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Brig. General Truman Seymour, Capt. At Fort Sumter, 1861

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Breckinridge, CSA, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Photograph shows a half-length portrait of Confederate General John Cabell Breckinridge.

Honorable Howell Cobb C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Neg...

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Lee Mansion - exterior, Confederate States of America.

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[L.T. Wigfall, Brig. General CSA], American Civil War Photograph, Glas...

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S. Price C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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Henry Heth, Colonel 45th Virginia Infantry., C.S.A.

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

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Richard Brooke Garnett CSA, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negat...

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[Zachariah C. Deas, Brig. General CSA]

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J.S. Mosby, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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Stuart, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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[Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Maj. General CSA]

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

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

J.R. [Joseph Reid] Anderson, CSA, American Civil War Photograph, Glass...

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General Cadmus M. Wilcox, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass...

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Zollicoffer CSA, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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55th Georgia, Confederate States of America.

Full-length sketch of soldier. Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.623) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ochiltree, Col T.P. CSA, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative...

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Confederate Dead: W.O.B. Branch, Earl Van Dorn, J.H. Morgan, W. Barksd...

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General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Neg...

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

[Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, James River, Virgin...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2562. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and C.S.A. belt buckle wi...

Case: Papier mache with mother of pearl; floral design; resembles a book. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Paul Reeder, Germantown, January, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Fami... More

[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 soldier in Confederate sargeant's uniform and Company B ...

Case: Rinhart, no. 120. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with musket and D-guard B...

Case: Leather, circle design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, La., 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Li... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate pullover hunting-style shirt with...

Photograph shows unidentified soldier, probably from Texas. Case: Berg, no. 1-98. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library... More

[Soldier in Confederate captain's uniform], American Civil War.

Photograph shows soldier tentatively identified as Thomas A. Martin, cousin of Jesse Sharpe Barnes and William Sharpe Barnes, who enlisted in Co. E, 13th North Carolina Infantry Regiment in 1861 as a Corporal, ... More

[Captain James Dugan Gist of General & Staff Confederate States Infant...

Case: Leather; floral design (front), geometric design (back). Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bryan Watson, Civil War Images, Torrington, Wyoming, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenqu... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with Berdan's Sharps rifl...

Case: Leather; plain push-button. Soldier identified by seller as being from Forsyth County, North Carolina. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Cecil E. Jackson, Columbia, S.C., 20... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and Massachusetts belt buckle w...

Case: Berg, no. 1-54. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Carolina Collectors Civil War Relics, Kernersville, N.C., 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War P... More

[Captain David Thompson of Caldwell Minute Men (later Caldwell LIght I...

Photo shows identified soldier. Case: Berg, no. 3-157. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth, Va., 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collectio... More

[Unidentified soldier in Georgia Confederate uniform and double roller...

Case: Berg, no. 3-167. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: Roy Mantle, Leesburg, Virginia, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Con... More

Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with converted Model 1817 ...

Case: Berg, no. 1-56. Seller indicated that the soldier was from Augusta, Virginia. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Seth Goodhart, March 2016. Forms part o... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and red sash with sword]

Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: The Virginia Confederate, Waldorf, Maryland, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photogr... More

[Unidentified sergeant in Confederate uniform and Company G hat with r...

Case: Berg, no. 3-576. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph f... More

[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

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with D-guard Bowie knife,...

Case: Leather; oval and heart-shaped scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: A... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate quantrillian battleshirt with dou...

Case: Berg, no. 5-81 (back). Case: Leather; geometric design (front). Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Paul Reeder, Germantown, Tennessee, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with early model two-piec...

Title devised by Library staff, with information provided by Tom Liljenquist. Case: Leather; scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil... More

Interior of Fort Sumter in April 1861 after its surrender by U.S. garr...

No. 4798. See also LOT 4166-C no. 219 for full stereo view. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

St. Augustine, Florida. Fort Marion, Confederate States of America.

