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[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]

Drawing is third panel on the "Machinery Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853. Watercolor drawing by contemporary Japanese artist.

[Flag of the Richland Volunteer Rifle Company]

Title devised. Inscribed: 1815/ August 8/ Richland Volunteer Rifle Company/ Semper/ Paratiis/ Radcliffe/ Noli Me Tangere. Inscribed upside down above image: No I 3. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.455... More

Cedar Level U.S.M.R.R., Nr Petersburg

Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. C-22. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.949) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ft. Brady, Interior (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, possibly interior of Fort Carrol in Giesboro, Washington, D.C. instead of Fort Brady. Title from published source: Interior of Fo... More

[Sailors and a cannon on deck of a gunboat]

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trunnion chains - A drawing of a number of different chains

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 108. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

The ordnance armory, Charleston, S.C. - the volunteer troops trying th...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 16, p. 205.

Searching for arms, Confederate States of America.

Union soldiers searching a bedroom for Confederate weapons. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: Sketches from the Civil War in North America, 1861, '62, '63 / by V. Blada. London [i.e. Baltimore],... More

Wreck of the large Blakely Gun, on the Battery, Charleston, S.C.

Stereograph showing remains of wrecked Blakely gun, facing the coastline. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 121. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anth... More

[Nose art on a B24 Liberator] - A black and white photo of a woman on ...

Photograph shows nose art on a B24 bomber depicting a pin-up with the name "Bonnie" written next to the image. Written on back: 466BG ; 2E AD, Attlebridge, Eng.

Unknown location. 6-pdr. field gun, model 1841

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0859 Title from Milh... More

Yorktown, Virginia Embarkation for White House Landing, Virginia

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

Morris Island, S.C. Ordnance depot. American Civil War glass negative.

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

Morris Island, S.C. Two 100-pdr. Parrott guns and stacks of shells ins...

[Seven sketches of soldiers and how they carry their packs]

Three sheets pieced together; irregular shape. Inscribed on third sheet affixed to verso below seventh sketch: Rebs. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.7). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Richmond, Virginia Park of captured guns at Rocketts]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Batteries of field pieces in arsenal, Washington, D.C. (Andrew J. Russ...

Cannons lined along street in foreground. No. 175. 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 ... More

[City Point, Virginia, vicinity. Medical supply boat Planter at Genera...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[City Point, Virginia, vicinity. Medical supply boat Planter at Genera...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Soldiers with cannons and caisson. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. B888, no. B775, no. B978, no. B1019, no. B1030, and no. B898. Individual photographs are catalogued separately. Dat... More

Marinus Willett preventing removal of arms by the British, June 6th, 1...

Willett stepping in front of horse-drawn cart. J59368 U.S. Copyright Office.

[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.

[Brandy Station, Virginia Tent of A. Foulke, Sutler, at headquarters o...

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

[Cedar Level, Virginia Commissary depot with supply train wagons]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Seven Pines, Virginia Twin houses on battlefield, with 32-pdr. field ...

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

[Morris Island, S.C. Ordnance depot], Confederate States of America.

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

[Morris Island, S.C. Ordnance depot], Confederate States of America.

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

[Panoramic view, wing room], Panoramic Photograph

J257681 U.S. Copyright Office Printed on image: "Copyright 1922, Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle, Wash., 8-26-22, A.E.P." Title derived from copyright deposit records. No. 175-B. Copyright deposit; Boeing Airplane... More

View in Water Battery, James River, Virginia Ready to fire

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing near a cannon inside the battery. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil War Pho... More

W.G. Johnson's tent, purveyor 2d. division, 9th Corps, Army of the Pot...

Stereograph shows sutler selling supplies in tent at Petersburg, Virginia. Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-2448B, left, and LC-B811-2448A, right. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negatives from the ... More

[Fort Pulaski, Ga. The "Beauregard" gun]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- specifically of Fort Pulaski, Ga., April 1862.

General Wright, Commander of the "Bloody Sixth Corps."

