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

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

Colonel R.B. Lawton, 1st R.I. Cavalry

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

Colonel Percy Wyndham, 1st N.J. Cavalry

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

Colonel Henry Ashby, 2nd Regt. Tenn. Cavalry

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

Generals of the Cavalry Corps.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Portrait photograph shows from left, Major General Philip Sheridan, Col. James William Forsyth, Chief of Staff Merritt, Brig. General Thomas C. Devin, Major General George Armstrong Custer. Hand written on ver... More

33d New York Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. 1042. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform with Colt Dragoon revol...

Case: Berg, no. 1-188; vintage mat provided by donor. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). NewsetLilj01 p... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Company F hat and upside d...

Case: Leather; geometric design; vintage case, brass mat, and preserver supplied by donor. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs ... More

[Private George H. Hall of Kane County Illinois Cavalry Company and Co...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Manuscript describes details of Hall's military service; recipe for chemical solution on verso. Case: Leather; geometric. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Fo... More

Winfield Scott, Lieut. General of U.S. Army designed & drawn on stone ...

Full-length portrait shows Winfield Scott in full uniform, riding a horse and waving his hat. After serving as general in chief of the U.S. Army at the start of the Civil War, Scott ended his long military care... More

[Unidentified cavalry officer in Union uniform with sword]

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

Appomattox Court House, Virginia. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows Federal troops with rifles in front of the court house. Two children stand on the fence. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 9, p. 127". Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; ... More

Major General G. K. Warren and staff

No. B52. 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 an... More

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

No. B933. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Ninth Massachusetts Infantry Camp near Washington, D.C., 1861

No. 8142. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Rebel cavalry driving captured horses through, while still smoking Emm...

Study for street scene at Emmitsburg, MD. Title inscribed above and below image. Formerly Waud no. B-88. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.852) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Falmouth, Virginia. Colonel Graham and group

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Headquarters Army of Potomac - Brandy Station, Virginia, April 1864

No. 4166. Caption continues: This is left half of a panoramic view of which no. 327 is the right half. Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C... More

[Brandy Station], [Virginia]. Alfred R. Waud, artist for "Harper's Wee...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Captain William A. Hill of Company D, 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, ...

Photo shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; decorative diamond motif surrounded by scrolls design. Title on spine of book appears to be Literary history of the Bible. Written on object: Taken at Culpeper 18... More

[The Japanese cavalry advancing through fields toward a walled city in...

Print shows a Japanese soldier on horseback engaging four Boxer troops as the cavalry crashed through a field outside a walled city in China. Title from accompanying material.

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

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

Chasing the Rebs through Strasburg

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.0440) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil Wa... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and slouch cap sitting with hol...

Case: Leather floral motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Fami... More

1st Maine Cavalry Skirmishing - Public domain drawing

Signed lower right: ALF. R. Waud. Title inscribed on sheet. Published in: Harper's Weekly, September 5, 1863, p. 572. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.259) Reference print available in the Civil War Dr... More

[Culpeper, Virginia General Judson Kilpatrick of the 3d Division, Cava...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

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

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

N.Y. Artilleryillery group. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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 and salt, w... More

Major Genl. George B. McClellan, Commander of the U.S. Army / G.W. Sim...

Print shows George B. McClellan, full-length portrait, on horseback, facing right. Signed on stone: G.W. Simons. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by D.J. Byrnes, in the Clerk's Office of t... More

General Grant's Cavalry escort, City Point, Virginia, March, 1865

Portrait shows five buglers standing at left. No. 445. Alternate title and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Cent... More

[Elias Teeple in Union uniform with saber and Smith and Wesson revolve...

Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Case: Leather geometric design with circular and leaf motifs. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of C... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform holding saber]

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

[Petersburg, Virginia Officers of the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry at Arm...

Unknown; Capt. Edward A. Flint, Capt. Charles Francis Adams, Jr., Lt. George H. Teague. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Gunboats shelling the enemy at the battle of Malvern hill sketched fro...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: General McClellan went aboard while I was sketching to change the position of the gunboats that were shelling our infantry. Gif... More

[Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity. Federal camp by the Tennessee River]

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of the Battle of Chattanooga, September-November 1863. After Rosecrans' debacle at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, Bragg's army occupied the mountai... More

Ammunition train 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps

Line of horsedrawn covered wagons marked "Ammunition" at Cole's Hill and Stevensburg Heights, south of Brandy Station, Virginia. No. 640. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic ... More

[Bull Run, Virginia Federal cavalry at Sudley Ford]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, First Bull Run, July 1861.

[Chattanooga, Tenn. Boxcars and depot with Federal cavalry guard beyon...

[Prospect Hill, Virginia General view of 13th New York Cavalry camp]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

[Colonel Burnside's brigade at Bull Run]

Title devised from N.Y. Illustrated News. Published in: New York Illustrated News, August 5, 1861, pp. 216-217, with caption: Colonel Burnside's brigade, First and Second Rhode Island, and Seventy-first New Yor... More

[Colonel Burnside's brigade at Bull Run]

[Ulysses S. Grant and his Generals on horseback] / Lith. by E. Boell.

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

[Fort Burnham, Virginia, vicinity. Camp of the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalr...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

Cavalryman escort, Culpeper / EF.

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.168) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Washington, District of Columbia. The grand review of the Army. Genera...

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[Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform and shoulder scales wit...

Photograph shows cavalry insignia on top of forage cap. Not in case. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collect... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Detachment of 3d Indiana Cavalry]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Sergeant B. F. Smith of Company B, 52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment, a...

Photo shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform. Additional information in collections file. Not in case. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).... More

The battle of Gettysburg - A painting of a military battle with men on...

