A front view of the lines taken from the advanced post near Browns hou...
Print shows two cheval-de-frise and two buildings in the middle distance. Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... more
A view of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced work...
Print shows open countryside looking toward Dorchester, Massachusetts, with soldiers in redoubt on the left. Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Br... more
A view of the harbour of Boston taken from Fort Hill
Print shows tents and wooden fence in foreground and Boston Harbor in the background. Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. D... more
Captain Webb's hut, 4th Dragoon Guards
Captain John MacDonnell Webb standing in the doorway of his hut looking at Colonel Hodge (standing in profile), Mrs. Rogers, Webb's servant with a horse, and several others; also shows three bell tents next to ... more
Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards near Karyni
Men and horses standing among tent encampment with building; mountains in background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.
A hot night in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.
Print shows action in a British artillery battery with cannons firing and being loaded, and men bringing in supplies. Title from item. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most... more
Camp of the naval brigade, before Sebastopol / W. Simpson del. ; E. Wa...
Print shows bell tents at a British military camp and "Mr. Maxse, Naval Aide-de-Camp," on horseback with Captn. Burnet, Captn. Peel, Captn. Lushington, and Captn. Moorsom and other men from the naval brigade in... more
Distant view of Lord Raglan's head quarters before Sebastopol / W. Sim...
Print shows several British military camps, an ambulance, a distant view of Lord Raglan's headquarters (just left of center), and, in the foreground, a dead horse. Title from item. Plate in: The seat of war in ... more
Malakoff or round tower / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith.
Print shows view of the Russian battery at the Malakoff tower, the principal Russian fortification at Sevastopolʹ. Title from item. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gr... more
A hot day in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.
Print shows action in a British artillery battery, mortar fire, mortars and cannon being loaded, the removal of wounded, and in the distance, the fortifications of Sevastopolʹ. Title from item. Plate in: The se... more
Looking towards St. George's Monastery, tents of the 4th Division in t...
Military encampment on the plateau of Sevastopolʹ. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Cri... more
Lord Raglan's head quarters at Khutor-Karagatch / W. Simpson delt. ; C...
Print shows cluster of buildings being used by Lord Raglan as the British headquarters. Title from item. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / ... more
Cavalry camp, looking towards Kadikoi
View of encampment showing bell tents, huts, soldiers, and horses. Title transcribed from item. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection. Roger Fenton, ph... more
A quiet night in the batteries - a sketch in the Greenhill battery (Ma...
Print shows men and cannons in a British artillery battery, at night. Title from item. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. F... more
Russian rifle pit - now part of the British advanced trenches, on the ...
Print shows soldiers filling sand bags and firing over a barrier of sand bags and gabions. Title from item. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen... more
French left attack, Kamiesch in the distance - tents of Sir John Campb...
Plains before Sevastopolʹ, with Sir John Campbell's marquis tent in the foreground. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944... more
Sentinel of the Zouaves, before Sevastopol / W. Simpson del.
Print shows a soldier standing guard at a French battery with snow-covered cannons and Zouaves carrying bundles of wood to a camp in the background.
Camp of the 5th Dragoons Guards
View of camp with tents, huts, and horses, looking toward the village of Kadikoi.
[Military camp]
View of camp on hillside with conical tents, horses, buildings, and soldiers; church(?) and hills in the distance. Title devised by cataloger. Photo possibly printed from damaged negative; loss to image. "302" ... more
The camp of the second division, looking east January 1855 / W. Simpso...
Print shows men on a roadway, horses tethered on the right, and a distant view of the tents of the 2nd Division during winter.
Camp of the 3rd Division, French tents in the distance
Photograph showing military encampment.
Huts and warm clothing for the army / W. Simpson del. ; E. Morin lith.
Print shows soldiers transporting winter clothing, lumber for huts, and other supplies through a snow-covered landscape, with partially buried dead horses along the roadside, to the British camps; huts under co... more
Looking towards Mackenzie's Heights, tents of the 33rd Regiment in the...