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The Dis-United States. Or the Southern Confederacy

The Confederate leaders are portrayed as a band of competing opportunists led by South Carolina governor and secessionist Francis Pickens (far left). The artist criticizes the January 1861 secession of five sta... More

Views of Fort Sumter from drawings

Photograph of drawing showing ruins of Fort Sumter from Charleston Harbor with a Confederate flag waving on the left. No. B698. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter, Charleston... More

Confederate iron-clad Stonewall, Confederate States of America.

No. 912. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative: LC-B817-7912-B

John D. Barry, 1839-1867, Confederate States of America.

Half lgth., seated, facing right; in uniform. CSA general. Civil War Collection. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card traci... More

Steamboat dock, Morris Island, S.C., Confederate States of America.

No. 4295. No. 3531 etched on negative, lower left corner. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Confederate entrenchments near junction of old and new Court House Roa...

No. 5037. No. "107." Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Battlefield of the "Wilderness". Hand written on mount: Confederate entrenchments near "Bloody Angle". See Miller, vol. 3, p. 57. Gif... More

The new batteries erected on Morris Island for the defence of Charlest...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 March 30, p. 293.

[Private William H. Presgraves of Company K, 97th Militia Virginia Inf...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Berg, no. 1-65. Notation in ink on manuscript recto: William Presgraves, son of John H. Presgraves and ___ Fleming of Luray, Va. Born about 1845 and died ___. Fought ... More

How "The Southern Commissioner" tried to mould [sic] public opinion in...

Images of the "Southern Commissioner" in England, trying to talk to Queen Victoria, drinking with the "Lord Mayor," meeting Lord J. Russell, throwing money at "the populace," giving a check to "the press" and h... More

Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, Confederate entrenchments on hill

No. B455. 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

[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

[John W. Anthony of Company B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Southe...

Photograph shows identified soldier, John W. Anthony, who enlisted in Company I, 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment, and then in Company B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, as a private and was later promoted to ser... More

[John C. Frémont], Confederate States of America.

Design drawing for engraving by J.C. Buttre shows two scenes: Battle in the Shenandoah Valley under Genl. Frémont Cross Keys, and Pike's Peak, surrounding head-and-shoulders stipple engraving portrait of John C... More

[Confederate General John Bell Hood], Confederate States of America.

Title devised. Inscribed below image: Hood. See also Waud no. 921 (AA size). These two portraits, though different, correspond to photographic portraits of Hood. Formerly Waud no. B-156. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919... More

[Evander McNair, of Arkansas, Brigadier General, C.S.A., head-and-shou...

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Capture of Fort Henry by U.S. gun boats under the command of Flag Offi...

Print shows four Union ironclads in the foreground, identified as the "St. Louis", "Carondelet", "Cincinnati", and the "Essex", bombarding Confederate Fort Henry in the background; also shows two Confederate st... More

Manassas Junction Virginia, after its evacuation by the Confederates, ...

No. B719. Mounted with 5 other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Ruins at Manassas Junction / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive b...

Illustration showing the remains of a turntable on the Orange and Alexandria railroad after the station was destroyed by retreating Confederates. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alex... More

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Naval Battery. Two 8-inch Parrot Rifle...

A group of men standing next to a pile of logs. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

[Fort Sumter. Vincents Creek. Battery Gregg]

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Morris Island, South Carolina. July or August 1863. Unidentified cam...

Photographed by Haas & Peale. LC-B8178-76. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Full Sap]

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Scene of the charge of the Louisiana Tigers. View taken from Cemetery ...

Photo shows the site where confederate infantry commanded by Brigadier General H.S. Hays (the Louisiana Tigers) charged against Union batteries on Cemetery Hill on the evening of July 2nd and broke through the ... More

The pending conflict, Confederate States of America.

One of three similar prints published by Oliver Evans Woods, reflecting grave northern fears of British and French interference on behalf of the Confederacy in the Civil War. (See also "The Pending Conflict" an... More

Ruins of Petersburg and Richmond railroad bridge, across the James

Photograph showing the ruins of a Confederate bridge, destroyed by the Union army, from the Richmond side of the James River.

The clairvoyant's dream, Confederate States of America.

Four vignette cartoon shows Brother Jonathan kicking the confederacy, Napoleon III, and Emperor Maximillian, represented by animals, with his "iron-clad" boots. In the next vignette, Brother Jonathan fills the ... More

Vicksburg Canal, Confederate States of America.