Print showing Union troops advancing from the right during fighting at the battle of Gettysburg. Caption continues: Respectfully dedicated to the Soldiers of the United States. Entered according to Act of Cong... More

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 1st Virginia Cavalry at a halt]

Title devised. Published in: Harper's Weekly, September 27, 1862, p. 612. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.764) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file E. Reference print available i... More

Officers of 5th U.S. Cavalry near Washington, D.C., June, 1865

No. 4551. 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

Gen'l (i.e. General) Joe Hooker on horse, Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg...

Photograph shows a portrait of Major general Joseph Hooker in uniform seated on a horse in front of a tent in Petersburg, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Photographer and publicati... More

The Army of the Potomac--The Blue Ridge from Genl. Shalers headquarter...

Image overdrawn with numbered grid to guide engravers. Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Death of Genl. Ross at Baltimore / from the original painting by Chapp...

Print shows British General Robert Ross, on horseback, mortally wounded, on September 12th, 1814.

Maj. A.G. Enos, 8th Cavalry, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Nega...

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

[A Cavalryman] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.679) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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

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

Capture of a U.S. Cavalry - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed lower right. Fragment of an arm below image. Formerly Waud no. B-78. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.842) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate lieutenant uniform and CS belt bu...

Case: Berg, no. 3-124. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of C... More

[Unidentified cavalry soldier in Union uniform with two revolvers and ...

Case: Berg, no. 3-142; vintage case provided by donor. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljunion

[Unidentified soldier of Laurel Brigade Virginia Cavalry Regiment with...

Case: Berg, no. 3-96. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Co... More

[Two unidentified soldiers in Confederate uniforms with sword, bayonet...

Case: Berg, no. 4-1. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: Krainik Gallery, Warrenton, Virginia, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of... More

[Three unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with swords]

Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). NewsetLilj01 pp/liljunion

[Unidentified cavalry soldier in Union frock coat with Remington New M...

Case: Rinhart, no. 119. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pa., 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library ... More

[William Francis Jones, Pvt., 5th Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A., half-lengt...

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

[Private Peter H. Bird of Co. D, 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment, in uni...

Photo shows identified soldier. Case: Berg, no. 3-113. Identified as Peter L. Byrd, 2nd Virginia Cavalry (Franklin Rangers), by former owner; identification as Peter H. Bird from American Civil War Research Da... More

[Private Charles Chapman of Company A, 10th Virginia Cavalry Regiment,...

Case: Rinhart, no. 63. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of C... More

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

No. B928. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

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

7th N.Y. State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

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

Bv't. Maj. General O. B. Willcox and staff

Photograph shows (left to right) Lieutenant Whiting, Michigan Volunteers; Captain Wells, Michigan Volunteers; Lieutenant Snyder, Third U. S. Infantry; Gen. Orlando B. Willcox; Colonel McElroy, Eighty-ninth New ... More

Co. - , 139th Pennsylvania Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. B1173. 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 ... More

General George G. Meade and staff, Culpeper, Virginia Sept. 1863

Photograph shows Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys standing in front of the door facing General George G. Meade, seated. Standing, to Meade's right is Major J.C. Biddle, A.D.C., on the steps of Wallach's House, the hea... More

[Two unidentified Civil War soldiers in Union uniforms, seated in a ph...

Photo by D.C. Bettison, Louisville, Ky. With revenue stamp on back of mount. Ink caption on album page, "Genl. J.B. McPherson at Memphis, Tenn." But, photo does not match known likenesses of McPherson. Transf... 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

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

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The inauguration parade in the "Court of History" opposite the White H...

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

District of Columbia. Maj. H.W. Sawyer and staff at Camp Stoneman

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. N... More

Comanches: a history of white's battalion, Virginia cavalry, Laurel br...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC snh 2019-05-28 update (1 card)

[Private Silas York of Co. F, 5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, with sing...

Photo shows identified soldier. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Brandy Station, Virginia, vicinity. Camp of 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

Winter quarters of a Cavalry Regiment in Army of Potomac near Brandy S...

No. B495. 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

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform holding kepi with cavalry insig...

Case: Leather ornate circle motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published in: Campbell, J. Duncan and Michael J. O'Donnell. American militar... More

Ulysses S. Grant / C. Schussele 1863 ; eng. by William Sartain, Philad...

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, sitting on a horse, among soldiers during a battle, with a broken cannon and ramrod in the lower right corner. X33569 U.S. Copyright... More

The fall of Reynolds - Public domain print

See DRWG/US - Waud, no. 242 for original drawing. Studies also DRWG/US Waud no 410 (A size) and 411 (A size). Signed lower left: AR Waud. Title printed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-23. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1... More

[Westover Landing, Virginia Colonel James H. Childs (standing) with ot...

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

The battle of Pittsburgh, Tenn. April 7th, 1862

General Ulysses S. Grant leading a charge on the Rebels at Pittsburgh, Tennessee. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0476.

[Elias Teeple in Union uniform with saber and Smith and Wesson revolve...

Maj. General I. B. Richardson and staff

No. 2804. Hand written on mount: "Richardson, Israel Bush, 1815-1862". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Gunboats shelling the enemy at the battle of Malvern hill sketched fro...

[Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform with cavalry saber next...

Case: Leather diamond embedded in a square (center). Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War ... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee. Federal cavalry guarding railroad depot

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with cavalry saber and cap box]

Case: Rinhart, no. 141 variant with floral motif interior. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photog... More

[Lt. Custer wading in the Chickahominy River]

Custer wades across the river to determine the position of the enemy, as requested by Barnard (on horseback). Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.223) Reference print available in Ray, Plat... More

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