Exploded gun in Confederate battery, Yorktown
Photograph shows a soldier sitting on a damaged parapet at a Confederate fort southeast of Yorktown, overlooking debris from an exploded 32-pounder Navy gun. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 455. Entered according to... More
A contrast! Federal buried, rebel unburied, where they fell at the Bat...
Photograph shows a man looking at the grave of 1st Lt. John A. Clark, Company D, 7th Michigan Infantry. A dead rebel soldier lies next to it.
In the cotton field - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Card showing African Americans picking cotton. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Comte de Paris, Duc de Chartres, Prince de Joinville, and friends, Cam...
Photograph shows Comte de Paris, Duc de Chartres, Prince de Joinville and friends seated around a makeshift table supported by logs.
Tunker [i.e. Dunker] Church on battle - field of Antietam
Brady's Album Gallery, no. 573. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Alexander Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Digitized, 2014. Funding f... More
Blow for blow - Drawing. Public domain image.
Card showing Afro-American slave with club standing over body of white man holding whip. No. 6, no. 62. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.
[General Randolph B. Marcy with officers and civilians at Army of the ...
Photograph shows from left Captain Wright Rives, John W. Garrett, an orderly, General Randolph Marcy, Lt. Col. Andrew B. Porter, Col. Thomas S. Mather, Ozias M. Hatch, Joseph C. G. Kennedy outside a tent at Arm... More
Gen'l Fitz John Porter and staff, at headquarters, Westover, Westover ...
Photograph shows group portrait of General Fitz John Porter seated on a chair with his staff in front of a tent. Three African Americans accompany the group. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 496 Entered according to ... More
View of Yorktown and fleet, from Farnhold's [i.e. Farenholt's] house, ...
Photograph shows aerial view of fortifications along the York River with the fleet in the distance. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 362. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M. B. Brady, in the... More
100 lb. gun on board the Confederate gunboat Teazer [i.e. Teaser], whi...
Photograph shows a seaman sitting next to the 100 lb. gun that was captured by the U.S.S. Maratanza on July 4, 1862, on the James River, Virginia. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 482 Entered according to Act of Cong... More
General Heintzelman & staff, Arlington House, Virginia
Photograph shows General Samuel P. Heintzelman and Union officers standing on the steps of Arlington House. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Alexander Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of... More
Maj. Robertson's Battery of horse artillery, near Richmond, June, 1862
Photograph shows soldiers, horses, and mounted cannons from Captain James M. Robertson's 2nd U.S. Artillery. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 439. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Gardner & ... More
View in the field, the west side of the Hagerstown Road, after the Bat...
Photograph shows dead Confederate soldiers by a fence on the Hagerstown Road, on September 19, 1862.
White House, formerly residence of Mrs. Custis Washington, now the res...
Photograph shows "White House on the Pamunkey", residence of General W.H.F. Lee, and later headquarters of General George B. McClellan at White House Landing, Virginia. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 384. Entered a... More
A lone grave on battle-field of Antietam
Photograph shows five soldiers near a single grave for Pvt. John Marshall, Company L, 28th Pennsylvania Volunteers under a tree on the battlefield of Antietam. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 570. Entered according ... More
In the swamp - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Card showing runaway slave hiding in swamp from pursuers. No. 7, no. 63. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.
Street and Court-House in Warrenton
Photograph shows street scene, horses and covered wagons, in front of a courthouse in Warrenton, Virginia. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 534. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M. B. Brady,... More
Group of President Lincoln, Gen. McClellan, and suite, at headquarters...
Photograph shows from left Buck Juit, Ward Hill Lamon, Ozias Hatch, Gen. Randolph B. Marcy, Capt. Wright Rives, Gen. McClernand, Pres. Lincoln, Lt. Col. Andrew B. Porter, Gen. McClellan, Joseph Kennedy, John Ga... More
Rappahannock Bridge, south view. American Civil War photograph by Math...
Photograph shows a man walking along the planks of the bridge. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 517. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M. B. Brady, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court... More
View in the ditch, on the right wing, after the Battle of Antietam
Photograph shows dead Confederate soldiers in a ditch called "Bloody Lane" on September 19, 1862. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 563. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Alexander Gardner, in... More
[Uncut sheet of cards showing 25 birds]
Damaged at top right corner and top left side with some loss to the illustrations. Stamped on lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson co... More
General Marcy and friends, Camp Winfield Scott, near Yorktown, May 2, ...
Photograph shows group portrait of General Randolph B. Marcy, officers and friends, at Camp Winfield Scott. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 355. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M. B. Brady... More
In the swamp - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Card showing runaway slave hiding in swamp from pursuers. No. 7, no. 63. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.
View on battlefield of Antietam, Confederate States of America.
Photograph shows four dead Confederate soldiers from General William Starke's Louisiana infantry along the Hagerstown Pike. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 567. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862... More
Gibson's Battery of horse artillery, near Fair Oaks, Virginia
Photograph shows the C & G Batteries of the 3rd U.S. Artillery on horses pulling mounted cannons near Fair Oaks, Va. June 1862.
Group -- Prince's servants. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Photograph shows group portrait of four servants, one with frying pan, and another with a wash tub, at Prince de Joinville's quarters near Yorktown, Virginia. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 444. Entered according t... More
Old frame house on Fair Oaks battlefield, pierced by hundreds of bulle...
Photograph shows the old frame house, center, with soldiers and tents nearby in Fair Oaks, Virginia. The old frame house was used by Union General Joseph Hooker's Division as a hospital. Brady's Album Gallery,... More
Dead Confederate soldiers, as they fell, on the west bank, near the br...
Photograph shows two dead Confederate soldiers on the ground near the Burnside Bridge. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 555. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Alexander Gardner, in the Clerk'... More
View of ditch, which had been used as a rifle-pit at the Battle of Ant...
Photograph shows the ditch, called "Bloody Lane," where the bodies of dead Confederate soldiers lay awaiting burial on September 19, 1862. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 565. Entered according to Act of Congress, i... More
A contrast! Federal buried, rebel unburied, where they fell at the Bat...
Photograph shows a man looking at the grave of 1st Lt. John A. Clark, Company D, 7th Michigan Infantry. A dead rebel soldier lies next to it.
Gen'l Sykes and staff, near Richmond, June, 1862
Photograph shows group portrait of General George Sykes and his staff in front of a tent. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 429. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M. B. Brady, in the Clerk's O... More
View on battle-field of Antietam
Photograph shows four dead soldiers on the battlefield at Antietam. A damaged fence in the background. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 572. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Alexander Gardn... More
Contrabands at headquarters of General Lafayette
Photograph shows a group of African American refugees with Union soldiers in front of General Lafayette's headquarters at Allen's farm house near Williamsburg Road. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 372. Entered accor... More
Make way for liberty!, Confederate States of America.
Card showing Afro-American Union soldier bayonetting Confederate soldier. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ruins of Hampton Church, Va., west end. The oldest church in America. ...
Photograph shows a man standing on a damaged wall of St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, Virginia, built in 1728. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 467. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by G... More