Stereograph showing General Horatio Gouverneur Wright seated in front of a tent with a soldier standing on the left. The headquarters flag from the VI Corps is displayed behind Gen. Wright. No. 2564. Part of se... More

Stripping a rail fence for fires

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.175) Reference print available in Ray, Plate 38 (p. 116). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Aiken's Landing, Virginia Steamer New York waiting for exchange of p...

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

[Aiken's Landing, Virginia Steamer New York waiting for exchange of p...

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

[Richmond, Virginia Captured siege guns at Rocketts; different view]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia Personnel in front of Quartermaster's O...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[Port Royal, Virginia Transports being loaded from a pontoon bridge du...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

[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.

[Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia View of the Federal supply depot]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[White House Landing, Virginia Supply vessels at anchor]

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

[Cannon mounted in the camp of Duryea's and Bainbridge's Batteries, 15...

Title devised by Library staff from caption information on back and Miller, v. 2, pg. 217. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV50 ;Port Hudson. "XXYUI-11" ... More

[Charleston, S.C. Interior of Fort Sumter, with gabion reinforcements]

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

[Private Albert H. Davis of Company K, 6th New Hampshire Infantry Regi...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Title devised by Library staff from information in collections file. Case: Leather oval geometric. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo... More

[Belle Plain, Virginia Army wagons and transports at the lower landin...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

Rebel Gun at Munsons hill--a regular quaker

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Published in: New York Illustrated News, October 14, 1861, p. 372. Four sketches of ships' hulls on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.493) Re... More

24th Regt. U.S. Colored Troops. Let Soldiers in War, Be Citizens in Pe...

Photograph shows the regimental flag and motto of the 24th Infantry Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV107; 24th USCT regimental flags. "CDV501" written in penci... More

[Rear view of a cannon with a soldier sitting adjacent to it facing fo...

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support wi... More

Flag of Genl Cleburne's Division, Confederate States of America

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-63. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.990) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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

Stereograph showing wrecked carriage of Blakely gun on the Battery in Charleston, South Carolina. No. 3088. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in ... More

East Battery, Charleston, S.C. looking north, showing ruins of the 600...

Public domain scan of American Civil War photograph, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior view of Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, S.C. City in the ...

Stereograph showing a mounted cannon and ammunition inside the fort. No. 3121. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil War Ph... More

Interior view of Castle Pickney, Charleston Harbor, S.C. Showing the s...

Stereograph showing stacks of ammunition near the stairs and the blocked off entrance to the fort. No. 3134. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & C... More

The United States fleet in Colon Harbor, Atlantic entrance to the Pana...

No. P195. Stamped on front: "Canal Zone Library." On front: "[Copyright] R. G. Lewis, Y Photo Shop, Balboa, C.Z., January 21, 1924." Appears to form part of Panama Canal Commission collection transferred from L... More

The murder of a perfectly good differential - reel 1 - starring Joe Do...

Poster shows Joe Dope destroying a military truck by driving it without oil.

A view in America in 1778 / MD sc., British Cartoon Print

Print shows an African man lying on the ground, wounded by cannon shot, over him are standing several men, on the left is a congressman clearly suffering from a visual disorder (strabismus or walleye and also, ... More

Charleston Harbor, S.C. 24-pdr. howitzer on deck of U.S.S. Pawnee

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

Fredericksburg, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan; positive by A....

Row of cannons with men positioned to load each cannon before the next round of bombardment. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [... 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

Charleston, S.C. Blakely guns and ammunition in the Arsenal yard

Residence of Jefferson Davis (1201 East Clay Street), Richmond, Virgin...

Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0862 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Two plates form left (LC-B811-... More

One reason why we did not go to Richmond

Stereograph showing Columbiad gun in Confederate Fort Darling on the James River at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia.

[Three wagons, probably used for army supplies in Civil War]

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 and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[District of Columbia. Officers of Companies A and B, 3d Massachusetts...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

Building military bridges. Making charcoal for the army force

Two separate drawings each outlined and separately titled. Titles inscribed below images. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.44). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ten Inch Columbiad, and Magazine Entrance, Sand Bag Revertment (i.e. r...

Stereograph showing a soldier standing next to a cannon, and the fortified entrance to the magazine. No. 1001. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. Forms part of: Civil War Photo... More

View from the parapet of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor (i.e. Sulliv...

