32,185 American civil war, Confederate Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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Capt. James S. West, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Nega...

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

Capt. James S. West, C.S.A. (Cavalry)

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Adams, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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

[Portrait of Maj. John Roberts, C.S.A.]

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General Leonidas Polk, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Ne...

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

R.E. Colston, C.S.A., Colonel of 16th Virginia Infantry., C.S.A.

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Thomas H. Taylor, Colonel 1st Ky Infantry., C.S.A.

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Pelham, C.S.A., 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

Colonel J.B. Duman, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negat...

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George Pickett, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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Confederate fortifications, Yorktown, Virginia, Confederate States of ...

No. B141. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 8, page 371. Hand written on verso from an unidentified source: Confederate Battery at Yorktown which fired upon the Federal Balloonist and upon which "Balloon Bry... More

[Dabney Herndon Maury, 1822-1900; head and shoulders, facing left; in ...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

[General James Longstreet, C.S.A., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monitor "Lehigh" in Trent's Reach, James River, Virginia, just below C...

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Bivouac of Confederate Troops on the Las Moras, Texas [March1861]

Wood engraving after pencil sketch by Carl G. von Iwonski. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 5, (1861 June 14), p. 375. File print in LOT 4420-P. Negative of original pencil and brown wash drawing: LC-USZ62-1062. ... More

[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

Confederate ram Atlanta (after capture), Trent's Reach, James River, V...

No. 5129. 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

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag attacking 7-star ...

Addressed to Thomas Wood, Penningtonville, Chester Co., Pa.; postmarked by hand; bears 3 cent stamp. Notations on front: Prairie Pond, Ill., Jan. 13th, 1864; ans. Feb. 12th 64; broken leg [?] 12; 1-2 mo. in [?... More

[The Clinch Rifles (Co. A, 5th Georgia Infantry) in ranks outside the ...

Halftone repr. of photo from Miller, Photo...History...1911, vol. 9, p. 244. Reference copy may be available in LOT 4421-D. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ci... More

Fort Putnam, previously Confederate Battery Gregg, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows mounted guns inside the fort. No. B42. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[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

Confederate fort G, first fort south of W. and A. R.R., looking south,...

No. B637. 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

[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

The War in America: Union troops attacking Confederate prisoners in th...

Wood engraving in The Illustrated London News, 14 September 1861, p. 283. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: DC, Washington Misc. 1861; Civil War Prisoners; She... More

Confederate dead on Matthews Hill, Bull Run (i.e. Antietam)

Illustrated in: Divided We Fought: A Pictorial History of the War, 1861-1865, p. 21. Illustrated in: Frassanito, William A., E474.65.F7 (P&P) Antietam: The Photographic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day, E474.... More

[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

[John Lawrence Rapier, Pvt., 1st Battalion Zouaves, head-and-shoulders...

Information from negative sleeve. Copy photo made by LC in 1961 from unidentified source. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Hard times in Ole Varginny, an worse a cumin'! Scene--Rebel pickets in...

Cartoon showing two Confederate pickets standing in the wilderness on a cold Virginia night, complaining about the cold, the lack of quinine or alcohol to warm the body and boost the spirits; they conclude with... More

Yorktown, Virginia. Confederate battery with McClellan's No. 1 mortar ...

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[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

Flag of Genl Cleburne's Division, Confederate States of America

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-63. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.990) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[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

Chattanooga water works, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows U.S. Army water works at Cameron Hill, Chattanooga, Tennessee Purchase; Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc.; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:117). Vender : Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Dead Confederate sharpshooter in "The devil'...

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Butler's victims of Fort St. Philip

Union General Benjamin F. Butler with Confederate prisoners at Fort St. Philip near New Orleans, Louisiana. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 18... More

Outer line of Confederate fortifications, in front of Petersburg, Virg...

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Outer line of Confederate fortifications, in front of Petersburg, Virg...

No. B118. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).

The ruins of the 600 lb. Blakely Gun, Frazier's Wharf, Charleston, S.C...

Stereograph showing wrecked carriage of Blakely gun on the Battery in Charleston, South Carolina. No. 3088. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in ... More

East Battery, Charleston, S.C. looking north, showing ruins of the 600...

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Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Fort Darling. Confederate

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Singleton, Honorable O.R. of Miss. Representative from Miss. In Confed...

An old photo of a man in a tuxedo. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maxey, Honorable Samuel Bell of Texas Colonel of 9th Texas Infantry., ...

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[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

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate battery on James R...

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Robert Brank Vance of N.C. Colonel of 29th N.C. Infantry. C.S.A. Gener...

Two men in suits and bow ties posing for a picture. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gov. William A Graham, N.C. Gov of N.C. 1845-1849, Sec. of the Navy in...

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Whitehead, Honorable Thomas of Virginia, Capt. of Co. E. 2nd Virginia ...

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Reuben Lindsay Walker, 1827-1890, Confederate States of America.

