military

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and red sash with sword]

Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: The Virginia Confederate, Waldorf, Maryland, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photogr... More

[Two unidentified soldiers in Confederate uniforms with sword, bayonet...

Case: Berg, no. 4-1. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: Krainik Gallery, Warrenton, Virginia, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of... More

[Three unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with swords]

Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). NewsetLilj01 pp/liljunion

Interior of Fort Sumter in April 1861 after its surrender by U.S. garr...

No. 4798. See also LOT 4166-C no. 219 for full stereo view. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

General Butler's Headquarters, Chapin's farm during American Civil War

No. 4087. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

The battle-field of Gettysburg. Little Round Top and Round Top

No. 969. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites an... More

House of John Rose (i.e. Ross), near Ringgold [i.e. Rossville Gap], Ga...

Photograph shows a cabin with a family seated on the porch in a damaged area. No. B564. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 2, p. 287". Original print in PH - Barnard, (G), no. 16. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Camp of 67th New York Infantry - Camp Proctor

No. B546. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 9, pp. 78 - 79. Called Vermont Brigade". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Camp Griffin 1861 - Public domain scan /

Photograph shows Union soldiers and men, probably photographers including G.H. or Don Houghton, in front of shed labeled "Picture Gallery" and tent at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Hought... More

(Group of officers & men). American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photographs shows a group of soldiers in camp. Brady-Handy Collection.

Building the Red River Dam - A black and white photo of a river filled...

No. 3163. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

[Brigadier General William G. Mank, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana ...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 21. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

The Haxall Flour Mills, Richmond, Virginia

Photograph shows James River and Kanawha Canal near the Haxall Flour Mills, and ruins of Gallego Mills in the distance. No. B30. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

No. B928. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Military map of the United States & territories showing the location o...

Convalescent camp, near Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

No. B540. National Archives has original negative. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, p. 287". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

No. 903. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

White House Landing, Pamunkey River, Virginia

No. B1181. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

Brigadier General Lander - Print, Library of Congress collection

72 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford.

[Flag flying above an emcampment] during American Civil War

No. 137. Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

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

[Unidentified soldier in Ohio Volunteer Militia uniform with bedroll a...

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

Lookout Mountain - A black and white photo of a field with a mountain ...

No. B1304. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

John D. Barry, 1839-1867, Confederate States of America.

Half lgth., seated, facing right; in uniform. CSA general. Civil War Collection. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card traci... More

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

7th N.Y. State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Steamboat dock, Morris Island, S.C., Confederate States of America.

No. 4295. No. 3531 etched on negative, lower left corner. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Comeing [i.e. coming] home from the Third Regiment Looking at the turk...

Top photograph shows reproduction of drawing, probably by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, of a Union soldier at a log barricade; bottom photograph shows Larkin Goldsmith Mead holding a turkey at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia.

Water battery on James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal

No. 5118. Mounted with 5 other photographs showing different views of the same location. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Convalescent camp, near Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War

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

Bv't. Brig. General M. Churchill. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Full-length portrait of Mendal Churchill, standing, facing front, in uniform. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 5453.

Co. A, 6th Vermont Infantry - Camp Griffin, Virginia

No. 4119. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

U.S. Military Academy cadets. American Civil War 1861-1865. (Andrew J....

Photograph showing a group portrait of cadets possibly from West Point.

Headquarters of General Gillmore, Folly Island, S.C.

No. 4975. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Castle Pinkney [i.e. Pinckney], Charleston, S.C., August 1861, Federal...

