civil war

[Unidentified cadet in Virginia Military Institute uniform]

Case: Rinhart, no. 138 (reverse image). Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Bill Turner, La... More

Houses of Parliament / Pearson sc. during American Civil War

Print shows Palace of Westminster, meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, on the banks of the Thames River. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album c... More

Capt. Percival Drayton, U.S.N, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Chief of Staff to Adm. Farragut at Mobile. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; ... More

Gen. U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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

[Two unidentified soldiers of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues, later...

Case: Berg, no. 1-39. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Anne Arundel House, Linthicum Heig... More

John McArthur, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information... More

[Map of Hanover County, Va.]. - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 1274 Shows fortifications near Mechanicsville, describes several bridges across the Chickahominy River as destroyed, and gives the names of some residents. Date, title, and scale from St... More

Sarg. P. Pineo, [à] of Inspection

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

[Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, full-length studio portrait, standing...

Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009.

[Unidentified woman, possibly a nurse, during the Civil War] / Brady's...

Notation on verso: Kent. Possibly the name of the woman in the photograph.

[Soldier peering over a log] - Public domain portrait drawing

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-47. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.812) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Gen. J.A. McClernand, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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

Parker, U.S.N., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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

[Robert H. Kelly, Union soldier, full-length portrait, standing, facin...

Printed on mount: Photographed by Purviance, cor. Fifth and Wood Sts., Pittsburgh. Handwritten on verso: Bugler Kelly - Knap's Pa Batty. In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period /... More

S.B. Buckner CSA, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner.

Portrait of Lt. Col. James T. Weaver, 60th North Carolina Regiment, C....

Lt. Col. Weaver was killed at Murfreesboro, Dec. 7, 1864. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) Copy photo made by LC in 1961 of ambrotype. Credit: Mrs. Verne Rhoades, As... More

[Map of the vicinity of Strasburg, Virginia].

Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) over 1/2 inch pencil grid, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H190 Availab... More

C.W. Le Gendre, 51st N.Y, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information... More

James H. Carleton, 1st Cal. Inf.

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

Sevilla. Vista general de la Catedral desde el Alcazar / J. Laurent. M...

View of the cathedral from the Alcazar. In album: Spain, opposite p. 45. No. 268.

Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele, Col. of 8th Inf. (Iowa)

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

Rebel Army of Virginia: Longstreet, Beauregard, Breckenridge, Fitzhugh...

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

Cairo. General view of pyramids of Giseh

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 162. Public domain photograph of Ghiza pyramids, Egypt archaeology, ancient Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Civil War envelope showing eagle in flight carrying American flag in ...

Addressed to Hiram L. Warner, Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Killbuck, N.Y., Jun. 17. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of C... More

[Oliver Otis Howard, 1830-1909, bust portrait, facing left; in uniform...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf. Sources checked on verso of card.

[Unidentified soldiers of 5th Ohio Cavalry Company with horses and mou...

Frame: Thermoplastic. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Rick Carlile, 2012. Forms part of... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and fez with Model 1855 rifle m...

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

[Private Henry Augustus Moore of Co. F, 15th Mississippi Infantry Regi...

Photograph shows identified soldier who died from wounds suffered in the Vicksburg Campaign in 1863. Case: Leather; octagon and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information a... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with knife and revolver]

Case: Leather; curved octagon and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Forms part of: Liljenq... More

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union cavalry uniforms with Sharps rifle...

Frame: Berg, no. 7-22. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Larry Munther, 2012. Forms part ... More

[Portrait of Dr. William Gibbs McNeill Whistler in his uniform as surg...

Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana.

General William B. Taliaferro in Confederate uniform

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Genera... More

A United States Army supply train passing through Hagerstown, Maryland

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 5, 1861, p. 615. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4420 T. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Wyld's military map of the United States, the northern states, and the...

[Illustrated Civil War "Union Envelopes"]: Poor deluded Miss-Sori take...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: The South; Patriotism; Devils & Demons (Cart. themes); Cotton industry; C.W. CS Govt.; Seals; Va. H... More

Hugh Weedon Mercer, 1808-1877, Confederate States of America.

Half lgth., facing left. CSA general. No. 5709. Civil War Collection. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform and artillery Hardee hat]

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

Aiken's Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Negro group at Aiken's farm

Caption from negative sleeve: Negro Children, Aikens Farm, James River, Va. Corresponding print is in LOT 4172-B. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

[Unidentified officer in the Confederate Medical Corps]

Frame: Berg, no. 7-18. Formerly identified as Julian John Chisolm, surgeon in Medical Staff Confederate States Infantry Regiment, based on information received when purchased. Subsequent information from the f... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and hat with initials C.R...

