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Howlett house battery - Public domain decorative drawing

Howlett house battery - Public domain decorative drawing

Landscape with river and wrecked boat in foreground, fort in background. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below image: wreck. Formerly Waud no. B-92. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.856) Forms p... More

Ruins on Carey Street, Richmond, Virginia

Ruins on Carey Street, Richmond, Virginia

No. 4439. 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

Ruins of Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge, James River, Richmond, Virginia

Ruins of Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge, James River, Richmon...

No. 746. 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 an... More

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men using levers for loosening rails]

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men using levers f...

No. 50 & 51 (handwritten) and 2552 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (L... More

Fort Sumter, December 9th 1863, View of entrance to Three Gun Bat'y

Fort Sumter, December 9th 1863, View of entrance to Three Gun Bat'y

Interior view of Fort Sumter having undergone considerable damage. Soldiers sit amongst the rubble. Signed lower right image: J.R. Key Jan'y 9th 64. Title inscribed in black ink on tan paper below image. Inscri... More

The ruins of the 600 lb. Blakely Gun, Frazier's Wharf, Charleston, S.C., exploded by the rebels at the time of the evacuation.

The ruins of the 600 lb. Blakely Gun, Frazier's Wharf, Charleston, S.C...

Stereograph showing a soldier sitting beside the ruins of the Blakely Gun carriage on the Battery. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Han... More

Ruins of the North Eastern R. R. Depot, where so many lives were lost by explosion, Charleston, S.C.

Ruins of the North Eastern R. R. Depot, where so many lives were lost ...

Stereograph shows a group of men observing the ruins of a railroad station. No. 3082. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: C... More

Ruins on Carey Street, Richmond, Virginia

Ruins on Carey Street, Richmond, Virginia

Photograph shows a view of damaged buildings along Carey Street in Richmond, Virginia, with several men standing in the middle distance in front of a heavily damaged building, and a sign further up the street s... More

Top of southern gate, Peking, showing effect of bombardment, China

Top of southern gate, Peking, showing effect of bombardment, China

H15177 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3826. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wreck of the U.S.S. Maine, June 16th, 1911

Wreck of the U.S.S. Maine, June 16th, 1911

J158091 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; American Photo Co.; July 26, 1911; DLC/PP-1911:44316. Copyright claimant's address: Havana, Cuba. No. B.

Canons serbes pris par les Austro-Hongrois

Canons serbes pris par les Austro-Hongrois

Print shows Serbian cannons captured by Austro-Hungarian forces. Public domain photograph - World War One artillery, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Amiens [i.e. Soissons] , France, 1919,  Panoramic Photograph

Amiens [i.e. Soissons] , France, 1919, Panoramic Photograph

J251601 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. L. King; October 20, 1921; DLC/PP-1921:46432. On front: "Photo by W. L. King, Millersberg, Ohio; by courtesy of Military Intelligence Div., General Staff, U.S... More

First Army photos of the bombing of the Hickam Field, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. Wreckage of Japanese plane shot down near CCC camp in Wahiawa, T.H.

First Army photos of the bombing of the Hickam Field, Hawaii, Dec. 7, ...

U.S. Army Signal Corps photo. No. SC-127009. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Eisenhower in ruined Warsaw

General Eisenhower in ruined Warsaw

Photograph showing General Dwight D. Eisenhower with other military and civilians gathered in the ruble of Warsaw, behind them area bombed out shells of buildings.

The ruined stronghold of Fort de la Malmaison, Chemin des Dames, France

The ruined stronghold of Fort de la Malmaison, Chemin des Dames, Franc...

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18836. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

A view of the Capitol after the conflagration of the 24th August 1814 / G. Munger del. ; W. Strickland sculp.

A view of the Capitol after the conflagration of the 24th August 1814 ...

Print shows a view from southeast of fire-damaged U.S. Capitol building, a result of the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, British general Robert Ross led his troops into Washington with strict orders to burn on... More

Soldiers of Gen Augurs Brigade waiting for the cars to take them to Uptons Hill, Virginia their old camp

Soldiers of Gen Augurs Brigade waiting for the cars to take them to Up...

