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Group of officers on Lookout Mountain

Group of officers on Lookout Mountain

No. 4511. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18th Ohio Infantry. 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Photograph is half stereograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Office wagon of Headquarters Army of the Cumberland

Office wagon of Headquarters Army of the Cumberland

No. 5115. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18th Ohio Infantry. 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Photograph is half stereograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Shenandoah River, near Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

Shenandoah River, near Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

Public domain image of a train ferry, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Warrenton, Virginia (vicinity). Ruins of White Sulphur Springs hotel

Warrenton, Virginia (vicinity). Ruins of White Sulphur Springs hotel

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Ruins of White Sulphur Springs Hotel, near Warrenton, Sept. 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-F. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861... More

Petersburg, Virginia. View of mills. American Civil War glass negative.

Petersburg, Virginia. View of mills. American Civil War glass negative...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Petersburg, Va., Mills. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-F. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Pho... More

Mechanicsville, Virginia - A black and white photo of a small town

Mechanicsville, Virginia - A black and white photo of a small town

Photograph shows a group of houses and buildings in Mechanicsville, Virginia along the Chickahominy River. No. 4157. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D... More

Railroad depot in Warrenton. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Railroad depot in Warrenton. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th centu...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862, July-August 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Headquarters of General Robert E. Lee on the Chambersburg Pike

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Headquarters of General Robert E. Lee on the ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress... More

Hampton, Virginia Brick chimneys, etc., of burned houses

Hampton, Virginia Brick chimneys, etc., of burned houses

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Hampton, Va. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald ... More

Culpeper, Virginia. Distant view of town and Federal camp

Culpeper, Virginia. Distant view of town and Federal camp

Photographer name from negative sleeve: T.H. O'Sullivan. Caption from negative sleeve: Culpeper, Va. Two plates form left (LC-B811-216A) and right (LC-B811-216C) halves of a stereograph pair. Two plates form le... More

Main Street - Looking West, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by the rebels under McCausland, July 30th, 1864

Main Street - Looking West, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, ...

Stereograph showing a group of men standing in a street destroyed by the Confederate calvary troops of General John McCausland. Handwritten on verso: Deposited Aug. 19, 1864 by Charles E. Meyer, prop. Hand wri... More

What was left of the north-east corner of the public square

What was left of the north-east corner of the public square

Stereograph shows destroyed buildings after the burning of Chambersburg on July 30, 1864. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).

Fair Oaks Station, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Fair Oaks Station, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing soldiers gathered around a 32 pdr. field howitzer. Twin houses on the battlefield in the distance in Seven Pines, Virginia. No. 471. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War ... More

Classic ruins of the Bank of Chambersburgh

Classic ruins of the Bank of Chambersburgh

Stereograph shows African American men standing in front of destroyed bank building with only Ionic columns and a portion of the walls standing after the burning of Chambersburg on July 30, 1864. Purchase; Rus... More

Winter quarters of the rebel army, at Manassas, Virginia, 1862

Winter quarters of the rebel army, at Manassas, Virginia, 1862

Stereograph showing two men standing by one of the many log cabins at the military camp. No. 1045. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to George N. Barnard, b... More

Confederate Powder Works, Augusta, Ga., Confederate States of America.

Confederate Powder Works, Augusta, Ga., Confederate States of America.

No. 5307. Photograph is half stereograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Headquarters of General Thomas. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Headquarters of General Thomas. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows a group of men posed on the front steps of the building. No. 5114. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18th Ohio Infantry. 15th Pennsylva... More

Fredericksburg, Virginia. Another view. American Civil War glass negative.

Fredericksburg, Virginia. Another view. American Civil War glass negat...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Fredericksburg, Va. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-F. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Centreville, Virginia Confederate winter quarters, south view

Centreville, Virginia Confederate winter quarters, south view

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Confederate winter quarters, 1861-1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of C... More

Fort Sherman, Chattanooga, Tennessee during American Civil War

Fort Sherman, Chattanooga, Tennessee during American Civil War

Photograph shows view of the fort with Lookout Mountain in the distance.

Conococheague Creek - looking east, Baptist Church & gas works, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by the rebels under McCausland, July 30th, 1864

Conococheague Creek - looking east, Baptist Church & gas works, Chambe...

Stereograph showing ruins of buildings destroyed by Confederate cavalry troops led by General John McCausland along Conococheague Creek. Handwritten on card: No. 537. Handwritten on verso: Filed August 19, 186... More

Market Street near Second - looking south-west, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by the rebels under McCausland, July 30th, 1864.

