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Genl. Fremonts Headquarters, Mt. Jackson, Virginia--Pursuit of Stonewa...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.32) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Commencement of the battle of Hanover Ct. House. 1:45 PM

Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image in black ink, left to right: Cavalry. The Rebel Army. Bensons Horse Artillery. Johnsons infantry. Published in: Harper's Weekly... More

General William S. Rosecrans in camp near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Jan...

Drawing shows General William Rosecrans addressing soldiers, including Robert A. Wolff, at the 32nd Indiana Infantry camp near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Title and date from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N... More

Sketches of buildings, people and landscapes

Sketches on the front show two buildings, one possibly a church in a hilly landscape and in the upper left corner people among trees. Drawing on the back shows a small structure, possibly a house, in a landsca... More

Genl. Fremonts Headquarters, Mt. Jackson, Virginia--Pursuit of Stonewa...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.32) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Potomac Creek below Acquia Creek, in spring of 1862

Inscribed upper left: This will be useful if an engagement takes place here if you do not publish it now. Inscription identifying specific details: Supposed battery in the woods; portion of entrenchment; Windmi... More

Study drawing for a mural showing dancing figures

Study drawing for a mural, perhaps one in the Jefferson building of the Library of Congress, showing a vignette of figures dancing. Three putti frame the image. Signed lower right: W. Shirlaw.

Commencement of the battle of Hanover Ct. House. 1:45 PM

Hoban house, F St. near 15th, Washington, D.C. 1874

Watercolor drawing shows the home of James Hoban, architect of the White House, who lived here from 1822-1830 on a winter morning. Transfer ; Map Division ; 1936.

Rebel prisoners captured in the charge of Genl. Wrights Corps--running...

Signed lower right: A.R.Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed within image: Rough field. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 4, 1864, p. 361. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.752) Reference prin... More

The first snow storm. Gen Pleasanton advancing from Orleans to Waterlo...

Mounted officers and cavalry riding through a snow storm. Title inscribed upper left. Published in: New York Illustrated News, 29 November, 1862, p. 57. Reference copy available in Civil War Drawings File 186... More

Gallant charge by two companies of the 6th Michigan on Tuesday morning...

Cavalry in pursuit of infantry across farm with damaged barn in background. Caption continues: "This charge was really a very brilliant and dashing affair. The cavalry numbering not more than fifty or sixty men... More

Battle of Winchester Sept 19 [?]

Signed lower left: AR Waud. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed on verso: The Cavalry advancing to the attack of Fitz Hugh [Lee] and Lomax. There were 5 brigades regiments, by squadrons in line, of course, I... More

Lincoln's deathbed - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed: Welles; Stanton; Doctor Howe; Surg. Genl; Dennson [sic] Sumner; Ass. Surg. Genl Craig; Halleck; Maj. Hay; Genl Meigs. Emboss mark upper left: Bristol Boards. Gift; J.P. Mo... More

[Uniforms of Army of the Potomac]

Title devised. Extensive descriptions of uniforms, with headings: Major General, Major Engineers, Sergeant, Musician Dragoons, Brigadier General, Colonels, Captain, Corporal, Lieutenant Rifles, Infantry private... More

[Sketches related to the Wilderness Campaign]

Drawings include: no. 467a - Right of Gibbon, Birney awaiting order to advance; no. 467b - Gibbon in position, May 18, 1864; no. 467c - [Sketches of a military camp by a railroad] on verso. Title devised. Gift,... More

Mill on the Brandywine, Delaware

Drawing shows Matthew Newkirk's Mills, Blackwood Town [i.e., Delaware]. Caption on drawing erroneously identifies the mill as being in New Jersey. Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated gui... More

Night. The sacking of Fredericksburg-- & biovace[sic]of Union troops

Street scene of soldiers plundering, buildings in shambles--some on fire. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed lower left: Bivouac. Inscribed on building left margin as identifier: BANK OF VIRGINIA. Inscribed... More

Kennesaw's Bombardment, 64. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: Map on othe[r] side. Inscribed upper right: 50. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.225) Reference print available in the Civil War drawings file 1864... More

Germanna Mills - Public domain scan / drawing

Ruined mill. Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed left of image: Sand grey. Inscribed left to right above image: Apple tree, White mortar wide, Slate colored stone /Yellow mortar,... More

Scene at Germanna Ford--6th Corps returning from Mine Run

Troops marching past house, damaged bridge in background. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on verso: VIII 6. Shalers brigade. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 2, 1864, p. 13. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (D... More

