1,275 Petersburg va Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Parkes Station, U.S.M.R.R., Petersburg Virginia

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-24. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.951) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[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

Sketch of an officer - Public domain portrait engraving

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.160) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Petersburg, Virginia Mills; photographic wagon of Engineer Dept. in fo...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library ... More

Petersburg, Virginia Three surgeons of 1st Division, 9th Corps

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. : Libra... More

Making coffee. On the lines before Petersburg, Virginia, 1864

Stereograph showing African American troops making coffee while sitting in front of a bombproof shelter near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 804. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-... More

[City Point, Virginia, vicinity. Medical supply boat Planter at Genera...

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

[City Point, Virginia, vicinity. Medical supply boat Planter at Genera...

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

Chaplain Chapman of the 169th N.Y. performing divine service at Genera...

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below image with arrow indicators: Gen Burnham; Gen Neil; Gen Smith; Gen Martindale. Inscribed on verso: The Service was arranged by Dr Luckley, Medical Director of the 18t... More

[Petersburg, Virginia General Orlando B. Willcox and staff, 3d Divisio...

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

[Petersburg, Virginia Officers of the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry at Arm...

Unknown; Capt. Edward A. Flint, Capt. Charles Francis Adams, Jr., Lt. George H. Teague. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Cedar Level, Virginia Commissary depot with supply train wagons]

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

This view was taken in the trenches of the rebel Fort Mahone, called b...

Stereograph showing a partially dressed Confederate boy lying dead outside a bomb proof in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia. No. 3187, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the... More

C.S. soldier killed by a shell in the trenches of "Fort Hell" (i.e. "F...

Stereograph showing a dead Confederate soldier lying at the bottom of a trench at Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia.

[Petersburg, Virginia, vicinity. The execution of William Johnson, Jor...

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

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

Rebel breastworks in front of Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg). The small...

Stereograph showing a soldier standing near a log fortified parapet at a Confederate fort. No. 3218, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. This view was taken ... More

W.G. Johnson's tent, purveyor 2d. division, 9th Corps, Army of the Pot...

Stereograph shows sutler selling supplies in tent at Petersburg, Virginia. Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-2448B, left, and LC-B811-2448A, right. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negatives from the ... More

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches

Stereograph showing a dead Confederate soldier crumpled in a fetal position in the trenches outside of Fort Mahone near Petersburg, Virginia, April 2, 1865. No. 6190. Part of series: The War for the Union. Phot... More

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches

Stereograph showing a dead Confederate soldier lying on the ground from the trenches near Petersburg, Virginia. Photo taken on April 2, 1865. No. 6184. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War Hi... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Federal line near Fort Morton]

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

Spot near fort Damnation where the 9th Corps charged and afterwords ca...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: Sketch A. the Frize [sic] and Abattis was placed in the night after the fight. Inscribed lower left above title: This bank enem... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Company H, 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (Zouaves)...

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

Aiming a Mortar, in Jacksons Connecticut battery

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Published in Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 505 as part of a series: In the trenches before Petersburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.451... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Heavy gun mounted on inner line of Confederate f...

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

[Petersburg, Virginia Bomb-proof quarters, Fort Sedgwick ("Fort Hell")...

Photo shows graffiti on one of the planks over the door: "Lieut. W.B. Lapham, Maine Battery ... 9th Army Corps" (Source: Robert Maresz, 2013) Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Peters... More

The 3rd Custer div. on the 7th of Octr. retiring and burning the forag...

Custer and his cavalry in the foreground, two regiments of infantry in background. Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: [b]lue ridge, Red neckties. Inscribed upper right: C... More

The 3rd Custer div. on the 7th of Octr. retiring and burning the forag...

Custer and his cavalry in the foreground, two regiments of infantry in background. Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: [b]lue ridge, Red neckties. Inscribed upper right: C... More

Capture of four 20 lb Parrotts at Deep Bottom by Gen Miles

Inscribed below image: William Waud. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below title: see daily papers this is called the fight at Strawberry Plains. Inscribed upper right: When our men charged the Gunners fl... More

View of Fort Clifton Rebel from the Mills House looking across the App...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image, from left to right: The end as it should be; The Water Battery made two years ago; Rebel signal house; Clifton House; (Sketch 2); A Clifton Battery bearing do... More

Sketch of the forts and breastworks near Petersburg

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.281) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Broadway Landing, Virginia Pontoon bridge across the Appomattox

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. : Libra... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Chaplains of the 9th Corps]

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

[Petersburg, Virginia Officers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry play...