Market Street near Second - looking south-west, Chambersburg, Franklin...

Stereograph showing buildings in ruins after being burned by Confederate cavalry troops of General John McCausland. Handwritten on card: No. 536. Handwritten on verso: Filed August 19, 1864 by Charles E. Meyer... More

View of Knoxville, Tenn. - A black and white photo of a river and a bridge

View of Knoxville, Tenn. - A black and white photo of a river and a br...

Item formerly in LOT 3869. 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 ... More

The hill opposite Harper's Ferry and commanding the town

The hill opposite Harper's Ferry and commanding the town

Photograph shows homes and a covered bridge at the bottom of a hill along a river in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

The hill opposite Harper's Ferry and commanding the town

The hill opposite Harper's Ferry and commanding the town

Photograph shows homes and a covered bridge at the bottom of a hill along a river in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

Panoramic view of city of Atlanta, Ga., from the top of the Female Seminary - extending from the Medical College on the south-east around by the south to a point on Peach Tree Street a little north of west, October, 1864

Panoramic view of city of Atlanta, Ga., from the top of the Female Sem...

No. 8499. 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

Winter quarters of the rebel army, at Manassas, Virginia, 1862

Winter quarters of the rebel army, at Manassas, Virginia, 1862

Stereograph showing two men standing by one of the many log cabins at the military camp. No. 1045. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to George N. Barnard, b... More

Fredericksburg, Virginia, Feb., 1863, American Civil War Glass Negative. (Andrew J. Russel)

Fredericksburg, Virginia, Feb., 1863, American Civil War Glass Negativ...

Photograph shows a view of Fredericksburg from across the river. No. B243. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman's men destroying railroad

Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman's men destroying railroad

Stereo filed in LOT 4164A. Caption from negative sleeve: Federal troops destroying R.R. Atlanta, GA. Photographer's name attributed in Civil War caption books. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3631A) and right (LC... More

Mount Saint Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md., July, 1863

Mount Saint Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md., July, 1863

Photograph shows a large crowd of men and boys posed in front of a building. No. 7234. Photographer identified in Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob ... More

Court House, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by the rebels under McCausland, July 30th, 1864

Court House, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by th...

Stereograph showing the ruins of the Court House destroyed by Confederate calvary troops of General John McCausland. Handwritten on card: No. 506. Copyright 1864 by Charles E. Meyer. Handwritten on verso: Depo... More

Trout House and Masonic Hall, Marrietta St., Atlanta, Ga.

Trout House and Masonic Hall, Marrietta St., Atlanta, Ga.

Stereograph showing a Federal encampment outside Trout House and Masonic Hall on Decatur Street. No. 3581, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. A... More

Scene at City Point, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Scene at City Point, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing an overview of the military railroad depot and supply trains chosen by General Grant as his supply headquarters. In the distance are sailing ships on the James River. No. 2514. Part of serie... More

New Hope Church, Georgia - A black and white photo of a dirt road

New Hope Church, Georgia - A black and white photo of a dirt road

Photograph shows aerial view of land with railroad tracks, dirt roads, and a few buildings. Brady-Handy Collection.

Petersburg, Virginia, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Petersburg, Virginia, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indian Mound in Monument Gardens, Chattanooga

Indian Mound in Monument Gardens, Chattanooga

Photograph shows a group of men, most in uniform, in front of the Indian mound near Chattanooga. No. B1285. Hand written on verso: "Miller VIII, 219". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

View of Gettysburg from the Northwest

View of Gettysburg from the Northwest

No. 970. Date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Caption continues: First and ... More

Antietam, Maryland. Newcomer's mill. American Civil War glass negative.

Antietam, Maryland. Newcomer's mill. American Civil War glass negative...

Photographer name from negative sleeve: Alex. Gardner. Caption from negative sleeve: Newcomer's Mill, Near Antietam, Sept. 1862. Two plates form left (LC-B811-582A) and right (LC-B811-582B) halves of a stereogr... More

Savannah, Georgia. Ruins of houses. American Civil War glass negative.

Savannah, Georgia. Ruins of houses. American Civil War glass negative.

Caption from negative sleeve: Savannah, Ga. Photographer's name attributed in Civil War caption books. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3552A) and right (LC-B811-3552B) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding ... More

Effects of shot and shell on the north side of Petersburgh, (i.e. Petersburg), Virginia Bollingbrook St. View of Dunlop house

Effects of shot and shell on the north side of Petersburgh, (i.e. Pete...

