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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

A rebel guerrilla raid in a Western town / Th. Nast.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 300 (1862 Sept. 27), pp. 616-617.

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, U.S.A., the hero of Fort Donelson [Hal...

Wood engraving after a photograph. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 6, (1862 March 8), p. 145 (front page). Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pres. I.; Shelf.

The too confiding South drafting terms of peace with the Federal Gover...

Cartoon showing man seated on gunpowder keg writing on paper. Skull and graves on ground and bomb labeled "Gettysburg" and fists labeled "Vicksburg" in sky behind him. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 343... More

Home from the war - A black and white drawing of a group of people

Soldiers reunited with their loved ones. Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, 1863 June 13, p. 381.

Armstrong's mills and rebel works on Hatcher's Run, captured by the Se...

Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, 1864. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand Review of Army, Wash. D.C., May, 1865

LC-USZ62-2579 is of the wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, 1865, p. 356. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Destruction of the depots, public buildings, and manufactories at Atla...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 419 (1865 Jan. 7), p. 4.

"Mustered out" colored volunteers at Little Rock, Arkansas / A.R.W.

Illustration showing African American soldiers mustering out in Little Rock, Arkansas. Signed on block "A.R.W" in lower right. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, no. 490 (1866 May 19), p. 308.

The Late Colonel Theodore S. Bowers, General Grant's adjutant-general ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 March 24, p. 177. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sketches in the far West--curing hides and bones / Frenzeny & Tavernie...

Men curing buffalo hides and bones at trader's store. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1874 April 4, suppl., p. 307.

In memoriam--our civil service as it was / Th. Nast.

Cartoon showing statue of Andrew Jackson sitting on hog atop tomb, "To the victors belong the spoils--A. Jackson". Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1877 April 28, p. 325.

The Tile Club at work / Drawn by C.S. Reinhart.

Men around table drawing(?) and musicians playing instruments. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1880 Jan. 31, pp. 72-73.

The forge - Drawing. Public domain image.

Image blemish on digital file is not on actual item. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Moving of a Modern Caravan" by Albert Lee, Harp... More

Norfolk, Virginia Ruined buildings at Navy Yard

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

Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Signed above image: Wm Waud. Title inscribed above image. On verso sketch of river landscape with frigate. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 21, 1865, p. 41. Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

Butlers battery going into position

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 3, 1863, p. 635. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.408) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings f... More

Fight at Kelly's Ford. Sleepers battery

Signed lower right: Alf R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: 10 Mass in foreground. Inscribed above image: Barnard House. Inscribed upper right: Kelly Ville. Inscribed lower left: Genl C... More

Battle of Gettysburg. Longstreet's attack upon the left center of the ...

Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 8, 1863, p. 504-5. Dated from Harper's account and historical sources. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R... More

Dragging artillery through the mud

Title printed below image. Published in Harper's Weekly, March 19, 1864, p. 188. Original drawing is Waud no. 169. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.169) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The battle of Darbytown Road - Public domain scan / engraving

Ruled grid for engravers inscribed over image. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image left to right: Rebel battery; Darbytown Road on which Kautz's Cavalry was driven in; Woods through which the Reb... More

[Confederate works near Yorktown], Confederate States of America

Union troops in foreground watching Confederates in background. Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title devised. Published as: The enemy's works near Yorktown in Harper's Weekly, May 3, 1862, pp. 280-1. Inscrib... More

Pontoon bridges erected for Sedgwicks corps to cross upon

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Published in Harper's Weekly, May 16, 1863. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.21) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Reconnoisance [sic] by Bufords Cavalry towards the Rapidan river

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed upper left: Half this sketch missing. Inscribed lower right: Generl [sic.] Bu[ford]. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 3, 1863, p. 632-633. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/... More

Attempt of the Rebels to recapture Fort Harrison

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed upper right: The Rebels in three lines of battle. Inscribed twice above image: artillery. Inscribed below image: Our men in a hastily constructed rifle pit. Published in: H... More

The signal telegraph train as used at the battle of Fredericksburg

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 24, 1863, p. 53. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.532) Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

[Botanical Gardens ; Washington Monument ; Smithsonian ; Wet day on th...

