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Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to the Army of the Potomac

Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to the Army of the Potomac

Confederate (on right) coming forward to surrender arms to the Union troops (on left). Title inscribed above image. Inscribed next to title: as described to me by Genl. Chamberlain, who recd the surrende[r]. My... More

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with a rifle and revolver in front of painted backdrop showing weapons and American flag at Benton Barracks, Saint Louis, Missouri]

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with a rifle a...

Frame: Berg 7-18. Photographer's name attribution based on article: Ertzgaard, John. "The elusive photographer of Benton Barracks." Military images, 10.6 (1989): pp. 24-25. Digital photo with mat removed by Mi... More

Col. Theodore Roosevelt - Public domain portrait print

Col. Theodore Roosevelt - Public domain portrait print

On recto: Copyrighted 1898 by Siegel-Cooper Co. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battle of Darby Town Rd. Gen'l Butler & his staff

Battle of Darby Town Rd. Gen'l Butler & his staff

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed above image: 1st Connecticut Battery Capt. Clinton. Our skirmish firing at the rebels in the woods. The Gerhadt House. Inscribed on verso: View of the action on Thursday 27th... More

Lieut. Commander W. B. Cushing, who blew up the rebel ram "Albermarle"

Lieut. Commander W. B. Cushing, who blew up the rebel ram "Albermarle"

Stereograph showing half-length portrait of Lieutenant Commander William Barker Cushing of the United States Navy, facing slightly left. No. 1864. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History... More

Marriage at the camp of the 7th N.J.V. Army of the Potomac, Virginia

Marriage at the camp of the 7th N.J.V. Army of the Potomac, Virginia

Signed lower right: A.R.Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published with descriptive text in: Harper's Weekly, April 4, 1863, p. 216. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.196) Reference print available in... More

Portrait photo of Francis E. Brownell,  ("Ellsworth's Avenger")

Portrait photo of Francis E. Brownell, ("Ellsworth's Avenger")

Stereograph showing full length portrait of Private Francis E. Brownell, wearing a Zouave uniform, with a bayonetted musket, standing, facing front. The black crape which he has tied to his left arm is in mourn... More

Portrait photo of Francis E. Brownell,  ("Ellsworth's Avenger")

Portrait photo of Francis E. Brownell, ("Ellsworth's Avenger")

Stereograph showing full length portrait of Private Francis E. Brownell, wearing a Zouave uniform, with a bayonetted musket, standing, facing front. The black crape which he has tied to his left arm is in mourn... More

Sheridans ride. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Sheridans ride. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Title inscribed below image. Rough sketch of rabbits hopping over and around a log on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.267) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864. Forms... More

[Sergeant James Bishop White of Company B, 60th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, in shell jacket with M1816/22 musket, bayonet, and Enfield cartridge box and unidentified man, possibly Jasper White, in civilian clothing]

[Sergeant James Bishop White of Company B, 60th Tennessee Infantry Reg...

Case: Leather, plain brown with push button. Two associated rings, carved by Jasper White while at Lake Erie Prison, processed as LOT 14043-1. Additional information in collections file. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; ... More

The sea fight between Keppel and d'Orvilliers

The sea fight between Keppel and d'Orvilliers

Print shows a depiction of the naval engagement between the British fleet under Admiral Keppel and the French fleet under Count d'Orvilliers; framed with elaborate border. Engraved for Cowley's history of engl... More

The honle. Horatio Gates, Esqr., major general in the American Army / J. Norman sc.

The honle. Horatio Gates, Esqr., major general in the American Army / ...

Print shows Horatio Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States, from its commencement to the e... More

His Royal Highness Prince Napoleon - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

His Royal Highness Prince Napoleon - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photog...

Prince Napoleon, in uniform, full-length portrait, facing front. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Captain Walker, 30th Regiment, reading general orders - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Walker, 30th Regiment, reading general orders - Roger Fenton's...

Captain Walker, full-length portrait, seated on pile of hay, facing left, reading, with three soldiers standing nearby; conical tent in the background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton;... More

Captain Fay on General Bosquets staff - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Fay on General Bosquets staff - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Pho...

Captain Charles A. Fay, full-length portrait, facing left, leaning against the doorway of a tent. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photogr... More

Captain Layard, aide-de-camp to Lieutenant General Pennefather, K.C.B.

