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[Thomas Corwin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Thomas Corwin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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

[General Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

[General Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, half-length portrait, seated, facing...

On recto: Cruces y Campa, México, 2d de S. Francisco, no. 4. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 13, upper left.

[Three-quarter length portrait of a man, seated, facing front]

[Three-quarter length portrait of a man, seated, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 16, upper left. On verso: Cherub with elbow resting on camera on tripod with banner reading: F.A. Martin... More

Esteva Mtro. de Governación de Max

Esteva Mtro. de Governación de Max

Esteva, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Title written above item in album. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 13, lower left.

[Empress Carlota of Mexico, half-length portrait in cameo, surrounded by other cameo portraits of women, bordered on the sides by palm trees, shrubbery at bottom, topped by coat of arms and curled vine with leaves]

[Empress Carlota of Mexico, half-length portrait in cameo, surrounded ...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 4, upper left.

Emperor Maximilian, (standing center with hand on hip) and his three brothers, (left to right) Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, and Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria

Emperor Maximilian, (standing center with hand on hip) and his three b...

(Source: researcher M. P. Higgins, 2018) In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 3, lower right. On mount: Two fotos taken in Viena (House of Austria).

[Portraits of a group of Federal soldiers]

[Portraits of a group of Federal soldiers]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bassett's house, Murfreesboro, Tenn., formerly quarters of Colonel Goddard, Asst. Adjt. General to Maj. General Rosecrans

Bassett's house, Murfreesboro, Tenn., formerly quarters of Colonel God...

Title transcribed from handwritten text on verso. On verso: Butler, Bonsall & Co., Army Photographers, General Rousseau's Division. In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John... More

[Charles A. Atwell, bust portrait, facing right, wearing military uniform]

[Charles A. Atwell, bust portrait, facing right, wearing military unif...

Carte de visite by Purviance's Photographic Rooms, corner Fifth & Wood sts., Pittsburgh, PA. Enlisted into Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Artillery Battery (Sept. 21, 1861). Died of wounds received in the Battle... More

[Miguel Miramón, three quarter-length portrait, standing, facing front]

[Miguel Miramón, three quarter-length portrait, standing, facing front...

Public domain image of a male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Lansard F. Chapman, bust portrait, facing slightly left]

[Lansard F. Chapman, bust portrait, facing slightly left]

Carte de visite by Slagle, 288 Penna. Avenue, cor. 11th St., Washington, D.C. In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John White Geary, comp. 1861-1865], no. 13, surrogate p. 4... More

Presented by a committee of ladies of Philadelphia. Oct. 1863 3rd United States Colored Troops.

Presented by a committee of ladies of Philadelphia. Oct. 1863 3rd Unit...

American eagle as emblem of the 3rd United States Colored Troops. On verso: D.B. Bowser - Artist - No. 481 North 4th St. Philada. Photograph of painting by Bowser. In album: [U.S. army officers and other person... More

[Miguel Miramón, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

[Miguel Miramón, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

On mount verso: Montes de Oca y Compañia, 1... calle de Plateros, No. 6, Mexico. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 8, upper left.

[Portrait of boy soldier] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of boy soldier] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Unidentified officer, three-quarter length portrait, seated, with left hand on sword, facing right]

[Unidentified officer, three-quarter length portrait, seated, with lef...

In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John White Geary, comp. 1861-1865], no. 82, surrogate p. 21 (upper right). Surrogate available as color laser copy in P&P Reading Room.

Kane, Warren & Gay / H. B. Hillyer's Artillery Rooms, Austin, Texas.

Kane, Warren & Gay / H. B. Hillyer's Artillery Rooms, Austin, Texas.

Photograph shows three men, two in civilian dress and one in military uniform. Notation on verso: In commemoration of _____.

[Brigadier General William G. Mank, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana Regiment, head-and-shoulders portrait, turned right] / E. & J. Bruening, Indianapolis.

[Brigadier General William G. Mank, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana ...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 21. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform with saber in front of painted backdrop showing military camp

Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform with saber in front of p...

Notation on verso: "Remington." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Ronn Palm's Museum of Civil War Images, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, October 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collecti... More

[Unidentified Union officer, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

[Unidentified Union officer, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 56. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

[Unidentified Union officer, full-length portrait, standing, facing front] / Louis Seebohm, Dayton, O.