Case: Papier mache with mother of pearl; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: ... More

[Untitled], American Civil War Glass Negative.

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

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayonet and musket]

Frame: Berg, no. 7-94. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj pp/liljunion

U.S. frigates Constitution and Santee at Naval Academy, Annapolis, Mar...

No. B158. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 6, p. 65". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

5 to one ha, Confederate States of America.

Another show of Northern optimism in the early months of the Lincoln administration. Uncle Sam approaches from the left holding a bayonet, causing five Southern soldiers to flee in panic to the right. In their ... More

Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform with wife

Case: Rinhart, no. 141. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Charles T. Joyce, October 2015. ... More

Rifleman, attention! A company of one hundred men to be selected from ...

1. Recruiting posters- Civil War. I. Title. II. Fessenden, James Deering. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemer... More

[Two unidentified soldiers and others at the front steps of a house]

Photograph shows two soldiers, two women, three girls, and an African American boy wearing an apron posing on or next to steps. Forms part of: Brady-Handy photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Chicken thieves being disciplined by General Alexander McDowell McCook...

Title on mat (source unverified): Camp Nevin Regulars, Chicken thieves being disciplined by order of Gen. McCook, March 1861. "by ord of Gen. McCook" in ink on back of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): II... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform], American Civil War.

Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Reunion Civil War Antiques... More

[Unidentified soldier in New York state enlistedman's uniform with bay...

Case: Leather; octagon and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: The Horse Sol... More

Surgical photograph ... prepared under the supervision of ... War Dep...

Photographs show men displaying the wounds received during the Civil War. Upper left: John Brink, Private, Company K, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Surgical photo 208). Upper right: Sergeant Warden (Surgical photo... More

[Private Archibald Magill Smith of Co. F, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regimen...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Pu... More

[Lieutenant William Sharpe Barnes, F Company, 4th North Carolina Infan...

Photograph shows identified soldier, William Sharpe Barnes, who enlisted in 1861 as a corporal. Case: Berg, no. 2-86. Inscription on handwritten note: "William Sharpe Barnes, 19 yrs. old ... father of R. I. Ba... More

Alexandria, Virginia. Slave pen. (Price, Birch & Co. dealers in slaves...

Address: 1315 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Illustrated Civil War "Union Envelopes"]: Rebel arms of Virginia

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

Treasury Office-- city of Boston. Ward No. [blank] Your tax for the ye...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 68, Folder 21g.

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag above star design...

Picryl description: Public domain image of stamped postal envelope, free to use, no copyright restrictions

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag in its talon and ...

Addressed to Mrs. A.C. Elsbree, Lewis Centre, Delaware Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing eagle holding olive branch atop shield, wi...

Addressed to Mr. Patrick Kernan, Esq., Camp Chace, care of Capt. Pike, Columbus, Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Unidentified soldier in Union corporal's uniform]

Case: Berg, no. 3-367. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of ... More

[Captain George W. Hackworth of Co. F, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment, ...

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

[Major Charles S. Cotter, Union officer, Chief of Artillery, full-leng...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 19. Misidentified as "W. Carter" on photograph. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P R... More

Civil War envelope showing woman nursing soldier with message "Lovely ...

Addressed to Mrs. F. Behymer, Shelbyville, Illinois ; postmarked Richmond, Kentucky ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Amberman Postal History, Clifton Park, New York,... More

Mrs. Ridgley Brown, American Civil War.

Photograph shows Mrs. Ridgley (or Ridgely?) Brown, possibly the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Ridgely Brown of Co. K, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment, and Co. A, 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion, holding 11-star Confe... More

[Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, 1824-1886, half length portrait, se...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf.

Port Royal, S.C. [i.e. Va.] - A black and white photo of a river with ...

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

23rd N.Y. Vol - A drawing of a soldier with a rifle

Full-length sketch of soldier. Title inscribed vertically right margin. Inscribed vertically left margin: 8 buttons. Formerly Waud no. B-128. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.892) Forms part of: Morgan... More

General William Tecumseh Sherman of 13th Regular Army Infantry Regimen...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Frohne's Historic Military, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, December 2016. Forms part of: Liljenqu... More

[Unidentified soldier in Richmond Howitzers uniform]

Case: Berg, no. 3-97. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Domenick A. Serrano, 2012. Forms ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with Bowie knife and revo...

Case: Imitation Eichmeyer. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryl... More

U.S. gunboats DeKalb, Mound City, and Cincinati [i.e. Cincinnati] - Mi...

No. 3123. 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

Freedman's Village, Arlington, Va. during American Civil War

Photograph shows African-American adults and children reading books in front of their barracks. No. B1163. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified soldier of Co. H, 7th Illinois Infantry Regiment, in pr...