Includes the United States Capitol. Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0033). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Around the Capitol," Harper's weekly, 34... More

The Nelson House Yorktown used as a hospital by the rebels

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 24, 1862, pp. 328-9. Sketch of fortifications on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.73) Forms part of: Morg... More

Martinsburg. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Includes four scenes: Ruins of the depot; The Square; The Barricades; On the Opequan n. Martinsburg 64. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed in center of images. Published in Harper's Weekly, December... More

The Influence of woman - A black and white drawing of a man sitting at...

Composite of scenes of women sewing and doing laundry for soldiers, nun visiting injured soldier, and woman writing letter for wounded soldier. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 Sept. 6, pp. 568-569.

Major General H. G. Wright and staff

No. 4570. Harper's Weekly 1864 wood engraving made from this photograph in LOT 4417. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Grafton, Virginia, now occupied by General McClellan's forces

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 233 (1861 June 15), p. 381 (center).

One man sows and another reaps - A cartoon of a man running away from ...

Illustration shows a man from the South sowing cotton and Union soldiers harvesting the crop. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 July 6, p. 419.

A Rebel guerrilla raid in a western town / Th. Nast.

Print shows a raid on a western town by a group of Confederate guerrillas who are abusing and executing the citizens, destroying property, and stealing whatever they can carry away. Illus. from: Harper's weekl... More

Head-quarters, Army of the James--Pennsylvania soldiers voting / sketc...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1864 Oct. 29, p. 692. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The return home, Confederate States of America.

Illustration showing Columbia asking a returning soldier about her "Wayward Sister" on the road back to "U.S.," as a distant figure representing the Confederacy approaches. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no.... More

"The halt"--a scene in the Georgia campaign / Th. Nast.

Illustration shows soldiers outside of house with woman and three children at door. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 June 30, p. 401, bottom illustration. "From a painting by Thomas Nast."

Paying United States pensioners at the Pension Office in the New York ...

Pensioners, some disabled, waiting in line to receive pensions. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, no. 482 (1866 March 24), p. 177.

Patent-office, Washington, D.C.--examiners at work / sketched by Theo....

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1869 July 10, p. 445. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A visit to grandfather's home / drawn by Granville Perkins, from sketc...

Composite of eleven scenes on a farm. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 Aug. 19, p. 685.

Crossing the North Edisto - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed below title: Shillings Bridge. Inscribed on back: Col. Wells [i.e. Welles] Jones Brigade crossing the North edisto on raft before the pontoons were laid & charging on the ... More

Army Mail leaving Hd.Qts. Post Office. Army Potomac

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, April 18, 1863, p. 245. Inscribed on sign above tent in image: Headquarters Post Office. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-... More

Battle near Upperville. Ashbys Gap in Distance

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below title: see description. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 11, 1863, as: The Army of the Potomac-Skirmish Near Upperville-Ashby's Gap in the Distance. Gift, J.P. Mor... More

Chaplain Chapman of the 169th N.Y. performing divine service at Genera...

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below image with arrow indicators: Gen Burnham; Gen Neil; Gen Smith; Gen Martindale. Inscribed on verso: The Service was arranged by Dr Luckley, Medical Director of the 18t... More

Battle of Gettysburg. Longstreet's attack upon the left center of the ...

[Lincoln's coffin on view at State House, Springfield, Illinois]

Title devised from Harper's Weekly. Inscribed below image: old. Within image: pink, white. Inscribed on bunting: The father; Sooner Than Surrender These Principles I Would Be Assassinated on this. Gift, J.P. Mo... More

8th Penn Cavalry, crossing at Ely's Ford, before battle of Chancellors...

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 16, 1863, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.97) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

9th Corps attacking Ft. Mahone better known as Fort Damnation

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: It was not daylight; but a good many dead and wounded. Men rushing over the enemies line. Inscribed vertically right margin: cheveaux... More

Signal Station on Pony Mountain

Semifore flag waved by soldier on top of platform. Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 3, 1863, p. 632. Part of a series with Waud, no. 289. Gift, J.P. M... More

Battle at Black River March 16th 1865

Sketchy bird's-eye view of battlefield. Formerly attributed to Alfred R. Waud, with the call number DRWG/US - Waud, no. 651 (AA size). Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed above image from left to right: Col ... More

View of Fort Clifton showing the Water Battery and obstructions in the...