Four full-length soldiers in foreground, sketchy images of soldiers in background, including a drummer. Many have sacks and boxes, pillaged from Virginia families. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on verso... More

Pulling down the statue of George III by the "Sons of Freedom," at the Bowling Green, City of New York, July 1776 / painted by Johannes A. Oertel ; engraved by John C. McRae.

Pulling down the statue of George III by the "Sons of Freedom," at the...

Men pulling down the statue of George III with ropes as crowd of men, women, and children watch, Bowling Green, New York City.

[Ruined dwelling, town in distance]

[Ruined dwelling, town in distance]

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.151) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

General Sherman's men destroying the railroad before the evacuation of Atlanta, Ga.

General Sherman's men destroying the railroad before the evacuation of...

No. 3630. Attributed to George N. Barnard, based on LC-B811-3630. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Correspondin... More

Columbia the morning after the fire

Columbia the morning after the fire

Signed on verso: William Waud. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed above image, from left to right: Asylum; Treasury Building; Market House; New State House. Inscribed lower right: Cotton burning in foregroun... More

Panoramic view of Richmond in ruins

Panoramic view of Richmond in ruins

Stereograph showing an aerial view of the "burnt district" in Richmond, taken from the old arsenal. The James River in background. No. 883. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861... More

Burning of the town Pilak-li-ka-ha by General Eustis

Burning of the town Pilak-li-ka-ha by General Eustis

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The death of Tippoo or Besieging the haram!!!, British Cartoon Print

The death of Tippoo or Besieging the haram!!!, British Cartoon Print

Several British officers, "Harrah my Honey now for the Black Joke" and "Cheer up my girls we'll supply his place well", take liberties with the women in the harem of Tipu Sultan after his death during the fight... More

Battery Creighton. Jacksonville, Fa.

Battery Creighton. Jacksonville, Fa.

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-52. Possibly by William Waud. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R2.2.817) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Confederate fortifications, Yorktown, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Confederate fortifications, Yorktown, Virginia - 19th century Virginia...

Stereograph showing cannons destroyed by Confederate soldiers before they evacuated "Battery Magrauder (i.e. Magruder)", named for Confederate General J. B. Magruder. No. 458. Part of series: The War for the Un... More

Ruins of old brick church, Hampton, Virginia The oldest church in America

Ruins of old brick church, Hampton, Virginia The oldest church in Amer...

Photograph shows a man sitting near the damaged wall, on the west end of St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, Virginia, built in 1728. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 466. Entered according to Act of Congress, in... More

Destruction of the R.R. bridge, over the Monocacy River near Frederick, Md.

Destruction of the R.R. bridge, over the Monocacy River near Frederick...

Scene depicts damage caused by Confederate raid. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below image: Dead horses. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.123) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Graveyard, Circular Church, Charleston, S.C. during American Civil War

Graveyard, Circular Church, Charleston, S.C. during American Civil War

Photograph shows damaged monuments in the cemetery of Circular Church, Charleston, South Carolina. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3086. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

"Your men bin stealing my hogs"

"Your men bin stealing my hogs"

Full length sketch of older woman. Public domain photograph of portrait painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Views in Fredericksburg, Virginia, showing destruction of houses by bombardment on December 13, 1862

Views in Fredericksburg, Virginia, showing destruction of houses by bo...

Photograph shows three men and one man sitting on a horse in front of the ruins of several buildings. No. 2511. Mounted with three other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C.

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C.

Stereograph showing gabion reinforced retaining walls, brick chimneys, rocks and other debris inside Fort Sumter. No. 3458, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History... More

The Cumberland Valley Rail Road, near Scotland, destroyed by Rebels

The Cumberland Valley Rail Road, near Scotland, destroyed by Rebels

Title inscribed above image. Formerly Waud no. C-14. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.941) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ruins on Carey Street, Richmond, Virginia

Ruins on Carey Street, Richmond, Virginia

No. 4438. 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

Ruins of Central Church - An old photo of a destroyed church

Ruins of Central Church - An old photo of a destroyed church

Photograph shows ruins of Circular Church in Charleston, South Carolina. No. B971. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Charleston, South Carolina. Photograph is one half of a stereograph ... More

Views on Canal Basin - An old photo of a city with a river in the foreground

Views on Canal Basin - An old photo of a city with a river in the fore...

