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Ruins of the bridge over the Shenandoah. Loudon Heights beyond

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Loudoun [sic] Heights 1864. Written on a separate piece of white lined paper: The Shenandoah valley from Maryland Heights. The ske... More

Ruins of the bridge over the Shenandoah. Loudon Heights beyond

[Company I, 24th Infantry regiment officers]

Photograph shows a group portrait of soldiers from the Company I, 24th Infantry regiment in uniform. Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M114; 42 enlisted men, offic... More

[Infantry sergeant, Buffalo soldier, with young girl] / Pollock, Main ...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of an African American soldier in uniform, sitting next to a girl, who is standing to his right.

Omar Pacha, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton's Crime...

Ömer Lûtfi Paşa, full-length portrait, seated on chair in doorway, facing slightly right, holding swagger stick. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia f... More

Captain Verschoyle, Grenadier Guards - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Phot...

Captain Henry W. Verschoyle, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left, wearing uniform and holding sword. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton ... More

The battle of the Sharpsburg from the extreme right

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union Zouave uniform]

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

Spotsylvania, Va--May 8-13-64 - Public domain document scan of drawing

Three officers stand in foreground while soldiers sleep against breastworks. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed lower left: Genl Webb on the Brock road 10 P.M. May 7th. Inscribed on verso: This sketch made w... More

Shermans march destroying the track--1864

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[McClellan reviewing his troops near Baileys Cross Roads]

Panoramic view with DRWG/US - Waud, no. 756 (D size). Title devised. Inscribed above image as indicators: Masons hill; McClellan + his bodyguard; Munson's hill; Perkins hill. Inscribed within image as indicator... More

[Group portrait of naval personnel including an African American hospi...

Title derived from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M14. "Geo. West" (?) -inscribed on back of mount in pencil. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.250).

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

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

Gen. Thos. J. Jackson, ("Stonewall"), American Civil War.

Stereograph showing a head and shoulders portrait of General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, facing left. The photograph is a reproduction of a print, possibly a lithograph. No. 2077. Part of series: The ... More

View of 8 in. Mortar in Captain Dow's Battery

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Attempt of the Rebels to recapture Fort Harrison

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

Colonel Graham's 5th Excelsior reg. U.S.V. Shelled while being reviewe...

Signed lower right: Alf R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed in image near right margin: Gen. Sickles White horse. Text on verso reads: "No. III 14". Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP1919:R1.2.0172). R... More

Major General Francis C. Barlow. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Stereograph showing a head and shoulders portrait of Major General Francis Channing Barlow in an oval cropping, facing right.

Ste[e]dmans charge at Snod[g]rass hill--Battle of Chickamauga

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Home Insurance Company, cash assets $6,000,000, January / Kronheim & C...

Print on recto shows calendar from the Home Insurance Company almanac, January 1876, with illustration of George Washington visiting soldiers at Valley Forge; description of illustration on verso. Picture capt... More

Evans 20th N.Y. Cav. giving the oath in the Capital Richmond

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Maj. Gen. Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches befor...

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.

Soft Bread for Sheridan's army, Confederate States of America

Signed lower left: Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: 5000 loaves per day. Inscribed below image: Bakery. Harpers Ferry in ruins of the arsenal/ Capt Leland. C.S. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 ... More

Genl. Hunt--and Major Duane, chief of Arty. and Chief Engineer

Title inscribed below image. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file L. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.475) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil... More

Front Royal Va.--The Union Army under Banks entering the town

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

McClun[?]am [sic] army landing at Hampton

Troops marching up hill including Zouave regiments, those in foreground distinct. Ships anchored in river background. Title inscribed below image. Frederick Ray has identified this as a work by Alfred Waud, but... More

Fairfax - Public domain document scan of drawing

Captain Alexander's corps of engineers constructing log barricade. Title inscribed below image. Date inscribed below image. Sketch of soldier on verso, with inscription: 2nd barricade after leaving Vienna on th... More

Fairfax - Public domain scenic drawing

General John A. Logan. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Stereograph showing a half length portrait of General John Alexander Logan in an oval cropping, facing left. No. 1900. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of:... More

Portrait photo of Camp Lincoln, Cabinet photograph

African American man, full-length portrait, standing in front of tent, facing front, wearing military uniform, holding rifle. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M5. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DL... More

Scene of the explosion Saturday July 30th

Fig ure in lower left has oversized shoes. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: Petersburg Mine, Va./July 30, 1864/23d U.S. colored/18th U.S. Inscribed on an accompany... More

General Warrens Signal Station--near Lacy house--Battle of Wilderness

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Black soldier] - Public domain portrait drawing

Title devised. Inscribed on verso: [Ni]ne miles from town, servant being a slave could not be a partner(?) to a contract, and when he claimed his share, half of what he made repudiated. Prince Herron meantimes ... More

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform standing next ...