Photograph showing vast plain with encampments of tents, wagons, equipment, and military personnel, some on horseback. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s... more
The camp of the 1st Division, looking north towards the camp of the 2n...
Print shows a distant view of bell tents at British military camps, as well as hospital tents, soldiers and a wagon hauling supplies toward the camps, the skeletal remains of an animal on the roadside, and men ... more
General Garrett's quarters & tents of the 4th Division
General Garrett's encampment with bell tents and huts. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton... more
Highland Brigade camp, looking south / W. Simpson del. ; T. Picken lit...
Print shows an artillery battery with Capn. Mansfield, Major Shadwell, Lieut. Col. Stirling, Major Gordon, and Sir Colin Campbell standing near the cannons, with the camp of the Highland Brigade, showing huts a... more
The new works at the siege of Sebastopol on the right attack - from th...
Print shows a mortar battery with soldiers, two mortars, gabions, and earthworks, with a distant view of Sevastopolʹ. Title from item. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most... more
A quiet day in the diamond battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68 pounde...
Print shows a large Lancaster cannon in a British artillery battery. Title from item. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. Fi... more
The field of Inkermann / W. Simpson delt. ; T. Picken lith.
Print shows the plains of Inkerman, ruins on the far right, a French battery on the left, and some soldiers in the foreground. Title from item. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to... more
Ditch of the Malakoff, battery gervais and rear of the redan / W. Simp...
Print shows a view of the earthworks, gabions, and passageways at the Malakoff, the primary Russian fortification before the city of Sevastopolʹ, with view of the city in the background. Title from item. Colnag... more
Quarantine cemetery and church, with French battery no. 50 / W. Simpso...
Print shows a church and cemetery, and French soldiers at a battery on the left. Title from item. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 31.
Interior of the Malakoff with the remains of the round tower W. Simpso...
Print shows an interior view of the Malakoff, the main Russian fortification before Sevastopolʹ, following the successful French assault. Title from item. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 27.
Washington's head quarters near Newburgh
Four soldiers in foreground, Hudson River and mountains in background.
Charlestown Navy Yard
Broadside view ship docked at navy yard and two images of sailboats. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below ship: Ohio Frigate. Possibly by Alfred Waud. Published in: New York Illustrated News, 30 March 1... more
United States military post, Fort Vancouver, Columbia River - General ...
Photograph shows view of the U.S. military post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River; identifies General William Selby Harney's house on the right by the flag pole. Title from item. Date for probably May 18... more
Camp of R.I. Regiment
Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed upper left: head quarters. Inscribed lower left: deep piazzas all round two upper stories. Formerly Waud no. C-161. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1088) Forms p... more
Ft. Scott [and] Towards Alexandria
Two scenes. Title inscribed below images. Formerly Waud no. B-96. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.860) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Rhode Island camp ground
Title inscribed upper left. Formerly Waud no. C-161. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1088) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Ft. Monroe [Gunnery?]
Title from inscription below image. Last word of the title is illegible, the conjecture is based on image content. Inscribed vertically upper left margin: No I 6. Faint sketch of man's head above image. Sketch ... more
U.S. military post at the Cascades, May 1860
Photograph shows the guardhouse and other buildings at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range; mountains in the background. Title from item. In album: [British Northwest Boun... more
[Army camp]
Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-10. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.775) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Moving headquarters
Title inscribed upper right. Sketch pad pages stenciled upper right: 48, 50. Formerly Waud no. B-20. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.785) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Ft. Runyon
Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image with arrow indicator: Road to Mt. Vernon. Formerly Waud no. C-98. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1025) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Two sketches of horse outside tent]
Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-63. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.828) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Key West, Fla. Jan 14 60, garrisoned by U.S. troops. Fort Taylor
Includes sketch of interior of tent. Title inscribed above and below image. Sketch of tent inscribed with color indicators. Formerly Waud no. B-68. Possibly by William Waud. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919... more
Chimney, guns stacked against and fort commanding R.R., Manassas
Small sketch shows chimney in foreground with flag atop fort in the background. Title inscribed on right. "Turn over" bottom left. Source unknown; possibly Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.) Forms part... more
4 mile run valley
Title inscribed above image. Formerly Waud no. C-79. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1006) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Rebel works on the heights of Centerville [sic]
Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-2. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.767) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
View of Charleston Harbor and its Defences
Landscape with harbor and wetlands; Charleston on horizon upper left and ironclads and ships in harbor upper right. Damaged dwelling right margin. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image to indicacte... more
Bull Pen - Hd. qtrs A of P.
Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.314) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
U.S. military post, lower Cascades, Columbia River, May 1860
Photograph shows buildings at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range; snow covered mountain in the background. Title from item. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commissi... more
Howlett house battery
Landscape with river and wrecked boat in foreground, fort in background. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below image: wreck. Formerly Waud no. B-92. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.856) Forms p... more
Ft. Brady
Landscapes with two shores of river. Title inscribed within image. Formerly Waud no. B-92. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.856) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Castle Pinkney [sic]
Gun placements inside fort. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-123. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.887) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Two sketches of tent interior]
Title devised. Inscribed with color indicators. Formerly Waud no. B-63. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.828) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
In the Rebel intrenchments [sic]
Possibly Petersburg. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-29. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.794) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Castle Pinckney
Photograph shows a cannon and cannon balls stacked in piles. No. 4395. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, p. 181". Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Charleston Harb... more
Battery on Morris Island, gun that fired over 1200 shots into Fort Sum...
Photograph shows the interior of Fort Putnam with a cannon in the foreground with soldiers in the background. No. 4971. Title from item. Similar view: LC-B811-3520. Mounted with five other photographs with gene... more
[Log cabin barracks at a military facility]
Title devised by Library staff.
Roachs Mills. 4 mile run Va.
Title inscribed lower right sheet and lower left of image. Inscribed lower left: opposite Blenkers tent. Formerly Waud no. B-4. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.769) Forms part of: Morgan collection of... more
Views of Fort Sumter from drawings
Photograph of drawing showing the ruins of Fort Sumter with Confederate flag waving from Charleston Harbor.
Springfield block, passenger depot, sheds and yard for Army horses, I....
Photograph shows a view of the levee and boats along the Ohio River; Union horse stables, and the Illinois Central Chicago and Cairo railroad, Cairo, Illinois.
[Two sketches: fort opposite Alexandria, 1861; opposite Ft. Scott on P...
Title devised from inscription above and below image. Formerly Waud no. C-12. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.939) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Departure of volunteers from Duqubue, Iowa, April 22, 1861 / Hy. The E...
Top illustration shows crowds on the docks waving farewll as boats loaded with Army troops departs. Bottom illustration shows soldiers,some civilians, and mattresses on the floor in the U.S. Capitol rotunda. Il... more
The War balloon at General M'Dowell's head-quarters preparing for a re...
Illus. from: Harper's weekly, 1861 Oct. 26, p. 679.
Sleeping-bunks of the First Rhode Island Regiment, at the Patent Offic...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 June 1, p. 347.
Bird's-eye view of Sickel Hospital, Alexandria, Va.
Title from item.
Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861
Photograph shows train of horse-drawn covered wagons on a foraging expedition with the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Houghto... more
[Forts, batteries, and a photographic studio in Virginia]
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Nov. 23, p. 742.
Views of Fort Sumter from drawings
Photograph of drawing shows Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor with a boat sailing by. The Confederate flag waves above the fort. No. B701. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general capti... more
Office wagon of headquarters Department of the Cumberland
No. 4520. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Fort Johnson and Battery Gregg
Photograph of drawing shows soldiers rowing a boat in front of Fort Johnson and Battery Simpkins with Charleston in the background. No. B680. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general ca... more
Camp of 27th U.S. Colored Infantry
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 4096.
Giesboro, Md
Photograph showing barns at the Giesboro cavalry depot. Title from item.
General Terry's Head Quarters, Hatcher's farm
Army tents, soldiers and building in background. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2446.
South-Western angle and face of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, S.C....
Soldiers with cannons.
