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Ford's Theatre box where Abraham Lincoln assassinated, Washington, D.C...

After Booth shot Lincoln he lept on the stage from Lincoln's box, breaking his leg. As he ran from the stage, some heard Booth shout "sic semper tyrannus," which is Latin for "thus always to tyrants." Title, da... More

Abraham Lincoln - President of the United States

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sartain, John.

Abraham Lincoln, late President of the U.S. assassinated April 14th. 1...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Gibson & Co.

The room in the McLean House, at Appomattox C.H., in which General Lee...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Major & Knapp.

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

Case: Unidentified leather oval scroll interior with scroll motif exterior. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family C... More

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

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Private William Savage Moore of Richmond "Parker" Virginia Light Arti...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform. Case: Berg, 3-151. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist... More

City Point, Virginia. General John A. Rawlins, wife and child at Grant...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Postcard Lincoln cabin, birth place of Abraham Lincoln. In this log c...

Public domain photograph of a postcard, historic place view, landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Lake, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley, [Magnolia Gardens], Charleston, S.C.

Public domain image of swamp, wetland, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

For president Abraham Lincoln -- For vice president Andrew Johnson

Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln on one side (Brady photo Jan. 8, 1864) and bust portrait of Andrew Johnson on the other side; meta... More

[Abraham Lincoln portrait surrounded by a patriotic motif printed on f...

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

Abraham Lincoln - Hannibal Hamlin. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Political campaign button for 1860 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln on one side and bust portrait of Hannibal Hamlin on the other side; metal casing with ornamental vine border and... More

Honorable Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States

"The short haircut was perhaps suggested by Lincoln's barber to facilitate the taking of his life mask by Clark Mills. Lincoln knew from experience how long hair could cling to plaster." "An 1865 stereograph lo... More

[City Point, Virginia Members of General Ulysses S. Grant's staff]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Includes photographer Mathew Brady, standing at far left.

Charleston Battery--three gun battery on Vanderhoff's Wharf, Charlesto...

No. 3069. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate uniform and Hardee hat with...

Case: Berg, no. 1-41. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Normal Civil War Antiques, Normal, Illinois, 2002. Published in: Even mor... More

[Private Charles H. Ruff of Co. G, F, and S, 2nd Texas Infantry Regime...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Previously identified as C.W. Ruff, 2nd Texas Infantry, based on information from vendor. Current identification as Charles H. Ruff of Co. G, F, and S, 2nd Texas Infantry b... More

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right;...

Ostendorf, no. 92 Meserve, no. 85 Portrait used for the engraved bust of Lincoln that appeared on the United States five dollar bill for many years, from 1914 to 2007. Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a co... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate frock coat and slouch hat with Bo...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather, floral cameo design. Previously unidentified soldier identified March 2015 based on information and photographs from descendent. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011;... More

[Privates John James Audubon Powell and Van Franklin Garrett of Co. B,...

Photographs show identified soldiers and unidentified woman. Case: Berg, no. 2-45. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library... More

[Sergeant Elijah McClanahan Ingles of Co. G, 4th Virginia Infantry Reg...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Berg, no. 6-15a. Relates to LOT 14043-1, no. 16, a Southern Cross of Honor medal inscribed "E.M. Ingles." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:180) Forms part o... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate shell jacket and artillery ...

Case: Rinhart, no. 91. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Co... More

St. Phillip's [i.e. Philip's] Church and Circular Church cemetery, Cha...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abraham Lincoln:The martyr president - assassinated April 14th 1865

Print showing Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Facsimile signature "A. Lincoln" lower right. Library has two impressions, one with facsimile signature and one without signature. Ente... More

State Bank of South Carolina, 1 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston C...

Survey number: HABS SC-559 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

State Bank of South Carolina, 1 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston C...

Survey number: HABS SC-559 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president. Head-and-shoulders por...

"Not long after Lincoln's nomination [for president], a Chicago reporter visited his home and noticed a framed photograph over the sofa. Likely it was one of the Hesler poses ... Observed the nominee: 'That pic... More

[Presidential campaign button with portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Ha...

Political campaign button for Abraham Lincoln's first (1860) U.S. presidential campaign. Includes a bust portrait of Lincoln on one side and a bust portrait of vice presidential nominee Hannibal Hamlin on the o... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform holding saber and revolve...

Case: leather, 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 Photographs (Li... More

North-western view of Charleston, So. Ca. / lithographed & published b...

View of Charleston, South Carolina, from across river, with man on horse, and steamboat by pier. S.H. Mellen, printer.

[Chaplain Robert Bean Sutton of the Army of Northern Virginia in unifo...