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

[Broadway Landing, Virginia Tripod artillery swing by the Appomattox]

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

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

Stereograph showing Union soldiers amid the gabion reinforced fortifications of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Date from negative sleeve. Copyri... More

[Confederate and Union dead side by side in the trenches at Fort Mahon...

Photo shows a body lying in the background that is actually the photographer's African American teamster posing for the scene. The live model appears in the same clothes in negative LC-B811-3231. (Source: David... More

General hospital wharf. Army of the Potomac, City Point, Virginia

Stereograph showing a group of men and a horse drawn cart at the shore. In the background, the medical supply boat, Planter, and another ship are at the wharf on the Appomattox River near City Point, Virginia.... More

[Petersburg, Virginia View from signal tower]

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

[Petersburg, Virginia Fortifications] - 19th century Virginia.

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

C.S. soldier killed in the trenches at the storming of Petersburgh (i....

Stereograph showing a soldier wearing a gunner's haversack, which confirms his identity as an artilleryman. The photographer placed a broken gun sponge in the scene as a prop, which indicates that the image was... More

C.S. soldier killed in the trenches at the storming of Petersburgh (i....

Stereograph showing a soldier wearing a gunner's haversack, which confirms his identity as an artilleryman. The photographer placed a broken gun sponge in the scene as a prop, which indicates that the image was... More

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

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

Railroad battery before Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing General Grant's railroad battery and crew near Petersburg, Virginia. The cannon is mounted in a specially made armored car that moves along the track close to or away from the enemy as requi... More

Signal tower on the line before Petersburg, Virginia, 1864

Stereograph showing a group of men standing near the signal tower on a hill outside of the fortifications in the vicinity of Point of Rocks, Virginia. No. 2568. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photograph... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Breastworks of the Confederate Fort Mahone ("For...

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

A dead rebel soldier, inside the Union picket lines

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. Variant of neg. no. LC-B811-3186. Copyrig... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Interior of Fort Steadman]

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

The siege of Petersburg - Public domain scan / drawing

Inscribed below image: Figures standing and sitting near the guns, and in the foreground looking towards Richmond, June 16th, '64. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.246) Forms part of: Morgan collection... More

Troops drawn up in Hallow Square to witness an execution

Stereograph showing Union troops in formation surrounding a scaffold near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 983. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to John Reekie, b... More

[City Point, Virginia View of waterfront with Federal supply boats]

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

[Petersburg, Virginia Row of stacked Federal rifles; houses beyond]

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

Hare house, Petersburg - Public domain scan / drawing

House and landscape. Title inscribed below image. Green sheet and white sheet joined, sketch on green sheet only. Formerly Waud no. B-145. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.909) Forms part of: Morgan co... More

Chevaux-de-Frise in front of the Rebel Works at Petersburgh (i.e. Pete...

Stereograph showing a soldier standing next to the defensive fortification composed of wooden spikes attached to a frame in front of a Confederate fort. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic Histo... More

View from the parapet of the rebel works in front of Petersburgh (i.e....

Stereograph showing various fortifications inside the Confederate fort near Elliott's salient and Petersburg, Va. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthon... More

Petersburg, Virginia Interior of Fort Steadman; bomb-proof in foregrou...

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. : Libra... More

The 24th Corps charging a fort to the left.

This image may depict the final assault on Petersburg, at Fort Gregg, 2 April 1865. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: [B]attery Greig[sic]. Inscribed above image: Reb... More

The Union line before Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing a view of the defensive fortifications near Fort Morton including sharpened wooden spikes in front of a line of breastworks, and the soldiers' huts behind the breastworks. No. 1062. Part of ... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Chaplains of the 9th Corps]

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

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

Stereograph showing a dead Confederate soldier crumpled sideways at the bottom of a trench in Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: ... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Company A, U.S. Engineer Battalion]

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

[Petersburg, Virginia Group of Company B, U.S. Engineer Battalion]

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

Interior of Fort Sedgwick - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing a view of the above ground portion of bomb-proof living quarters in Fort Sedgwick, outside Petersburg, Va. A soldier carries water past a primitively constructed chimney.

