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[Views of ships and a mill] - Public domain architectural plan drawing

[Views of ships and a mill] - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Broadside views of five ships. Titled devised. Inscribed below images: Minnesota Mill in Newport News Va. Hunter Woodis. Flagship of Butler. Inscribed vertically in right margin: Flagship of Buttler [sic] Gift,... More

Major General Benj. F. Butler - An old photo of a man sitting in a chair in front of a tent

Major General Benj. F. Butler - An old photo of a man sitting in a cha...

No. B28. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 10, page 175". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

A new bull in the ring / F. Graetz.

A new bull in the ring / F. Graetz.

Print shows Chester A. Arthur riding the Republican elephant tossed high in the air in a "Political Arena", the elephant is patched with scandals labeled "Credit Mobilier, Collusion with Monopolies, Back Pay Gr... More

Overtraining young horses / Gillam., Political Cartoon

Overtraining young horses / Gillam., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a horse labeled "Butlers Policy" ridden by Benjamin F. Butler is kicking up its rear legs startling a horse labeled "Clevelands Policy" ridden by Grover Cleveland at the "Presidential Race-Co... More

The magnetic bunco-steerer and his confederate / Gillam.

The magnetic bunco-steerer and his confederate / Gillam.

Illustration shows, at left, on the sidewalk outside a gambling room labeled "Monopoly Club Shades", James G. Blaine and Benjamin F. Butler cornering a "Workingman" and trying to steer him into the gaming room;... More

Thanksgiving day, 1884 - "let us be thankful!" / Gillam.

Thanksgiving day, 1884 - "let us be thankful!" / Gillam.

Illustration shows a glum Thanksgiving Day feast with the downtrodden Republican presidential candidate James G. Blaine and his supporters "W.W. Phelps, [Roscoe Conkling at an open door], William Mahone, Cabot ... More

"The sleeping party" / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

"The sleeping party" / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows a woman labeled "Republican Party" asleep in the background, with members of her court, some dressed as women, also asleep, in the foreground; depicted are Whitlaw Reid, Murat Halstead, Russe... More

Loyal Americans, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Loyal Americans, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval, surrounded by bust portraits of members of his cabinet, as well as four military officers. Clockwise, from top: "Gen. Scott, H. H... More

Convention 1861 - Public domain portrait drawing

Convention 1861 - Public domain portrait drawing

One bust portrait of Benjamin Butler and four full-length sketches of figures bowing. Title inscribed below image. Five full-length studies of figures gesturing. See also Waud, no. 864. Formerly Waud no. B-100.... More

The great national game - last match of the season to be decided Nov. 11th 1884 / Macbrair & Sons Lith. Cin'ti, O.

The great national game - last match of the season to be decided Nov. ...

Print shows a sandlot baseball game of presidential hopefuls with James G. Blaine pitching to Chester A. Arthur, with Samuel J. Tilden behind the plate and Roscoe Conkling as umpire, at first base is Benjamin F... More

View of the bend in the James river round Farrars Island above Dutch Gap showing the obstructions sunk by Admiral Lee

View of the bend in the James river round Farrars Island above Dutch G...

Birdseye view of an ironclad and steamships on the James River. Signed lower right:[?] Title devised from inscription above image. Inscribed above image: This bend is commanded by the Howlett House (Rebel) Batt... More

Gen Butlers Head Quarters--Army of the James

Gen Butlers Head Quarters--Army of the James

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed within image: Gen Butlers Tent. Inscribed below title on verso: The Gen'ls Tent is the last one on the left, the House is used for the Adjutant Gen's Telegraph & other office... More

[Four naval scenes] - Public domain city architecture drawing

[Four naval scenes] - Public domain city architecture drawing

Title devised. Inscribed below ships as identifiers: Butlers Flag[ship]; Louisiana exploded off Ft. Fisher 1864 [December 23]. Inscribed below cityscape: Ripraps 1861. Partial sketch deck of ship on verso. Form... More

Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
Scene on the dock at the Rip Raps. Testing the Sawyer gun and projectile, a shell bursting on the rebel batteries at Sewells Point

Scene on the dock at the Rip Raps. Testing the Sawyer gun and projecti...

Title on verso. Inscribed below title on verso: The man in the white coat is Gen. Wool. [The man in the white] hat is Gen. Butler. Published in: New York Illustrated News, September 9, 1861, p. 289. Gift, J.P. ... More

Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
Ponton [sic] Bridge on the Appomattox below Petersburg--Point of Rocks--Butlers headquarters

Ponton [sic] Bridge on the Appomattox below Petersburg--Point of Rocks...

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 23, 1864, p. 472 The drawing was erroneously credited to William Waud when it appeared in Harper's. Gift, J.P. Morgan... More

Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
The self made party : the party that Butler belongs to and the party he serves

The self made party : the party that Butler belongs to and the party h...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 28:573 (Aug. 30, 1884).