Stereograph showing damage to the exterior of the house. No. 3034, in the series: War Views. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: LC-B811-3034.

City Hall, Atlanta, Ga.. Stereoscope Card. Library of Congress.

City Hall, Atlanta, Ga.. Stereoscope Card. Library of Congress.

Stereograph showing the camp of 2nd Massachusetts Infantry on the grounds of City Hall in Atlanta. No. 2708, in series: War views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York.... More

Culpeper Court House, Virginia. View of houses and army wagons

Culpeper Court House, Virginia. View of houses and army wagons

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Street view in Culpepper. Aug. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-F. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, P... More

View of Knoxville, Tenn. April 1864

View of Knoxville, Tenn. April 1864

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Centreville, Virginia Confederate winter quarters, south view

Centreville, Virginia Confederate winter quarters, south view

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Confederate winter quarters, 1861-1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of C... More

Catlett's Station, Virginia The station with U.S. military railroad boxcars and soldiers

Catlett's Station, Virginia The station with U.S. military railroad bo...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862, July-August 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D... More

General Sherman's men destroying the railroad, before the evacuation of Atlanta, Ga.

General Sherman's men destroying the railroad, before the evacuation o...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers inspecting the damaged railroad. No. 3631, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. Attributed to George N. Barnar... More

Preparing for the "March to the Sea"

Preparing for the "March to the Sea"

Stereograph showing a train loaded with refugees at railroad depot fleeing the city before Sherman's troops destroyed the railroad. No. 3671. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 186... More

View on the Appomattox River, near Campbell's bridge, Petersburg, Virginia

View on the Appomattox River, near Campbell's bridge, Petersburg, Virg...

Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). Published in: Gardner, Alexander / Gardner's photographic sketch book of the War. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons [1865], ... More

Ruins of railroad depot, Atlanta, Ga.

Ruins of railroad depot, Atlanta, Ga.

Stereograph showing ruins of the depot, blown up on Sherman's departure, and buildings in the background. No. 2715, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New... More

Savage Station, Virginia, June 27, 1862

Savage Station, Virginia, June 27, 1862

Stereograph showing Army of the Potomac headquarters with railroad cars in the background, and covered wagons in the foreground before the battle began. No. 468. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photograp... More

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia - An old photo of a train crossing a bridge

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia - An old photo of a train crossing a bri...

Photograph shows railroad tracks in foreground with bridge and town in background. No. 187. Alternate title from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Z... More

Officers of 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry - A black and white photo of a group of men

Officers of 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry - A black and white photo of a g...

No. 4514. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18th Ohio Infantry. 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Photograph is half stereograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Sherman's men destroying railroad during American Civil War

Sherman's men destroying railroad during American Civil War

Stereograph showing Union soldiers inspecting the damaged railroad before the evacuation. No. 3631. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to George N. Barnard, ... More

Atlanta, Georgia, just after its capture

Atlanta, Georgia, just after its capture

View of railroad "car shed" in Nov. 1864, with covered wagons loaded with supplies for Union troops, shortly before the March to the Sea began under General Sherman. (Source: George N. Barnard, by Keith F. Davi... More

The slave market, Atlanta, Ga. - A black and white photo of a town street

The slave market, Atlanta, Ga. - A black and white photo of a town str...

Stereograph showing a man with a rifle sitting outside a commercial building used as a slave market, bearing a sign "Auction & Negro Sales" on Whitehall Street. No. 3608, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card... More

Ruins of Atlanta, Ga. - A black and white photo of a factory

Ruins of Atlanta, Ga. - A black and white photo of a factory

Stereograph showing two chimneys in the foreground and buildings in the background. No. 2716, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. Hand written o... More

[Group of soldiers, some in uniform and some with crutches, pose in front of the woods at the hospital at Camp Letterman in Gettysburg]

[Group of soldiers, some in uniform and some with crutches, pose in fr...

No. 4411. Title devised by library staff. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half stereograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Camp of 18th Ohio Infantry - An old photo of a group of people standing in front of tents

Camp of 18th Ohio Infantry - An old photo of a group of people standin...

No. 4516. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18th Ohio Infantry. 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Photograph is half stereograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Civil war glass negatives and related prints - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Civil war glass negatives and related prints - Harris and Ewing, Washi...