Weldon Depot Washington St. - Public domain document scan of drawing

Postwar street scene. Signed lower right: ARW. Inscribed upper left: Weldon Depot Washington St. Jarretts hotel. Inscribed vertically left margin: Hotel is a dark color. Most of the crowd white people. Inscribe... More

Signalling by night - Public domain portrait drawing

Title inscribed below image. Cropped figure drawing on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-144. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1071) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Why the Army of the Potomac doesn't move]

Four sketches, titles inscribed below images: The Relief, Going to Camp, Difficulties of Teaming, King Mud in camp. Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title devised from Harpers caption. Published in: Harper's W... More

Drilling with rifles. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Sailors under review. Title inscribed lower left. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.522) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Custer receiving the flag of truce--Appomatox [sic]--1865

Title inscribed below image. Sketch of two men, perhaps aboard ship, on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.357) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1865. Reference print ava... More

Genl. Lee leaving the McLean house after the surrender

Signed lower left of image: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: Orderlies holding horses all about. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.358) Reference print available in the Civil War... More

[The court martial of Major General Fitz-John Porter]

Title devised. Inscribed as indication of individuals: Hunter; Maj. Genl. King; Brig. Genl. Ricketts; Reporters; Reverdy Johnson; Porter; Lord; the shorthand rep.; Judge Holt; Pope in citizens dress; Buford; Ma... More

Capture of Fort Harrison on the Chaffins Farm line of Works

Measured grid drawn in pencil over image to aid engravers. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed lower left: Troops in column of Division; The Brushwood nearly breast-high. Inscribed lower right: Troops formed ... More

General Burnside's Corp marching over the pontoon bridge into Virginia...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.41) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

View of the rebel position at Mine run--2nd corps batteries in foregro...

Image overdrawn with numbered grid to guide engravers. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Roe's Farm; Clark Mountain. Inscribed below image: Arnolds battery, F & ... More

The Great Harkins Well. Marietta Creek

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right. Ga. 63. Inscribed upper left: Smoky and rainy to a degree. Inscribed on verso: Marietta, Ga-. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1... More

[The charge of the 8th Vermont at the Battle of Winchester]

Signed lower left: ARW. Title devised. Inscribed on verso: About 3 p.m. the 8th Vermont took the double quick and being out of cartridges charged with the bayonet into the woods. The rest of the line followed a... More

Bristol Neck Rhode Island 1765 - Public domain map drawing

Drawing shows a small ship anchored in the water near Bristol, Rhode Island, a port town on Narragansett Bay, in 1765. Transfer; Map Division. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints : a ch... More

Released Prisoners - The dance upon the deck of the N.Y.

Harper's article assigned this scene to the deck of the Confederate "Star of the South". Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed below title on verso: to be returned to A.R. Waud. Reference print available in Civil... More

Battle of Bethesda Church - Public domain drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.238) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Wounded escaping from the burning woods of the Wilderness

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 4, 1864, p. 357. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.535) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawing... More

14th Brooklyn - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Date established from service of regiment. 14th Brooklyn also known as 84th New York Infantry Regiment. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.443) Reference print available in t... More

[Cavalry charge near Culpeper Court House, Virginia] / E.F.

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.153) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Destruction of Rebel caissons - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 26, 1864, p. 200 in a series with Waud Nos. 54, 118, and 235. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.659) Forms part of: Morgan collection of... More

On the picket line, near Freeman's Ford, Rappahannock River

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.192) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Warrens Brigade overpowered by Longstreets advance

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: The Dureyea [sic] Zouaves lost 300 about half the regiment the McChesneys (National Zouaves) 10 N.Y. about 150 in trying to hold a gap in the line that four time... More

Genl. Warren rallying the Marylanders

Signed lower right: Alf R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: White horse/ ragged flag. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 11, 1864, p. 372. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.403)... More

The Chickahominy - Alexanders Bridge / McIlvaine.

Scene of a log bridge across a swampy area of the Chickahominy River. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

German regiment, Chancellorsville on the right

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: lgt brown muskets yellow band prominent. Formerly Waud no. B-144. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.908) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Drummed out - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: Nolan drummed out. Sketch of two tents on verso. Inscribed: 7 strips; Road. Formerly Waud no. C-61. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.988) Forms part ... More

Officers and soldiers on the battlefield of the second Bull Run, recog...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.155) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Couchs hd.quarters and afterwards center of our line of battle

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower left: Chancellorsville. Inscribed under image: 3 day. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.70) Forms part of: Morgan collection of C... More

Negro Church, Smith's Plantation, Port Royal Isl'd, S.C.