N[ea]r Butlers right on James river

N[ea]r Butlers right on James river

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed within image: Be[]nch (?) Faint sketch of soldiers on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-13. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.940) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil ... More

The celeste-al cabinet - Political cartoon, public domain image

The celeste-al cabinet - Political cartoon, public domain image

A mild satire on Jackson and his Cabinet, portraying in imaginative terms a White House reception of popular French dancer and actress Madame Celeste. Seated in chairs in a White House parlor are six cabinet me... More

[U.S. Army and Cavalry officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building] / A. Tholey.

[U.S. Army and Cavalry officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building]...

A group portrait of thirteen officers in front of capitol with unf inished dome.

The (Fort) Monroe Doctrine, Confederate States of America.

The (Fort) Monroe Doctrine, Confederate States of America.

On May 27, 1861, Benjamin Butler, commander of the Union army in Virginia and North Carolina, decreed that slaves who fled to Union lines were legitimate "contraband of war," and were not subject to return to t... More

Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
N[ea]r Butlers right on James river

N[ea]r Butlers right on James river

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed within image: Be[]nch (?) Faint sketch of soldiers on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-13. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.940) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil ... More

The "contraband" schottische - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

The "contraband" schottische - Lithograph, public domain, Library of C...

A sheet music cover with a comic scene of escaping slaves, produced around the time of Union general Benjamin F. Butler's declaration of such fugitives as contraband of war. (See "The (Fort) Monroe Doctrine," n... More

Blundering in a perilous position / Gillam.

Blundering in a perilous position / Gillam.

Illustration shows a camel that has collasped under the weight of it's burden labeled "Amendments" and Samuel J. Randall who is riding on top; concerned travelers include John Kelly, Samuel J. Tilden, Henry Wat... More

Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
The celeste-al cabinet - Political cartoon, public domain image

The celeste-al cabinet - Political cartoon, public domain image

A mild satire on Jackson and his Cabinet, portraying in imaginative terms a White House reception of popular French dancer and actress Madame Celeste. Seated in chairs in a White House parlor are six cabinet me... More

Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
Kautz's Cavalry coming back to camp in Gen Butlers lines after their raid

Kautz's Cavalry coming back to camp in Gen Butlers lines after their r...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below title: more figures can be shewn[sic]. Inscribed lower left : Front P[age?]. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 508. Reference print available in the ... More

The old Union wagon - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

The old Union wagon - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

An ambivalent but essentially pro-Lincoln illustration appearing on a song by John Hogarth Lozier, dedicated to the composer's "Comrades the 37th Indiana Regiment and all who love Our Brave Soldier Boys." Linc... More

Puck's own Yorktown celebration / J. Keppler.

Puck's own Yorktown celebration / J. Keppler.

Print shows Puck sitting on a wooden cut-out Pegasus reviewing a procession of soldiers, among whom are John A. Logan, Roscoe Conkling carrying a flag labeled "Third Term", Joseph W. Keifer, William M. Evarts, ... More

The political Sam'ls of Posen / Gillam.

The political Sam'ls of Posen / Gillam.

Print shows a large group of political peddlers trying to sell their goods to Columbia as mistress of the house. Among those shown are Samuel J. Tilden selling "Tribulation Toys", Benjamin F. Butler with "Elast... More

The contest of beauty / J. Keppler.

The contest of beauty / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows a beauty contest where "First Prize" is the "Presidency". The presidential candidates, all dressed as women, are sitting on raised platforms around which men have gathered to admire their bea... More

Puck's political hunting-ground -- how he has made game of the politicians / J. Keppler '85.

Puck's political hunting-ground -- how he has made game of the politic...

Illustration shows Puck holding a shotgun over one shoulder and a dead owl in his raised right hand, with him are two hunting dogs labeled "Wit" and "Satire"; he is surrounded by dead animals that have the face... More

Portrait of Maj. General Benjamin F. Butler, officer of the Federal Army

Portrait of Maj. General Benjamin F. Butler, officer of the Federal Ar...

Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0891 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Corresponding print is in LOT ... More

Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
Kautz's Cavalry coming back to camp in Gen Butlers lines after their raid

Kautz's Cavalry coming back to camp in Gen Butlers lines after their r...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below title: more figures can be shewn[sic]. Inscribed lower left : Front P[age?]. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 508. Reference print available in the ... More

Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
Headquarters 10th Army Corps, Hatchies Run, Va.

Headquarters 10th Army Corps, Hatchies Run, Va.

