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Pontoon bridge across James River at Powhatan Point on which Army of P...

No. B392. 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

Washington, District of Columbia. House near Fort Stevens showing effe...

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Guard mount, head-quarters, Army of the Potomac / negative by T.H. O'S...

Photograph showing the Zouaves of the one hundred fourteenth regiment in formation near Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. ... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Lt. Vane and horse, Army of the Potomac

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Vicksburg Canal, Confederate States of America.

Confederates watching Union troops at work building a canal near Vicksburg in 1862-1863. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 29.

Atlanta, Georgia. Ruins of depot, blown up on Sherman's departure

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General George A. Custer, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...

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Fort Stevens north of Washington, D.C., 1864

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Looking down James River, from Dutch Gap canal, December 12, 1864

Photograph showing army transports on the James River from the Dutch Gap Canal.

Discussing the probabilities of the next advance. Feb. 1864

Photograph shows two men in civilian dress seated and smoking pipes at camp in Brandy Station, Virginia. Print from stereograph glass negative LC-B811-61 in the Brady-Handy Photograph Collection.

Charles City Court House, Virginia. View of Court House

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Brandy Station, Virginia. Camp of U.S. Engineer Battalion

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Jericho Mills, Virginia. Canvas pontoon bridge across the North Anna, ...

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Michael Dunn, Raymond, Potter Co., Penna. / Photographed by Hope, succ...

Photograph shows portrait of Corporal Michael Dunn of Co. H, 46th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, after the amputation of his legs in 1864, the result of injuries received in a battle near Dallas, Georgia, on M... More

Petersburg, Virginia. General Edward Ferrero and staff

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Virginia. Army of the Potomac. Officer's winter quarters

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Adam Link, aged 102, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph, with hands in a different position and without vignetting, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The ... More

Co. B, U.S. Engineers in front of Petersburg, Virginia, August, 1864

Photograph taken by Timothy O'Sullivan shows Sgt. Harlan Cobb seated on the ground, third from left, wearing a vest. No. 547. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Published in: Military Images, Vol. 11:1, July-Augu... More

Head-quarters, Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Virginia / negativ...

Photograph showing a group of Zouaves standing in front of the Army of the Potomac headquarters at Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washin... More

Fredericksburg, Virginia. Headquarters of U.S. Sanitary Commission

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Charles City Court House, Virginia. View of the from south-west

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[Brandy Station], Virginia. General David B. Birney and staff

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Views at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, May, 1864

No. 1277. Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Views at Belle Plain Landing, Va., May, 1864. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Making clothes for the boys in the army

Women spinning, weaving, and sewing to make clothing for Confederate soldiers. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 11.

Charles City Court-House, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. posi...

Photograph showing a soldier guarding the front of the courthouse building, the county seat of Charles City. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Phi... More

Charles City Courthouse, Virginia. Rear view

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[Preliminary map of northeastern Virginia, south of the Rappahannock, ...

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Date and title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Sun print on a number of sheets pieced together and sectioned in two, with extensive ink and penci... More

Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia / negative by J. Gardner; positiv...

Photo shows Alfred Waud seated on the ruins of the dock destroyed by the Confederates in 1861. (Source: Library staff, 2009) Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washin... More

Cedar Level Station, City Point and Army Line, December, 1864

Photograph shows Union soldiers guarding supplies while standing near a railroad freight car.

Fredericksburg, Virginia. Marye's house where the Irish Legion fell, D...

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Petersburg, Virginia. Company F, 114th Pennsylvania Infantry Capt. J.R...

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Railroad mortar at Petersburg, Virginia, July 25, 1864 (Andrew J. Russ...

Photograph shows the mortar used to protect the United States Military Railroad. No. 304. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Bube... More

"Jeff wants to get away", Confederate States of America.

An illustrated sheet music cover for an anti-Confederate comic song. Confederate president Jefferson Davis stands on a bale of cotton and asks John C. Breckinridge, former U.S. Vice President and fellow secess... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Camp in pine woods

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Shelter tent in front of Petersburg, Aurgust 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4172-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library ... More

Robert E. Lee. April 1865, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negati...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Not to be reproduced until May 1962 without permission of Mr. John T. Chambers, Senate Office Bldg. Talked to Mr. Chambers (180-6138) today and he said that... More

Charles City Courthouse, Virginia. Rear view

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Rear view of Charles City Court House, Va., June 13/64. Corresponding print is in LOT 4165-G. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Lib... More

Scene of Ewell's attack, May 19, 1864, near Spottsylvania [i.e. Spotsy...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 724. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Views at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, May, 1864

No. 1263. Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Views at Belle Plain Landing, Va., May, 1864. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Part of South Carolina and Georgia]

Scale 1:350,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 365.5 Southern half of an unidentified printed map. Sheet extends from Augusta south to Jacksonville, Georgia, and Beaufort, South Carolina, west to Eatonton, Georg... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Non-commissioned officers, 1st Massachusetts Cav...

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Chattanooga, Tennessee, circa 1864 during American Civil War

Photograph shows aerial view of Chattanooga. 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

Manning, Honorable Vannoy Hartrog of Miss. Colonel of 3rd Arkansas Inf...

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Admiral Dahlgren and staff on board U.S.S. Pawnee, off Charleston, S.C...

"65" inscribed on photograph. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civ... More

Fort Fisher, N.C. Interior view, First six traverses on sea face

Title from negative sleeve. Photographer: Timothy O'Sullivan. Corresponding print is in LOT 4202. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inf... More

Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). Officers of 5th U.S. Cava...

