Candidates from the exempt brigade, Political Cartoon
A grim commentary on the extraordinary measures taken by some Americans to evade military service during the Civil War. A man in shirtsleeves (center) has just had his right hand mutilated by a woman who stands... More
Fort Lafayette - An old photo of a boat on a body of water
Photograph shows Fort Lafayette, off the coast of Brooklyn, New York, which was used as a prison for high value Confederates during the Civil War. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part ... More
Fort Lafayette, Long Island, N.Y.
H49797 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by A. Loeffler, Tompkinsville, N.Y. No. 896.
Running the "machine" - Print, Library of Congress collection
A scathing attack on the ineptness and military ineffectualness of the Lincoln administration. The cartoon derives its title from an indiscreet letter written by secretary of war Edwin McMasters Stanton to past... More
Running the "machine" - Print, Library of Congress collection
A scathing attack on the ineptness and military ineffectualness of the Lincoln administration. The cartoon derives its title from an indiscreet letter written by secretary of war Edwin McMasters Stanton to past... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Seeks release from Fort Lafayette
George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Thomas Arm...
Surrender of Fort Lafayette Public domain scan of a manuscript related to George Washington and American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Thomas Arm...
Surrender of Fort Lafayette Public domain scan of a manuscript related to George Washington and American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. New York City sterescopic card, 19th ...
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New-York. No. 1872.
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Seeks release from Fort Lafayette
The Guerillas. A Southern war song. Fort Lafayette, 1862
Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Seeks release from Fort Lafayette
The Guerillas. A Southern war song. Fort Lafayette, 1862
In English. (language) Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Thomas Arm...
Surrender of Fort Lafayette Public domain scan of a manuscript related to George Washington and American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
The guerillas. A Southern war song. Fort Lafayette, 1862
Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Lafayette at sunset, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Seeks release from Fort Lafayette
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Seeks release from Fort Lafayette
Fort Lafayette at sunset, Brooklyn, N.Y
"G 3566" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019081. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.