Head and shoulders, facing left. C.S.A. Brig. Gen. No. 5832. Head and shoulders, facing left. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Capti... More

The surrender of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863

Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden. Chicago : The Puritan Press Co., c1894, v. 2, p. 479.

Brig.-General Lucius J. Gartrell; Brig.-General Dudley M. DuBose; Brig...

Head-and-shoulders portraits of ten Confederate leaders. Illus. in: Confederate military history / ... edited by Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia. Atlanta, Ga. : Confederate Publishing Company, 1899, vol. 6, o... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran wearing United Confederate Veterans Jos...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: The Veteran's Attic, Kingston, Tennessee, April 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/lilj... More

[George Washington Custis Lee, 1832-1913, on horseback, with staff rev...

H95373 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Edyth Carter Beveridge. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Veterans; Photog. Index; Civil War Confederacy; BI MONUMENTS...... More

Gettysburg, Confederate States of America., Confederate States of Amer...

Photo shows a regimental monument for the 2nd Maryland Infantry, C.S.A. probably taken during the Gettysburg Reunion (the Great Reunion) of July 1913, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Ge... More

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport, Alabama, was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and n... More

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

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[Food at] reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Al...

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

Confederate Memorial Monument, Montgomery, Alabama, Confederate States...

Designed by Alexander Doyle and built in 1886, the monument commemorates the 122,000 Alabamians who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and sits on the Alabama Capitol grounds. Title, date, subject ... More

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

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Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

"Libby Prison." The only picture in existence. As it appeared August 2...

Print shows three men and a child standing in the foreground with tents labeled "C.S.A." immediately behind them and the Libby Prison building in the background. Printed on mount: Copyright, 1882, by J.L. Barl... More

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 37

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The rebels under Stuart leaving Chambersburg

Civilians in foreground watch Confederates on horseback riding through town. Most figures are outlines. Buildings in background more defined. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed on buildings as identifiers :... More

One reason why we did not go to Richmond

Stereograph showing Columbiad gun in Confederate Fort Darling on the James River at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia.

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate second lieutenant cavalry uniform...

Photograph shows hand-colored gold piping indicating cavalry. Case: (front) Berg, no. 3-188; (back) Berg, no. 1-55. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:1... More

Halt of Wilcox's Troops in Caroline street prevous[sic] to going in to...

Troops lounging on furniture and debris in foreground, battered dwellings in background. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image: Battle field; smoke from Battle field. Published in: New York Illustr... More

[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

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 36

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 36

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[Fair Oaks, Virginia Lt. James B. Washington, a Confederate prisoner, ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Continuation of view no. 1009, showing rear of Battery Dantzler, (Howl...

Stereograph showing the magazine and fortifications in Confederate Battery Dantzler on the James River above Dutch Gap Canal from a high vantage point. No. 1010. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batter... More

General Robt. E. Lee at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862 / H.A. Ogden.

Print shows General Robert E. Lee holding binoculars, standing on a ridge with other officers and a man on horseback, monitoring the battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. D4749 U.S. Copyright O... More

View from Confederate fort, east of Peachtree street, looking east, At...

No. B624. Hand written on back of mount: Rebel works in front of Atlanta, no. 4. Hand written on back of mount: Miller vol. 3, page 137. Attributed to George N. Barnard, based on record for LC-USZC6-43 and LC-... More

[Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia Battered smokestack from C.S.S. ironclad...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Group of Confederate prisoners at Fairfax court-house / negative by T....

Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 34. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scott... More

[Portrait of Maj. General Cadmus M. Wilcox, officer of the Confederate...

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[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with Bowie knife]

Case: Berg, no. 3-284. Gift; Tom Liljenquist, 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105) Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, Louisiana, 2010. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Libr... More

A dead rebel soldier, as he lay in the trenches of "Fort Hell"

Stereograph showing a dead Confederate soldier crumpled sideways at the bottom of a trench in Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: ... More

[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Confederate dead at the edge of the Rose woo...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863.

[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate shell jacket, Hardee hat wi...

Case: Berg, no. 3-576. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published: O'Donnell, Mike, U. S. Army and militia canteens, 1775-1910. Alexandria, Va.:... More

Old R.R. cutting where Archers Brigade [i.e., Joseph Davis' Brigade] o...

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Joseph Davis' Brigade and not Archers Brigade was captured by the 14th Brooklyn 6th Wisconsin and 95th N.Y. Information provided by researcher, Oct. 1, 2010... More

Antietam, Maryland. Federal buried, Confederate unburied, where they f...

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Libby again. Rebel soldiers waiting for accommodations in that Hotel

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed left margin: Lower half whitewashed. Inscribed above image; Dimensions 150 by 190. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.502) Reference ... More

Union prisoners at Salisbury, N.C. / drawn from nature by Act. Major O...

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[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Confederate dead gathered for burial at the ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863.

Confederate dead at Fort Robinette, Corinth

Stereograph showing dead Confederate soldiers in front of the damaged battery at Fort Robinette, Corinth, Mississippi the morning after the attack. No. 1291. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic ... More

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