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Paymaster Albert W. Bacon, U.S.N., American Civil War Photograph, Glas...

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[General Winfield Scott Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, in unifo...

Stamped on verso: Rockwood, successor; return to George Grantham Bain, 255 Canal Street. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Freedom's immortal triumph! Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty." Las...

A vindictive Northern fantasy on the aftermath of the Civil War. Confederate president Jefferson Davis, dressed in a hoopskirt or crinoline, hangs from a "Sour Apple Tree" at left, a Bowie knife in one hand and... More

[View of boats and ships at wharf, Charleston, South Carolina]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 3093. Public domain photograph of ship docs, shipyard, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Captured siege guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing Confederate mounted cannons at Rocketts Landing in Richmond. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright in 1865 by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil ... More

Three first traverses on land end, Fort Fisher, N.C. / negative by T.H...

Photograph showing the Confederate fortifications at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Mills - 19th century Virginia.

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Cravens, Honorable Jordan Edgar of Arkansas Entered the Confederate Ar...

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Andrew Johnson taking the oath of office in the small parlor of the Ki...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 21, 1866 Jan. 6, p. 245. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Johnson, Andrew Misc.

Capitol old [...] (1865?), American Civil War Glass Negative.

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Officers 4th U.S. Colo[r]ed Infantry, Fort Slocum, April, 1865

Photograph shows African American NCO's in second row, on right. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 689. Original neg. no.: LC-B817-7689.

Franchise. And not this man? / Th. Nast.

Columbia speaking, with hand on shoulder of Civil War soldier, who lost a leg in the war. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 Aug. 5, p. 489.

Richmond, Virginia. Burnt district - 19th century Virginia.

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Drum corps of 10th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington, D.C., April, 186...

Group portrait of about 30 men, some holding instruments and others reading, writing, and playing cards. No. 688. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original glass negative is broken: LC-B817-7688.

Abraham Lincoln, Pres. U.S., 1809-1865

Bust, facing left. Photoprint of marble bust, copyrighted by George Annable. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Georgievskie kavalery i nagrazhdennye zolotym oruzhiem. Za dielo pod I...

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Pontoon bridge across Potomac River from Georgetown, D.C. to Analostan...

Photograph shows a group of civilians crossing a pontoon bridge from Georgetown to Analostan Island (i.e. Roosevelt Island). A group of men seated in a carriage in the foreground while a woman stands at the sh... More

Fort Fisher, N.C., Interior view of first three traverses on land face

No. 440. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

Thomas, General George H. War Flag

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Shields, General James (not in uniform) Senator from Ill. & Missouri

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

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.... More

Richmond, Virginia. Looking up Main Street

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Prospect Hill, Virginia. Camp of the 13th Regiment New York Cavalry. (...

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[An officer directing his troops into battle]

Officer in center of image points toward scene of battle, as wounded soldiers return. Signed lower left in pencil and Chinese white: JR Chapin. Title devised. Gift, John R. Chapin, 1902 (DLC/PP-A41530.2)

Washington, District of Columbia. Government mess house

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View on the Battery, Charleston, S.C. Remains of the large Blakely gun...

Stereograph showing two Union soldiers standing on the Battery looking at a Blakely gun that was destroyed by Confederates before the evacuation of the city.

Lincoln funeral, American Civil War Glass Negative.

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

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Richmond, Virginia. Libby prison on Cary street

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Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia (vicinity). Interior of Fort Da...

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Rodgers, Adml. John U.S.N.. Glass Plate Negative, American Civil War t...

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Campbell, Honorable Jacob Miller of PA (Engaged in steamboating on the...

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Richmond, Virginia. (Two women in black)

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Memento mori. [Portrait of Lincoln within a black border containing 13...

Portrait of Lincoln within a black mourning border containing 13 stars.

Richmond, Virginia. Spotswood hotel. (Main Street)

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[Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant (Julia Dent Grant), head-and-shoulders portrait...

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Veteran Reserve Corps. Wash., D.C. Apr. 1865

Photograph shows Company K, 9th Veteran Reserve Corps at Washington Circle, Washington, D.C. Additional information from record for negative: LC-B817-7805. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25;... More

Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. View from parapet of Fort Sumter th...

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Mahone, Honorable Senator of Virginia, Brig. Gen in Civil War

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[General Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlen and staff near Washington, D.C....

Group portrait showing brevetted Brigadier General Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlen (seated second from right, with double row of buttons on jacket) and other soldiers in front of tent. An African American man is ... More

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate Battery Brooke on ...

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General Willotson? U.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negati...

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View on the Appomattox River, near Campbell's Bridge, Petersburg, Virg...

Photograph showing several commercial buildings along the Appomattox River in Petersburg, Virginia, and the high road that leads out of town. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexande... More

Updegraff, Honorable Jonathan Taylor of Ohio, Surgeon in Union Army Ci...

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City Point, Virginia. General Rufus Ingalls and group

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Petersburg, Virginia. View on the Petersburg lines from the right of F...

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Sapp, Honorable William Fletcher of Iowa. Lt Col of 2nd Nebraska Caval...

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Petersburg, Virginia. View showing how close picket lines to each othe...

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The first of May 1865 or gen[era]l moving day in Richmond, Virginia / ...

Print shows Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stonewall Jackson vacating premises in Richmond as African Americans and whites look on.

Meeting St., Charleston, S.C., looking South, showing the ruins of Cir...

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. III, p. 174. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Libra... More