roebling, residence at 64 S. Battery, Charleston, S...

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Master prints. John Mead Howells, residence at 106 Tradd St., Charlest...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Phillip's Church, Charleston, South Carolina. General view from th...

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St. Phillip's Church, Charleston, South Carolina. Gates, 2 p.m.

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Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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61 Washington Street, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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46 Tradd Street, Alfred Hutty House, Charleston, Charleston County, So...

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Charleston Museum, Rutledge Avenue, Charleston, Charleston County, Sou...

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21 East Battery Street, Charles Edmonston House, Charleston, Charlesto...

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21 East Battery Street, Charles Edmonston House, Charleston, Charlesto...

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46 Tradd Street, Alfred Hutty House, Charleston, Charleston County, So...

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Planter's Hotel, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, Charleston County, S...

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Tradd St. misc., Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Bennett's Rice Mill, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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64 South Battery, Gibbes, William House, Charleston, Charleston County...

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James Hartley House, 43 East Bay Street, Charleston, Charleston County...

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West Point Rice Mill, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Miles Brewton House, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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114 Anson Street, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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75 Church Street, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Meeting Street, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Charlotte St. misc., 32 Charlotte St., Charleston, Charleston County, ...

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William Drayton House, 6 Gibbes St., Charleston, Charleston County, So...

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60 Montague St., Gaillard-Bennett House, Charleston, Charleston County...

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350 Meeting St., Manigault House, Charleston, Charleston County, South...

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Miles Brewton House, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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East Bay, south end, 57 E. Bay St., Charleston, Charleston County, Sou...

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St. Michael's Alley, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Franklin St., Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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East Bay, upper end, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Daniel Ravenel House, 68 Broad St., Charleston, Charleston County, Sou...

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Fenwick Hall Plantation, John's Island, Charleston County, South Carol...

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