Photograph shows ruined buildings along the Canal Basin. No. B1017. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views in the "burnt district", Richmond, Virginia. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Sketch in the Road in front of Hookers division scene of the Battle on Wednesday nr Fair Oaks

Sketch in the Road in front of Hookers division scene of the Battle on...

Sketchy landscape with ruined dwelling. Signed lower right: W. Waud. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed within image: Road. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Ci... More

Trossell's House, battle-field of Gettysburg / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A. Gardner.

Trossell's House, battle-field of Gettysburg / negative by T.H. O'Sull...

Photograph showing slaughtered animals behind a house after the battle. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 42.... More

Interior views of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. taken by a Confederate photographer in 1864 [i.e. 1863]

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

Photograph showing casemates and other debris inside the fort. No. 4381. Date and photographer's name from 99 Historic Images of Civil War Charleston, ed. by Garry Adelman, John Richter, and Bob Zeller, Center... More

Arlington House, June 29, 1864. Former residence of rebel General Robert E. Lee

Arlington House, June 29, 1864. Former residence of rebel General Robe...

Photograph shows armed Union soldiers standing outside the portico of Arlington House, the former residence of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. No. 111.

Views in and around Martinsburg, Virginia

Views in and around Martinsburg, Virginia

Includes four scenes: Ruins of the Depot; The Square; The Barricades; On the Opequan. Title printed below image. Published in Harper's Weekly, December 3, 1864, p. 781. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2... More

Railway destruction as a military art

Railway destruction as a military art

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.601) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ruins of the Roman Catholic Cathedral. Interior view

Ruins of the Roman Catholic Cathedral. Interior view

Stereograph showing ruins of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar, Broad and Legare Streets, destroyed in the fire of December 1861. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright b... More

The Mills House, Meeting St., Charleston, S.C.

The Mills House, Meeting St., Charleston, S.C.

Stereograph showing a man walking by the fire-scarred Mills House; Hibernian Hall at left. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part ... More

Mechanicsville, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, positive by A. Gardner.

Mechanicsville, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, positive by A. Gardn...

Photograph showing a group of structures in Mechanicsville, Virginia after a series of battles. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons... More

Interior of Caloocan church after bombardment

Interior of Caloocan church after bombardment

Interior of church after bombardment, during Philippine Insurrection, Caloocan, Philippines. No. 538. Copyright by Perley Fremont Rockett of San Francisco.

Wreck of the U.S.S. Maine, June 21st, 1911

Wreck of the U.S.S. Maine, June 21st, 1911

J158096 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Havana, Cuba. No. F. Copyright deposit; American Photo Co.; July 26, 1911.

Wreck of the U.S.S. Maine, June 21st, 1911

Wreck of the U.S.S. Maine, June 21st, 1911

J158094 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Havana, Cuba. No. E. On verso: "This is the latest picture of the wreck and show how the forward part of the boat is folded back. That is the mass of ... More

Raising of battleship Maine

Raising of battleship Maine

Photograph shows the twisted wreckage of the U. S. S. Maine after being raised from Havana harbor. Additional devised title: [Dredging up at Havana harbor, 1911].

Q.M. warehouses destroyed in Paris air raid - Saint-Denis, September 19, 1918

Q.M. warehouses destroyed in Paris air raid - Saint-Denis, September 1...

Photograph shows the destruction to a U.S. Quartermaster Corps warehouse in Saint-Denis caused by an air raid on the night of September 15, 1918. In album: Photographic supplement to historical record of quart... More

Digging for homes, gelatin silver print

Digging for homes, gelatin silver print

Photograph shows a man rebuilding a foundation wall as another man with horse and wagon passes nearby, in the background are the ruins of buildings that sustained considerable damage in Ypres, during World War ... More

Malaya - Britain pursues "scorched earth" policy ... British forces in Malaya have burnt thousands of bales of rubber, destroyed rubber factories and smashed machinery. Towering clouds of pungent smoke rise hundreds of feet in the air as a rubber factory is destroyed by the British forces.