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below title: sketched from Battery B 2nd U.S. regulars (colored). Inscribed above image : (sketch 3); obstructions in the river sunk by the rebels; Water Battery of Clifton... More

Reconnoisance [sic] by Bufords Cavalry towards the Rapidan river

Marching prisoners over the mountains to Frederick, M.D.

Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 15, 1863, p. 520 as part of: Reminiscences of the Maryland Campaign. Inscribed on verso: After Gettysburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919... More

Marching prisoners over the mountains to Frederick, M.D.

Destruction of the locomotives on the bridge over the Chickahominy

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly. Inscribed over image: The R.R. Bridge was burned [?]. Trees too high. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.548) Re... More

Provost Marshals department. Hd. qtrs. Army Potomac

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, April 18, 1863, p. 245. Possibly Falmouth, Va. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.476) Reference print available... More

The signal telegraph train as used at the battle of Fredericksburg

Pursuit of the flying rebels from Yorktown Sunday morning

Signed lower right right: Alf R. Wau[d]. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: 8 pictures of the evacuation. Sketch of horseman above image. Inscribed to the right of it: Detail of horseman. Publi... More

Winslow Homer - War songs. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Series of images relating to war songs. Mainly soldiers marching, but also African Americans hauling sacks on their backs. Julia Ward Howe, author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic," is in center. Title inscribe... More

Sharpsburg citizens leaving for fear of the Rebels

Signed lower right: Alf. R Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 11 1862, p. 641. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.262) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Aiming a Mortar, in Jacksons Connecticut battery

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Published in Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 505 as part of a series: In the trenches before Petersburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.451... More

Russells Brigade, 1st div. 6th Army Corps, crossing in Pontoons to sto...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: One half. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 16, 1863, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.506) Reference print avai... More

[Bloody fight at Occoquan, Virginia]

Union soldiers firing into a house occupied by Confederate soldiers. Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title devised from Harpers Weekly. Published in: Harper's Weekly, February 15, 1862, p. 108. Reference print ... More

Death of Lincoln. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Diagrammatic reconstruction of Lincoln deathbed scene. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed above image, from left to right: Henrys [Horseshow] (picture); Wells; Stanton; Unknown; Dennison; Sumner; Capt [Rob... More

Straggling soldiers crossing the Rappahannock above the burnt bridge

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 7, 1863, p. 713. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.164) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings ... More

Explosion at City Point - Public domain scan / drawing

Signed lower right: A R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 27, 1864, p. 545. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.361) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawi... More

Capture of four 20 lb Parrotts at Deep Bottom by Gen Miles

Inscribed below image: William Waud. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below title: see daily papers this is called the fight at Strawberry Plains. Inscribed upper right: When our men charged the Gunners fl... More

6th Massachusetts bivouacked in Monument Sq., Baltimore

Photograph shows soldiers of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment sitting and standing around Battle Monument in Battle Monument Park, Baltimore, Maryland. Attributed to Baltimore photographer William H. We... More

The Rebel General Joseph E. Johnston The ascent of Gauley Mountain, in...

Two illustrations: head-and-shoulders portrait of Rebel Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, facing slightly left; and Twelfth Ohio Regiment climbing mountain. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 249 (1861 Oct. 5), p. 636.

The Army of the Potomac - at and on the way to Fredericksburg

Composite of scenes showing Warrenton Junction, Va.; Calett Station, Va.; and railroad bridge over Cedar Run. Reference copy in LOT 4420T. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 Dec. 13, p. 792.

The Pacific Mail Company's steamer "Golden Gate," burned at sea July 2...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 295 (1862 Aug. 23), p. 540.