Captain Layard, aide-de-camp to Lieutenant General Pennefather, K.C.B.

Captain Layard, full-length portrait, standing next to a horse, facing left, in front of a tent. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photogra... More

Mr. Thompson of the Commissariat & attendants of Ismail Pacha - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Mr. Thompson of the Commissariat & attendants of Ismail Pacha - Roger ...

Mr. Thompson, full-length portrait, seated on a gabion, facing front, surrounded by attendants of Ismail Pacha. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crime... More

Charge of the light cavalry brigade, 25th Oct. 1854, under Major General the Earl of Cardigan / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.

Charge of the light cavalry brigade, 25th Oct. 1854, under Major Gener...

Print shows Lord Cardigan leading the charge of the light brigade toward Russian artillery on the left, in the foreground, Russian artillery fire on the left flank of the charging light brigade, as artillery on... More

Highland Brigade camp, looking south / W. Simpson del. ; T. Picken lith.

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

Captain Lilley, field train - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Lilley, field train - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Lilley, full-length portrait, dressed in uniform, seated on a horse, facing right. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Captain George, 4th Light Dragoons & servant - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain George, 4th Light Dragoons & servant - Roger Fenton's Crimean ...

Captain George, full-length portrait, seated before a tent, with his servant standing to the left. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photog... More

Lieutenant General Pennefather & orderly - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Lieutenant General Pennefather & orderly - Roger Fenton's Crimean War ...

General Sir John L. Pennefather, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, seated on horse, and orderly, also full-length, in uniform of 4th Light Dragoons, seated on horse. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate... More

Captain Walker, 30th Regiment - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Walker, 30th Regiment - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Mark Walker, full-length portrait, seated on horseback, facing slightly left. Title transcribed from verso. Photo marked for cropping with horizontal line across bottom. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 194... More

Brigadier-General Garrett & officers of his staff - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Brigadier-General Garrett & officers of his staff - Roger Fenton's Cri...

Garrett (second from left) and four officers standing next to a sub-terranean hut. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia from contemporary photographs. ... More

[1st Lieutenant John Paul Kuntze, Union officer, bust portrait, facing front] / Everitt, Chicago.

[1st Lieutenant John Paul Kuntze, Union officer, bust portrait, facing...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 13. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

Bv't. Brig. General O.C. Risdon. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Bv't. Brig. General O.C. Risdon. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Orlando Charles Risdon, facing left, in uniform. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 5877.

Colonel G.D. Wells, 34th Massachusetts. Inf'y

Colonel G.D. Wells, 34th Massachusetts. Inf'y

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[General George A. Forsyth, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

[General George A. Forsyth, half-length portrait, facing slightly left...

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

[Dr. Felix Blazer, First Assistant Surgeon in the 32nd Indiana Regiment, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

[Dr. Felix Blazer, First Assistant Surgeon in the 32nd Indiana Regimen...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 23. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

Richard Coulter, Colonel 11th Reg. Bvt. Brig. & Maj. General

Richard Coulter, Colonel 11th Reg. Bvt. Brig. & Maj. General

Richard Coulter, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 4724.

Dr. Townsend, Philadelphia. [and] Lieut Crosby

Dr. Townsend, Philadelphia. [and] Lieut Crosby

Title inscribed left margin and above image. Formerly Waud no. C-94. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1021) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Colonel Corcoran, prisoner at Richmond Cartes de visite

Colonel Corcoran, prisoner at Richmond Cartes de visite

Col. Michael Corcoran, head-and-shoulders portrait, in military dress, facing slightly left. Gift; Mrs. Norman P. Mason; 1963 Oct. In album: Cartes de visite portraits of U.S. Army officers, children, and othe... More

[Captain Duncan N. Ingraham, Confederate States Navy, bust portrait, facing front] / D.B.C. ; photo. Eng Co. NY.

[Captain Duncan N. Ingraham, Confederate States Navy, bust portrait, f...

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

War views -- Army of the Potomac -- the way they cook dinner in camp

War views -- Army of the Potomac -- the way they cook dinner in camp

Photograph shows five Union soldiers, including one African American soldier, sitting and eating in front of tents. No. 2057. Photographer's name from same photograph in New York Public Library Digital Collect... More

Lieut. Colonel A.V. Colburn, Warrenton, Virginia, November, 1862

Lieut. Colonel A.V. Colburn, Warrenton, Virginia, November, 1862

Lieut. Colonel A.V. Colburn, full-length portrait, on horseback, facing left.