No. 4375. Mounted with one other photograph. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 7, p. 27". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Bv't. Maj. General O. B. Willcox and staff

Photograph shows (left to right) Lieutenant Whiting, Michigan Volunteers; Captain Wells, Michigan Volunteers; Lieutenant Snyder, Third U. S. Infantry; Gen. Orlando B. Willcox; Colonel McElroy, Eighty-ninth New ... More

Officers of Co. I., 37th Pennsylvania Inf'y

No. B316. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Bvt. Major General T. H. Neill and staff

No. B514. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Headquarters of Grahams Brigade and Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry

No. 4136. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, Confederate entrenchments on hill

No. B455. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

No. B911. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). Hospital camp. Kendall Gr...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Battlefield of Bull Run, ruins of the stone bridge

No. B1130. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

[Micah Jenkins, 1835-1864, half length, seated, facing slightly right,...

No. 4825. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

General Lew Wallace. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War per...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H... More

Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford

No. 3169. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Quartermaster's landing and storehouses, Chattanooga, Tenn.

No. 8125. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

[William Francis Jones, Pvt., 5th Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A., half-lengt...

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

Captain Clark B. Lagow - Public domain portrait print

Photoprint taken at Cairo, Ill. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[William H. Rockwell, Pvt., North Carolina, 18th Infantry, Company H, ...

Written on negative sleeve: N.C.(?) Regt. Copy photo made by LC in 1961 from unidentified source. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Commodore Goldsborough / Magee.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in uniform.

Officers of Co. [?], 153d New York Infantry

No. B320. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Headquarters of General George B. McCle...

A black and white photo of a person standing in a field. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Evander McNair, of Arkansas, Brigadier General, C.S.A., head-and-shou...

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Co. - , 139th Pennsylvania Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. B1173. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Group at Camp Winfield Scott. T. Anders...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

R. W. Johnson, Brig. Genl. U.S.V.

Bust portrait of officer in uniform. Title inscribed below image. Johnson was appointed Brigadier General on 11 October 1861 and promoted to Major General after the Battle of Nashville. Purchase; Conner & Rosen... More

Lieut. General Winfield Scott. General in Chief of the U.S. Army

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Magee, J.

Yorktown, Virginia. General William F. Barry and friends

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Wm. F. Barry and friends, June 1862, Yorktown, Va. Caption from file print: Group of staff/officers and foreign officers at Gen. McClellan'... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B1019. Date based on 22nd NY history Mounted with five other photographs. See LC-USZC4-6315 for full card mount. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

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

Culpeper, Virginia. Colonel William R. Brewster, 73d New York Infantry

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General George G. Meade and staff, Culpeper, Virginia Sept. 1863

Photograph shows Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys standing in front of the door facing General George G. Meade, seated. Standing, to Meade's right is Major J.C. Biddle, A.D.C., on the steps of Wallach's House, the hea... More

Scene of the charge of the Louisiana Tigers. View taken from Cemetery ...

Photo shows the site where confederate infantry commanded by Brigadier General H.S. Hays (the Louisiana Tigers) charged against Union batteries on Cemetery Hill on the evening of July 2nd and broke through the ... More

Bealeton, Virginia. General William H. French standing in front of ten...

A man in uniform standing in front of a tent. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fairfax Court House, Virginia. Capt. J.B. Howard, A.Q.M. and group at ...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Capt. J.B. Howard, A.Q.M. and group at Hdq. Army of the Potomac. Corresponding print is in LOT 4187. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-18... More

[Two unidentified Civil War soldiers in Union uniforms, seated in a ph...

Photo by D.C. Bettison, Louisville, Ky. With revenue stamp on back of mount. Ink caption on album page, "Genl. J.B. McPherson at Memphis, Tenn." But, photo does not match known likenesses of McPherson. Transf... More

Discussing the probabilities of the next advance. Feb. 1864

Photograph shows two men in civilian dress seated and smoking pipes at camp in Brandy Station, Virginia. Print from stereograph glass negative LC-B811-61 in the Brady-Handy Photograph Collection.