A black and white photo of an old town, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. a... More

[Ruins at Hampton, Virginia showing chimneys, and man standing]

[Ruins at Hampton, Virginia showing chimneys, and man standing]

Civil War Photograph Collection. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania August, 1863, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania August, 1863, American Civil War Glass ...

Photograph shows Hanover Junction railroad station with two trains on the tracks. No. B159. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Yorktown, Virginia. View of Court House

Yorktown, Virginia. View of Court House

Caption from negative sleeve: Court House, Yorktown, VA. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2376A) and right (LC-B811-2376B) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-F. Credit line: Civil war... More

Fort Sherman, Chattanooga, Tennessee during American Civil War

Fort Sherman, Chattanooga, Tennessee during American Civil War

Photograph shows view of the fort with Lookout Mountain in the distance.

Mount Saint Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md., July, 1863

Mount Saint Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md., July, 1863

Photograph shows a large crowd of men and boys posed in front of a building. No. 7234. Photographer identified in Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob ... More

Savage Station, Virginia, June 27, 1862

Savage Station, Virginia, June 27, 1862

Stereograph showing Army of the Potomac headquarters with railroad cars in the background, and covered wagons in the foreground before the battle began. No. 468. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photograp... More

View of railroad depot and surroundings, Atlanta, Ga.

View of railroad depot and surroundings, Atlanta, Ga.

Stereograph showing loaded carts and wagons in front of the railroad depot in Atlanta. No. 2712, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. Attributed ... More

Street in Atlanta, Ga. - A black and white photo of a street with buildings

Street in Atlanta, Ga. - A black and white photo of a street with buil...

Stereograph showing a number of buildings including a church. The house next to the church was used as Sherman's headquarters. No. 3609. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Attributed ... More

Petersburg, Virginia (?), gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Petersburg, Virginia (?), gelatin silver print during American Civil W...

Photograph shows homes along a dirt road. View may be of Gettysburg rather than Petersburg. Brady-Handy Collection.

View of Knoxville, Tenn., American Civil War Glass Negative.

View of Knoxville, Tenn., American Civil War Glass Negative.

Photograph shows view of Knoxville from slope of Fort Dickerson, 1864.

Petersburg, Virginia. Street. American Civil War glass negative.

Petersburg, Virginia. Street. American Civil War glass negative.

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Street in Petersburg, VA. Title found in Civil War Views index: Va. Petersburg. Steet view, Sycamore St. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-F. C... More

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. View of town; railroad bridge in ruins

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. View of town; railroad bridge in ruins

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

Petersburg, Virginia Mills on the Appomattox River near Campbell's Bridge

Petersburg, Virginia Mills on the Appomattox River near Campbell's Bri...

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

National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee during American Civil War

National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee during American 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

General Sherman's men destroying the railroad before the evacuation of Atlanta, Ga.

General Sherman's men destroying the railroad before the evacuation of...

No. 3630. Attributed to George N. Barnard, based on LC-B811-3630. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Correspondin... More

Mud Creek, Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Mud Creek, Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Stereograph showing the creek in the distance. No. 3563. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

View of railroad depot and surroundings, Atlanta, Ga.

View of railroad depot and surroundings, Atlanta, Ga.

Stereograph showing loaded carts and wagons in front of the railroad depot in Atlanta. No. 2712, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. Attributed ... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Chattanooga, Tennessee, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Photograph shows aerial vew of Chattanooga. Date based on LOT 4164-E, no. 21. Brady-Handy Collection.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, circa 1864 during American Civil War

Chattanooga, Tennessee, circa 1864 during American Civil War

Photograph shows aerial view of Chattanooga. 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... More

Petersburg, Virginia Sutler's bomb-proof "Fruit and Oyster House"

Petersburg, Virginia Sutler's bomb-proof "Fruit and Oyster House"

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Stereo filed in LOT 4166-F. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mu... More

Railroad depot in Warrenton. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Railroad depot in Warrenton. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th centu...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862, July-August 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D... More

Nashville, Tennessee. View of city. American Civil War glass negative.

Nashville, Tennessee. View of city. American Civil War glass negative.

