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Who is responsible for the war? Who accountable for its horrors and desolations?

Who is responsible for the war? Who accountable for its horrors and de...

Extracts from a speech by Alexander H. Stephens (now Vice-President of the Confederate States), delivered in the Secession Convention of Georgia, on the 31st day of January, 1861. Who commenced the war?… catalo... More

Fort Pickens: Pensacola Harbor, Florida, engraving, Library of Congress

Fort Pickens: Pensacola Harbor, Florida, engraving, Library of Congres...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2266

Gallant capture of a lady's wardrobe by the brave troops of Florida.

Gallant capture of a lady's wardrobe by the brave troops of Florida.

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the harbor of Pensacola--Santa Rosa Island and Fort Pickens in the fore-ground, Rebel batteries and Navy-Yard in the distance / / sketched by our special artist. The great review at Bailey's Cross Road, Virginia, on November 20, 1861 / sketched by our special artist from the top of a barn

View of the harbor of Pensacola--Santa Rosa Island and Fort Pickens in...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 December 7, pp. 776-777. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Montgomery C. Meigs to William H. Seward, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Situation at Fort Pickens)
Burning the Pensacola dry dock, off Fort Pickens, Florida, on August 31, by Lieut. Shipley, U.S.A.

Burning the Pensacola dry dock, off Fort Pickens, Florida, on August 3...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1861 Oct. 12), p. 645. LOT 9355; CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 FORTS This record contains unverified data from caption card.

General Bragg's camp, as seen from Fort Pickens / / drawn by an officer of the fort. Interior of a sand-bag battery at Pensacolo bearing on Fort Pickens / sketched by our artist, who has been traveling with W.H. Russell, LL.D., Barrister at Law

General Bragg's camp, as seen from Fort Pickens / / drawn by an office...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 June 15, p. 373. Public domain photograph of a locomotive, train car, railroad trucks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Page of text with articles: Commander Dahlgren and his guns; the Washington Navy-yard; the United States fleet off Fort Pickens; the Departure of the "Atlantic" and "Baltic" with troops; and Ye knyghte, ye squire, and ye ladye, a metrical romance of the Middle Ages]

[Page of text with articles: Commander Dahlgren and his guns; the Wash...

Page from: Harper's weekly, 1861 April 20, p. 246. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Caroline Slemmer wife of the gallant Lieutenant Slemmer, now in command of Fort Pickens. From a photograph taken Feb. 18th 1861

Mrs. Caroline Slemmer wife of the gallant Lieutenant Slemmer, now in c...

Print shows three-quarter length portrait of Caroline Slemmer. Copyright by J. Magee.

Andrew Webb to James W. Webb, Sunday, May 19, 1861  (Situation at Fort Pickens; with endorsement from James Watson Webb to AL, June 8, 1861)
Lieut. Slemmer, U.S.A, commanding Fort Pickens from a Daguerreotype

Lieut. Slemmer, U.S.A, commanding Fort Pickens from a Daguerreotype

Illustration shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 217 (1861 Feb. 23), p. 125.

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Montgomery C. Meigs, Tuesday, May 14, 1861 (Memorandum on Ordnance Stores for Fort Pickens)
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Report on Fort Pickens)
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Interesting bird's eye view of the seat of war. Showing parts of the states of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina; and also the coast line from Cape Henry to Fort Pickens, with the United States blockading fleet.

Interesting bird's eye view of the seat of war. Showing parts of the s...

Scale not given. Title in braille LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 18.3 "The above bird's-eye view of the seat of war, shows the relative position of the important points embraced in all the great military operatio... More

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Report on Fort Pickens)
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Andrew Webb to James W. Webb, Sunday, May 19, 1861  (Situation at Fort Pickens; with endorsement from James Watson Webb to AL, June 8, 1861)
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Montgomery C. Meigs to William H. Seward, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Situation at Fort Pickens)
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Relief of Fort Pickens, by the United States fleet, March 23, 1861 / sketched from the wheel-house of the Atlantic by an officer of the expedition.

Relief of Fort Pickens, by the United States fleet, March 23, 1861 / s...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 May 11, pp. 408-409.

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Israel Vogdes to Edward D. Townsend, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Reinforcement of Fort Pickens)
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Montgomery C. Meigs to William H. Seward, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Situation at Fort Pickens)
Pictorial map of the seat of war, showing parts of the states of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina, and also the coast line from Cape Henry to Fort Pickens, with the United States blockading fleet

Pictorial map of the seat of war, showing parts of the states of Maryl...