Title inscribed lower left. Several sketches on verso of sheep, pigs, birds, etc., with inscription: Winchester Va. Inscribed in blue ink on verso: This sketch was taken near Charlest[on] [...] the camp of the ... More

Negro Church, Smith's Plantation, Port Royal Isl'd, S.C.

[Sketches of the Signal Corps during the American Civil War]

Preliminary study for DRWG/US Waud (W.), no. 12 (A size). Sketch of civilian eating from plate upper left. Title devised. Two floor plans for fortress and building on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919... More

Stockade and gates closing the approach to the long bridge

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed: Stockade and gates closing the approach to the long bridge [thro'] two enfiladed lines. (a dusty place). Inscribed on verso: Long bridg [sic?] Stockade & gate closing the ... More

Shelling the rebel rifle pits on the Rappahannock--previous to the thi...

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 27, 1863, p. 408. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.181) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings... More

The Owen's House, Wash. D., 1865, assassination of Lincoln

Title on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.67) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Spot near fort Damnation where the 9th Corps charged and afterwords ca...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: Sketch A. the Frize [sic] and Abattis was placed in the night after the fight. Inscribed lower left above title: This bank enem... More

Norway, the steamer parting the fjord

Drawing shows a sidewheel steamship from behind, as it passes out of a Norwegian fjord. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Inscribed upper... More

Washington Navy Yard. 1861 - Public domain city architecture drawing

Signed lower left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed above image: Pensacola. Albatro[ss]. Published in: New York Illustrated News, April 13, 1861. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.488) ... More

Washington Navy Yard. 1861 - Public domain drawing

Mill nr. Stannardsville containing grain for the C.S. Government

Burning mill with cavalry in foreground. Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 26, 1864, p. 200. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.235) Reference print available in the Civil ... More

Bealton Station, on the Orange and Alexandria R.R. Depot of supplies

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.123) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Bratt rifle Howitzer - Public domain architectural drawing

Pencil sketch of buildings on the verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.0304) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Genl. Hunt--and Major Duane, chief of Arty. and Chief Engineer

Title inscribed below image. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file L. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.475) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil... More

[Officer and private of a Rhode Island regiment]

Rear view of officer and side view of private, blanket roll on right. Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title devised. Inscribed below image: officer /Private /Rhode island [r]eg. Blue shirt /Gray pants. Inscribed u... More

Hancocks Brigade repulsing the enemy. Battle of Williamsburg

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed upper left: in the distance forts; next enemies line of infantry all broken and running; out lines in the forground [sic] many having thrown... More

Corbins Neck on the Rappahannock

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, February 28, 1863, p. 140. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.427) Reference print available in the Civil War Dra... More

View of Charleston S.C. from Fort Wagner, Morris Isla

Flag view across harbor, toward city and waterfront. Confederate flags flying over docks, and fortress at right. Title inscribed below image. Transfer, Map Division.

Winter camp near Culpepper [sic] Court House, Virginia

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.145) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Monocacy R.R. Bridge - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 15, 1863, p.521, as part of:" Reminiscences of the Maryland Campaign. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.350) Forms part of: Morgan colle... More

Elsworths [sic] Chicago Zouaves, 1861 during American Civil War

Title inscribed below image. Detailed sketch of part of arch on verso, possibly Wellington Arch, London. Inscribed on top of arch: Well. Ellsworth organized the Chicago Zoauves before the Civil War. Gift, J.P. ... More

[Landscape with fallen trees and rocks]

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.295) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file W. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Kautz's Cavalry coming back to camp in Gen Butlers lines after their r...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below title: more figures can be shewn[sic]. Inscribed lower left : Front P[age?]. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 508. Reference print available in the ... More

The 3rd Custer div. on the 7th of Octr. retiring and burning the forag...

Custer and his cavalry in the foreground, two regiments of infantry in background. Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: [b]lue ridge, Red neckties. Inscribed upper right: C... More

Ashby's Gap - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed above image. Rough sketch of figures on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-5. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.932) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Gen Grant, Hancock & Staff watching the transportation of the Second C...

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed upper left: Any quantity of aids[sic], orderlies Generals Horses &c. &c. Inscribed lower right: another [image cropped] Inscribed within image, vertically, with arrow indicat... More

Charge of Ewell's Corps on the cemetary [i.e. cemetery] gate and captu...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.286) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Exhibited in: American treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 2003.

Plan of the attack on New Orleans - Public domain map

Extensively annotated diagram, with two pencil sketches of partially submerged gunboats. Signed below image: W. Waud. Title inscribed upper left. Signed "W. Waud"; two sheets joined, one lined; annotations on v... More

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