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[Antietam, Md. Seated: R. William Moore and Allan Pinkerton.  Standing: George H. Bangs, John C. Babcock, and Augustus K. Littlefield]

[Antietam, Md. Seated: R. William Moore and Allan Pinkerton. Standing...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862.

Cumberland Landing, Virginia Secret Service men at Foller's House

Cumberland Landing, Virginia Secret Service men at Foller's House

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

Vicksburg Canal, Confederate States of America.

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.

Secret meeting of southern unionists / sketched by our special artist, A.R. Waud.

Secret meeting of southern unionists / sketched by our special artist,...

Nine men in room. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Aug. 4, p. 485.

An incident of the War, Confederate States of America.

An incident of the War, Confederate States of America.

Officer hands a paper to a soldier holding a newspaper and seated by a fire, while two other soldiers look on. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed within image as indicator: Rebel Pickets. Inscribed on newspa... More

[Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton ("E. J. Allen") of the Secret Service on horseback]

[Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton ("E. J. Allen") of the Secret Service o...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862.

An incident of the War, Confederate States of America.

An incident of the War, Confederate States of America.

Officer hands a paper to a soldier holding a newspaper and seated by a fire, while two other soldiers look on. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed within image as indicator: Rebel Pickets. Inscribed on newspa... More

[Antietam, Md. Seated: R. William Moore and Allan Pinkerton.  Standing: George H. Bangs, John C. Babcock, and Augustus K. Littlefield]

[Antietam, Md. Seated: R. William Moore and Allan Pinkerton. Standing...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862.

[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Secret Service men at Foller's House]

[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Secret Service men at Foller's House]

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

All quiet on the Potomac A.A. Turner, photographer, 765 Broadway, New York

All quiet on the Potomac A.A. Turner, photographer, 765 Broadway, New ...

Photograph shows reproduction of painting by George Douglas Brewerton with a sentry standing next to graves on the snow-covered banks of the Potomac River; refers to telegrams sent by Major-General George B. Mc... More

[Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton ("E. J. Allen") of the Secret Service on horseback]

[Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton ("E. J. Allen") of the Secret Service o...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862.

[Brandy Station, Virginia Colonel George H. Sharpe, John G. Babcock, unidentified, and Lt. Colonel John McEntee, Secret Service officers at Army of the Potomac headquarters]

[Brandy Station, Virginia Colonel George H. Sharpe, John G. Babcock, u...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

Bealeton, Virginia Members of the Bureau of Military Information: Colonel George H. Sharpe, John C. Babcock, unidentified, and Lt. Colonel John McEntee

Bealeton, Virginia Members of the Bureau of Military Information: Colo...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library... More

[Group at Secret Service headquarters at Antietam, Maryland]

[Group at Secret Service headquarters at Antietam, Maryland]

Photograph shows fourteen men, including Allan and William Pinkerton, and several Union Army officers posed in front of a tent. Below each is a hand-written number which corresponds to a list on the back of th... More

[A group of officials at Great Falls, on the Potomac River, near Washington, D.C.]

[A group of officials at Great Falls, on the Potomac River, near Washi...

Stereograph showing group of seven men seated on a rock. The five men in front are identified on verso as: 1) A. Harper Caldwell, Chief Tel. Operator, Army Headquarters; 2) Albert Linde, Pamunkey Indian Scout ... More

Incidents of the war, group at Secret Service Department Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Antietam, October 1862

Incidents of the war, group at Secret Service Department Headquarters,...

Photograph shows fourteen men, including Allan and William Pinkerton, and several Union Army officers posed in front of a tent. Title from text printed on the front of the mat. Photograph is a 50th year Anniver... More

Antietam, Md. Seated: R. William Moore and Allan Pinkerton. Standing: George H. Bangs, John C. Babcock and Augustus K. Littlefield

Antietam, Md. Seated: R. William Moore and Allan Pinkerton. Standing: ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

[Brandy Station, Virginia Colonel George H. Sharpe, John G. Babcock, unidentified, and Lt. Colonel John McEntee, Secret Service officers at Army of the Potomac headquarters]

[Brandy Station, Virginia Colonel George H. Sharpe, John G. Babcock, u...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

Confed. Spy., Confederate States of America.

Confed. Spy., Confederate States of America.

Head of a Confederate spy. Title inscribed lower left. A stockade(?) in background. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.14) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Wilson W. Brown, engineer.  From a war-time photograph

Wilson W. Brown, engineer. From a war-time photograph

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Wilson W. Brown, facing left. Illus. in: Daring and suffering / William Pittenger. New York : The War Publishing Co., 1887.

Brandy Station, Virginia Colonel George H. Sharpe, John G. Babcock, unidentified, and Lt. Colonel John McEntee, Secret Service officers at Army of the Potomac headquarters

Brandy Station, Virginia Colonel George H. Sharpe, John G. Babcock, un...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washin... More

[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Secret Service men at Foller's House]

[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Secret Service men at Foller's House]

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

Taken on battlefield of Antietam Oct. 18 [...] 1.George H. Bangs, 2. William B. Moore, Private Secy of [...] 3. Allan Pinkerton, 4. John C. Babcock, 5. A. K. Littlefield

Taken on battlefield of Antietam Oct. 18 [...] 1.George H. Bangs, 2. W...