[Unidentified Union officer, full-length portrait, standing, facing fr...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 66. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

"Nick Biddle," of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the first man wounded in the great American Rebellion, "Baltimore, April 18, 1861" / W. R. Mortimer.

"Nick Biddle," of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the first man wounded in t...

Photograph shows Nicholas Biddle, an African American Union soldier, in uniform, half-length portrait, facing front. Photographer's stamp on verso. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Unidentified sailor in Union engineer lieutenant commander's uniform] / W.E. James, photographer, 267 Fulton Street, (opposite Clinton,) Brooklyn.

[Unidentified sailor in Union engineer lieutenant commander's uniform]...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Ruins of light house, Morris Island, S.C.

Ruins of light house, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows observation tower built atop lighthouse ruins. Neg. no. B8184-10378.

John L. Burns - Public domain portrait print

John L. Burns - Public domain portrait print

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Tyson Brothers, Gettysburg, Pa., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. On verso: clipping that describ... More

[Man holding top hat, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

[Man holding top hat, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 17, lower left. On verso: Montes de Oca, fotografo, Calle de Plateros, No. 6, Mexico. On verso: Nbre 16/64.

Alfred A. Stratton of Co. G, 147th New York Infantry Regiment in uniform, with amputated arms

Alfred A. Stratton of Co. G, 147th New York Infantry Regiment in unifo...

Photograph shows identified soldier who lost his arms on on June 18, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia. Printed on recto: "Alfred A. Stratton, Co G., 147th N.Y.V. Wounded at Petersburgh, Va." Deposit; Tom Liljenqu... More

[Eagle lifting veil from cameo of Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximilian]

[Eagle lifting veil from cameo of Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximili...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 5, upper right. On recto: A. Peraire foto. On verso: Ay... Peraire foto ... Mexico.

The last men of the Revolution - Public domain  print

The last men of the Revolution - Public domain print

Set of portraits showing American Revolutionary War veterans who lived to be 100 or more years old.

Michael Dunn, Raymond, Potter Co., Penna. / Photographed by Hope, successor to M.H. Kimball, 477 Broadway, New York.

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

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

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

D. H. Bates / Photographed by Philp & Solomons' Metropolitan Gallery, 332 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

D. H. Bates / Photographed by Philp & Solomons' Metropolitan Gallery, ...

Photograph shows portrait of David Homer Bates, an original operator of the United States Military Telegraph Corps. Found with ambrotype of the original four operators of the United States Military Telegraph C... More

[General Winfield Scott Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, in uniform, facing right] / Gurney.

[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.

Civil War veteran George W. Warner of Co. B, 20th Connecticut Infantry Regiment with amputated arms Peck, photographer

Civil War veteran George W. Warner of Co. B, 20th Connecticut Infantry...

Photograph shows portrait of identified veteran who was wounded at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, July 2015. Forms part of: Liljen... More

Rosa Mendez - Public domain portrait print

Rosa Mendez - Public domain portrait print

Rosa Mendez, half-length portrait, seated, facing front. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 30, lower left. On verso: Andres Martinez y C[S... More

[Two women, full-length portrait, standing, turned slightly toward each other, facing front]

[Two women, full-length portrait, standing, turned slightly toward eac...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 29, lower right. On recto: Andres Martinez y c[Superscript a] Fotografos, Mexico, C. de las Escalerillas... More

Major General Alexander Hays of 12th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment and 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment in uniform From photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery

Major General Alexander Hays of 12th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment an...

Photograph shows identified soldier, who was wounded at Bull Run and killed at Wilderness, Virginia. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Antique Center of Gett... More

Sergeant Robert Taylor Knox of Co. B and Co. C, 30th Virginia Infantry Regiment in uniform William Burke, photographer, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Sergeant Robert Taylor Knox of Co. B and Co. C, 30th Virginia Infantry...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Heritage of Honor, Alexandria, Virginia, February 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Fam... More

Unidentified chaplain in Union uniform with Bible J.C. Spooner's Picture Palace, Foots Block, Corner Main & State Sts., Springfield, Massachusetts

Unidentified chaplain in Union uniform with Bible J.C. Spooner's Pictu...

Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Civil War Image Shop, Milan, Ohio, March 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civi... More

Almira Fales, philanthropist and nurse during the Civil War Whitehurst Gallery, 434 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. ; W. Snell, photographer & partner

Almira Fales, philanthropist and nurse during the Civil War Whitehurst...

Photograph shows identified Civil War nurse holding baskets of supplies. Photographer is possibly William Snell who worked in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, form... More

Twelve unidentified soldiers in a Union regimental band with cornets, saxhorns, French horn, and drums in partial uniforms Photographed by O.B. Dunning, rooms in Hollister's Block, Front Street, Dowagiac, Mich

Twelve unidentified soldiers in a Union regimental band with cornets, ...

Photograph shows group portrait of regimental band probably from Michigan. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Paul Brzozowski, Fairfield, Connecticut, April 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist... More

Lieutenant Andrew J. Gahagan of Co. D, 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment in uniform Morse's Gallery of the Cumberland, 25 Cedar St., opposite Commercial Hotel, Nashville, Tenn

Lieutenant Andrew J. Gahagan of Co. D, 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Negative 8161. Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Jeffrey Kraus, New Paltz, New York, September 2015. Forms part of: Liljenq... More

Elida Rumsey Fowle, Civil War nurse and singer

Elida Rumsey Fowle, Civil War nurse and singer

Printed on recto: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by M.S. Hagaman, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018... More

Brigadier General Thomas Greely Stevenson of 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in uniform Photographed by Black

Brigadier General Thomas Greely Stevenson of 24th Massachusetts Infant...

Photograph shows identified soldier who was killed at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, on May 10, 1864. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil W... More

Private Thornton Reber and Lieutenant Thomas Griffith of Co. I, 159th Ohio Infantry Regiment, standing, and two unidentified soldiers, seated, in Union uniforms Photographed by A. Weilepp, No. 19 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md

Private Thornton Reber and Lieutenant Thomas Griffith of Co. I, 159th ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Ronn Palm's Museum of Civil War Images, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, September 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist ... More

Private Cline Morris of Co. E, 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Regiment and unidentified soldier in uniform Kimberly Bros., National Gallery, Fortress Monroe

Private Cline Morris of Co. E, 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Regime...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Tax stamps on verso partially obscure backmark. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, Iowa, F... More

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, foot of Washington Street, Philadelphia H.C. Phillips, photographer

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, foot of Washington Street, Philade...

Photograph shows street view including Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, Union Volunteer Hospital, and other buildings. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Li... More

Private Thomas Dennis of Co. G, 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment in uniform with American flag Bogardus, photographer, 363 Broadway, New York

Private Thomas Dennis of Co. G, 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment in unifo...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Signed on verso: "Thomas Dennis" Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of C... More

Unidentified soldier in Zouave uniform with bayoneted rifle Frank Rowell, photographer, 25 Westminster St., Prov., R.I

Unidentified soldier in Zouave uniform with bayoneted rifle Frank Rowe...

Date based on beginning year that Frank Rowell had a studio at the address listed on the carte de visite. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Museum Quality Americana, Cal Packard LLC, May 2... More

Louisa May Alcott, writer, abolitionist, and Civil War nurse Warren's Portraits, 465 Washington St., Boston

Louisa May Alcott, writer, abolitionist, and Civil War nurse Warren's ...

Notation on verso: "Louisa Alcott." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Jeffrey Kraus, Antique Photographics, New Paltz, New York, June 2016. Forms part of: Li... More

Lieutenant John A. Kelly of Co. B, 8th Illinois Cavalryalry Regiment in uniform Whitehurst Gallery, 434 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C

Lieutenant John A. Kelly of Co. B, 8th Illinois Cavalryalry Regiment i...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on recto: "Lt. Kelley, 8th Ill. Cav." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Rick Carlile Military Books, Oakwood, Ohio, February 2017. Forms part... More

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket Evans & Prince, photographers, York, Pa

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket Evans & Pr...

Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Nick Harris, December 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Libr... More

Major General Edward W. Hincks of 28th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and 19th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment in uniform and his wife, Elizabeth Pierce Nichols Hincks J.W. Black, 173 Washington St., Boston

Major General Edward W. Hincks of 28th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment...