Photograph shows single-stripe chevrons on sleeves. Case: Leather geometric scroll. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Libra... More

Gen. Phil. Kearney (i.e. Kearny). Photograph taken in 1862

Stereograph showing a half length portrait of General Philip Kearny, in an oval cropping, facing right. No. 2209. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of: Civi... More

Capt. Ward and his pet gun, Library of Congress drawings collection

Two sketches.

"Little Mac". American Civil War 1861-1865.

Stereograph showing a half length portrait of Major General George Brinton McClellan in an oval cropping, facing left. No. 1642. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Capt... More

Battle of New Orleans and death of Major General Packenham [sic] on th...

Print shows the Battle of New Orleans from the British perspective, as British forces advance upon the earthworks or barricades from which the American forces, under the command of Andrew Jackson, repel the att... More

Genl. Scott at Cerro Gordo - Public domain scenic print

Print shows General Winfield Scott, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, facing left, riding on horseback at the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico; with soldiers in the background. Publication date base... More

Omar Pacha & Colonel Simmons, Queen's Commisioner at the head quarters...

Colonel Simmons standing and Omar Pacha seated on a horse in front of building with tiled roof. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House Roger Fenton series. Photo marked for cro... More

[Jacob M. Rife, Captain, 7th West Virginia Cavalry, head-and-shoulders...

Inscribed: Your friend, J.M. Rife. 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... More

Attention! Lieutenant Colonel Henry von Trebra August 26, 1861

Drawing shows Lieutenant Henry von Trebra calling 32nd Indiana Infantry troops to attention. Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N.39" upper left corner of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): I-... More

[Pvt. C.C. Wenner, Co. A., 35th Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A., three-quarte...

Information on rank from caption card. Copy photo made by LC in 1961 from unidentified source. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Portrait photo of Capt. David Hunter, U.S.A., 1861

Photograph shows Hunter, U.S.A., in uniform, full-length portrait, facing front. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Harrison (Harry) Corbin, Pvt., U.S.A., half-length portrait facing fr...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Major General Franz Sigel, on the battle field of Pea Ridge Ar: 6th 7t...

196 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Wogram, F. Copyright deposit: May 21, 1862, no. 196 [inscribed]; Nov. 19, 1862 [stamped]

General R.W. Johnson's headquarters at Stones River, Murfreesboro, Ten...

Mat housing drawing is inscribed with the same title, but shows a different date: "Jan. 1862." Date from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N.16" upper left corner of sheet. "after Stones River, 63" on back ... More

The fight at Santa Rosa Island - A black and white drawing of a group ...

Surprise Confederate attack on Union troops under William Wilson (shown at lower left, peering out of his tent) on Santa Rosa Island, Florida in 1861. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: Sketches ... More

Art gallery, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876. Philadelphia

Print shows view of exhibition building.

P.H. Sheridan, Brevt 2d Lieutenant, 1st Regiment Infantry / engd. by H...

Lt. Philip Sheridan, half-length portrait, in uniform, facing front. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William LeRoy Parker of USS Rosedale in uniform

Photograph shows identified African American sailor who sailed on wooden paddle-wheel river steamship commissioned as USS Rosedale in the Delaware River area. Materials related to William LeRoy Parker processe... More

American admiral in London confers with British naval heads / Photo by...

Rear Admiral William Sims, U.S.N., three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, holding hat. No. 1620-S. National Photo Company Collection.

Unidentified African American soldier in uniform with marksmanship qua...

Addressed to: "Sergt. Mose Washington, 1903 XX Wooddss[?] St., Detroit, Mich." Not stamped. Photographer's name blind stamped on recto. Printed text on verso is in French. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073... More

Irving Berlin, now a sergeant in the United States Army, who has writt...