Public domain scan of a 17th-18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Montgomery C. Meigs, Tuesday, May 14, 1861  (Memorandum on Ordnance Stores for Fort Pickens)
Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Report on Fort Pickens)
Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Report on Fort Pickens)
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Winfield Scott to William H. Seward, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Effort to reinforce Fort Pickens)
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Israel Vogdes to Edward D. Townsend, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Reinforcement of Fort Pickens)
Pictorial map of the seat of war, showing parts of the states of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina, and also the coast line from Cape Henry to Fort Pickens, with the United States blockading fleet

Pictorial map of the seat of war, showing parts of the states of Maryl...

From: Harper's weekly, June 8, 1861, p. 360-361. Relief shown by shading. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for mo... More

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Montgomery C. Meigs to William H. Seward, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Situation at Fort Pickens)
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Andrew Webb to James W. Webb, Sunday, May 19, 1861  (Situation at Fort Pickens; with endorsement from James Watson Webb to AL, June 8, 1861)
Israel Vogdes to Edward D. Townsend, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Reinforcement of Fort Pickens)
Israel Vogdes to Edward D. Townsend, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Reinforcement of Fort Pickens)
Fort Pickens: Pensacola Harbor, Florida, engraving, Library of Congress

Fort Pickens: Pensacola Harbor, Florida, engraving, Library of Congres...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2266

Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Andrew Webb to James W. Webb, Sunday, May 19, 1861  (Situation at Fort Pickens; with endorsement from James Watson Webb to AL, June 8, 1861)
Winfield Scott to William H. Seward, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Effort to reinforce Fort Pickens)
Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Report on Fort Pickens)
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Montgomery C. Meigs, Tuesday, May 14, 1861 (Memorandum on Ordnance Stores for Fort Pickens)
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Montgomery C. Meigs to William H. Seward, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Situation at Fort Pickens)
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Israel Vogdes to Edward D. Townsend, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Reinforcement of Fort Pickens)
Montgomery C. Meigs to William H. Seward, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Situation at Fort Pickens)
Pictorial map of the seat of war, showing parts of the states of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina, and also the coast line from Cape Henry to Fort Pickens, with the United States blockading fleet
Sketch of Pensacola Navy Yard and Fort Pickens from U.S. coast surveys.

Sketch of Pensacola Navy Yard and Fort Pickens from U.S. coast surveys...

Scale ca. 1:31,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 120 Indicates fortifications, half-mile distance circles centered on Fort Pickens, beacons, roads and streets, vegetation, and a few soundings. Description deriv... More

Fort Pickens, Florida, Confederate States of America

Fort Pickens, Florida, Confederate States of America

Shows the area surrounding Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island in Pensacola Bay. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confed... More

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Report on Fort Pickens)
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Israel Vogdes to Edward D. Townsend, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Reinforcement of Fort Pickens)
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
No. 2 plan of fort for Sta. Rosa Id., Pensacola Harbour, shewing the general dimensions and the relations of the several parts of the work.

No. 2 plan of fort for Sta. Rosa Id., Pensacola Harbour, shewing the g...

Plan of Fort Pickens at western end of Santa Rosa Island, Florida. Annotated in pencil on verso: By transfer, chief, Engineer Office, War Department. Oriented with north to the left. Pen-and-ink and watercolor.... More

Pictorial map of the seat of war, showing parts of the states of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina, and also the coast line from Cape Henry to Fort Pickens, with the United States blockading fleet

Pictorial map of the seat of war, showing parts of the states of Maryl...

From: Harper's weekly, June 8, 1861, p. 360-361. Relief shown by shading. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for mo... More

Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Israel Vogdes to Edward D. Townsend, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Reinforcement of Fort Pickens)
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Winfield Scott to William H. Seward, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Effort to reinforce Fort Pickens)
Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Report on Fort Pickens)
Scenes at and around Fort Pickens / sketches by officers of the garrison.

Scenes at and around Fort Pickens / sketches by officers of the garris...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Dec. 14, p. 793. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Israel Vogdes to Edward D. Townsend, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Reinforcement of Fort Pickens)
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Andrew Webb to James W. Webb, Sunday, May 19, 1861  (Situation at Fort Pickens; with endorsement from James Watson Webb to AL, June 8, 1861)
Fort Pickens, Florida Historic map, Library of Congress

Fort Pickens, Florida Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows the area surrounding Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island in Pensacola Bay.

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Winfield Scott to William H. Seward, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Effort to reinforce Fort Pickens)
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 01, 1861 (Report on Fort Pickens)
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Gideon Welles Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1822-1878; Articles and other writings; "Fort Pickens," 1871
Andrew Webb to James W. Webb, Sunday, May 19, 1861  (Situation at Fort Pickens; with endorsement from James Watson Webb to AL, June 8, 1861)
Montgomery C. Meigs, Tuesday, May 14, 1861  (Memorandum on Ordnance Stores for Fort Pickens)