Malaya - Britain pursues "scorched earth" policy ... British forces in...

Photograph shows black smoke from a fire set by British forces in Malaya.

Learning of German retreat from her district French woman returns to find her home a heap of ruins

Learning of German retreat from her district French woman returns to f...

Photograph shows an elderly French woman, full-length portrait, facing left, seated on the stone rubble of what once was her home in the Somme region of France; also shows a large fireplace in the background. ... More

[Bar]ricade at the R.R. Depot in Gettysburg, constructed of Dirt cars, timber, old carts, &c.

[Bar]ricade at the R.R. Depot in Gettysburg, constructed of Dirt cars,...

Signed lower right: ARW. Titled inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: Dark colored buildings. Inscribed below title: Soldiers in various positions about the street. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:... More

The 15th Corps crossing the Saluda River above Columbia

The 15th Corps crossing the Saluda River above Columbia

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below title: the foreground should show more of the road. Inscribed on verso: The bridge had been burnt by Wheelers men the night before we arrived and the 30th Ohio (Col ... More

Marie's house, Marie's heights, Fredericksburgh, May 15, 1864. Used as hospital

Marie's house, Marie's heights, Fredericksburgh, May 15, 1864. Used as...

Photograph shows shell damage on columns and windows of Marye's house in the Marye's heights area of Fredericksburg after the battle of second Fredericksburg. House may have had a stone wall in front of it. No. 117.

Camp, Las Moras C.S.A. : near Fort Clark, Texas, March 1861

Camp, Las Moras C.S.A. : near Fort Clark, Texas, March 1861

Detailed study of Confederate troops and Mexicans opening supply boxes taken from a Union covered wagon, drinking and changing clothes. Signed lower left: C.J. Iwonski fel. 1861. Title inscribed in brown ink ab... More

Ruins of the bridge over the Shenandoah. Loudon Heights beyond

Ruins of the bridge over the Shenandoah. Loudon Heights beyond

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Loudoun [sic] Heights 1864. Written on a separate piece of white lined paper: The Shenandoah valley from Maryland Heights. The ske... More

Fort Sumter, east face from top of Palmetto fortifications

Fort Sumter, east face from top of Palmetto fortifications

Stereograph shows damaged artillery among piles of rocks of the exterior wall of Fort Sumter. Gottheim collection code: GCW 50. Handwritten number on verso: 491B.4. Handwritten note on front: Fort Sumpter. For... More

Frenzylogical chart - Public domain portrait drawing

Frenzylogical chart - Public domain portrait drawing

World War I cartoon drawing is a phrenological chart of for the German brain. Herford represents Humanity with the sinking of the Lusitania, Veneration by an image of a burning church, Love of nature by a soldi... More

Court House, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by the rebels under McCausland, July 30th, 1864

Court House, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by th...

Stereograph showing the ruins of the Court House destroyed by Confederate calvary troops of General John McCausland. Handwritten on card: No. 506. Copyright 1864 by Charles E. Meyer. Handwritten on verso: Depo... More

General Sherman's men destroying the railroad, before the evacuation of Atlanta, Ga.

General Sherman's men destroying the railroad, before the evacuation o...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers inspecting the damaged railroad. No. 3631, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. Attributed to George N. Barnar... More

Interior view, Fort Sumter. Charleston in distance

Interior view, Fort Sumter. Charleston in distance

Photograph shows gabions and ruins inside the parapet surrounding Fort Sumter. Soldier is being photographed on the parapet by Sam Cooley. (Source: Zeller, 1997) Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3062. Fo... More

[Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chinese Buddhist worshippers in a river]

[Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chine...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Reg't. Michigan Engineers & Mechanics destroying R.R. track in Atlanta. Ruins of the car shed to right hand

Reg't. Michigan Engineers & Mechanics destroying R.R. track in Atlanta...

Photograph shows a group of soldiers pulling apart the railroad track at the Atlanta depot. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

North-West corner public square, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by the rebels under McCausland, July 30th, 1864

North-West corner public square, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylva...

Stereograph showing the ruins of a stone building after being burned by Confederate cavalry troops lead by General John McCausland.

