U.S. gunboat Pittsburg - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3136. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 148". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Lafayette, Mississippi River Fleet
No. 4584. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More
U.S. gunboat Osage - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3126. Hand written on mount: "Lt. Comdr. Thos. O. Selfridge". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]
Photograph possibly by George 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 Tid... More
The United States gun-boat "Wyandotte" firing a salute on Washington's...
Shown are the gun-boat "Wyandotte," and in the background left to right Fort Barrancas, Barrancas barracks, and United States Marine Hospital. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 April 6, p. 212.
Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia
No. B481. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More
U.S. gunboat Meteor [i.e. Cricket] during American Civil War
No. 3145. Correction to title made on card mount comparing images of the two gunboats. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Officers on deck on U.S. frigate Sabine
No. 4367. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More
[Civil War envelope showing flotilla of gunboats engaged in battle on ...
Addressed to Miss Josie Paige, Nelson, N.H.; bears 3 cent stamp. Initialed A.L.M. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library ... More
James River, Virginia. Officers on deck of U.S.S. MONITOR
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
The United [States] iron-clad monitor "Weehawken" in the storm of 20th...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 319 (1863 Feb. 7), p. 92.
Rebel attack on our gun-boats in the Red River
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 8, 1864 May 14, p. 305.
The United States monitor "Neosho" engaging three Rebel batteries on t...
Published in: Harper's weekly, 1864. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Sling for heavy artillery
Photo shows the equipment used by Union troops to remove heavy artillery pieces from Drewry's Bluff, which was on the James River and part Confederate defenses for Richmond, Virginia, until evacuated in April 1865.
U.S.S. Vanderbilt - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Porter's fleet passing the dam at Alexandria
Print shows a dam constructed by Union troops to raise the water level to a depth that would enable Union ironclads to continue on the Red River at Alexandria, Louisiana. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history ... More
[The crew hanging the ship's lifeboats on the Imperial Ironclad Frigat...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 42. No. 623. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More
[U.S. Naval officers relaxing on deck]
Title devised by library staff. U.S. Navy photo, (186-?). Public domain photograph of United States navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas": By the United State gunboat "...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1708
[The cannon drill on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Osmaniye] / Constan...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 29. No. 587. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More
[Charleston Harbor, S.C. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren standing by a D...
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac--fought March 9th 1862 at Hamp...
Print shows a battle scene between the ironclads Monitor and Merrimac just offshore, also shows a Union ship sinking and rescue boats being put to sea from shore, as well as a Union artillery bunker, Union sold... More
U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built by James B. Eads for use on western rivers, Cairo was commissioned in January 1862 and was one of seven City Class ironclad gunboats, all of a uniform desig... More
U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built by James B. Eads for use on western rivers, Cairo was commissioned in January 1862 and was one of seven City Class ironclad gunboats, all of a uniform desig... More
[Unknown location. U.S. gunboat Kansas (built in 1863)]
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
[Washington, D.C. Ex-Confederate iron-clad ram Stonewall at anchor; U....
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
[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.
U.S. Iron clad steamer, New Ironsides
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Rease, W.H.
Deck of one of Porter's mortar schooners
Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 197". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Officers on deck of the monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia
No. B438. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More
U.S. gunboat Cairo - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3135. Copy neg., LC-B8184-3135, not made from this print. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Officers on deck of monitor Mahopac, James River, Virginia
No. B403. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 145". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
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.
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
A little game of bagatelle, between Old Abe the rail splitter & Little...
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[The cannon drill on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mes'udiye] / Consta...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 23. No. 426. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collectio... More
Discovery of a rebel battery & camp on Vernon River, Ga., by the U.S. ...
Photograph of drawing by William Crane, done in 1861.
The monitors and the Merrimac / K.