Photograph shows Irving Berlin, three-quarter length portrait, seated on a chair, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform with hat. Stamped on verso: Photo by White Studio. Courtesy of credit will be ap... More

Saltzwedel Arnold Busch - Public domain portrait drawing

Photographic reproduction of drawing shows portrait of German U-boat commander Reinhold Saltzwedel. In portfolio: Deutsche Kampfflieger und Seehelden / nach dem Leben gezeichnet von A. Busch. Charlottenburg : ... More

Weeks & heads of Military Service, 12723

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

James F. Coupal, head-and-shoulders portrait, in uniform, facing front

Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General order issued by General George Washington in New York, July 17...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designation on original folder: Portraits... More

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Henry B. L...

Certificate of Military Service Public domain scan of a manuscript related to George Washington and American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

John Paul Jones / dessiné d'après nature au mois de May 1780 par J.M. ...

Print shows John Paul Jones, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing uniform and hat. Includes two lines of text from Moliere, "Gloire du Val de grace." Published in: The American Revolution in draw... More

Miss E.A. Marsh, "The Daughter of the Regiment," in uniform with flag ...

Photograph shows identified vivandière. Notation on recto: "The Daughter of the Reg." Notation on verso: "Miss E.A. Marsh." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Coll... More

Union dead ready for burial in Fredericksburg, Virginia Brady, Washing...

Photograph shows soldiers and African American workers standing near caskets and dead bodies covered with cloths during Grant's Overland Campaign. Indecipherable notation on verso. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 20... More

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, pin...

File No: W-MA-4-11436. Official U.S. Navy photograph, Office of Public Relations, Review Section. Forms part of: NAACP photographs of African Americans in the Navy in Visual materials from the National Associat... More

Washington's entry into New York, on the evacuation of the city by the...

Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in ink on bottom: 543 Deposited in U.S. Clerks Office So. Dist. N. York August 28th 185740.6 x 50.6 cm.. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné /... More

Maj. Gen. Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches befor...

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. No. 3626, part of series: War Views. Part of series: ... More

Union nurse Clara Barton Claflin's Photographic Gallery, 229 Main Stre...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Jack Mord, Thanatos Archive, Duvall, Washington, January 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress)... More

9th Massachusetts. batt. Bigelows going into position at Gettysburg

Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.281) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1863. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Infernal machines discovered in the Potomac [near Aquia] Creek by the ...

Detail of explosive device in foreground, scene of discovery in background. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image: Infernal machines discovered in the Potomac [near Aquia] Creek by the flotilla for... More

Charge at Rivers Bridge - Public domain document scan of drawing

Title inscribed right. Inscribed upper right: Charge at Rivers Bridge by the 43rd Ohio (leading Reg) / 2 companies of the 63rd (following) / Mowers 1st Division 2n Brigade / 17 corps / 3rd February. Inscribed a... More

The 15th Corps crossing the Saluda River above Columbia

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below title: the foreground should show more of the road. Inscribed on verso: The bridge had been burnt by Wheelers men the night before we arrived and the 30th Ohio (Col ... More

8th N.J.V. Camp near Matawoman [sic] Creek on the Potomac Charles Co. ...

Soldiers chopping wood and transporting branches log cabins covered with canvas, soldiers in winter camp. Title inscribed lower left. Date inscribed lower right. Published in: New York Illustrated News, 5 April... More

Soldiers of Gen Augurs Brigade waiting for the cars to take them to Up...

Four full-length soldiers in foreground, sketchy images of soldiers in background, including a drummer. Many have sacks and boxes, pillaged from Virginia families. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on verso... More

Major General Winfield Scott. General in chief, United States Army

Major General Winfield Scott, in foreground, on horseback, reviewing troops Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pleasontons Cavalry deployed as skirmishers

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.392) Published in: Harpers' Weekly, 26 November 1862, p. 742. Reference print available in Ray, Plate 36 (p. 1... More

Custer's div. cavalry capturing prisoners nr. Turnpike

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: 19th September. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.470) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864. Fo... More

[Buffalo soldier, full-length portrait, standing, crossed rifles on ke...

Title derived from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M138 "DG389" inscribed on back of mount in pencil. "Black Indian Wars soldier. 1870's" inscribed on the back of mount i... More

The remains of the White House--burned when McClellan evacuated the pl...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed on verso: May 30 evening / I have only time to send this sketch as we are just on the move & I do not want to be left behind / W. Waud / I wrote this[? ] Gift, J.P. Morgan... More

Gen. Ingalls, 4th New-York Artillery, loading a cannon / Negative by B...

