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John R. Robinson to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, January 19, 1862  (Seeks office)
James Knox to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, June 15, 1861  (New army saddle)
James Knox to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, June 15, 1861  (New army saddle)
The Dubuque Daily Times, [newspaper]. April 16th, 1865.

The Dubuque Daily Times, [newspaper]. April 16th, 1865.

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Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

See also HABS No. LA-2-2 for additional documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland Plantation is one of the most important agrarian settings in the U.S. The main hous... More

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

See also HABS No. LA-2-2 for additional documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland Plantation is one of the most important agrarian settings in the U.S. The main hous... More

View from rebel battery at the foot of Lookout Mountain, looking towards Chattanooga

View from rebel battery at the foot of Lookout Mountain, looking towar...

Photograph shows a view of the Tennessee River looking towards Chattanooga from the base of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. No. 1. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3656. Forms part of: Visual materials from ... More

U.S. Grant House, Bouthillier & Fourth Street, Galena, Jo Daviess County, IL

U.S. Grant House, Bouthillier & Fourth Street, Galena, Jo Daviess Coun...

2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The U.S. Grant Home State Historic Site comprises several structures, the most important of which is the Italianate style house, constructed in 1859 and given... More

Naval Officers to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Recommendation)
Independent Pennsylvania Battery "E" (Knapp's Battery)

Independent Pennsylvania Battery "E" (Knapp's Battery)

Stereograph showing Captain J. M. Knap's Pennsylvania Independent Battery "E" Light Artillery approaching the battlefield at Antietam, Maryland after the battle in September 1862. A dead horse lay in the foreground.

[Unidentified soldier in Virginia Volunteer uniform and secession badge]

[Unidentified soldier in Virginia Volunteer uniform and secession badg...

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Ulysses S. Grant, march funebre, American march music

Ulysses S. Grant, march funebre, American march music

Music associated with the Union side

Samuel Austin Allibone to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 08, 1861  (Fort Sumter)

Samuel Austin Allibone to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 08, 1861 ...

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[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with shoulder scales and forage cap with Company I insignia holding revolver and bayoneted musket]

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with shoulder scales and ...

Case: Leather floral center scroll exterior. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published in: American... More

On the battlefield at Stone River

On the battlefield at Stone River

Stereograph showing a monument to honor those killed in the battle of Stone River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1862-1863. No. 6649. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. ... More

Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington Co...

Significance: In 1868, General John Logan from the Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) declared May 30th a day of remembrance for Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War. President Joh... More

Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington Co...

Significance: In 1868, General John Logan from the Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) declared May 30th a day of remembrance for Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War. President Joh... More

Theodore McNamee to William H. Seward, Saturday, August 23, 1862  (Seeks office)
[Proclamation dated Jan. 11, 1864, and General Orders no. 24. 35, and 41]. [New Orleans, La.]

[Proclamation dated Jan. 11, 1864, and General Orders no. 24. 35, and ...

4 pieces relating to elections. Transferred from the Robert Todd Lincoln Papers.; Page Order: Pieces 1 and 3 are Leaflets. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two form... More

The storming of the first line of works at Petersburg

The storming of the first line of works at Petersburg

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.241) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Fredericksburg. [Dec. 1862] /, Confederate States of America

Fredericksburg. [Dec. 1862] /, Confederate States of America

LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 553.8 Detailed map of the environs of Fredericksburg giving Union entrenchments in blue and Confederate entrenchments in red, roads, "Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail Road,... More

The Grand Review. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

The Grand Review. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Stereograph showing people watching soldiers on horses coming down Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington D.C. followed by soldiers on foot during the grand review of the great veteran armies of Grant and Sherman on M... More

Richmond, Virginia. View of the city from Gambles Hill

Richmond, Virginia. View of the city from Gambles Hill

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Star Hill Billiard Hall, U.S. Highway 61, Starhill, West Feliciana Parish, LA

Star Hill Billiard Hall, U.S. Highway 61, Starhill, West Feliciana Par...

