[The gun "Jeff Davis," identified as a Rodman smooth bore gun in Port ...
Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 196. Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Vermont soldiers inspecting the Lincoln Gun at Fortress Monroe / M...
Photograph shows reproduction of drawing by Larkin Goldsmith Mead of soldiers checking over a large cannon at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. Photograph of drawing possibly by George H. Houghton, photographer o... More
Quaker gun in Annandale - Public domain drawing
Title inscribed upper right. Formerly Waud no. C-35. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.962) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Mortar dictator in front of Petersburg / negative by David Knox ; posi...
Photograph showing a group of military personnel around a thirteen inch mortar used to fire on Petersburg. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp... More
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
Captured seige guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia
Stereograph showing a captured Confederate mounted cannon at Rocketts Landing in Richmond. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of:... More
Chopping meat, sausage department, Armour's Chicago, U.S.A. = Picadero...
Stereograph shows man standing by a huge meat grinder stirring vat of ground meat; on the floor are buckets of ground meat. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman.
Preparing for a U.S. Signal Corps balloon ascension at Ft. Myer (Arlin...
No. 107090. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Armoured cruiser Washington, United States Navy
Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Joseph Pennell - Ready to start
Print shows warships in shipyard. Proof before lettering of poster, no. 512d. Reverse image of nos. 512a and 512b. [His American war work series] Wuerth, 512. (Source: Beall) Title and other information from Be... More
Our problem is to feed our allies this winter by sending them as much ...
Text continues: ... of the most concentrated nutritive value in the least shipping space. These foods are wheat, beef, pork, dairy products and sugar. Our solution is to eat less of these and more of other food... More
Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Horatio G. Gibson's C and G Batteries
Photographs show the officers of 3rd United States Artillery, Battery C, including Captain Horatio G. Gibson, standing in front of a cannon and Captain Gibson on horseback with his battery's weapons and officer... 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. Stereo filed in LOT 4172. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge... More
Washington, D.C. Two Wiard guns at the Arsenal; General Daniel E. Sick...
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0726 Title fr... More
Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia Embarkation of 9th Army Corps for Fort M...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More
Broadway Landing, Virginia Federal ordnance at the depot; another view
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More
[Yorktown, Virginia Federal artillery park] - 19th century Virginia.
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.
[Richmond, Virginia, vicinity. 20-pdr. v Parrott rifled guns of the 1s...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.
[Savannah, Ga., vicinity. Army engineers removing 8-inch Columbiad gun...
Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman at the sea, December 1864. After marching through Georgia for a month, Sherman stormed Fort McAllister on December 13, 1864 and captured Sava... More
Blacksmith 1st Massachusetts. Arty. Harrisons
Title inscribed below image. A small faint sketch of tents on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.474) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file H. Forms part of: Morgan collection... 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.
[Port Royal, Virginia The Rappahannock River front during the evacuati...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.
Seven Inch Brooke Rifle Gun in Battery Brooke-Fort Brady (U.S.) in ext...
Stereograph showing a soldier standing beside the cannon. No. 1032. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Ori... More
[Drewry's Bluff, Virginia Federal transports with cargoes of artillery...
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
[White House Landing, Virginia View down river, with supply vessels]
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.
[Petersburg, Virginia Federal soldiers removing artillery from Confede...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.
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
[City Point, Virginia African Americans unloading vessels at landing]
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.
[Medical supply ships "Connecticut" and "Planter" docked at a wharf on...
Photograph showing two steamboats carrying medical supplies docked at a wharf on the Appomattox River in Virginia.
[4th Division, 9th Army Corps flag in green] / Magee, 316 Chestnut Str...
Picture shows a flag of the 4th Division, 9th Army Corps. "Copy right secured, 1864" printed left side. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 17. "E17" is inscribed on front of envelope in pencil. "GE... More
Captured guns at the Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia The vessels at the d...
Stereograph showing captured Confederate cannons at Rocketts Landing in Richmond in the process of being shipped to Fort Monroe. No. 3159, part of series: War Views. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collect... More
Fifteen-inch gun in Battery Rodgers on the Potomac
Stereograph showing 15-inch Rodman gun in Battery Rodgers, Alexandria, Virginia. No. 1140. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to William Frank Browne, based ... More
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.
Artillery captured from the rebels - 19th century Virginia.
Stereograph showing two Union soldiers standing amid the cannons and caissons captured by the Union near Rocketts in Richmond, Virginia. The confiscated artillery is to be shipped North. No. 6285. Part of serie... More
Geisboro, cavalry depot - Public domain drawing
Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: disabled horses shot at the top of the slide, and slid down into the barges below. Steer skull sketched on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-1. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 19... More
The 30-pounder Parrot rifled guns which shelled Charleston from Morris...
Gottheim collection code: GCW 31A. Copyright 1865, by J.W. Campbell. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress)
Breaking up the Camps, of the Army of the Potomac
Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed on verso: Incidences of the war. IV II. Two ink sketches of heads, and various pencil sketches of figures and head on verso. Fomerly attributed to Alfred R. Waud, with the... More
A Sutler's Tent - 19th century Virginia.