Photo shows identified soldier who served as Episcopal priest in the Diocese of North Carolina before and after the war and also as educator after the war. Case: Berg, no. 3-302; vintage case supplied by donor... More

Artilleryist group - Mathew Brady seated on left

Photograph shows group portrait of artists who participated in the art exhibition at the Metropolitan Fair in New York City, 1864, held to support the United States Sanitary Commission, "for the relief of the s... More

[Portrait of seated man holding the Charleston Zeitung, possibly the o...

Purchase; Dennis A. Waters; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:147). Forms part of: Daguerreotype Collection (Library of Congress). Vender : Dennis A. Waters.

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

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbons in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More

Palmetto-tree, and old custom-house, at Charleston, South Carolina

Groups of people gathered near a palmetto tree in front of the old customs house in Charleston, South Carolina. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 205 (1860 December 1), p. 753 (title page, bottom).

A prayer to be said by all good citizens on the day of fasting & praye...

On verso: 589729 Mar. 19 '40 Rare Bk Rm. 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 236, Folder 40.

[Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States based on a ...

Based on Meserve no 20, a Brady photograph.. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ulysses S. Grant, in uniform, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing fro...

Photograph of etching was possibly a carte de visite before being trimmed to oval shape. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Lincoln portrait possibly based on Meserve 22.]

Based on a photograph of the ambrotype made by William Church in Springfield on May 20, 1860. This portrait had no wide circulation, as they were made for Mr. J. Brown of Philadelphia, who used them in painting... More

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

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Secession meeting in front of the Mills House, Meeting Street, Charles...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 11, no. 262 (1860 Dec. 1), p. 24. Reference copy may be in LOT 4421-A. Caption card tracings: US ... More

[H. B. Hall's Sons portrait of Lincoln.]

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

Major General Grant - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford. Exchange; Old Print Gallery; (DLC/PP-1975:064).

Principal church, Charleston - Public domain city architecture drawing

Drawing shows men, women and children walking past St. Michael's Episcopal Church on Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina on the eve of the Civil War.

On deck of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C.

No. 4954. Mounted with four other photographs and one print. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified soldier from Kentucky in Confederate uniform with two re...

Case: Berg, no. 3-118. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, La., 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library o... More

[Colonel Joseph Walker of Co. K, 5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment,...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Berg, no. 2-64. Identification based on information from Shannon W. Pritchard, Old South Military Antiques, who was verbally told the soldier's name. Gift; Tom Liljen... More

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

Case: Rinhart, no. 141. 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 soldier in Confederate uniform and derby hat with sword]

Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: The Virginia Confederate, Waldorf, Maryland, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Phot... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate 1st Lieutenant uniform]

Case: Leather flower and vase design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: The Picket Post, Fredericksberg, Virginia, 2010. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War ... More

[Unidentified soldier from North Carolina with Model 1855 Colt revolvi...

Case: Leather; geometric design. Soldier's home state information from seller. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:14 Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Con... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate officer's uniform with sword and ...

Photo shows officer with photograph of man with top hat possibly from Quinby's Charleston studio. Frame: Berg, no. 7-43. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Colle... More

[Unidentified soldier in Western Confederate battleshirt]

Case: Berg, no. 1-148R; manufactured by Littlefield, Parsons & Co. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Fo... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with revolver]

Possibly a Border Ruffian from Missouri or Kansas. Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Librar... More

[Private James B. McCutchan of Co. D, 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment]

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Domenick A. Serrano, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of... More

General Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia

No. 2545. Mounted with 3 other photographs. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Federal prisoners captured at battle of Bull Run, Castle Pinkney [i.e....

Photograph shows Confederate soldiers above watching Union prisoners below in the yard. No. 4375. Hand written on verso: "See Miller vol. 7, p. 4". Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Private Stanford Lea Jessee of Co. A, 29th Virginia Infantry Regiment...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; geometric. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: Rick Brown, July 2014. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War P... More

U.S. Grant, Lt. General U.S.A.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows signed portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in the uniform of a Major General. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Heritage Auctions, December 2014. Forms part of: Liljenqui... More

[Abraham Lincoln on battlefield at Antietam, Maryland, cropped version...

Abraham Lincoln with, from left: Col. Alexander S. Webb, Chief of Staff, 5th Corps.; Gen. George B. McClellan; Scout Adams; Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Army Medical Director; an unidentified person; and standing be... More

[Private Samuel H. Wilhelm of I Company, 4th Virginia Infantry Regimen...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform, who died as POW of acute diarrhea at Fort Delaware, Del., on September 22, 1863. Case: Leather; floral and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012... More

[W. P. Ward of Company F, 40th Georgia Battalion Infantry Regiment]

Photograph shows identified soldier, W. P. Ward, who enlisted in Company F, 40th Georgia Battalion Infantry Regiment, as a private. Case: Leather; diamond motif surrounded by scrolls. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 20... More

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

Meserve no. 59. A photograph made by Alexander Gardner in Washington November 15, 1863. (From the Photographic Portraits of Abraham Lincoln; Lincoln Memorial University; The Meserve Collection, 1941.) Alexande... More

[Brady photograph of Abraham Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Meserve no. 85. Copy of photograph. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[J. C. Buttre portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Based on a Brady photograph...

Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union Republican ticket. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, for President. ...

Globe surmounted by U. S. flag, and labeled "our country", floating in a body of water.

Presidential campaign, 1864. Candidates for President and Vice-Preside...

Print shows bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, Andrew Johnson, and George H. Pendleton above a map of the United States, with bust portraits of the previous 15 presidents with George Washin... More

General U. S. Grant, City Point, Virginia, August, 1864

No. B48. Alternate title from Grant and Lee, the Virginia Campaign by William Frassanito. Incorrect information on negative sleeve: U.S. Grant at City Point. See also: LC-B8175-2, orig. glass negative with dif... More

General U. S. Grant and staff, City Point, Virginia, summer of 1864

No. B46. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 10, p. 47". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right;...

Ostendorf, no. 92 (variant) Meserve, no. 85 Portrait used for the engraved bust of Lincoln that appeared on the United States five dollar bill for many years, from 1914 to 2007. Similar to portrait published i... More

Exterior view, April, 1865, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows a man seated on rocks amidst the debris of outer wall of Fort Sumter, a result of bombardment from August 17 to September 23, 1863. Also showing chevaux-de-frise for protection against assault.

Ruins of Catholic Cathedral, Charleston, S.C., April, 1865

Photograph shows side view of the ruins of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar. No. 3075. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Abraham Lincoln's summer home, Washington, D.C.

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

[Captain William A. Hill of Company D, 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, ...

Photo shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; decorative diamond motif surrounded by scrolls design. Title on spine of book appears to be Literary history of the Bible. Written on object: Taken at Culpeper 18... More

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

A black and white photo of two men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ruins of Central and Secession Hall, and St. Philips church in the cen...

Stereograph showing ruins of Circular Church, left, St. Philip's Church, center, and Secession Hall, right, in Charleston, South Carolina.

[Abraham Lincoln, seated and holding a book, with his son Tad (Thomas)...

Photo by Alexander Gardner taken at Gardner's Gallery in Washington, DC, on Sunday, February 5, 1865. This last photo session from life was long thought to have happened on April 10, 1865, but more recent resea... More

Death and burial of Abraham Lincoln [Cut of Abraham Lincoln A nation m...

Poem of four stanzas.; 2582 E 8 12 Jy 46.; Rec. 7-18-46.; $6.00.; 5-31-46 pv; Goodspeed; 398 217; DCM 10 5-13-46 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images a... More

[Abraham Lincoln mourning badge, with photo taken Feb. 9 1864]

Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing right (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864). Brass mat with oval window and photo attached to a blue velve... More

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Gun with crew on Morris Island

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Abraham Lincoln, Pres. U.S.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Full lgth., seated, facing right; holding long sheets of paper on lap. Steel engraving after painting by Nast, copyrighted by Johnson, Fry & Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Capt... More

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

[Kurz & Allison portrait of Abraham Lincoln]

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

Tomb of General Grant, Riverside Park, [N.Y.C.]

Casket in front of tomb (no. 37). Photoprint copyrighted by Carvalho. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: N.Y.C. Riverside Park; Death; Pres.

[Horse-drawn catafalque, Civil War veterans in parade, and spectators ...

Repro. of wash drawing, copyrighted by J.I. Lloyd. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Parades; Death Funeral...; Veterans; Pres.

[View from the southwest of "Hardscrabble", General Ulysses S. Grant's...

21167W U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Ulysses Grant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andrew Johnson, southwest Custer County, Nebraska.

summary: Note: Two of the girls wear clothing made from the same fabric original size: 6x8

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / engravi...

Copyright by M.P. Lee. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, seated in chair, full portrait]

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

Magnolia Avenue, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley [i.e. Magnolia Gardens], Charl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, half-length portrait, facing...

Reproduction of photo of Lincoln made from a negative taken in Springfield, Illinois, by Alexander Hesler on June 3, 1860. One of several poses from that day. "Wrote Lincoln's law partner, William H. Herndon, '... More

From the bridge, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley [i.e. Magnolia Gardens], Charl...

Public domain image of swamp, wetland, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jasper Monument, White Point Garden, Charleston, S.C.

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Old market, Charleston, S.C.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic market square, downtown, commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[President Abraham Lincoln, oval bust portrait, facing right]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C., Confederate States of America.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pringle House, Charleston, S.C. view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Pringle House, Charleston. Caption for similar image (LC-D423-96) lists title as: Pringle House [i.e. Mansion], Charleston, S.C. Detroit Publ... More

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