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Star Hill Billiard Hall, constructed ca. 1832, is one of only two structures remaining from the original Star Hill Plantation. This plantation was built ... More

Letter from Joseph F. Green to Juliana Smith Reynolds, May 29, 1864
70-72 Monroe Avenue (Commercial Building), Detroit, Wayne County, MI

70-72 Monroe Avenue (Commercial Building), Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: This building contributes to the last intact pre-Civil War commercial block remaining in Detroit, and was the site of the Casino Theater. / Hiram R. Johnson (1825-1894), a prominent Detroit busine... More

Potamac River (in four sheets). - Public domain old map

Potamac River (in four sheets). - Public domain old map

Scale 1:40,000 and 1:60,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 35.2 Various issues of each sheet, some colored. Sheets 1 to 3 titled as above; sheet 4 titled "Preliminary chart of the Potomac River (in four sheets)"... More

Gen'l Sykes and staff, near Richmond, June, 1862

Gen'l Sykes and staff, near Richmond, June, 1862

Photograph shows group portrait of General George Sykes and his staff in front of a tent. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 429. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M. B. Brady, in the Clerk's O... More

Joseph Henry to Augustus C. Hamlin, Wednesday, August 17, 1864  (Sanitary conditions in the army)
Joseph Henry to Augustus C. Hamlin, Wednesday, August 17, 1864  (Sanitary conditions in the army)
Letter from Tilton C. Reynolds to Juliana Smith Reynolds, March 27, 1864
William Butler to John G. Nicolay, Saturday, April 11, 1863  (General Grant and situation at Vicksburg)
William Butler to John G. Nicolay, Saturday, April 11, 1863  (General Grant and situation at Vicksburg)
William Butler to John G. Nicolay, Saturday, April 11, 1863  (General Grant and situation at Vicksburg)
Letter from Tilton C. Reynolds to Juliana Smith Reynolds, November 13, 1861
William H. Seward to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 15, 1861  (Report on Fort Sumter)

William H. Seward to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 15, 1861 (Report ...

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David Davis to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, September 22, 1864  (Hawkins Taylor's removal from office)
The  Separation, Confederate States of America

The Separation, Confederate States of America

Music associated with the Confederate side

Soldiers' quarters in the Union Fort Rice adjoining Fort Sedgwick (fort Hell".)

Soldiers' quarters in the Union Fort Rice adjoining Fort Sedgwick (for...

Stereograph showing soldiers' quarters in ruins inside Fort Rice near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 3196, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Imprinted on verso:... More

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

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

View on battle-field of Antietam

View on battle-field of Antietam

Photograph shows four dead soldiers on the battlefield at Antietam. A damaged fence in the background. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 572. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Alexander Gardn... More

Antietam, Maryland. Dead soldiers on battlefield

Antietam, Maryland. Dead soldiers on battlefield

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Thompson Campbell to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, December 22, 1864  (Seeks office)
John W. Garrett to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, July 09, 1864  (Telegram concerning battle at Monocacy; with copy)
Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 5

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Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 6, 1865.

Boston Daily Journal, [newspaper]. May 6, 1865.

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Atlanta, Georgia (vicinity). Woods where General James B. McPherson was killed, July 22, 1864

Atlanta, Georgia (vicinity). Woods where General James B. McPherson wa...

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Beaufort, South Carolina. Shooting [i.e., Shouting] party on J.J. Smith's plantation

Beaufort, South Carolina. Shooting [i.e., Shouting] party on J.J. Smit...

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Fifteen pen and ink maps of the battle of the Wilderness /

Fifteen pen and ink maps of the battle of the Wilderness /

Annotated in pen-and-ink and pencil. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 668 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10662 Call no. cited in LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.): G129... More

City Point, Virginia (vicinity). Cavalry camp

City Point, Virginia (vicinity). Cavalry camp

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Federal camp, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Federal camp, American Civil War Glass Negative.

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Uniform and dress of the army of the Confederate states

Uniform and dress of the army of the Confederate states

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-04-03 update (1 card)

Uniform and dress of the army of the Confederate states

Uniform and dress of the army of the Confederate states

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-04-03 update (1 card)

Uniform and dress of the army of the Confederate states

Uniform and dress of the army of the Confederate states

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-04-03 update (1 card)

Illinois Officers at Corinth, Mississippi, Friday, January 30, 1863  (Resolutions supporting the war)
Illinois Officers at Corinth, Mississippi, Friday, January 30, 1863  (Resolutions supporting the war)
Robert Sarjeant to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, February 18, 1864  (Removal from office)
Guide leaflets for the tour of historic Civil War defenses, Washington D.C.

Guide leaflets for the tour of historic Civil War defenses, Washington...

