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Ft. Monroe [Gunnery?] - Public domain scan / drawing

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

[Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, James River, Virgin...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2562. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter, Charleston... 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

Camp Chapin, Baltimore, Md, 116th Regt New York Vol: Colonel E.P. Chap...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Camp Chapin, Baltimore, Maryland, with soldiers in formation for a review, with tents to the left among trees. 65 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed on lower left: Lt. Col. Robt. C... More

Ruins of light house, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows observation tower built atop lighthouse ruins. Neg. no. B8184-10378.

The Army of the Cumberland in front of Chattanooga / J.G. 1863 ; lith....

Print shows Union forces encamped near Chattanooga, with earthworks, artillery bunkers, tents, and soldiers. Includes numbered key with alphabetic subdivisions indicating the positions of the various Divisions.... More

The Army of the Cumberland in front of Chattanooga / J.G. 1863 ; lith....

Morris Island, South Carolina. July or August 1863. Unidentified cam...

Photographed by Haas & Peale. LC-B8178-76. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Head-quarters, Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Virginia / negativ...

Photograph showing a group of Zouaves standing in front of the Army of the Potomac headquarters at Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washin... More

Three first traverses on land end, Fort Fisher, N.C. / negative by T.H...

Photograph showing the Confederate fortifications at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington... More

A dead rebel soldier, as he lay in the trenches of "Fort Hell"

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.... More

Interior views of Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C., April, 1865

Photograph shows debris at the parapet. No. 4388. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, p. 120". Mounted with four other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), on the parapet, overlooking the ha...

Stereograph showing damaged gabions amid the fortifications on the parapet of Fort Sumter. Photographer Samuel Cooley sets up his camera in the distance. No. 3053. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photogr... More

Worthy his country's pride--America's Commander in China, in his headq...

Public domain photograph of court building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alexandria, Virginia Battery Rodgers at Hunting Creek and the Potomac;...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. N... More

Rappahannock Station, Virginia Federal encampment near railroad

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

Carver Barracks, Washington, D.C., Landscape view print

Print shows a temporary barracks established by the Union Army during the Civil War.

District of Columbia. Maj. H.W. Sawyer and staff at Camp Stoneman

Atlanta, Ga. Federal soldiers relaxing by guns of captured fort

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to ab... More

Charleston, S.C. Palmetto reinforcements on the channel side of Fort S...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milho... More

Arlington, Virginia Interior view of Fort C.F. Smith, with gun crew of...

Petersburg, Virginia View of Fort Sedgwick

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. : Librar... More

Alexandria, Virginia Magazine in Battery Rodgers

Savannah, Ga., vicinity. Sherman's troops removing ammunition from For...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman at the sea, December 1864. After marching through Georgia for a month, Sherman stormed Fort McAllister on December 13, 1864 and captured Savan... More

Charleston, S.C. Federal squadron dressed with flags; another view

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

O'Connor House, where Union officers were under fire, Charleston, S.C.

Photograph shows five men near all that remains of a building in front of the O'Connor house on Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina.

[District of Columbia. Interior view of Fort Lincoln]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

Soldier's mud hut / E.F. - Public domain scan / drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.50) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ft. Washington. Warship photograph collection

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-97. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1024) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Fort Brady, Virginia Three officers of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Arti...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Photograph of three officers, Company C, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery.

Atlanta, before being burnt: by order of Gen'l. Sherman, from the cupo...

Landmarks labeled under image. Source unknown. Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2013.

Hd. qtrs. camp at Germantown - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-16. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.781) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Battery and encampment in clearing]

Fort in an area where trees haven been cut down, but remain on the ground. Signed lower left: J.W. Pattison. Title devised. Outline of tents sketched on verso. Signed J.W. Pattison, probably the artist James Wi... More

[Brandy Station, Virginia, vicinity. Camp of 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

Massanutten Mountain, near Strasburg, Virginia, looking S.W. / EF.

"This is the mountain on which the celebrated Confederate signal station was posted and from which Genl. Sheridan's signal officer intercepted a dispatch which gave warning of Early's designs, carried out at th... More

Ruins of the arsenal / Levy & Cohen.