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

[A. J. Blue, cavalry soldier in Union shell jacket and bummer cap with...

Photograph shows partially identified soldier. Case: Berg, no. 3-81. Additional information in collections file. Vintage albumen reproduction of tintype of A. J. Blue, Urbana, RFD #4, Ohio, processed as LOT 13... More

Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861 - A black and white photo of a group of p...

Photograph shows train of horse-drawn covered wagons on a foraging expedition with the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Houghto... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with single shot percussi...

Public domain scan of American Civil War portrait, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Colonel Horatio Gates Sickel o...

Addressed to Mr. William H. Heft, Richlandtown P.O., Bucks County, Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked at Washington, D.C., December 1862. The 32nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment was the 3rd of the Pennsylvani... More

[Civil War envelope showing American flag and shield, with message "Th...

Addressed to Mr. F.E. Hurd, Great Falls, N.H.; postmarked Portsmouth, N.H., May 13; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Five unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms]

Case: Berg, no. 2-2. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Southern Cross Farm, Beaverdam, Va... More

Lieut. Washington, a Confederate prisoner, and Capt. Custer, U.S.A.

George Armstrong Custer, seated with Lieut. Washington and his slave. No. 428.

Unidentified soldier of the 43rd Illinois Infantry Regiment in uniform...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Craig Wofford, January 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

The charge of the First Iowa Regiment, with General Lyon at its head, ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 11, 1861 Aug. 31, p. 244.

Portrait photo of [Unidentified young soldier in uniform]

Case: Leather geometric scroll. Uncertain if Union or Confederate. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purc... More

[Private Reggie T. Wingfield and Private Hamden T. Flay in Confederate...

Photograph shows two identified Confederate soldiers. Case: Berg, no. 2-49. Identity of soldiers from dealer. Unable to confirm names in American Civil War database. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:1... More

Colton's Virginia. Historic map, Library of Congress

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Henrico County, Virginia, 1862. - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, railroads, rivers, houses, names of residents, and woodland. The map is based on James Keily's "Smith's map of Henrico County, Virginia" (Richmond, Robert P. Smith & C. Ca... More

Map of the State of Virginia - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1;887,040. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 465.45 General map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania showing cities and towns, roads, rivers, and relief by hachures. Th... More

Map of the state of Virginia - Public domain old map

"Lith. by Chas. G. Krebs." Also shows Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and parts of adjacent states. Includes table: Distances by railroads. Red overprint of railroad routes. Relief shown by hachures. This ite... More

Southern "volunteers", Confederate States of America.

The print may have appeared soon after the Confederate Congress passed a national conscription act on April 16, 1862, to strengthen its dwindling army of volunteers. The artist characterizes regular Confederat... More

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men standing on ra...

No. 49 (handwritten) and 2548 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

The ladies of New Orleans before Gen. Butler's Proclamation [2 ugly wo...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1862 July 12, p. 448. Reference copy may be in LOT 4421-E. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Women in cartoons 1862; CW, 1861-1865 C... More

"Emancipation Day in South Carolina" - the Color-Sergeant of the 1st...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 15, no. 382 (1863 Jan. 24), p. 276.

Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg, PA.

Photograph shows officers of the Sanitary Commission in front of the headquarter in Gettysburg. No. 238. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the ga... More

Grant's transports running the batteries, Confederate States of Americ...

Soldiers at Vicksburg, 1863; Confederate gun crew in foreground. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the civil war / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden, c1894, v. 2, p. 455.

Battle-field of Gettysburg. The cemetery gate

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Chattanooga A chart of the battle between the forces of Gens. Grant an...

Detail of a printed map to which Sneden has added color and arrows to highlight the lines of Union advance on Missionary Ridge (Sherman's forces from the north on the Confederate right and Hooker's from the sou... More

[Preliminary field sketches of parts of the Chancellorsville battlefie...

Some maps show troop positions. Relief shown by hachures on some maps. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil (some col.) on ledger paper, mounted between sheets of transparent paper. LC Civil War... More

Bacon's steel plate map of America, political, historical & military.

Scale 1:5,702,400. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 36.8 "Federal free states" are outlined in red, "Federal slave states" are yellow, "Federal territories (free)" are orange, and "Confederate states (slave)" are g... More

Two unidentified African American soldiers in Union sergeant's uniform...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, January 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photog... More

The meeting of the friends, City Hall Park

New York governor Horatio Seymour's famous "My Friends" speech, delivered from the steps of New York's City Hall during the draft riots, was widely misrepresented in the press. On the basis of reports such as t... More