Photograph shows identified soldier, whose name was also spelled Hinks, who was wounded at Glendale, Virginia, on June 30, 1862, and at Antietam, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, and his identified wife. Gift;... More

Unidentified sailors on deck and atop the turret of the USS Catskill, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, Brady's, New York ; Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, No. 352 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. & Broadway & Tenth St., New York

Unidentified sailors on deck and atop the turret of the USS Catskill, ...

Notation on verso: "Monitor Catskill." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Paul Brzozowski, Fairfield, Connecticut, June 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photo... More

Acting Master George D. Upham of U.S. Navy in uniform Guay Photographic Temple of Artillery, No. 8 Charles St., New Orleans

Acting Master George D. Upham of U.S. Navy in uniform Guay Photographi...

Photograph shows identified sailor who served on the frigate Potomac. Notation on verso: "Compliments of Geo. D. Upham, 'Potomac,' Pensacola, March 30th/64." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, form... More

Private Thomas J. Kurtz of Co. D, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment in uniform F. Gutekunst, photographer, 704 & 706 Arch St., Philadelphia

Private Thomas J. Kurtz of Co. D, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on verso: Compliments of Thos. J. Kurtz, Co. D 91st Regt. P.V.V., Col. E.M. Gregory." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchas... More

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Photographs show primarily single portraits of officers serving in the 25th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Includes about forty-five identified sitters, ranking as Captains or Lieutenants, two troop do... More

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Photographs show primarily single portraits of officers serving in the 25th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Includes about forty-five identified sitters, ranking as Captains or Lieutenants, two troop do... More

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Photographs show primarily single portraits of officers serving in the 25th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Includes about forty-five identified sitters, ranking as Captains or Lieutenants, two troop do... More

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Photographs show primarily single portraits of officers serving in the 25th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Includes about forty-five identified sitters, ranking as Captains or Lieutenants, two troop do... More

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Photographs show primarily single portraits of officers serving in the 25th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Includes about forty-five identified sitters, ranking as Captains or Lieutenants, two troop do... More

[Sailing ships at wharf in harbor] / G.T. Lape, photographer, 130 Chatham St., N.Y.

[Sailing ships at wharf in harbor] / G.T. Lape, photographer, 130 Chat...

Cancelled stamp on verso. Neg. no. B8184-10378. 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 wh... More

Ruins of the arsenal / Levy & Cohen.

Ruins of the arsenal / Levy & Cohen.

Photograph shows ruins of the State Arsenal along the canal in Richmond, Virginia. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, of the District Court, for the ... More

F.B. Boville [i.e. Beville] / J.W. Black, 173 Washington St., Boston.

F.B. Boville [i.e. Beville] / J.W. Black, 173 Washington St., Boston.

Photograph shows identified sailor Midshipman and Acting Master's Mate Francis Bartow Beville (also known as Frank, with surname spelled at times as Boville or Bevill) of the C.S.S. Atlanta, Confederate Navy, i... More

The belle of Point Lookout - Public domain portrait

The belle of Point Lookout - Public domain portrait

Photograph shows young woman partially identified as Miss Bidlack, probably a relative of William Wallace Bidlack, a surgeon at Point Lookout during the Civil War.

[Colonel Robert G. Shaw, half-length portrait, facing right] / Whipple, 96 Washington Street, Boston.

[Colonel Robert G. Shaw, half-length portrait, facing right] / Whipple...

Photograph shows an oval portrait of Col. Robert Shaw, 54th Massachusetts Colored Volunteers Infantry.

[Colonel Robert G. Shaw, half-length portrait, facing right] / Whipple, 96 Washington Street, Boston.

[Colonel Robert G. Shaw, half-length portrait, facing right] / Whipple...

Photograph shows an oval portrait of Col. Robert Shaw, 54th Massachusetts Colored Volunteers Infantry.

[Full-length portrait of an unidentified Civil War soldier] / J.P. Ball, 30 W. 4th St.

[Full-length portrait of an unidentified Civil War soldier] / J.P. Bal...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV52. "GE786" and "1123" and "CDV418" written on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.50)

[Full-length portrait of an unidentified civil war soldier] / from Ball & Thomas' Photographic Art Gallery, 120 West Fourth Street, near Race, Cincinnati, O.