Richmond, looking across canal basin, Capitol and Custom House in distance

Richmond, looking across canal basin, Capitol and Custom House in dist...

Photograph shows the waterfront of Richmond, Va. with ruins in background. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthe... More

Independent Pennsylvania Battery "E" (Knapp's Battery)

Independent Pennsylvania Battery "E" (Knapp's Battery)

Stereograph showing Captain J. M. Knap's Pennsylvania Independent Battery "E" Light Artillery approaching the battlefield at Antietam, Maryland after the battle in September 1862. A dead horse lay in the foreground.

Treasury building, now National Bank of Virginia / Levy & Cohen.

Treasury building, now National Bank of Virginia / Levy & Cohen.

Photograph shows the undamaged facade of a brick building on Main Street in Richmond after the siege. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, of the Distr... More

View from Weitzels lookout & sig[nal] tower; Bermuda hundred looking south

View from Weitzels lookout & sig[nal] tower; Bermuda hundred looking s...

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed after title: shewing [sic] the Pontoon Bridge, Spring Hill Fort, the course of the Appomattox River & position of Gun Boats, Fort Clifton (rebel), Petersburg in the distance ... More

Burning of Mr. Muma's [sic] houses and barns at the fight of the 17th of Sept.

Burning of Mr. Muma's [sic] houses and barns at the fight of the 17th ...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 11, 1862, p. 648. Embossed stamp lower left: EB. Inscribed lower right: Rebel caisson blowing up. Gift, J.P. Mo... More

Ruins of railroad depot, Atlanta, Ga.

Ruins of railroad depot, Atlanta, Ga.

Stereograph showing ruins of the depot, blown up on Sherman's departure, and buildings in the background. No. 2715, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New... More

North wall of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter)

North wall of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter)

Stereograph showing a cannon on top of parapet and gabions used as reinforcements along the damaged exterior wall of Fort Sumter. No. 341, part of series: War Views. Handwritten on verso: Miller, vol. III, p. ... More

Moore house, Yorktown, Virginia / negative by Wood & Gibson ; positive by A. Gardner.

Moore house, Yorktown, Virginia / negative by Wood & Gibson ; positive...

Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 15. Similar unbound view in LOT 4165-G. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1... More

Ruins of Cathedral St. John and St. Finbar, no. 627 / George Stacy.

Ruins of Cathedral St. John and St. Finbar, no. 627 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows the interior of the burned out ruins of a Roman Catholic Cathedral, Charleston, South Carolina. Card number: "No. 627." Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other e... More

Chimney Pt. St. Johns river, Florida, 1864 [and] St Johns river

Chimney Pt. St. Johns river, Florida, 1864 [and] St Johns river

Title inscribed below images. Possibly by William Waud. Formerly Waud no. B-147. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.911) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

A view in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1864

A view in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1864

Photograph shows a war damaged building in Atlanta. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-2716. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Fredericksburg, night of the 11th

Fredericksburg, night of the 11th

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 3, 1863, p. 4. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.406) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawin... More

View on Meeting St., Charleston, S.C.

View on Meeting St., Charleston, S.C.

Photograph shows the ruins of buildings and one building with scaffolding around it on Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina, near the end of the Civil War. Variant view in LOT 4163. Forms part of: Civil ... More

Outside view, Fort Sumter, as seen from Morris Id

Outside view, Fort Sumter, as seen from Morris Id

Photograph shows debris among the rocks below the chevaux-de-frise on the exterior of Fort Sumter as seen from nearby Morris Island. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C.

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C.

Stereograph showing gabion reinforced retaining walls, brick chimneys, rocks and other debris inside Fort Sumter. No. 3458, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History... More

The town of Falmouth, burnt, by Captain Moet, Octbr. 18th 1775

The town of Falmouth, burnt, by Captain Moet, Octbr. 18th 1775

Print shows bird's-eye view of the burning of Falmouth, Maine, by Captain Henry Mowat, whose ships, in the foreground, fire on the town. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Bri... More

Battle field relics - Public domain  drawing

Battle field relics - Public domain drawing

Sketch of horse bones. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed lower left. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.613) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ruins of Phillips House, near Falmouth, Virginia

Ruins of Phillips House, near Falmouth, Virginia

Photograph shows three men near the remaining brick walls of the ruins. No. B1292. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Sumter - Public domain scan / drawing

Sumter - Public domain scan / drawing

Damaged fort wall. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: Pan(?) Coupe?. Formerly Waud no. B-114. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.878) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Meeting Street, Charleston, S.C.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Meeting Street, Charleston, S.C.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows shell damaged buildings on Meeting Street with Hibernian Hall on the left. At far right is the St. John Hotel balcony. Gift; George Holmes; July 26, 1941.

Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states

Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 April 27, pp. 264-265. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picry... More

Ruins of Circular Church and Secession Hall, Charleston, S.C., St. Philips Church in distance

Ruins of Circular Church and Secession Hall, Charleston, S.C., St. Phi...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 6077. Brady Handy Studio.

General Herman Haupt and W.W. Wright at the scene of the destruction of Confederate caissons where eight horses were killed at the Second Battle of Fredericksburg

General Herman Haupt and W.W. Wright at the scene of the destruction o...

Notation on recto: "8 horses and 2 caissons overturned by one shell from our batteries at 2d battle of Fredricksburg." Another copy of this photograph processed as LOT 11486-D, no. 21. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist... More

View in central church-yard, showing the effect of shot among the monuments, Charleston, S.C.

View in central church-yard, showing the effect of shot among the monu...

Stereograph showing the bombarded graveyard of the Circular Church. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Photograph attributed to George N.... More

Views of ruins of the Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865

Views of ruins of the Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865

Photograph shows damaged railroad tracks with ruined buildings and wagons in the background. No. B961. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views of Arsenal ruins, Richmond, Virginia. Gift... More

View from the Petersburgh [i.e. Petersburg] railroad Depot, Richmond, Virginia, looking south-west, showing a portion of the burnt district, and Gamble Hill in the distance

View from the Petersburgh [i.e. Petersburg] railroad Depot, Richmond, ...

Photo shows buildings damaged by fires that began to burn out of control after the Confederate government and troops left Richmond, Va., at the end of the Civil War. Union troops helped put the fires out when t... More

Sherman's March Through South Carolina - Burning of McPhersonville, February 1, 1865

Sherman's March Through South Carolina - Burning of McPhersonville, Fe...

Attributed to William Waud. Title printed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 4, 1865, p. 136. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Interior of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, St. John and St. Finbar, Broad Street, Charleston, S.C., destroyed by the great fire of 1861

Interior of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, St. John and St. Finbar, Bro...

Stereograph showing ruins of the church on Broad and Legare Streets which was destroyed in the fire of December 1861. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony... More

View of ruins of Richmond and Petersburg R.R. Bridge, James River, Richmond, Virginia

View of ruins of Richmond and Petersburg R.R. Bridge, James River, Ric...

Brady-Handy Collection. No. 870. Public domain photograph of antique or medieval ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing the debris, shot and shell

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing the debris, shot and shell

Stereograph showing a man seated on rocks amidst the debris of outer wall a result of bombardment from August 17 to September 23, 1863. Also showing chevaux-de-frise for protection against assault. No. 3050. Pa... More

City of Atlanta, Ga., no. 2 / Photo from nature by G. N. Barnard.

City of Atlanta, Ga., no. 2 / Photo from nature by G. N. Barnard.

Illustration showing a street corner in Atlanta with a destroyed bank building, intact neighboring buildings and shops, and covered wagons. Illus. in: Photographic views of Sherman's campaign, from negatives ta... More

The bullet scarred American Legation from barricaded City Wall - Forbidden City and Coal Mountain in the distance - Peking, China

The bullet scarred American Legation from barricaded City Wall - Forbi...

Man sitting on ruins of wall, American Legation in the background. H2132 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph taken by photographer James Ricalton during his trip to China in 1900. (Source: China through the stere... More

[Desolation of the terrible siege - from wrecked home looking over doomed harbor - Port Arthur]

[Desolation of the terrible siege - from wrecked home looking over doo...

Photograph shows rubble in a bombed home; in the background a war ship. H63437 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7797.

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