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
[Charles Whittington, Sergeant Major, 7th West Virginia Cavalry, half-...
Stamped on verso: Partridge's Gallery, Wheeling, W. Va. Inscribed on verso: Charles Whitington, Sergt. Maj. 7th Regt. Sc - Kelleys Mills Ohio.
[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Virginia sword belt p...
Case: Leather, scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Published in: Even more Confederate fa... More
[Unidentified cavalry soldier in Confederate uniform and Valley Ranger...
Case: Imitation Eichmeyer. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library ... More
Confederate iron-clad, Atlanta, James River, Virginia, after her captu...
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
General Joseph Hooker and staff, Falmouth, Virginia, June 1863
No. 950. Photographer 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, c2003. Officers' names and o... More
Major General James H. Wilson and staff, City Point, Virginia, July 18...
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
[Petersburg, Virginia]. Group of mechanics of 1st Division, 9th Army C...
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Grants' Great Campaign-the New York 14th Heavy Artilery crossing Chest...
Title printed below image. This is the illustration that Harper's published on June 25, 1864, p. 404. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.305) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Douglas, Honorable B.B. Rep of Virginia, Major in 5th Virginia Cavalry
A man in a suit and bow tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Douglas, Honorable Beverly Browne (1822-1878) of Virginia 1st Lt. In L...
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Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia. General Henry L. Abbot and staf...
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Stuart Monument, Monument Avenue & North Lombardy Street, Richmond, In...
Significance: The Stuart Monument, one of several monuments to confederate heroes lining Monument Avenue, is just one block west of Lee Monument. The equestrian statue to J.E.B. Stuart is mounted on a granite ... More
U.S. Army, 15th U.S. Cavalry, vicinity of Ft. Myer, Virginia
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Band of 15th Cavalry, U.S. Army, Ft. Myer, Virginia
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Band of 15th Cavalry, U.S. Army, [Ft. Myer, Virginia]
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3 Cavalry [Polo] Fort Myer [Virginia]
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New Chief of the United States Cavalry sworn in. Major General Guy V. ...
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Westover Landing, Virginia Lts. Wright and John W. Ford of Averell's C...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of... 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
[Culpeper, Virginia General Judson Kilpatrick of the 3d Division, Cava...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.
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)
[Stevensburg, Virginia General Judson Kilpatrick, 3d Division, Cavalr...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.
General Sickles and Staff in a reconnoitering expedition along the ban...
Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.544) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1861. Reference print available in Ray, Pla... More
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
McClellan reconnoitering the Turnpike to Richmond from the Peach Orcha...
Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: Sketch 34-. Pencil sketches of heads of two men on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.407) Reference print avail... More
Review by the President of the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac
Signed lower right: Alf R [Waud]. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: General Buford's division of regulars passing by the general gallopping[sic] to the head of the column. Published in: Harper... 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.
Collecting forage. Escort skirmishing n. Harrison
Title inscribed below image. Date inscribed lower left. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.323) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Petersburg, Virginia General Orlando B. Willcox and staff, 3d Divisio...
Photograph of the main eastern theater of the war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.
8th Penn Cavalry, crossing at Ely's Ford, before battle of Chancellors...
Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 16, 1863, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.97) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[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
[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.
Stockade and gates closing the approach to the long bridge
Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed: Stockade and gates closing the approach to the long bridge [thro'] two enfiladed lines. (a dusty place). Inscribed on verso: Long bridg [sic?] Stockade & gate closing the ... More
Rebel officers coming into Richmond by the ponton [sic] bridge to give...
Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.362) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1865. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil Wa... More
Scouting in the Blue Ridge, Library of Congress drawings collection
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Mill nr. Stannardsville containing grain for the C.S. Government
Burning mill with cavalry in foreground. Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 26, 1864, p. 200. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.235) Reference print available in the Civil ... More
Going into action / W.H. Shelton.
Print shows cavalry and horse artillery troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863. Includes men riding on a caisson towing a small cannon, a building on fire, and additional cavalry headed... More
5th Mich. Charging at Opequon--Sept 19
Title inscribed below image. Three faint sketches of buildings on verso. Inscribed on verso: Opequon, Va/ Sep 19- 64. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.236) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Westover Landing, Virginia Lt. Colonel Samuel W. Owen, 3d Pennsylvani...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.