[Full-length portrait of an unidentified civil war soldier] / from Bal...

Photograph shows soldier leaning against a column. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV52. "GD1185" and "1270" written on back of the mount. Purchase; Wil... More

A Richmond prisoner U.S. General Hospital, Div. No. 1, Annapolis, Md., Private Jackson O. Broshears [i.e. Brashears], Co. D, Indiana Mounted Infantry. Age 20 years; height 6 feet 1 inch; weight when captured, 185 lbs.; was in rebel hands three and one-quarter months, 2 months of which were passed on Belle Isle. Under treatment in U.S. Hospital 8 weeks - constantly improving - now, May 19th, 1864, weighs 108-1/2 lbs.

A Richmond prisoner U.S. General Hospital, Div. No. 1, Annapolis, Md.,...

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. Wallace, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms ... More

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, foot of Washington Street, Philadelphia

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, foot of Washington Street, Philade...

Photograph (no. 261a) shows street view including Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, Union Volunteer Hospital, and other buildings; accompanied by envelope (no. 261b) signed by Sam B. Fales and listing names o... More

Emancipation / G. G. Fish, pinx. ;  J.P. Soule, photo.

Emancipation / G. G. Fish, pinx. ; J.P. Soule, photo.

Photograph shows a woman (Columbia) holding a document (the Declaration of Emancipation?) standing between two kneeling slaves. The slave to her left, a man, holds a U.S. flag; the slave to her right, a woman, ... More

U.S. sloop of war Richmond - A close up of a handwriting on a piece of paper

U.S. sloop of war Richmond - A close up of a handwriting on a piece of...

Photograph shows USS Richmond in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Handwritten on verso: "Edwin Stewart, U.S.N." Photograph probably once owned by Rear Admiral Edwin Stewart, who served on the USS Richmond. Date and loc... More

[Francisco Zarco, full-length portrait, seated, facing front]

[Francisco Zarco, full-length portrait, seated, facing front]

On recto: F[Superscript co] Zarco. On recto: Cruces y Campa, 2[Superscript d] S. Francisco, no. 4. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 24, lower left.

[Unidentified Union officer, full-length portrait with right hand in coat, facing front]

[Unidentified Union officer, full-length portrait with right hand in c...

On verso: Photographed by Amey & Lemer, Wyeth's Hall, Harrisburg. In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John White Geary, comp. 1861-1865], no. 86, surrogate p. 22 (upper rig... More

Maj. Genl. Joe Hooker / From photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Maj. Genl. Joe Hooker / From photographic negative in Brady's National...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. Wike, English diplomat - Public domain portrait print

Mr. Wike, English diplomat - Public domain portrait print

On recto: Cruces y Campa, 2[Superscript d] de S. Francisco, no. 4, México. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 27, lower right.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform] / Bell & Brother, photographers, 480 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform] / Bell & Brother, photographer...

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, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Soldier named Halsey in Union uniform with sword in front of painted backdrop] / Jno. Holyland, Metropolitan Gallery, 250 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.

[Soldier named Halsey in Union uniform with sword in front of painted ...

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, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

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

[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

Chs [i.e., Charles] Zagonyi, Major Comm. body guard / E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), 501 Broadway, N.Y.

Chs [i.e., Charles] Zagonyi, Major Comm. body guard / E. & H.T. Anthon...

Officer Charles Zagonyi, full-length portrait, in full military dress with sword, standing, facing front. Gift; Mrs. Norman P. Mason; 1963 Oct. Printed on verso: from photographic negative from Brady's Nationa... More

[Jean Allard Jeancon, Union officer, half-length portrait, seated, facing front] / Photographed by E. & J. Bruening, Indianapolis, Ind.

[Jean Allard Jeancon, Union officer, half-length portrait, seated, fac...