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing near General Butler's tent. No. 2443. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Corrected title devised by library staff. Forms par... More

Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
[Portrait of Maj. General Benjamin F. Butler, officer of the Federal Army]

[Portrait of Maj. General Benjamin F. Butler, officer of the Federal A...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

When it comes to the lion business between Ben --  Jim, it's nip and tuck

When it comes to the lion business between Ben -- Jim, it's nip and t...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 28:575 (Sept. 6, 1884). Exhibit loan 4207-L.

Battle of Darby Town Rd. Gen'l Butler & his staff

Battle of Darby Town Rd. Gen'l Butler & his staff

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed above image: 1st Connecticut Battery Capt. Clinton. Our skirmish firing at the rebels in the woods. The Gerhadt House. Inscribed on verso: View of the action on Thursday 27th... More

Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
The self made party : the party that Butler belongs to and the party he serves

The self made party : the party that Butler belongs to and the party h...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 28:573 (Aug. 30, 1884).

[Portrait of Maj. General Benjamin F. Butler, officer of the Federal Army]

[Portrait of Maj. General Benjamin F. Butler, officer of the Federal A...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ponton [sic] Bridge on the Appomattox below Petersburg--Point of Rocks--Butlers headquarters

Ponton [sic] Bridge on the Appomattox below Petersburg--Point of Rocks...

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 23, 1864, p. 472 The drawing was erroneously credited to William Waud when it appeared in Harper's. Gift, J.P. Morgan... More

View of the bend in the James river round Farrars Island above Dutch Gap showing the obstructions sunk by Admiral Lee

View of the bend in the James river round Farrars Island above Dutch G...

Birdseye view of an ironclad and steamships on the James River. Signed lower right:[?] Title devised from inscription above image. Inscribed above image: This bend is commanded by the Howlett House (Rebel) Batt... More

General Butler's headquarters, Fraser's farm, north side of James River

General Butler's headquarters, Fraser's farm, north side of James Rive...

Row of log buildings. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2559.

Map of operations at Bermuda Hundred and Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 10th May 1864

Map of operations at Bermuda Hundred and Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 10t...

In this map Sneden attempts to show several engagements that took place between Butler's Army of the James and Beauregard's Confederates, May 6th through May 13th, 1864. He includes Port Walthall Junction, whe... More

The cradle of liberty in danger / Th. Nast.

The cradle of liberty in danger / Th. Nast.

Print shows General Benjamin Butler as a monstrous genie frightening an infant lableled "Boston, Mass." in a cradle labeled "Common Wealth of Mass." Captioned: "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum!" The Genie of Massachusetts smell... More

Bluebeard of New Orleans, Confederate States of America.

Bluebeard of New Orleans, Confederate States of America.

Carte-de-visite reproduction of a drawing shows a caricature of Gen. Benjamin Butler, military governor of New Orleans, May-Dec. 1862, as Bluebeard, for challenging the behavior of the city's Confederate women ... More

A presidential conjuror / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

A presidential conjuror / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows President Chester A. Arthur as a magician on a stage, pulling cards out of a hat and tossing them into the audience; the cards are labeled "Secretary of Navy, Foreign Minister, Interior, Consulate, ... More

Gen Butlers Head Quarters--Army of the James

Gen Butlers Head Quarters--Army of the James

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed within image: Gen Butlers Tent. Inscribed below title on verso: The Gen'ls Tent is the last one on the left, the House is used for the Adjutant Gen's Telegraph & other office... More

Puck's coaching parade, 1883 / F. Opper.

Puck's coaching parade, 1883 / F. Opper.

Illustration shows eight stagecoaches in a procession, each jammed with passengers; riding in the first coach, labeled "Republican Harmony Coach", are Chester A. Arthur, Roscoe Conkling, James G. Blaine, John A... More

Now let the show go on! / F. Opper.

Now let the show go on! / F. Opper.

Illustration shows a woman labeled "Mrs. Lockwood", holding papers that state "Nomination for Pres. Womens' Rights Party", bursting through an opening in the floor of a stage to appear next to a clown labeled "... More

Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
Speech of Gen. H. Gordon, delivered at Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 28, 1868
When it comes to the lion business between Ben --  Jim, it's nip and tuck

When it comes to the lion business between Ben -- Jim, it's nip and t...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 28:575 (Sept. 6, 1884). Exhibit loan 4207-L.

Second days action at Hatteras inlet

Second days action at Hatteras inlet

Broadside views of ships bombarding Fort Hatteras. Signed lower right: Alf.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed above image: No top gallant masts up; Susquehannah; Cumberland; [Adnatie]; Minnesota; Wa... More

Battle of Darby Town Rd. Gen'l Butler & his staff

Battle of Darby Town Rd. Gen'l Butler & his staff

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed above image: 1st Connecticut Battery Capt. Clinton. Our skirmish firing at the rebels in the woods. The Gerhadt House. Inscribed on verso: View of the action on Thursday 27th... More

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