Relief shown by contours on some maps. Title from title sheet (sheet #1). Facsims. of Civil War fortification maps of Washington D.C. Original version: [S.l. : s.n., 1861?-1865]. LC sheets imperfect: Use-worn, ... More

Guide leaflets for the tour of historic Civil War defenses, Washington D.C.

Guide leaflets for the tour of historic Civil War defenses, Washington...

Relief shown by contours on some maps. Title from title sheet (sheet #1). Facsims. of Civil War fortification maps of Washington D.C. Original version: [S.l. : s.n., 1861?-1865]. LC sheets imperfect: Use-worn, ... More

What is home without a mother? - American Civil War sheet music

What is home without a mother? - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Confederate side

Fitz Henry Warren to Hawkins Taylor, Wednesday, January 02, 1861  (Not an applicant for office)
Alexandria, Virginia. Sanitary Commission lodge - 19th century Virginia.

Alexandria, Virginia. Sanitary Commission lodge - 19th century Virgini...

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Savannah, Georgia (vicinity). View of Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River

Savannah, Georgia (vicinity). View of Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee ...

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Letter from Kate M. Scott to Juliana Smith Reynolds, May 16, 1864
Robert Anderson to Samuel Cooper, Thursday, February 28, 1861  (Reinforcement of Fort Sumter)

Robert Anderson to Samuel Cooper, Thursday, February 28, 1861 (Reinfo...

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The ever welcome Sanitary Commission during American Civil War

The ever welcome Sanitary Commission during American Civil War

Stereograph showing United States Sanitary Commission volunteers gathered by a covered wagon and a tent. No. 1199. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of: Civ... More

[Unidentified soldier in 3rd New Jersey Cavalry Volunteers (The Butterflies) jacket with corporal's chevrons]

[Unidentified soldier in 3rd New Jersey Cavalry Volunteers (The Butter...

Case: Berg, no. 7-41. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: The Union Drummer Boy, Gettys... More

General Thomas J. Jackson, ("Stonewall"), American Civil War.

General Thomas J. Jackson, ("Stonewall"), American Civil War.

Stereograph showing a head and shoulders portrait of General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, facing left. The photograph is a reproduction of a print, possibly a lithograph. No. 2077. Part of series: The ... More

Herman Haupt to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, August 20, 1862  (Telegram concerning railroad and Army of Potomac)
Letter from Tilton C. Reynolds to Juliana Smith Reynolds, December 15, 1864
Interior of Fort Wagner, in April, 1865

Interior of Fort Wagner, in April, 1865

Photograph shows rows of tents. 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, wh... More

Ambrose E. Burnside to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, August 02, 1863  (Introduction)
Report of the Woman's Rights Convention, held at Seneca Falls, New York, July 19th and 20th, 1848. Proceedings and Declaration of Sentiments

Report of the Woman's Rights Convention, held at Seneca Falls, New Yor...

Manuscript note of title page "I think this little book is valuable, as giving a description of the first of the first Convention of the of the kind that was ever held. Rhoda J. Palmer" Rhoda Palmer, who had ac... More

George W. Snyder to Robert Anderson, Thursday, February 28, 1861  (Memorandum on reinforcement of Fort Sumter)

George W. Snyder to Robert Anderson, Thursday, February 28, 1861 (Mem...

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Confederate colonel and horse, both killed at the Battle of Antietam

Confederate colonel and horse, both killed at the Battle of Antietam

Photograph shows dead horse. Brady's Album Gallery. No. 558. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Alexander Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia... More

[Private Charles H. Bickford of B Company, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment as a young boy]

[Private Charles H. Bickford of B Company, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry ...

Photograph shows identified soldier, as a child. Case: Leather geometric scroll and flowers. Name from inscription on handwritten note in case; additional information on note includes date of birth, March 1844... More

[Portrait of Brig. General James S. Wadsworth, officer of the Federal Army]

[Portrait of Brig. General James S. Wadsworth, officer of the Federal ...

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Wilderness battlefield, April 1866 - 19th century Virginia.

Wilderness battlefield, April 1866 - 19th century Virginia.

Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography.

These children were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St., Philadelphia, on account of color / J. E. McClees, artist, 910 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

These children were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St....

Photograph shows half-length portraits of Charles Taylor, Rosina Downs, and Rebecca Huger. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Philip Ba... More

Richard Cheney to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, April 11, 1861  (Seeks office)
Ira P. Rankin to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, June 30, 1863  (Removal from office)
Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 2

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