Confederates watching Union troops at work building a canal near Vicksburg in 1862-1863. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 29.

Making clothes for the boys in the army

Women spinning, weaving, and sewing to make clothing for Confederate soldiers. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 11.

Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia / negative by J. Gardner; positiv...

Photo shows Alfred Waud seated on the ruins of the dock destroyed by the Confederates in 1861. (Source: Library staff, 2009) Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washin... More

"Jeff wants to get away", Confederate States of America.

An illustrated sheet music cover for an anti-Confederate comic song. Confederate president Jefferson Davis stands on a bale of cotton and asks John C. Breckinridge, former U.S. Vice President and fellow secess... More

Manning, Honorable Vannoy Hartrog of Miss. Colonel of 3rd Arkansas Inf...

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Freedom's immortal triumph! Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty." Las...

A vindictive Northern fantasy on the aftermath of the Civil War. Confederate president Jefferson Davis, dressed in a hoopskirt or crinoline, hangs from a "Sour Apple Tree" at left, a Bowie knife in one hand and... More

Captured siege guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing Confederate mounted cannons at Rocketts Landing in Richmond. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright in 1865 by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil ... More

Three first traverses on land end, Fort Fisher, N.C. / negative by T.H...

Photograph showing the Confederate fortifications at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington... More

Cravens, Honorable Jordan Edgar of Arkansas Entered the Confederate Ar...

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View on the Battery, Charleston, S.C. Remains of the large Blakely gun...

Stereograph showing two Union soldiers standing on the Battery looking at a Blakely gun that was destroyed by Confederates before the evacuation of the city.

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate battery on James R...

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Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia (vicinity). Interior of Fort Da...

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Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. View from parapet of Fort Sumter th...

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Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate Battery Brooke on ...

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Petersburg, Virginia. View on the Petersburg lines from the right of F...

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The first of May 1865 or gen[era]l moving day in Richmond, Virginia / ...

Print shows Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stonewall Jackson vacating premises in Richmond as African Americans and whites look on.

Interior views of Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C., April, 1865

Photograph shows debris at the parapet. No. 4388. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, p. 120". Mounted with four other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Pardon. Franchise Columbia. -- "Shall I trust these men, and not this ...

Centerfold prints show Columbia considering why she should pardon Confederate troops who are begging for forgiveness when an African American Union soldier with an amputated leg does not have the right to vote.... More

Honorable Richard Lee T. Beale, Rep of Virginia Gen in C.S.A.

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Finley, Honorable Jesse Johnson of Fla. Judge of the Confederate State...

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Gilmer, Colonel Harry, C.S.A. (not in uniform)

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A proper family re-union, Confederate States of America.

A biting cartoon showing Confederate president Jefferson Davis in league with both the devil and Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold. Arnold and Davis stir a cauldron of "Treason Toddy," a brew into whic... More

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), on the parapet, overlooking the ha...

Stereograph showing damaged gabions amid the fortifications on the parapet of Fort Sumter. Photographer Samuel Cooley sets up his camera in the distance. No. 3053. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photogr... More

Stephens, Honorable Alex H. of Ga. Vice Pres. of Confederacy

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Home views. No. 15, Rebel prison - 1865

Stereograph shows a bird's-eye or elevated view of Elmira prison camp in New York, with a long line of prisoners standing along the fence with rows of buildings in the background. No. 15. Printed on label: A ... More

The end of the rebellion in the United States, 1865 / C. Kimmel.

A sequel to Kimmel's grand image "The Outbreak of the Rebellion in the United States" (no. 1865-19), issued the year before. The artist depicts in symbolic terms the downfall of the Confederacy. Columbia, crown... More

The conquered banner, Confederate States of America.

A sheet music cover for a postwar song lamenting the fall of the Confederacy. A ragged Confederate flag stands draped over an abandoned cannon, which sits in a landscape overgrown with grass and weeds. Almost h... More

The great national memorial / C. Inger.

Print showing portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and Abraham Lincoln with portraits of their respective cabinet officers, two vignette scenes showing of the landi... More

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