Photographer's name attributed in Civil War caption books. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2630A) and right (LC-B811-2630B) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-E. Credit line: Civil w... More

Sherman's men destroying railroad. Marching through Georgia. "So we made a thoroughfare for Freedom and her train, sixty miles in latitude, three hundred to the main"

Sherman's men destroying railroad. Marching through Georgia. "So we ma...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers inspecting the damaged railroad before the evacuation. Copyright in 1904 by John C. Taylor, Hartford, Conn. Attributed to George N. Barnard, based on LC-B811-3631. Forms part... More

Cash Corner - Spottsylvania [i.e. Spotsylvania] C.H. opposite hotel, [Virginia]

Cash Corner - Spottsylvania [i.e. Spotsylvania] C.H. opposite hotel, [...

Photograph shows Spotsylvania Court House opposite Sanford's Hotel in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. No. 5043. State added by Library staff. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. View of Loudon [i.e. Loudoun] Heights

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. View of Loudon [i.e. Loudoun] Heights

Photograph shows Loudoun Heights above the Shenandoah River near Harper's Ferry. No. 441. Hand written on verso: "Maryland Heights (as on duplicate print)". Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 2, page 325". G... More

Church and street in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Church and street in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

No. 5079. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Views at City Point, Virginia - A black and white photo of a train station

Views at City Point, Virginia - A black and white photo of a train sta...

Photograph shows the engine house at the railroad depot at City Point, Virginia. No. B973. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at City Point, Va. Photograph is half of a stereograph... More

Ruins of bridge, across Potomac River at Shepherdstown

Ruins of bridge, across Potomac River at Shepherdstown

Photograph shows a man in the foreground overlooking the ruins of the bridge at Shepherdstown, West Virginia. No. 5077. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col.... More

[A camp made up of small cabins that surround a large building]

[A camp made up of small cabins that surround a large building]

No. 4513. Title devised by library staff. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18th Ohio Infantry. 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Photograph is half stereograph... More

Sutter's [i.e. Sutler's] Row, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Sutter's [i.e. Sutler's] Row, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Photograph shows men standing in front of a row of stores on a commercial street in Chattanooga. No. 8124. Photographer identified in National Archives photo, 111-B-512. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Antietam, Maryland. Ruins of Mumma's house on the battlefield

Antietam, Maryland. Ruins of Mumma's house on the battlefield

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Ruins of Mumma's House on Battlefield of Antietam, Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-C and LOT 4165-C. Credit line: Civil war photo... More

Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania--1863--Hanover Junction Railroad Station (detail of locomotive and crowd)

Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania--1863--Hanover Junction Railroad Statio...

People standing in front of railroad station. Photograph by Mathew B. Brady or assistant. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Emmitsburg, Maryland. Mount St. Mary's college

Emmitsburg, Maryland. Mount St. Mary's college

Caption from negative sleeve: Mount Saint Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md. James F. Gibson or Timothy H. O'Sullivan. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library o... More

Nashville, Tennessee. View. American Civil War glass negative.

Nashville, Tennessee. View. American Civil War glass negative.

Caption from negative sleeve: Nashville, Tenn. Photographer attribution and date from B. Zeller's The blue and gray in black and white, 2005, p. 160. Photographer's name attribution in Civil War caption books: ... More

Nashville, Tennessee. View of city. American Civil War glass negative.

Nashville, Tennessee. View of city. American Civil War glass negative.

Photographer's name attributed in Civil War caption books. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2631A) and right (LC-B811-2631B) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-E. Credit line: Civil w... More

Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg, ...

President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication. Examination of the image in 2007 by members of the Center for Civil War Photography indicates that Lincoln may be visible in the cro... More

National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee during American Civil War

National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee during American 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

Sherman's men destroying railroad during American Civil War

Sherman's men destroying railroad during American Civil War

Stereograph showing Union soldiers inspecting the damaged railroad before the evacuation. No. 3631. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to George N. Barnard, ... More

General Sherman's men destroying the railroad before the evacuation of Atlanta, Ga.

General Sherman's men destroying the railroad before the evacuation of...

No. 3630. Attributed to George N. Barnard, based on LC-B811-3630. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Correspondin... More

General View, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by the rebels under McCausland, July 30th, 1864

General View, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by t...

Stereograph showing an aerial view of Chambersburg and the surrounding area after it was destroyed by Confederate cavalry troops lead by General John McCausland. Handwritten on card: No. 508. Copyright 1864 by... More

Live Oak Avenue, at R. B. Rhett's plantation, Beaufort, Port Royal Island, S.C.

Live Oak Avenue, at R. B. Rhett's plantation, Beaufort, Port Royal Isl...

Stereograph showing a plantation house in the distance between rows of oak trees. No. 3573, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. Forms part of: C... More

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