Views of Fort Sumter from drawings
Photograph of drawing showing ruins of Fort Sumter from Charleston Harbor with a Confederate flag waving on the left. No. B698. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Su... more
[Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, James River, Virgin...
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2562.
Earthwork fort at Alexandria protecting the left of the line of the gr...
Title inscribed above image. Inscribed within image as indicators: Fill in with soldiers of the Pennsylvania 4th drilling; narrow Road; Field rough; Trees cut down; distant country. Inscribed vertically left ma... more
Quartermaster's store [rooms?], the point ...
Photograph shows the levee at Fort Prentiss, Cairo, Illinois. View includes the Ohio River in the background, military facilities, and railroad tracks. Title from inscriptions on item. Additional inscriptions i... more
Headquarters and barracks of Col. Morgan's Regt.
Photograph shows Union soldiers engaged in a training exercise or inspection, Fort Prentiss, Cairo, Illinois. Title from pencil inscription on mount. Additional inscriptions on mount include: "commencement of t... more
Col. Oglesby's Headquarters and barracks
Photograph shows Union military barracks, Fort Prentiss, Cairo, Illinois. Title from inscriptions on mount. Last two words in title are barely llegible. "No. 3" upper left corner. Photograph possibly taken by ... more
General Fremont's camp near Jefferson City, Missouri / Sketched by Ale...
Illus. from: Harper's weekly, 1861.
General August Willich's headquarters, Camp Nevin, Kentucky
Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N.63" upper left corner of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): II-39. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congres... more
Gen. Butler's headquarters, Fraser's farm, north side of James River
Row of log buildings. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2559.
Ft. Carroll, Wash., D.C.
Photograph showing guns and ammunition inside of Fort Carrol, near Giesboro, Washington, D.C.
Fort Putnam, previously Confederate Battery Gregg, Morris Island, S.C.
Photograph shows a parapet inside the fort with a sign, Fort Putnam", and artillery. No. 4110. Title from item. Similar view in LC-B811-3479. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Bomb proof quarters at Ft. Burnham. The sides and top are 7 feet thick...
Stereograph showing three Union soldiers in front of bombproof quarters at Fort Burnham, near James River, Virginia.
Col. Paine's barracks, brigade hospital, Dr. [Sim's?] headquarters, ro...
Photograph shows a commercial street in Cairo, Illinois with Union military barracks in the distance. Title from inscriptions on mount reading top left to right. "No. 4" upper left corner. Photograph possibly t... more
General Bragg's camp, as seen from Fort Pickens / / drawn by an office...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 June 15, p. 373.
Giesboro, Md.
Photograph showing barns at the Giesboro cavalry depot.
The twelfth regiment "laying off" in the Navy Yard barracks at Washing...
Stereograph showing soldiers from the 12th regiment relaxing in the barracks, most out of uniform and some sitting on their bunks. No. 826. Title from item. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Libra... more
View at City Point headquarters, hospital, with old school houses, bar...
Photograph shows supply wagons passing General Patrick's headquarters in City Point, now known as Hopewell, Virginia. No. 29. Title from item. Caption continues: Hospital, with old school houses, barns &c.
View taken in 1861
Photograph shows group of men at the entrance of Fort Sumter. No. 4394. Title from item. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 9, p. 41. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter, Char... more
Hancock's headquarters 1861
Photograph shows a caisson and cannon in the foreground with a military camp and house that served as the headquarters of a person named Hancock, probably General Winfield Scott Hancock, probably at Camp Griffi... more
Fort Brady [i.e. Fort Carroll]
Photograph shows mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, possibly interior of Fort Carrol in Giesboro, Washington, D.C. instead of Fort Brady. No. 587. Title from item. Corrected title from ... more
The Swamp Angel Battery from drawing
Photograph of drawing shows soldiers and Parrott cannon named Swamp Angel inside battery designed by Colonel Edward Wellman Serrell of 1st New York Engineers Regiment for Morris Island, South Carolina. A group ... more
Fort Sumner, barracks for officers and soldiers in foreground
No. 227. Title from item.