american civil war 1861 1865

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

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Miles Brewton House, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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32 Le Gare St., sword gates, Charleston, Charleston County, South Caro...

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H. Wilmer Hoffman, residence at 35 Church St., Charleston, South Carol...

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Preliminary chart of Charleston Harbor and its approaches / nautical c...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. In upper right margin: Plate 1 In lower right margin: Lith. of J. Bien. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster imag... More

Andrew Johnson, residence in Greeneville, Tennessee. Silver set given ...

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General Grant's quick step - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Union ticket. Pluribus unum. For President. Abraham Lincoln of Illinoi...

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In memoriam. General U. S. Grant, U. S. A. Commander. New York, August...

Grant, Ulysses S. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 129, Folder 29.

[Reproduction of Read portrait of Lincoln.]

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Fort Vancouver, General Grant's Headquarters, Vancouver, Clark County,...

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Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army...

Photograph from the last formal portrait sitting, Feb. 5, 1865, in Washington, D.C. "One of five poses taken by Gardner ten weeks before the President was assassinated." (Source: Ostendorf, p. 219) On mount: En... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate shell jacket]

Case: Leather oval gem design. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Union Drummer Boy, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 2002. Forms part of... More

East Battery, Charleston, S.C. - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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[Massaponax Church, Virginia "Council of War": General Ulysses S. Gran...

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

[Massaponax Church, Virginia "Council of War": General Ulysses S. Gran...

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

Returned prisoners of war exchanging their rags for new clothing on bo...

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed below title: The figures on the right are coming in with the new clothing, in the centre pitching the old rags overboard, & going out on the left to get their rations. See Ne... More

Charleston, S.C.. Cityscape photograph during American Civil War

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[Massaponax Church, Virginia "Council of War": General Ulysses S. Gran...

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

[Massaponax Church, Va. "Council of War": Gen. Ulysses S. Grant examin...

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

[Abraham Lincoln, Congressman-elect from Illinois. Three-quarter lengt...

This daguerreotype is the earliest-known photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken at age 37 when he was a frontier lawyer in Springfield and Congressman-elect from Illinois. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 4) Attributed to... More

[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

A nation weeps: dirge on the death of Abraham Lincoln by J. W. Turner.

Plate/Publisher number: 22690

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Copy of t...

A copy photograph probably made from the 1860 mezzotint by Thomas Doney, which was based on a photo taken in 1857 by Alexander Hesler. "A likeness based on Hesler's photograph is Thomas Doney's mezzotint, first... More

[U.S. Quartermaster's office, Charleston, South Carolina]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 3435. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with conversion musket an...

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[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with photograph case]

Case: Berg, no. 5-10Ga. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with saxhorn]

Case: Leather; geometric design with leaves. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotyp... More

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

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

Gen. Grant's policy "To ask any soldier to vote for such a man as Heis...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 163, Folder 12.

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

No. 4376. Mounted with one other photograph. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. I, page 165". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Vendue Range, Charleston, S.C.--The building on the left is where the ...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3070. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3070. Brady-Handy Collection.

Abraham Lincoln, 1865 (Engraved Portrait, Numbered "125" by the Amer...

[Andrew Johnson, half-length portrait, facing left] / A. Bogardus & Co...

Photograph is a reproduction of an etching. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Md. - Annapolis - U.S. Naval Academy: 2 scenes - "Midshipmen's Ball.....

Microfilm copy of 2 wood engravings. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1869 June 26), p. 232. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Cartoon showing Ulysses S. Grant, as an acrobat, on trapeze "third ter...

Illus. in: Puck, v. 6, 1880 Feb. 4, pp. 782-783.

General Grant: in his library, writing his memoirs, 1885

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2443

The Cathedral, Charleston, S.C. during American Civil War

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Lovers' lane, Isle of Pines [i.e. Palms], Charleston, S.C.

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Country club, Charleston, S.C., Panoramic Photograph

H124637 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; March 22, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43750. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

The Lake, Hampton Park, Charleston, S.C.

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Executive order, As an evidence of the profound affection of the Ameri...

Signed in pencil by Woodrow Wilson.

Dock Street Theatre, view from balcony, Charleston, Charleston County,...

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Gardner House, 89 Beaufain St., Charleston, Charleston County, South C...

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1 Prioleau St., Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Izard House, 110 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston County, South Ca...

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121 Bay Street, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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76-78 Church Street, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Charlotte St. misc., 44 Charlotte St., Charleston, Charleston County, ...

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Nathaniel Russell (House), 51 Meeting St., Charleston, Charleston Coun...

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

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Meeting Street, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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William Blacklock House, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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

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

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St. James Church, McClellansville vic., Charleston County, South Carol...

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Negro homes near Charleston, South Carolina

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Boone Hall, avenue of trees, Mount Pleasant vic., Charleston County, S...

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Hampton, McClellansville vic., Charleston County, South Carolina

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Drayton Hall, Charleston vic., Charleston County, South Carolina

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

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Drayton Hall, Charleston vic., Charleston County, South Carolina

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[Interior of L.C. Handy Studio, 494 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, D.C...

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Parlor at the Miles Brewton House, which dates to the late 1760s, Char...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theat...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Gen'l Grant's funeral march - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Charleston, S. C. June 11, 1886. Dear Sir: The consistory of the Hugue...

Page Order: Piece 1 is a Reverse Folder. Page Order: Reverse Folder Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Col... More

[Envelopes with political illustrations.]. American Civil War 1861-186...

In order of appearance: Secession Wagon; Jeff Davis-My wagon is kind of caving in. I am afraid Uncle Abe will catch me before I get far with these goods. President Abraham Lincoln. Vice-President. Hannibal Haml... More

Death of the Honorable Andrew Johnson: U.S. Senator from Tennessee and...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1643.

City Point, Virginia. General U.S. Grant's horse, CINCINNATI

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[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate uniform with Company C, 11t...

Case: Berg, no. 3-341. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: The Antique Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 2002. pp/liljconfed

Abraham Lincoln's funeral march composed by C. H. Bach.

City of Charleston, South Carolina, looking across Cooper's River / pa...

Copyright by L.P. Clover. Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 73 Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual ... More

Boston Weekly Spectator; with Hawthorne portrait of Lincoln, [Newspape...

Public domain scan related to Nathaniel Hawthorne, 19th-century novelist, manuscript, document, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, d... More

Dance President Grant's quickstep - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Dance President Grant's quickstep - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

General Grant's Richmond march - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

[Abraham Lincoln, Congressman-elect from Illinois. Three-quarter lengt...

This daguerreotype is the earliest-known photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken at age 37 when he was a frontier lawyer in Springfield and Congressman-elect from Illinois. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 4) Attributed to... More

St. Philip's Church, Charleston, S.C. during American Civil War

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View of Charleston, South Carolina during American Civil War

No. B1228. 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 ... More