Stereograph shows General Rufus Ingalls loading a cannon as soldiers from 4th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment stand by at Fort Corcoran, Arlington, Virginia. Corresponding glass negative: LC-B811-2341A, left... More

After Gaines Mill Sunday June 29th 1862

Signed lower right: A R Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: 16th NY. Inscribed below image: Scene near Trents House formerly McClellans headquarters, Franklins Corps falling back, commissar... More

Home Insurance Company, cash assets $6,000,000, September / Kronheim &...

Print on recto shows calendar from the Home Insurance Company almanac, September 1876, with illustration of an African American slave preparing sweet potatoes at a table as General Francis Marion, a British off... More

[Stonewall Jackson], American Civil War.. American Civil War 1861-1865...

Stereograph showing a head and shoulders portrait of General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson facing left. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of: Civil Wa... More

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

Commencement of the battle of Savage's station, Sunday June 29

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed upper right: Baxter's Zouaves advancing with skirmishers thrown to the front. Burning of train explosion of ammunition, rockets, &c. Inscribed above image: Woods filled wi... More

Letter from Anna Spafford to Mrs. Morse

The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The community was founded by a group of American and Swedish Christian fundamentali... More

Barlow and Gibbons charge between the Mechanicsville road and swamp, J...

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Captain Ponsonby, Captain Pearson & Captain Markham, on the staff of S...

Captain Ponsonby, full-length, facing left, standing; Captain Pearson, full-length, facing forward, leaning in doorway; and Captain Markham, full-length, facing right, sitting in chair; all are in front of a bu... More

[Private David C. Colbert of Company C, 46th Virginia Infantry Regimen...

Photograph shows identified soldier; manuscript found with photograph. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosColbert.html

Steedmans charge at Snodgrass hill

Very faint sketch. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: 2 lines. Formerly Waud no. C-81. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1008) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Jone's Neck from Gen R.S. Fosters Head Quarters at Deep Bottom

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on verso with title: between 3 & 4 miles from Malvern Hills and on the same side of the James River showing the Pontoon bridge & the double end gun boats protecting one of hi... More

General Greggs troops getting into action

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Death of Reynolds--Gettysburg - Public domain map drawing

Three men on horseback in foreground, soldiers in background. Title inscribed lower left. A narrative and a map on cream lined paper accompany the drawing (on the verso). The text reads: The Fall of Reynolds/ L... More

Maj General Butterfields winter Quarters--near Stonemans swich[sic] on...

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.439) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file K. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of an African American man in military un...

Title derived from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M118; 2nd Lt., Sons of Union Veterans medal. "Yours Truly, Henry Stewart" inscribed on back of mount in ink. Purchase; W... More

[Sergeant in frock coat, Russian knot epaulette, aiguillette] / Luke O...

Photograph shows a half-length portrait of an African American soldier in dress uniform. Title derived from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M9. Purchase; William A. Gladsto... More

Execution of a deserter, Alexandria, Va. / Negative by Brady & Co., Wa...

Stereograph shows the hanging body of William Johnson of 23rd Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, executed for the "attempt to outrage the person of a young lady at New-Kent Court-house" and desertion, near Petersbu... More

Evans 20th N.Y. Cav. giving the oath in the Capital Richmond

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The gallant charge of the Kentucky cavalry under Col. Marshall. Buena ...

Print shows a scene during the battle at Buena Vista, Mexico, with the Kentucky Cavalry engaging Mexican cavalry troops. Printed at bottom: Agents: Thomas S. Husted, 97 Nassau St. N.York, J. Bardsley, cor. of ... More

General Franklin Pierce / designed and engraved on steel by W.L. Ormsb...

Franklin Pierce in uniform, on horseback, in foreground; Mexican War battle scene, showing Chapultapec castle and Popocatépetl volcano, in background.

Lieutenant General Sir William J. Codrington K.C.B. - Roger Fenton's C...

Lieutenant General William J. Codrington, standing behind horse, facing right. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Gen. W. F. (Baldy) Smith, Commander of the Bloody Sixth Corps.

Stereograph showing a portrait of General William Farrar "Baldy" Smith facing left. No. 2243. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Col... More

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