Stereograph showing a cannon inside the battery of Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island near Charleston, South Carolina.

Army wagon going to commissary depot, City Point, for supplies

Stereograph shows four-mule team pulling covered wagon. Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-2586A, left, and LC-B811-2586B, right. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negatives from the studio of Mathew Br... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Sutler's tent, 2d Division, 9th Corps]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Deep Bottom, Virginia, vicinity. Transport Linda of Philadelphia and...

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

[Fort Monroe, Virginia The "Lincoln Gun," a 15-inch Rodman Columbiad]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- specifically of Fort Monroe, Va.

[Unknown location. Parrott gun] - stereocsopic card

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Covered wagon for "Headquarters baggage" and saddlery, probably a Civ...

[Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Horatio G. Gibson's C and G Batteries]

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

Maj. General Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches be...

Stereograph showing Major General William T. Sherman, center, leaning on the breach of a cannon, with his staff at Federal Fort No. 7 near Atlanta, Georgia.

[Morris Island, S.C. Two 100-pdr. Parrott guns and stacks of shells in...

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

[Unknown location. 12-pdr. Napoleon (model 1857?)]

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia Personnel in front of Quartermaster's O...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Fort Richardson and adjacent encampmen...

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

[Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia Embarkation of 9th Army Corps for Fort ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. 13-in. seacoast mortars of Federal Batt...

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

[Richmond, Virginia Captured siege guns at Rocketts; different view]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Winter Campaigning. The Army of the Potomac on the move. Sketched near...

Exhibit caption: Alfred R. Waud depicts Union forces coping with the challenge of winter weather in 1863 as they advanced toward the Rappahannock River. He skillfully delineates formations of soldiers, wagons, ... More

Camp life. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Stereograph shows Union troops and civilians standing on the shore with sailboat nearby. Probably from the studio of Mathew Brady. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. probably acquired the negatives in exchange for photog... More

[Charleston, S.C. Blakely guns and ammunition in the Arsenal yard]

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

[City Point, Virginia Wharves after the explosion of ordnance barges o...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Contraband camp - Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Washington DC sterescope c...

Stereograph shows tent camp occupied by escaped slaves. No. 379. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).

[Richmond, Virginia Captured siege guns at Rocketts]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[Washington, D.C. Park of Wiard guns at the Arsenal; H.L. Stuart, Nath...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Petersburg, Virginia Sutler's bomb-proof "Fruit and Oyster House"]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Washington, D.C. Park of Wiard guns at the Arsenal; another view. H....

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of military forces, army, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Corn piled up on forward deck - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-29. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.956) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Freedom for all--6th United States Colored Troops

Photograph of the regimental flag of the 6th U.S. Colored Troops depicting an African American soldier with the figure of liberty; plantation scene in the background.

U.S. Fire Department, Alexandria, Virginia, with steam fire engines, J...

Photograph shows fire fighters and steam fire engines in front of the Alexandria, Virginia fire department which was taken over by Union forces in early 1863. No. 265.

Spare cartridges - Public domain drawing

A soldier taking cartridge pouch from dead soldier; others shooting in background. (Probably drawn after war-time pencil sketch, for postwar illustrated publication.) Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.6... More

Interior view of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor (i. e. Sullivan's Is...

Stereograph showing a view of the interior of the fort looking through the sallyport. Ammunition is stacked against the walls.

Flag of the 124th Reg't N.Y. Vols. Presented by the ladies of Orange, ...

Photograph shows tattered flag from 124th New York Infantry Regiment, also known as the Orange Blossoms. Reported in the Newburgh, N.Y., Weekly Journal on June 21, 1865: "Battle-flag of the One Hundred and Twe... More

Gun yard at Fortress Monroe, Virginia

Stereograph shows cannon balls piled into two elongated pyramids, Fort Monroe, Virginia. Card number: "No. 116." Gottheim collection code: GCW 23. "Ex collection of [...] Rob Lowden" stamp on back of card. For... More

Antietam, Md. Confederate dead in a ditch on the right wing used as a ...

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

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