Illustration shows a battered ironclad labeled "High Cost of Living" being bombarded by several ironclads labeled "Berger, Shanks [sic], Sulzer, George, Jr., [and] Taft", their gunblasts labeled, respectively, ... More
Reassembled remains of the USS Cairo at Vicksburg National Military Pa...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Cairo was one of seven ironclad gunboats employed by the Union Navy on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers during the American Civil W... More
Gun deck, N. Carolina - Public domain scan / drawing
Title inscribed below image. Outline of two ships on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-157. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1084) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Drury's [i.e. Drewry's] bluff / Levy & Cohen.
Photograph shows ruins of fortifications in the middle of the James River in Richmond, Virginia after the battle. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, ... More
100 lb. gun on board the Confederate gunboat Teazer [i.e. Teaser], whi...
Photograph shows a seaman sitting next to the 100 lb. gun that was captured by the U.S.S. Maratanza on July 4, 1862, on the James River, Virginia. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 482 Entered according to Act of Cong... More
[U.S. Naval officers relaxing on deck]
Title devised by library staff. U.S. Navy photo, (186-?). Public domain photograph of United States navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rebel Ram Stonewall, Confederate States of America.
Stereograph showing the Confederate warship "Stonewall." No. 5. Part of series: Views in Washington, D.C. Copyright in 1867 by F. H. Bell. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
James River, Virginia. View of damaged deck of Confederate gunboat TEA...
Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[The stern cabin of the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Hamidiye] / Constant...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 7. No. 603. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection ... More
Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Obstructions in James River opposite Fort Da...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
James River, Virginia. Gunboat COMMODORE PERRY and monitor on James Ri...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[An ironclad] - Public domain scan / drawing
Broadside view of steamship and ironclad. Title devised. Inscribed on verso: [ ] Harrison Fa[ll?] '61 1302 Pine Phila. 16055 Vine Ave/28th Get from/C Gaybe Gates Ave Cross Grand St Ferry/to South 7th St. Take... More
Monitor off Akin's Landing, James River (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph showing the double turreted monitor "Onandaga" off Akin's Landing in the James River.
U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built by James B. Eads for use on western rivers, Cairo was commissioned in January 1862 and was one of seven City Class ironclad gunboats, all of a uniform desig... More
U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built by James B. Eads for use on western rivers, Cairo was commissioned in January 1862 and was one of seven City Class ironclad gunboats, all of a uniform desig... More
Winona. [Ironclad] - Public domain drawing
Broadside view steamship. Title inscribed below image. Sketch of submarine on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.584) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
U.S. gunboat Signal - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3121. Hand written on mount: "Lieut. Lee". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Columbiad gun in Fort Darling on James
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862: By the federal forces, unde...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0903
Gun-boats at Baton Rouge, La., March 1863
Stereograph showing sailors and soldiers resting on shore with carts and supplies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In the distance, ships rest in the harbor. Title from handwritten on verso. Alternate title from Mil... More
[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor]
Photo shows the light damage caused to the turret of the ironclad USS Monitor during her fight with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, March 9, 1862 at the Battle of Hampton Roads-the first battle of two ir... More
Gunboat on the Mississippi - A black and white photo of people on a bo...
Part of the Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford
No. 3169. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More
Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia
No. B696. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
On deck of the monitor Lehigh, James River, Virginia
No. B686. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Confederate iron-clad Stonewall, Confederate States of America.
No. 912. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative: LC-B817-7912-B
The CARONDELET running the gauntlet at Island No. 10
Ironclad under artillery bombardment from Island No. 10 in Mississippi River, Missouri, April 6, 1862. Steel engraving by Samuel Sartain after drawing by J. Hamilton. This record contains unverified, old data f... More
Map showing the system of rebel fortifications on the Mississippi Rive...
Scale 1:84,480 ("3/4 of an inch = one mile"). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 299.8 From U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Supplemental report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the W... More
Capture of Fort Henry by U.S. gun boats under the command of Flag Offi...
Print shows four Union ironclads in the foreground, identified as the "St. Louis", "Carondelet", "Cincinnati", and the "Essex", bombarding Confederate Fort Henry in the background; also shows two Confederate st... More
The clairvoyant's dream, Confederate States of America.
