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Confederate dead in front of Fort Robinette, Corinth, Mississippi

No. 1292. 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 Civil War Photography, ... More

[Envelope addressed to Rev. Wm. Banks, Chaplain 4th S.C. Cavalry, (car...

Handwritten envelope addressed to William Banks of 4th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment; bears 10-cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civi... More

Confederate fort at Centreville, Virginia August 1862

No. B400. 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

Confederate fortifications at Centreville, Virginia March 1862

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Corinth, Mississippi. Confederate dead in front of Battery Robinette (...

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Yorktown, Virginia. Exploded gun in Confederate battery

Image includes members of the New York Independent Battalion, identified by Jason Wickersty (see Battlefield photographer, v. IV, issue 2, Dec. 2006)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Dead Confederate sharpshooter in "Devil's De...

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[Morris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Fleet offshore]

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Views from Confederate fort on Peachtree street looking south, towards...

No. B635. Hand written on back of mount in ink: Close up of cannon. Hand written on back of mount in ink: Miller, III, 123. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Bombproof for telegraph operator in tr...

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The great American What is it? chased by Copper-heads

An anti-Lincoln satire, showing the Republican incumbent and his supporters menaced by giant "Copperheads" (Peace Democrats). After a speech on May 1, 1863, asserting that the Civil War was being fought to fre... More

The ruins of Lawrence, Kansas / sketched by a correspondent.

Print shows ruins of buildings in Lawrence, Kansas, following attack by William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 351 (1863 September 19), p. 604.

Interior Views of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. taken by a Confederate...

Photograph showing ruins inside Fort Sumter. No. 4377. Date and photographer's name from 99 Historic Images of Civil War Charleston, ed. by Garry Adelman, John Richter, and Bob Zeller, Center for Civil War Pho... More

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Battery Hays. One 8-inch Parrot Rifle ...

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George Hunt - Democracy. 1832. 1864., Confederate States of America.

Two scenes contrast Democratic presidential candidate of 1832 Andrew Jackson and 1864 George B. McClellan. McClellan is portrayed as weak and conciliatory toward the South, whereas his earlier counterpart's st... More

View on canal, near Crenshaw's Mill, Richmond, Virginia / Alex. Gardne...

Photograph showing a view of the canal on which supplies were brought to the Confederate capital. Crenshaw's flour mill is on the left. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gar... More

Robert E. Lee. April 1865, American Civil War Glass Negative.

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Bird's eye view of Confederate prison pen at Salisbury, N.C., taken in...

Low angle view. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 317.35 Includes index to points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault Acquisitions control no. 28-84

Plan of the circle battle between the U.S. ship "Keasarge," Capt. Wins...

The map shows the course of the two ships in Cherbourg Harbor and in the English Channel. Made by the British for the Confederacy and captained by Raphael Semmes, the "Alabama" was a successful blockade runner ... More

The sportsman upset by the recoil of his own gun (Jo. Miller)

Lincoln is portrayed as meek and ineffectual in his prosecution of the war. In a wooded scene Lincoln, here in the character of an Irish sportsman in knee-breeches, discharges his blunderbuss at a small bird "C... More

Federal earthworks on north bank of North Anna River--Confederate eart...

Civil War Photograph Collection. Original negative no. LC-B811-756. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with ... More

Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia. Bodies of Confederate soldiers nea...

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Interior of Fort Sumter after bombardment from Morris Island

Federal bombardment of Confederate fortifications, Aug. - Sept. 1863. Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, (1864 Jan. 9), p. 28. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: C.W... More

The last ditch polka d'accacia / drawn & engd. by H.F. Greene, Boston.

Sheet music cover celebrating Confederate president Jefferson Davis' confinement at Fort Monroe, after his capture by Union troops in May 1865. Davis is portrayed as a rat in a wire cage which in turn is sealed... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, no. 600 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows three men standing on a sandbar next to a boat with three men sitting inside anchored opposite of Fort Sumter. Gottheim collection code: GCW 45. Handwritten number on verso: 1083-WS. Handwrit... More

Breckinridge, Honorable John C. Senator from Ky. General in CSA, Sec o...

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Clardy, Honorable Martin L. of MO. Served in Confederate Army

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Interior of the rebel works in front of Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg),...

Stereograph showing gabions and other fortifications inside a Confederate fort near Petersburg. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms part... More

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Chaplains quarters. 1st Conn. Heavy Artiller...

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The true story of the capture of Jeff. Davis

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Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C., looking south-east

Stereograph showing cannon shells, rocks, debris, and gabion reinforcement retaining walls inside Fort Sumter. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony &... More

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

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Dibrell, Honorable Rep. George Gibbs of Tenn.Lt. Colonel of Infantry C...

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

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Dutch Gap Canal, Virginia (vicinity). Confederate gunboat sunk in the ...

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Sling cart used in removing the captured artillery, Fort Darling, Drew...

Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Richmond, Virginia. Graves of Confederate soldiers in Oakwood Cemetery

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Stephens, Honorable Alexander Hamilton of Georgia (Vice-President of t...

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Old Capitol Prison, Washington / negative by William R. Pywell, positi...

Photograph showing the prison located behind the Capitol building in which a number of Confederate prisoners were held. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington,... More

[Douglas Hancock Cooper, Brigadier General, C.S.A., half-length portra...

Tintype made from glass neg. LC-B812-2708(?) was altered to show Cooper in his military uniform. Written on verso: Brig. Genl. D. H. Cooper, Miss. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Bradford, Honorable Taul of ALA. Maj. in 10th Ala. Infantry. CSA, Lt. ...

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[Reproductions of three Confederate five dollar bills and a Confederat...

Plate IV. Nos. 9, 10, 11, and 12. Copyright by William Lee.

[3rd Maryland Infantry, U.S.A. & Latrobe's Battery, C.S.A. monument, C...

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Gen. Robert Edward Lee - Public domain portrait engraving

Photograph of a painting in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; signed "J.A. Elder, Richmond, Va." Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 29914. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Civil War veteran Masten Roe in U.C.V. uniform with medals Mahon & Cor...

Photograph shows portrait of identified veteran of Co. B, 14th South Carolina Infantry. Photographer's name and location blind stamped on mount. Notation on verso: "Maston Roe." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (D... More

Colonel J.A. Patee's New Co. of Old Soldier Fiddlers, season 1916-1917...

Photograph on advertising card shows group portrait of Vaudeville act consisting of Union and Confederate veterans including John A. Pattee of Co. K, 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Capt. Toney Miller of Richm... More

Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia Battered smokestack from C.S.S. ironclad ...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Dona... More

Beaufort, S.C. 50th Pennsylvania Infantry in parade formation

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- specifically of Port Royal, S.C., 1861-1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Mil... More

Charleston, S.C. Mortars inside Fort Moultrie

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

Morris Island, S.C. Federal mortars aimed at Fort Sumter, with crews

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milho... More

Charleston, S.C. Meeting Street, near Broad; St. Michael's Church in m...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

Charleston, S.C. Guns of Fort Johnson; Fort Sumter in distance

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

Charleston, S.C. Fort Sumter, from the sand-bar

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milho... More

Charleston, S.C. Site of the night attack on Fort Sumter, September 8,...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1862-1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milho... More

Charleston, S.C. Palmetto reinforcements on the channel side of Fort S...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milho... More

[Unidentified young soldier Confederate uniform with kepi]

Case: Berg, no. 3-576. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published in: Serrano, D. A. Still more Conf... More

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 36

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 36

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 36

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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)

Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 58

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 58

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 58

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 58

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 58

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Confederate States of America records: Microfilm Reel 58

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Interior of Castle St. Marcus, St. Augustine, Florida

Photograph shows an interior view of Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida, which would later be known as Fort Marion. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Photographer and date based ... More

[Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia Confederate brass mountain howitzers]

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[Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia Battered smokestack from C.S.S. ironclad...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Crescent city guards quick step, Confederate States of America.

Music associated with the Confederate side

The Confederate States of America : 22 February 1862 - deo vindice / A...

Print shows the Great Seal of the Confederate States of America with George Washington at the center of a seal, in a full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, sitting on a horse, facing left, with a borde... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Significance: The defense of this fort by its Union garrison marked the beginning of the Civil War; the existing remains display interesting structural features. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. View from parapet (east angle) of F...

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Our heaven born banner / painted by William Bauly ; lith. of Sarony, M...

A pro-Union patriotic print, evidently based on Frederic Edwin Church's small oil painting "Our Banner in the Sky" or on a chromolithograph reproducing that painting published in New York by Goupil & Co. in the... More

Our heaven born banner / painted by William Bauly ; lith. of Sarony, M...

A pro-Union patriotic print, evidently based on Frederic Edwin Church's small oil painting "Our Banner in the Sky" or on a chromolithograph reproducing that painting published in New York by Goupil & Co. in the... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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A view of Fort Sumter from Fort Moultrie

Photograph shows two people seated on a sand covered merlon on top of the parapet of Fort Moultrie looking across the harbor to Fort Sumter. A mounted gun sits in the embrasure. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015;... More

Outside view Fort Sumter, looking N.E., March, 1865 / Barnard.

Photograph shows a group of men and a small boat on a sandbar opposite Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3047. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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[Charleston, S.C. St. Michael's Church], Confederate States of America...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

[Yorktown, Virginia Confederate naval gun; in background is Nelson Chu...

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

View of large rebel fort east of W. & A. R.R. Potter's House in right ...

Photograph shows a group of soldiers standing near a war damaged chevaux-de-frise in a former Confederate fort near the Western & Atlantic railroad. Wagon at left is possibly photographer's darkroom. Original ... More