Stereograph showing Johnson, the army storekeeper of the 2d Division, 9th Corps. standing outside of his tent. Inside, two men serve soldiers standing in line. No. 2448. Part of series: The War for the Union. P... More
Stables and Negro servants tent, hd.qtrs Army of the Potomac
Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harpers Weekly, 18 April 1863 with descriptive text, as part of series with Waud, no. 76 and Waud, no. 99. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/... More
[Rappahannock Station, Virginia Sutler's hut and stockade of 50th New ...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.
[Morris Island, S.C. Battery of 100-pdr. Parrott guns inside Fort Putn...
Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.
[Horses and covered wagons in front of two-chimney brick house and out...
Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tidewat... More
Jefferson and pontoon bridge on the Shenandoah
Photograph shows a man sitting on Jefferson Rock above the Shenandoah River at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. A pontoon bridge is shown on the right. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs ... More
[Sling for heavy artillery. Drewry's Bluff, Virginia]
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: LC-B811-1152.
Unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with 1841 six pound cannon
Photograph shows soldiers in battleshirts, one with crossed cannons on his kepi, one with 19th regiment insignia on his shirt, and one with Co. F and K insignias. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchas... More
Shipment of cotton at Savannah, for New York, on account of the U.S. G...
Cotton bales on wharf, ships in background, Savannah harbor. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1865 Feb. 25, p. 357.
Washington, D.C. Park of Wiard guns at the Arsenal; H.L. Stuart, Natha...
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0724 Title fr... More
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. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More
Bealeton, Virginia Sutler's tent at Army of the Potomac headquarters
Photograph from the main eastern theater of 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 of ... 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
[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
Residence of Jefferson Davis (1201 East Clay Street), Richmond, Virgin...
Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Rear view of the same gun, as shown in no. 1001. This view shows its r...
No. 1003. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. Alternate title devised by Library staff from information on stereograph no. 1001. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (... More
The 15 in. gun at Fortress Monroe, Virginia
Stereograph shows a cannon with a soldier standing at attention on its base. Attributed to George Stacy. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Cong... More
[Savannah, Ga., vicinity. Army engineers removing 8-inch Columbiad gun...
Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman at the sea, December 1864. After marching through Georgia for a month, Sherman stormed Fort McAllister on December 13, 1864 and captured Sava... More
[Port Royal, Virginia The Rappahannock River front during the evacuati...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.
A sutler's tent near H.Q.. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Detailed sketch of the interior of a sutler's tent, with several full-length portraits of unidentified officers drinking at a bar in the foreground. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: Aug 1862. ... More
[James River, Virginia Schooners sunk to obstruct passage]
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.
[Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. 13-in. seacoast mortars of Federal Batt...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.
New rifled cannon at Washington Navy Yard
Sailor standing behind cannon. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: These guns are cast without runners. They are afterwards fitted to the piece and fastened by the bands that run from breech to the... More
[Charleston, S.C. Breach patched with gabions on the north wall of For...
Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.
Cattle Raid - Public domain scenic drawing
Signed lower left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on a separate sheet of cream paper: Confederate cattle raid Sept. 16th 1864. Genl. Wade Hampden [sic] suddenly appeared at Coggins point in th... More
Foraging for hay outside of the lines in Virginia
Men piling hay on wagon pulled by horses and oxen. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.117) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Foraging for hay outside of the lines in Virginia
Men piling hay on wagon pulled by horses and oxen. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.117) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Folly Island, S.C. (vicinity of Charleston). Beached remains of the B...
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
Ordnance Depot at Broadway Landing - 19th century Virginia.
Stereograph showing a row of caissons, mounted and unmounted cannons awaiting shipment in Broadway Landing, Virginia. No. 1075. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. Caption contin... 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.
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.
Fifteen inch gun at Battery Rodgers, Alexandria, Virginia, May 18, 186...
Photograph shows six Union soldiers positioning the fifteen inch Rodman gun at Battery Rodgers. No. 246.
[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with gauntlets, shoulder scales...
Case: Leather oval scroll design. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published in: The Civil War: A visual history. Bath, U.K. : Parragon, 2011, p... More
[Battle at White Oak Swamp Bridge]
Title devised. Inscribed upper left: [Thi]s represents a later moment in the fight at White oak swamp bridge than the sketch. These batteries got much injured during the battle- horses and men killed and guns d... More
[Battle at White Oak Swamp Bridge]
Title devised. Inscribed upper left: [Thi]s represents a later moment in the fight at White oak swamp bridge than the sketch. These batteries got much injured during the battle- horses and men killed and guns d... More
[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
View on Battery, Charleston, S.C., Confederate States of America.
Photograph shows two empty gabions in front of a three gun battery in Charleston, South Carolina. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.
Stables and Negro servants tent, hd.qtrs Army of the Potomac
Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harpers Weekly, 18 April 1863 with descriptive text, as part of series with Waud, no. 76 and Waud, no. 99. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/... More
[White House Landing, Virginia Supply vessels at anchor]
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.
[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.
[Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia Wharf with transport and supplies]
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.
[Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia Wharf with transport and supplies]
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.
[Morris Island, S.C. Battery of 100-pdr. Parrott guns inside Fort Putn...
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 Federal supplies deposited on the landing]
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.
[Fort Brady, Virginia Battery of Parrott guns manned by Company C, 1st...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.
[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
Yorktown, Virginia Confederate water Battery Magruder, with Rodman smo...
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
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. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milho... More
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.