Three unidentified soldiers eating at table outside tent as an African American soldier sits by the tent with sword on his knee

Three unidentified soldiers eating at table outside tent as an African...

Printed on recto: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purch... More

Captain Craig of Flints staff. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Captain Craig of Flints staff. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Full length portrait. Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The war in the southwest - Adjutant-General Thomas addressing the Negroes in Louisiana on the duties of freedom / from photograph.

The war in the southwest - Adjutant-General Thomas addressing the Negr...

Print shows a large crowd of African American men, women, and children, some wearing military uniforms, listening to Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas speak "on the duties and responsibilities of freedom."

Enlistment of Sickles' brigade - Public domain book illustration

Enlistment of Sickles' brigade - Public domain book illustration

Satire on the disreputable class of men allegedly recruited in New York City by Colonel Daniel Sickles for the Excelsior brigade. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: Sketches from the Civil War in... More

[Private John J. Rhodes of Company K, 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. (Stonewall Brigade)]

[Private John J. Rhodes of Company K, 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment, ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather quatrefoil and scroll. (Case damaged and not retained by Library of Congress.) Copy photo made by LC in 1961 is in Civil War Reference File. Gift; Robert H. S... More

Butlers Canal, Dutch Gap - Public domain scenic drawing

Butlers Canal, Dutch Gap - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-65. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.992) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Maj. H.H. Humphrey and others, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Maj. H.H. Humphrey and others, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Ne...

Three Civil War Union soldiers, drinking outside a canopied living quarters area, African American on right holding bottle. Original neg. no.: LC-B817-7406.

General Ferrero and staff, Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Virginia

General Ferrero and staff, Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Virginia

Stereograph showing General Edward Ferrero and staff on the steps of a building in Petersburg, Virginia. No. 3333. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright in 1865 by E. & H. T. A... More

Georgievskie kavalery i nagrazhdennye zolotym oruzhiem. Za vziatie ukriep. Dzhizag [sic]. 18 Oktiabria. 1866 g. Sht. Kap. Artil. E. V. Shnitsberg

Georgievskie kavalery i nagrazhdennye zolotym oruzhiem. Za vziatie ukr...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 41.

[Black soldier, Indian war period, Infantry, Co. D with shoulder knots, holding noncom sword, wearing aiguelette, crossed rifles with "D" on kepi, white gloves plus 3 service stripes (i.e. 15 years service)]

[Black soldier, Indian war period, Infantry, Co. D with shoulder knots...

Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.332) Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: T48.

Sherman's march to the sea / drawn by F.O.C. Darley.

Sherman's march to the sea / drawn by F.O.C. Darley.

Soldiers destroying railroad tracks and telegraph poles, and burning buildings. Copyright by J. P. Finch.

General G.K. Warren at the signal station on Little Round Top / ARW.

General G.K. Warren at the signal station on Little Round Top / ARW.

Copyright by the Century Co. Illus. in: Battles and leaders of the Civil War. New York : Century Co., [1887-1888], vol. 3, p. 304. Reference copy in LOT 4420-I.

Porter's fleet passing the dam at Alexandria

Porter's fleet passing the dam at Alexandria

Print shows a dam constructed by Union troops to raise the water level to a depth that would enable Union ironclads to continue on the Red River at Alexandria, Louisiana. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history ... More

Unidentified African American Civil War veteran of G.A.R. Colonel John W. Patterson Post no. 151 of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Edward Homann Jr., cor. 14th & Carson Sts., S.S., Pittsburg, Pa

Unidentified African American Civil War veteran of G.A.R. Colonel John...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljvet

[Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left, in uniform]

[Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing l...

Inscribed in ink at bottom: Theodore Roosevelt, Col. in U.S.V. Cavalry. Image in vol. 2, p. 29, top. Forms part of: Scrapbooks documenting the families of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Eleanor Butler Alexander Roosevelt.

[Sgt. William Carney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Sgt. William Carney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Detail of Medal of Honor men, Lot 11931, plate 69. (LC-USZ62-91683). Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress). Surrogate available as microfilm in P&P Reading Room.