Photo shows Jean (sometimes called John) Allard Jeancon, a surgeon for the 32nd Indiana Volunteers. (Source: Descendant, 2012) In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 57. Three cent stamp on verso. Color ... More

Unidentified Confederate soldier in uniform with Kentucky state seal buttons From Uhlman & Rippel's Gallery, No. 51 Edmond St., St. Joseph, Mo

Unidentified Confederate soldier in uniform with Kentucky state seal b...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Thanatos Archive, Duvall, Washington, October 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). F... More

Maj. General Thomas / A.S. Morse, photographer, Dep't. of the Cumberland, Branch of Hd. Qrs., 25 Cedar Street, Nashville, Tenn.

Maj. General Thomas / A.S. Morse, photographer, Dep't. of the Cumberla...

Photograph shows portrait of Major General George Henry Thomas, known as the "Rock of Chickamauga." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Phot... More

[Colonel Géza Milahótzy, Union officer in the 24th Illinois Infantry Regiment, full-length portrait, standing, facing front] / Webster's Bros.

[Colonel Géza Milahótzy, Union officer in the 24th Illinois Infantry R...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 44. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

William Quantrill of Co. C, Quantrill's Missouri Cavalry Company

William Quantrill of Co. C, Quantrill's Missouri Cavalry Company

Photograph shows identified Confederate soldier, guerrilla fighter, and leader of the Lawrence Massacre. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, Iowa, January 2017... More

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

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

Colonel McCallum - Public domain portrait print

Colonel McCallum - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows side profile portrait of Daniel Craig McCallum, Superintendent of United States Military Railroads, in uniform. Originally in album belonging to Joel B. Clough, Civilian Engineer, United States... More

Mexican commission in Miramar - Public domain portrait print

Mexican commission in Miramar - Public domain portrait print

Ten men in suits, standing, facing Maximilian on left. Title written above item in album. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 3, lower left.

L. S. Trowbridge, Mich.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

L. S. Trowbridge, Mich.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows portrait of Brevet Brigadier General Luther Stephen Trowbridge of Field and Staff, 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, and Field and Staff, 10th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, in uniform. Notation on v... More

Alexander Millener, aged 104, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Alexander Millener, aged 104, 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, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolut... More

[Corpse of Tomás Mejía, full-length, in a chair]

[Corpse of Tomás Mejía, full-length, in a chair]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 19, lower right. On recto: A. Peraire.

[Full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing front, holding a cane]

[Full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing front, holding a cane...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 46, upper right. Handwritten at top of album page: Opera singers. On verso: Madrid, A. Alonso Martinez y... More

Fortifications on Little Round Top Tipton, Gettysburg, Pa

Fortifications on Little Round Top Tipton, Gettysburg, Pa

No. 383. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Sra. de Sancha - Public domain portrait photograph

Sra. de Sancha - Public domain portrait photograph

Woman, half-length portrait, seated, facing front. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 30, upper right. On verso: Andres Martinez y C[Supers... More

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform Whipple, 96 Washington Street, Boston

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform Whipple, 96 Washington Street, B...

Soldier possibly served with Colonel Robert Gould Shaw in the 7th New York Infantry Regiment, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, or 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Source: Thanatos Archive indicates th... More

Commander William F. Lynch of Confederate States Navy in uniform

Commander William F. Lynch of Confederate States Navy in uniform

Photograph shows identified sailor. Notation on verso: "Com. Lynch, C.S.N." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, February 2016. Forms part of: Lil... More

Portrait photo of Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform

Portrait photo of Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform

Faded backmark indicates that the photographer was located on Canal Street, probably in New Orleans. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Coll... More

Captain George A. Armstrong of Co. D, 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment and Quartermaster's Dept U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in uniform

Captain George A. Armstrong of Co. D, 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment an...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on verso: "Cap. Armstrong, Kilpatrick's staff." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Excelsior Brigade, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, October 2017.... More

Captain Comly J. Mather of Co. B and Co. F, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalryalry Regiment in uniform

Captain Comly J. Mather of Co. B and Co. F, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalrya...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on recto: "Truly and sincerely yrs., C.J. Mather, Capt. Comly, Co. F, 15th Penna. Cav." Notation on verso: "S.B.C." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchase... More

The Monitor Deck view, from the bow

The Monitor Deck view, from the bow

Photograph shows Union sailors aboard the ironclad USS Monitor on the James River, Virginia; shows light damage caused to the turret during its fight with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, March 9, 1862, a... More

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