Chaplain Chapman of the 169th N.Y. performing divine service at Genera...

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below image with arrow indicators: Gen Burnham; Gen Neil; Gen Smith; Gen Martindale. Inscribed on verso: The Service was arranged by Dr Luckley, Medical Director of the 18t... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Officers of the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry at Arm...

Unknown; Capt. Edward A. Flint, Capt. Charles Francis Adams, Jr., Lt. George H. Teague. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Rifle pits, 5 corps, Petersburg

Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harpers Weekly, June 1864. Sketches of two male figures on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-150. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1077) Forms part of: Morgan collec... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Sutler's tent, 2d Division, 9th Corps]

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

[Midnight before Petersburg] - Public domain scenic drawing

Title devised from Harper's Weekly title. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 8, 1864, pp. 648-9. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.735) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 186... 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.

[Petersburg, Virginia Railroad gun and crew]

Photo shows Robert E. Lee's railroad battery. (Source: David H. Schneider, "Lee's Armored Car," Civil War Times, Feb. 2011.) Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Fort Sedgwick near Petersburg, Confederate States of America. (Andrew ...

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

[Appomattox Court House, Virginia Federal soldiers at the courthouse]

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

This view was taken in the rebel trenches, the morning after the storm...

Conservation no. 2.90.291.27. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: [This view] shows a dead rebel soldier who must have died instantly, his left temple and part of th... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Interior of Fort Steadman]

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

[Petersburg, Virginia Captured Confederate encampment] - 19th century ...

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

[Petersburg, Virginia General view] - 19th century Virginia.

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

[Petersburg, Virginia Detachment of 3d Indiana Cavalry]

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

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

Kautz's Cavalry coming back to camp in Gen Butlers lines after their r...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below title: more figures can be shewn[sic]. Inscribed lower left : Front P[age?]. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 508. Reference print available in the ... More

Birneys Station. U.S.M.R.R. Petersburg Va.

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

[City Point, Virginia Wharves after the explosion of ordnance barges o...

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

Bridge on the Appotomax [sic]--Train of Cars and workshops burned by t...

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: South side of R.R. workshop. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.450) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Sutler's bomb-proof "Fruit and Oyster House"]

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

[Broadway Landing, Virginia Pontoon bridge across the Appomattox]

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

Near Lead works. Petersburg - Public domain scenic drawing

Portrait of a soldier and deforested landscape. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed below image: This the enemy was damming to drown the Union works; a creek through which much of the drainage of the siege l... More

Headquarters of Genl Meade of Jerusalem Plank road

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

Dismantling of the rebel forts after the storming of Petersburgh (i.e....

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing and sitting on a rifled cannon and other artillery in the interior of a Confederate fort. No. 3205. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Date... More

City Point, Virginia Federal supplies deposited on the landing

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. : Libra... More

Petersburg, Virginia Commissioned and noncommissioned officers of Cos....

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the 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. : L... More

Petersburg, Virginia Chaplains of the 9th Corps

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. : Libra... More

Petersburg, Virginia Fortifications. Washington DC sterescope card, 19...

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. : Libra... More

Petersburg, Virginia Pontoon bridges across the Appomattox River

Photograph of 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. : Library... More

The Union line before Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing a view of the defensive fortifications near Fort Morton including sharpened wooden spikes in front of a line of breastworks, and the soldiers' huts behind the breastworks. No. 1062. Part of ... More

[Petersburg, Virginia, vicinity. Canal aqueduct] - 19th century Virgin...

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

Troops drawn up in Hollow Square to witness an execution

Stereograph showing Union troops in formation surrounding a scaffold near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 983. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to John Reekie, b... More

A dead rebel soldier, as he lay in the trenches of Fort Mahone, called...

No. 3175, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Imprinted on verso: This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburg, Va., April 2d, 1865. Copy... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Company D, U.S. Engineer Battalion]

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

Siege of Petersburg. 18th Corps

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed: Right section, Comp. E 3rd N.Y. Arty. Capt. Ashby. 20 pounder parrots. Pencil sketches of fortifications on verso. Published in: Harper's We... More

[Confederate and Union dead side by side in the trenches at Fort Mahon...

Photo shows a body lying in the background that is actually the photographer's African American teamster posing for the scene. The live model appears in the same clothes in negative LC-B811-3231. (Source: David... More