Photograph shows ruins of the State Arsenal along the canal in Richmond, Virginia. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, of the District Court, for 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

[Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity. Blockhouse on the Nashville & Chattanoo...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of the Battle of Chattanooga, September-November 1863. After Rosecrans' debacle at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, Bragg's army occupied the mountai... More

Union picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the sol...

Stereograph showing three Union guards and other debris behind the gabion reinforced fortifications at Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia. No. 3201, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Uni... More

[Yorktown, Virginia Confederate sandbag fortifications] - 19th century...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

[Richmond, Virginia Stacked and scattered ammunition near the State Ar...

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Swamp Angel Battery near Charleston, S.C.

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing around the cannon in a fortified battery. Date from record for LC-B811-3516. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative ... More

[Washington, D.C. Workmen in front of the Trimming Shop]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Residence, chief quartermaster, Third Army Corps, Brandy Station / neg...

Photograph showing the residence and business office of the Chief Quartermaster of the Third Army Corps with attendants. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington... More

Residence, chief quartermaster, Third Army Corps, Brandy Station / neg...

Convalescent camp, near Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War

Photograph shows the entrance to a military hospital facility known as "Camp Misery". There are two types of ambulances and a family carriage in front of the building.

Sally-port of Fort Moultrie, Confederate States of America.

Stereograph showing a soldier standing guard at the entrance of Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island. No. 354, part of series: War Views. Attributed to George N. Barnard in record for no. 43 in LOT 13461. Copyri... More

Charleston, South Carolina. Flag-raising ceremony at Fort Sumter. Awai...

Stereograph showing a crowd gathered on the ground and along the parapet for General Anderson's raising of the American flag that four years earlier the Confederates had compelled him to take down. Part of seri... More

Winooski - Public domain portrait drawing

Sidewheel steamship at dock. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: white river. Seated figure sketched in caricature on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-156. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.108... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Chevaux-de-frise in front of Fort Sedgwick]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[James River, Virginia Confederate gun emplacement above Dutch Gap]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

Soldiers' quarters in the Union Fort Rice adjoining Fort Sedgwick (for...

Stereograph showing soldiers' quarters in ruins inside Fort Rice near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 3196, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Imprinted on verso:... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Interior view of Confederate works]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Petersburg, Virginia Interior view of Confederate works]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[District of Columbia. Sergeants of 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

Chesapeake Hospital, Fortress Monroe - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows Chesapeake Hospital, Hampton, Virginia. Attributed to George Stacy. Card number: "No. 228." Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of ... More

Soldier's Home, Washington, D.C. during American Civil War

Print shows Dr. King's residence, the President's villa, the military governor's house, and the soldier's home, established in 1851 and later known as the Armed Forces Retirement Home. "During the Civil War, Pr... More

[Fort Fisher, N.C. Interior of the "Pulpit"; another view]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Fort Fisher, N.C., January 1865.

[James River, Virginia Another Confederate gun emplacement at Howlett ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

[Arlington, Virginia Band of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry at Fort Corco...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Shows group of twenty African American soldiers with musical instruments.

Winter quarters at Centreville, Virginia

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C., April...

Stereograph showing spectators surrounding Generals Robert Anderson and Quincy A. Gillmore at the flag raising ceremony in Fort Sumter on the occasion of the anniversary of Major General Anderson's surrender fo... More

[Atlanta, Ga. Chevaux-de-frise on Marietta Street; photographic wagons...

Rebel fort & line of works near Burgess Mills evacuated by the rebels ...

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on verso under title: The 6th Corps flanked them out./ AR.W./ 2n Apr. 65,/ On my way to Petersburgh.[sic]. Inscribed on recto, indicating key Spots: Woods. Pines. Oaks. Pines... More

Thunder Bolt Bat[ter]y from Rear

Signed below image: Will Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on verso: This Baty was built in / 61 and is of immence[sic]strength-it was designed to protect the City from any attack by Gun boats coming ... More

Maj. General Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches be...

Stereograph showing Major General William T. Sherman, center, leaning on the breach of a cannon, with his staff at Federal Fort No. 7 near Atlanta, Georgia.

Ripraps. [and] Hampton Roads - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Sewells pt. Formerly Waud no. C-125. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1052) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ripraps. [and] Hampton Roads - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Sewells pt. Formerly Waud no. C-125. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1052) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Changing base round to the James river on the Pamunkey. Rebel fortific...