[Dennis Bell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

[Dennis Bell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

Detail of Medal of Honor men, Lot 11931, plate 69. (LC-USZ62-91683). Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress). Surrogate available as microfilm in P&P Reading Room.

The Embarkation of Montgomery's troops at Crown Point / drawn by Sydney Adamson ; half-tone plate engraved by J.W. Evans.

The Embarkation of Montgomery's troops at Crown Point / drawn by Sydne...

Richard Montgomery and troops on shore at Crown Point, New York, en route for invasion of Canada. Illus. in: The Century illustrated monthly magazine. New York : The Century Co., 1902 Nov., p. 77. Reference co... More

Pres. Roosevelt, Sec'y Bonaparte, Admirals Evans & Brownson, and Mr. Loeb, Naval Review, Oyster Bay

Pres. Roosevelt, Sec'y Bonaparte, Admirals Evans & Brownson, and Mr. L...

H83261 Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. No. 7444. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Hugh Lenox Scott, three-quarter length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, in uniform]

[Hugh Lenox Scott, three-quarter length portrait, seated in chair, fac...

J190471 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unidentified African American prisoner-of-war in uniform and helmet with German soldier

Unidentified African American prisoner-of-war in uniform and helmet wi...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Orton and Pat Begner, Rochester, New York, via Civil War Collectables, Kendall, New York, February 2017.

[Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in military uniform]

[Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, full-length portrait, standing,...

J236925 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - portrait of an officer in military uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), [Virginia]

Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), [Virginia]

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Man receiving a piece of paper, a military award, Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama]

[Man receiving a piece of paper, a military award, Tuskegee Army Air F...

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gurkhas train in Malayan jungle The 9th Burkhas have had some extensive training recently in the Malayan jungle .... Photo shows - part of the exercise, where 3" trench mortars were used.

Gurkhas train in Malayan jungle The 9th Burkhas have had some extensiv...

Photograph shows soldiers from a Gurkha regiment of the British Indian Army with rifles and mortar, crouched in grasses. British Official photo: BF 237. No. BO 768. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library o... More

Gurkhas train in Malayan jungle The 9th Burkhas have had some extensive training recently in the Malayan jungle .... Gurkhas advancing during the exercise.

Gurkhas train in Malayan jungle The 9th Burkhas have had some extensiv...

Photograph shows soldiers from a Gurkha regiment of the British Indian Army with rifles crouching in grasses. British Official photo: BF 244. No. BO 772. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

Sketched Pvt. Merle "Judge" Hardy tired & hot coming in from a patrol at the front

Sketched Pvt. Merle "Judge" Hardy tired & hot coming in from a patrol ...

Full-length portrait drawing of Private Merle Hardy, standing with his shirt unbuttoned and wielding two weapons, having returned from patrol duty at the front during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal. Sig... More

[Subaltern Mary Spencer-Churchill of the British Auxiliary Territorial Service, daughter of the Prime Minister Winston Churchill, with members of the U.S. Women's Army Corps] / Official U.S. Army photo.

[Subaltern Mary Spencer-Churchill of the British Auxiliary Territorial...

Photograph shows Spencer-Churchill and WACs at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, or Daytona Beach, Florida. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. For... More

Members of an artillery unit stand by and check their equipment while the convoy takes a break / U.S. Army Signal Corps.

Members of an artillery unit stand by and check their equipment while ...

Photograph shows African American artillery troops on march in Belgium. Stamped on verso: Released by authority of Bureau of Public Relations War Department. Credit: Signal Corps photo. SC 196212-A-S. Forms pa... More

Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. Commandant en Chef les troupes de sa majesté Britannique dans l'Amérique Smart pinx. ; Dupin sculp

Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. Commandant en Chef les troupes de sa majesté B...

General Sir Henry Clinton, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing slightly right, in medallion. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in t... More

General S. P. Heintzelman and group, convalescent camp, near Alexandria, Virginia

General S. P. Heintzelman and group, convalescent camp, near Alexandri...

No. B1121. Hand written on verso: "National Archives NA-B5293". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Group of Union officers who escaped from Confed. prison at Columbia, S.C., in the fall of '64 also three guides procured in the mountains of Tennessee

Group of Union officers who escaped from Confed. prison at Columbia, S...