Four vignette cartoon shows Brother Jonathan kicking the confederacy, Napoleon III, and Emperor Maximillian, represented by animals, with his "iron-clad" boots. In the next vignette, Brother Jonathan fills the ... More
[Colonel Hakkı Bey, captain of the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mahmudiye...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 9. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy and naval personnel, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid I... More
[The Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mahmudiye] / Constantinople, Abdullah F...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 31. No. 425. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More
[The cannon hold in the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mes'udiye] / Constan...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 21. No. 450. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More
U.S.S. Nashville, "I christen thee Nashville"
Public domain image of an American navy warship, 19th-century ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The submarines; a tragic possibility of the political deep
Depicts two iron-clad submarines, one in the form of an elephant, and the other, in the shape of a donkey. The former labeled "Republican Machine," and the latter marked "Democratic Machine," are both surmount... More
The first naval conflict between iron clad vessels. In Hampton Roads, ...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott & Company
[Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia Battered smokestack from C.S.S. ironclad...
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
Das ist der Weg zum Frieden -- die Feinde wollen es so! Darum zeichne ...
Poster shows a clenched, ironclad fist. Text: That's the way to peace -- the way the enemy wants it that way! Therefore subscribe to the War Loan. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.
[The Imperial Ironclad Frigate Osmaniye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Fr...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 25. No. 601. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More
[The Imperial Ironclad Frigate Osmaniye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Fr...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 25. No. 601. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More
Admiral Farragut's fleet engaging the rebel batteries at Port Hudson, ...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0057
Gunboats shelling the enemy at the battle of Malvern hill sketched fro...
Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: General McClellan went aboard while I was sketching to change the position of the gunboats that were shelling our infantry. Gif... More
Intérieur de la batterie du Merrimac, pendant le combat avec le Monito...
Interior of the Merrimac showing Confederate sailors loading cannon, during combat with the Monitor. Illus. from: Le Monde Illustré. Exhibited: Capitol Visitors Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.
Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Obstructions in James River opposite Fort Da...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. gunboat General Price - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3128. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More
[The crew hanging the ship's lifeboats on the Imperial Ironclad Frigat...
Lifeboat launching drill. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 12. No. 600. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of:... More
U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built by James B. Eads for use on western rivers, Cairo was commissioned in January 1862 and was one of seven City Class ironclad gunboats, all of a uniform desig... More
U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built by James B. Eads for use on western rivers, Cairo was commissioned in January 1862 and was one of seven City Class ironclad gunboats, all of a uniform desig... More
U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built by James B. Eads for use on western rivers, Cairo was commissioned in January 1862 and was one of seven City Class ironclad gunboats, all of a uniform desig... More
U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built by James B. Eads for use on western rivers, Cairo was commissioned in January 1862 and was one of seven City Class ironclad gunboats, all of a uniform desig... More
U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built by James B. Eads for use on western rivers, Cairo was commissioned in January 1862 and was one of seven City Class ironclad gunboats, all of a uniform desig... More
U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built by James B. Eads for use on western rivers, Cairo was commissioned in January 1862 and was one of seven City Class ironclad gunboats, all of a uniform desig... More
[Unknown location. U.S. gunboat Kansas (built in 1863)]
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
[Point of Rocks, Virginia, vicinity. Crew of U.S. Army gunboat General...
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
Winona. [Ironclad] - Public domain scan / drawing
Broadside view steamship. Title inscribed below image. Sketch of submarine on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.584) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Great naval victory in Mobile Bay, Aug. 5th 1864
Print shows battle between Union monitors and sloops against Confederate ships and ram CSS Tennessee in Mobile Bay with Fort Morgan in the distance. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Rese... More
U.S. gunboat "47" - A group of men standing on a dock next to a boat
No. 3146. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Lafayette - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
No. 3143. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
On deck of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C.
No. 4954. Mounted with four other photographs and one print. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia
No. B889. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia
No. B596. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More
Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford
No. 3168. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More