Ely's Ford. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Wagons and cavalry fording river in foreground, while infantry cross pontoon bridge in background. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Poplars. Inscribed lower left... More
[Bealeton, Virginia Capt. Henry Page, assistant quartermaster, at Arm...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.
Rebel prisoners and battle flags captured at Chancellorsville, being t...
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.63) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Porch at Aldie, where Pleasontons staff slept
Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-7. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.934) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
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
[James S. Cassady, Captain, 7th West Virginia Cavalry, head-and-should...
Stamped on mount: John Brown, Wheeling, West Va. 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 w... More
[James S. Dodd, Pvt., Co. C, 4th South Carolina Cavalry, half-length p...
Written on negative sleeve: Enlisted Jan. 19, 1861 at Camp Hampton, S.C. under(?) Capt. J.W.L. Cory on last roll call, Oct. 31, 1864 as teamster. Note: This company was first "B" Company, 10th Battalion S.C. C... More
Building winter quarters at Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dut...
No. B512. 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
Co. - , 61st New York Infantry, Falmouth, Virginia, April, 1863
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Drum Corps, 93d New York Infantry, Bealton, Virginia, August, 1863
Group portrait of 8 boys posed with drums and other people. No. 514. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original glass negative is: LC-B817-7514.
Brandy Station, Virginia (vicinity). Camp of the 18th Pennsylvania Cav...
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Brandy Station, Virginia. Detachment of 1st U.S. Cavalry
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The surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown A.D. 1781
Print depicts the surrender of the British forces after the Battle of Yorktown. Major General O'Hara, substituting for General Cornwallis, is shown handing his sword to the Comte de Rochambeau, who is standing ... More
Parade at Ft. Myer, April 23. In a great society circus
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Brandy Station, Virginia Guard mount of 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (1...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington... More
Penna. Vol. Cavalry in stock yards--Newport News
39086 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.Y. Young Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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)
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)
Review by the President of the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac
Signed lower right: Alf R [Waud]. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: General Buford's division of regulars passing by the general gallopping[sic] to the head of the column. Published in: Harper... More
Review at Falmouth. March 1863 - Public domain scan / drawing
Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.221). Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file N. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Reconnoisance [sic] by Bufords Cavalry towards the Rapidan river
Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed upper left: Half this sketch missing. Inscribed lower right: Generl [sic.] Bu[ford]. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 3, 1863, p. 632-633. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/... More
Cavalryman escort, Culpeper / EF.
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.168) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Battle of Opequan or Winchester, Virginia--Sept. 19' 1864--Union: (Gen...
Copyrighted 1893 by Kurz & Allison, Chicago. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fredericksburg from Falmouth - Public domain document scan of drawing
Title inscribed lower left and right. Two sketches on verso: one of a cavalry soldier with a saber; one of a child. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.674) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
General Kearney's gallant charge, at the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia...
uses variant spelling of Kearny. From an original sketch. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Sergeant William T. Biedler, 16 years old, of Company C, Mosby's Virg...
Photograph shows young identified soldier. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[The Peninsula, Virginia A 12-pdr. howitzer gun captured by Butterfiel...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Photograph of a gun captured by 12th Maine and 17th New York Infantry.
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
Falmouth, Virginia. Colonel Graham and group
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Outer line of Confederate fortifications, in front of Petersburg, Virg...
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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...
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[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
Whitehead, Honorable Thomas of Virginia, Capt. of Co. E. 2nd Virginia ...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[George Washington Custis Lee, 1832-1913, on horseback, with staff rev...
H95373 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Edyth Carter Beveridge. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Veterans; Photog. Index; Civil War Confederacy; BI MONUMENTS...... More
FOSTER, VICTOR S. LT. 15TH CAV., U.S.A., AT FORT MYER, ON 'ACE OF DIAM...
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Cavalry camp, Winchester, Virginia, 1913
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Cavalry troop, Ft. Myer, [Arlington, Virginia], 6/24/14
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Cavalry troop, Ft. Myer, [Arlington, Virginia], 6/24/14
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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
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.
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
[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
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
Gen'l. George B. McClellan and staff, before Yorktown, Virginia, April...
Full-length portrait, on horseback, facing right, holding up sword. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonne / compiled by Gale Research, Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2500.
[Bull Run, Virginia Federal cavalry at Sudley Ford]
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, First Bull Run, July 1861.
[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]
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
[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.
[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
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
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