Photograph shows group portrait of former prisoners of war and guides taken upon their arrival at Knoxville, Tennessee, on January 1, 1865. Three of the prisoners of war, Capt. Mark M. Bassett of Co. E, 53rd Il... More

Members of the Army Air Force 332nd Fighter Group in a briefing room, Ramitelli, Italy

Members of the Army Air Force 332nd Fighter Group in a briefing room, ...

Detail photograph from contact sheet shows a large group of Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing. Among those shown are: Hiram E. Mann, Cleveland, OH, Class 44-F; Newman C. Golden, Cincinnati, OH, 44-G; Bertram... More

Sheridans Army. Quarter Master Stores. Harpers Ferry

Sheridans Army. Quarter Master Stores. Harpers Ferry

Signed lower left: Waud. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed above image: Clothing; tents; poles; wagon furniture; harness. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.513) Reference print available in the Civ... More

Jeff Davis House. Genl. Ords headquarters

Jeff Davis House. Genl. Ords headquarters

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: 4 + 6. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.325) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

General W. S. Hancock - Public domain portrait print

General W. S. Hancock - Public domain portrait print

Stereograph showing a portrait of General Winfield Scott Hancock seated facing slightly left. No. 1877. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to Brady National ... More

Alexander attacking the citadel on the Indus / A. Castaigne.

Alexander attacking the citadel on the Indus / A. Castaigne.

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Alexander the Great" by Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Century, 58:529 (Aug. 1899). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

"Fighting Joe Hooker". American Civil War 1861-1865.

"Fighting Joe Hooker". American Civil War 1861-1865.

Stereograph showing a head and shoulders portrait of General Joseph Hooker in an oval cropping, facing left. No. 1922. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of:... More

Negro Reg't (i.e. Regiment) at Beaufort, S.C.

Negro Reg't (i.e. Regiment) at Beaufort, S.C.

Photograph shows the 29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, U.S. Colored Troops in formation near Beaufort, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Photographer and date from close va... More

Corporal Jimmy Shohara / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Corporal Jimmy Shohara / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Corporal Jimmy Shohara, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, in uniform. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-34. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Form... More

General Sickles and Staff in a reconnoitering expedition along the banks of the Potomac

General Sickles and Staff in a reconnoitering expedition along the ban...

Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.544) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1861. Reference print available in Ray, Pla... More

[Portrait photographs of soldiers and servants from various Union headquarters; also shows photographer's tent, topographical engineer corps, and portraits of George A. Custer]

[Portrait photographs of soldiers and servants from various Union head...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 359, no. 444, no. 349, no. 428, no. 366, and no. 387. Exhibit loan 4116-L.

8th N.J.V. Camp near Matawoman [sic] Creek on the Potomac Charles Co. Md. = Gen Hooker's division

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 Uptons Hill, Va. their old camp

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

Colonel Burnsides brigade at Bull Run, First and Second Rhode Island, and Seventy-First New York Regiments, with their Artillery, Attacking the Rebel Batteries at Bull Run. Sketched on the spot by A. Waud

Colonel Burnsides brigade at Bull Run, First and Second Rhode Island, ...

Title printed below image. Printed below image: Colonel Burnside; Governor Sprague. From: New York Illustrated News, August 5, 1861, pp. 216-217. See Waud, no. 717, for original drawing. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919... More

Myrtle Bush Plantation near Beaufort, S.C . / Sam. A. Cooley, photographer Tenth Army Corps

Myrtle Bush Plantation near Beaufort, S.C . / Sam. A. Cooley, photogra...

Stereoview showing freedmen housing on Union occupied Port Royal Island, South Carolina. Three African American men in military uniforms stand to the right of the stairs. Purchase; Philip D. Nathanson 2013; (... More

Review by the President of the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac

Review by the President of the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac

Signed lower right: Alf R [Waud]. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: General Buford's division of regulars passing by the general gallopping[sic] to the head of the column. Published in: Harper... More

[Rough] Rider Roosevelt - Public domain portrait print

[Rough] Rider Roosevelt - Public domain portrait print

Print showing Theodore Roosevelt, in uniform, on horseback, facing left, holding sword. 36804 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: Copyright 1898 by McLoughlin Bros.