Stereograph showing a group at Secret Service headquarters at Antietam, Maryland standing in front of a tent. Hand written numbers under each of the five men correspond to a list on the verso.

An incident of the War, Confederate States of America.

An incident of the War, Confederate States of America.

Officer hands a paper to a soldier holding a newspaper and seated by a fire, while two other soldiers look on. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed within image as indicator: Rebel Pickets. Inscribed on newspa... More

An incident of the War, Confederate States of America.

An incident of the War, Confederate States of America.

Officer hands a paper to a soldier holding a newspaper and seated by a fire, while two other soldiers look on. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed within image as indicator: Rebel Pickets. Inscribed on newspa... More

Antietam, Md. Seated: R. William Moore and Allan Pinkerton. Standing: George H. Bangs, John C. Babcock and Augustus K. Littlefield

Antietam, Md. Seated: R. William Moore and Allan Pinkerton. Standing: ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

Actress and Union spy Pauline Cushman in uniform with sword

Actress and Union spy Pauline Cushman in uniform with sword

Notation on recto: "Pauline Cushman." Printed on verso: "Miss Major Pauline Cushman, the Union spy and scout, who was captured and sentenced to death as a Federal spy and was rescued at Shelbyville..." Deposit... More

[Bealeton, Virginia Members of the Bureau of Military Information: Colonel George H. Sharpe, John C. Babcock, unidentified, and Lt. Colonel John McEntee]

[Bealeton, Virginia Members of the Bureau of Military Information: Col...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

[Bealeton, Virginia Members of the Bureau of Military Information: Colonel George H. Sharpe, John C. Babcock, unidentified, and Lt. Colonel John McEntee]

[Bealeton, Virginia Members of the Bureau of Military Information: Col...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

Actress and Union spy Pauline Cushman in uniform with sword

Actress and Union spy Pauline Cushman in uniform with sword

Notation on recto: "Pauline Cushman." Printed on verso: "Miss Major Pauline Cushman, the Union spy and scout, who was captured and sentenced to death as a Federal spy and was rescued at Shelbyville..." Deposit... More

A Thrilling scene in east Tennessee--Colonel Fry and the Union men swearing by the flag

A Thrilling scene in east Tennessee--Colonel Fry and the Union men swe...

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

Bealeton, Virginia Members of the Bureau of Military Information: Colonel George H. Sharpe, John C. Babcock, unidentified, and Lt. Colonel John McEntee

Bealeton, Virginia Members of the Bureau of Military Information: Colo...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library... More

Secret meeting of southern unionists / sketched by our special artist, A.R. Waud.

Secret meeting of southern unionists / sketched by our special artist,...

Nine men in room. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Aug. 4, p. 485.

Taken on battlefield of Antietam Oct. 18 [...] 1.Geo. H. Bangs, 2. Wm. B. Moore, Private Secy of [...] 3. Allan Pinkerton, 4. John C. Babcock, 5. A. K. Littlefield

Taken on battlefield of Antietam Oct. 18 [...] 1.Geo. H. Bangs, 2. Wm....

Stereograph showing a group at Secret Service headquarters at Antietam, Maryland standing in front of a tent. Hand written numbers under each of the five men correspond to a list on the verso.

[A group of officials at Great Falls, on the Potomac River, near Washington, D.C.]

[A group of officials at Great Falls, on the Potomac River, near Washi...

Stereograph showing group of seven men seated on a rock. The five men in front are identified on verso as: 1) A. Harper Caldwell, Chief Tel. Operator, Army Headquarters; 2) Albert Linde, Pamunkey Indian Scout ... More

George D. Wilson, from a photograph ten years before the war William Campbell,  from a war-time photograph.

George D. Wilson, from a photograph ten years before the war William C...

Head-and shoulders portraits of George D. Wilson and William Campbell, facing front. Illus. in: Daring and suffering / William Pittenger. New York : The War Publishing Co., 1887, p. 67.

Cumberland Landing, Virginia Secret Service men at Foller's House

Cumberland Landing, Virginia Secret Service men at Foller's House

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

Brandy Station, Virginia Colonel George H. Sharpe, John G. Babcock, unidentified, and Lt. Colonel John McEntee, Secret Service officers at Army of the Potomac headquarters

Brandy Station, Virginia Colonel George H. Sharpe, John G. Babcock, un...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washin... More

All quiet on the Potomac A.A. Turner, photographer, 765 Broadway, New York

All quiet on the Potomac A.A. Turner, photographer, 765 Broadway, New ...

Photograph shows reproduction of painting by George Douglas Brewerton with a sentry standing next to graves on the snow-covered banks of the Potomac River; refers to telegrams sent by Major-General George B. Mc... More