Steamship ferrying wagons on river. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower right: Put in more boats if you like. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.580) Forms part of: Mo... More

Lt. General Grant's Head Quarters, City Point, Virginia May 29, 1865

Stereograph showing a row of smaller quarters in front of General U. S. Grant's headquarters in City Point, Virginia. No. 3331, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic His... More

[Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). View of Battery Chatfield Morr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Fort Richardson and adjacent encampmen...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Birds-eye view of the camp of the army of occupation, commanded by Gen...

279 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. B&w copy Inscribed in ink at bottom: 279. Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the So. Dist. of New York July 23, 1847. Color co... More

View of Charleston S.C. from Fort Wagner, Morris Isla

Flag view across harbor, toward city and waterfront. Confederate flags flying over docks, and fortress at right. Title inscribed below image. Transfer, Map Division.

Breastworks and "Cheavaux de Frise" in the Rebel Fort Mahone, called b...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing on the log fortified parapet at Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Va. Lt. John B. Krepps, 2nd Penn. Heavy Artillery, 112th Regiment, Battery K is fourth from left. Part of se... More

[Yorktown, Virginia Confederate fortifications, with large gun]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Washington arsenal, Insane Asylum in the distance

View across the Potomac toward the arsenal, ships at anchor. Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: the arsenal stands on a point running out into the river at the junc... More

[Arlington, Virginia Capt. Nevins and officers in front of headquarter...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

Outside view, Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows a group of men amidst the ruins and damaged artillery on exterior of Fort Sumter. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Colonel Butterfields headquarters, Camp Anderson D[C]

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on verso: long table in middle covered with black cloth - flowers in tumblers papers books, E[t]c. wooden settees all round apartment Reg flags in middle bedroom on left offi... More

The Sally-port and draw-bridge - A black and white photo of a group of...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing on the drawbridge at the gate of Fort Slemmer in Washington, D.C. A mounted cannon is in the background. No. 2318. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographi... More

Picket in front of Ft. Mahone - Public domain scenic drawing

Guard in canvas-covered trench in foreground, fort in background. Title inscribed below image. Rough sketch of trench or breastworks on verso. See also Waud, No. 120. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.2... More

Northeast view of Battery no. 1, at Farnhold's house, York River, moun...

Stereograph showing soldiers walking through the fortifications in the battery. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper s... More

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), looking toward Morris Island

Stereograph showing the interior and parapet of Fort Sumter with gabions used as reinforcements in bombproof construction. No. 343, part of series: War Views. Copyright 1865 by John P. Soule. Attributed to Geo... 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

[District of Columbia. Band before quarters at Camp Stoneman]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

Castle Pinkney [sic] - Public domain drawing

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.

In the Rebel intrenchments [sic], Confederate States of America

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.

Ft. Brady, Interior (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, possibly interior of Fort Carrol in Giesboro, Washington, D.C. instead of Fort Brady. Title from published source: Interior of Fo... More

[Fort Sedgwick near Petersburg], Confederate States of America. (Andre...

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

Fort Johnson, Charleston Harbor, S.C. Fort Sumter in the distance

Photograph shows mounted guns with view of Fort Sumter in the background. No. B1194. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Office of Insp. General Department of the Cumberland

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Arsenal yard, Washington, D.C., from roof of model arsenal (Andrew J. ...

Photograph showing an aerial view of the Washington Arsenal yard. No. 274.

General Birney's Head Quarters, 2d Division, 10th Corps

Soldiers with horses. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2446.

300 pdr. [i.e. pounder] Parrot Rifle, Fort Chatfield, Morris Isand

Photograph shows a group of soldiers by the 300 pound Parrot rifled cannon with the name "Col. Brayton" inscribed on it in battery Chatfield on Morris Island. No. 4308. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, ... More

[Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, James River, Virgin...

Public domain scan of American Civil War image, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picket posts on Orange & Alexandria R.R. 1862

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Nr Cattletts. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.560) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard's headquarters, Corinth, Mis...

Drawing shows the "Tishomingo Hotel," railroad station and military equipment in foreground, Corinth, Mississippi. Title on mat: Gen. Wm. Beauregard's Headquarters at Corinth, Miss. Text on drawing: Genl. [W.?]... More