Photographers on the Potomac. Camp Griffin, Virginia

Photograph shows reproduction of drawing, probably by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, of photographers seated at a table in a room with equipment at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Drawing probably made by Larkin Golds... More

Pay-day in the Army of the Potomac / drawn by Mr. Homer.

Composite of scenes of soldiers getting paid, sending money home, buying food and liquor, and two women reading letter. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Feb. 28, p. 136-137.

General Stuart's new aid - An old newspaper with a drawing of a man on...

Print shows Antonia Ford, who was appointed an honorary aide-de-camp to Jeb Stuart, on horseback. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 April 4, p. 211.

The copperhead plan for subjugating the South / F.B.

Cartoon shows a delegation of Copperheads entreating a Southerner to return to the Union. Caption: War and Argument - Cold Steel and Cool Reason - having failed to restore the Union, it is supposed that the So... More

Christmas in the South - egg-nog party / drawn by W.L. Sheppard.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1870 Dec. 31, Supplement, p. 868.

Little but ambitious party: if they had only let him alone, I would ha...

"Legislature, Albany" on sign; "prohibition" on sword; man in chains possibly James Blaine; Cf. CA1-A-Rogers 8. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Co... More

Grounds at Andersonville, Georgia, where are buried fourteen thousand ...

Includes Clara Barton raising the national flag, August 17, 1865, in far background. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 Oct., p. 633. Exhibited in: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.

Chinamen confined within the Chinese quarter, cooking their meals

(DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Bubonic Plague in San Francisco," Harper's weekly, 44:505 (June 2, 1900).

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

The surgeon at work at the rear during an engagement / Homer.

Surgeon of the Army of the Potomac treating wounded soldiers. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, 1862 July 12, p. 436. Reference copy in LOT 9354-B.

Battle near Upperville. Ashbys Gap in Distance

The Mozart (40th N.Y.) and the Scott Life Guard (38th N.Y.) taking pos...

Signed inscribed lower right: Alf R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 24, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.32) 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

8th Penn Cavalry, crossing at Ely's Ford, before battle of Chancellors...

[Sherman's march through South Carolina - Burning of McPhersonville]

Title devised from Harper's Weekly. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 4, 1865, p. 136. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1865. Forms part ... More

Night signalling. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title inscribed on verso. "Signal Corps VIII 3" inscribed on verso. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 12, 1864, p. 732. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings File Q. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 191... More

View from Weitzels lookout & sig[nal] tower; Bermuda hundred looking s...

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed after title: shewing [sic] the Pontoon Bridge, Spring Hill Fort, the course of the Appomattox River & position of Gun Boats, Fort Clifton (rebel), Petersburg in the distance ... More

Steam Mill nr. the battlefield. used as a medical depot

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 23, 1863, p. 333 Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.487) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Battle of Winchester - Public domain drawing

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed upper left: Mansion on Berryville pike. Inscribed above image: Winchester. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 15, 1864, pp. 660, as: Earl... More

Bridges built for Reynolds Corps, sketched from Rebel rifle pits

Confederate camp in foreground, union troops crossing river in background. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: IV 5 reads Battles of Charles City Road. Published in: Harp... 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

Hancocks Brigade repulsing the enemy. Battle of Williamsburg

Lt Col Kennedy of the 13th Iowa, 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17 A.C. ra...

Title inscribed on verso. Possibly by Theodore Davis. Published in: Harper's Weekly, April 8, 1865, p. 209, credited to Theodore Davis. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Forms part of: Morgan collecti... More

Fredericksburg, night of the 11th

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 3, 1863, p. 4. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.406) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawin... More

Sketch of Genl. Custer staff and prisoners

There is a self portrait on horse to right of center. Inscribed: Col. Sweitzer; Waud; Capt. Ash. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 26, 1864, pp. 200-201, as part of the series: Scenes connected with General ... More

[Four scenes of European emigrants in America] / W.J. Hennessey del.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1858 June 26, p. 405. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ball given by the City of New York to the Japan[es]e embassy at the Me...

Print shows many people seated and standing at a ball in the ballroom of the Metropolitan Hotel, New York City, New York. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 183 (1860 June 30), pp. 408-09.