Brandy Station, Virginia. Camp of U.S. Engineer Battalion

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Co. B, U.S. Engineers in front of Petersburg, Virginia, August, 1864

Photograph taken by Timothy O'Sullivan shows Sgt. Harlan Cobb seated on the ground, third from left, wearing a vest. No. 547. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Published in: Military Images, Vol. 11:1, July-Augu... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Camp in pine woods

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Shelter tent in front of Petersburg, Aurgust 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4172-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library ... More

Scene of Ewell's attack, May 19, 1864, near Spottsylvania [i.e. Spotsy...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 724. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Views at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, May, 1864

No. 1263. Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Views at Belle Plain Landing, Va., May, 1864. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Admiral Dahlgren and staff on board U.S.S. Pawnee, off Charleston, S.C...

"65" inscribed on photograph. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civ... More

Banett, Honorable M.C. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War p...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Capt. Banett, [?] 30612 [crossed out], Banett, 1134. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Libr... More

[General Winfield Scott Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, in unifo...

Stamped on verso: Rockwood, successor; return to George Grantham Bain, 255 Canal Street. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Henderson, Honorable John Brooks of Mo. Delegate to Democratic Nationa...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 1201, 856, 1482 [crossed out]; penciled on emulsion: 2360 [crossed out], label: John Henderson, 2360. Cre... More

Fort Fisher, N.C., Interior view of first three traverses on land face

No. 440. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

Prospect Hill, Virginia. Camp of the 13th Regiment New York Cavalry. (...

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Rodgers, Adml. John U.S.N.. Glass Plate Negative, American Civil War t...

Two men in military uniforms standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thompson, Honorable J.G. Sgt-of-Arms, U.S. Senate

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[General Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlen and staff near Washington, D.C....

Group portrait showing brevetted Brigadier General Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlen (seated second from right, with double row of buttons on jacket) and other soldiers in front of tent. An African American man is ... More

[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]. Lt. Colonel Samuel K. Schwenk, 50th Pennsy...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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.

Odlum, Prof.. Glass Plate Negative, American Civil War time.

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A proper family re-union, Confederate States of America.

A biting cartoon showing Confederate president Jefferson Davis in league with both the devil and Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold. Arnold and Davis stir a cauldron of "Treason Toddy," a brew into whic... More

Blacksmith's shop, Quartermaster's department, Washington, D.C., April...

No. 864. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

Skulls and bones of unburied soldiers on south side of Plank Road in 1...

No. 4999. Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Battle-field of Chancellorsville. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 8, p. 173. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

View of James River at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Phogograph shows buildings at the wharf at Rockett's Landing on the south side of the James River. See also: LOT 11486-A, no. 4. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Home views. No. 15, Rebel prison - 1865

Stereograph shows a bird's-eye or elevated view of Elmira prison camp in New York, with a long line of prisoners standing along the fence with rows of buildings in the background. No. 15. Printed on label: A ... More

Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 24.

Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 58.

Hurlbert, General S.A, Glass negative portrait, 1870s

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 2662. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

DeClapaseda, Mr. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date based on probable date range for negative numbers preceding LC-B5-35838. Gift... More

Conquering the Indians / Chicago Eng. Co.

Indian handing tomahawk to U.S. Army officer. Illus. in: History of the border wars of two centuries, embracing a narrative of the wars with the Indians from 1750 to 1874 / Charles Richard Tuttle. Chicago : Pub... More

[Exterior view of the Imperial Military Uniforms Factory] / Abdullah F...

Also known as the Imperial Fez and Military Uniforms Factory. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 41. No. 410. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, barracks, hospitals, and ... More

[Maj. General Isaac R. Trimble, C.S.A.]

Photograph shows Confederate general Isaac Ridgeway Trimble (1802-1888), half-length portrait, facing front.

[The students at the Imperial Military Academy doing a sword drill] / ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 33. No. 318. In album: Imperial military and medical schools, with student and teacher portraits and activities, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms par... More

[The instructor of the cavalry and his assistants at the Imperial Mili...

Men in military uniform on horseback. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 3. No. 306. In album: Imperial military and medical schools, with student and teacher portraits and activities... More

[The steam fire engine belonging to the Fire Brigade unit from the Imp...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 18. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library ... More