Sheridans army following Early up the Valley of the Shenandoah

Sheridans army following Early up the Valley of the Shenandoah

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harpers Weekly, Oct. 22, 1864, p. 681. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.158) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawing... More

Washington at Valley Forge / Lith of F. Heppenheimer, 22 N. William St., NY.

Washington at Valley Forge / Lith of F. Heppenheimer, 22 N. William St...

Print shows General George Washington praying in the snow at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. In the background are Washington's soldiers and officers 612 U.S. Copyright Office.

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

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

Battle of Friday on the Chickahominy

Battle of Friday on the Chickahominy

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed above image: Porter, McCall, Slocum, Sykes, and Sumner attacked by a superior force of the rebels under Jackson and Lee. Published in: Harper... More

Battle of the Thames. Respectfully dedicated to Andrew Jackson Esq. President of the United States / Clay ; J. Dorival, Lith.

Battle of the Thames. Respectfully dedicated to Andrew Jackson Esq. Pr...

Print shows American forces fighting Tecumseh's Indian confederation. In the center Col. R. M. Johnson shoots Tecumseh who has raised his tomahawk. A legend at the bottom describes the men pictured and describ... More

Hookers division engaging at the battle of Williamsburg

Hookers division engaging at the battle of Williamsburg

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Beyond first line of soldiers a mass of felled trees while the heads of a second line in it engaged. Represent soldiers with pan... More

[Journey of a slave from the plantation to the battlefield]

[Journey of a slave from the plantation to the battlefield]

Uncut sheet of twelve illustrated cards presenting the journey of a slave from plantation life to the struggle for liberty, for which he gives his life, as a Union soldier during the Civil War. Attributed to J... More

View of Gen Stannards Head Quarters

View of Gen Stannards Head Quarters

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed below title on verso: This is one of the most delightful places in the Army although it is only a few hundred yards from the enemies front and a considerable distance in adva... More

Surrender of the revolting Garibaldi Guards to the U.S. Cavalry

Surrender of the revolting Garibaldi Guards to the U.S. Cavalry

Signed lower left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed on verso. Published with descriptive text in: New York Illustrated News, July 22 1861, with caption: Surrender of mutineers of the Garibaldi Guard, p. 188. Dated de... More

Frances L. Clalin 4 mo. heavy artillery Co. I, 13 mo. Calvary Co. A. 22 months / S. Masury, photographic artist, 289 Washington St., Boston.

Frances L. Clalin 4 mo. heavy artillery Co. I, 13 mo. Calvary Co. A. 2...

Photograph shows portrait of Frances Clalin Clayton, woman who disguised herself as a man, "Jack Williams," to fight in the Civil War, standing, wearing uniform. Purchase; Thomas Harris; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:182... More

McClellan looking at the fight - Public domain  drawing

McClellan looking at the fight - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: Fight in the cornfield on the back of this sketch. Formerly Waud no. C-131. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1058) Forms part of: Morgan collection o... More

Bv't. Maj. General Rufus Ingalls. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Bv't. Maj. General Rufus Ingalls. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. B238. Location identified by a reader as Appomattox Manor at City Point, Va. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Czar samples food of Russian soldiers

Czar samples food of Russian soldiers

Photomechanical print shows Czar Nicholas II in eating with soldiers and a cook as Grand Duke Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich of Russia stands to the side. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, New York. On verso: addressed... More

Death of Tecumseh: Battle of the Thames Oct. 18: 1813 / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

Death of Tecumseh: Battle of the Thames Oct. 18: 1813 / lith. & pub. b...

Print shows Col. R.M. Johnson using a pistol to kill Tecumseh during the War of 1812, at the battle of the Thames in Ontario, Canada.

Major Genl. McClellan. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Major Genl. McClellan. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Major Genl. McClellan on horseback. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009.

Group of President Lincoln, General McClellan, and suite, at headquarters Army of Potomac, previous to reviewing the troops and the battle-field of Antietam, 3d Oct., 1862

Group of President Lincoln, General McClellan, and suite, at headquart...

Photograph shows from left Buck Juit, Ward Hill Lamon, Ozias Hatch, Gen. Randolph B. Marcy, Capt. Wright Rives, Gen. McClernand, Pres. Lincoln, Lt. Col. Andrew B. Porter, Gen. McClellan, Joseph Kennedy, John Ga... More

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