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The twelfth regiment "laying off" in the Navy Yard barracks at Washington

The twelfth regiment "laying off" in the Navy Yard barracks at Washing...

Stereograph showing soldiers from the 12th regiment relaxing in the barracks, most out of uniform and some sitting on their bunks. No. 826. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Seminary building - A group of people standing in front of a house

Seminary building - A group of people standing in front of a house

Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Views on Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback

On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback

No. B699. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

William Quantrill of Co. C, Quantrill's Missouri Cavalry Company

William Quantrill of Co. C, Quantrill's Missouri Cavalry Company

Photograph shows identified Confederate soldier, guerrilla fighter, and leader of the Lawrence Massacre. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, Iowa, January 2017... More

33d New York Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

33d New York Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. B958. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Headquarters of Surgeon Jameson, Stoneman Station, Virginia

Headquarters of Surgeon Jameson, Stoneman Station, Virginia

No. B190. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, p. 193". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[D.R. Miller house, with family on porch, Hagerstown Pike, Antietam, Maryland]

[D.R. Miller house, with family on porch, Hagerstown Pike, Antietam, M...

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

Adley H. Gladden, d. 1862, Confederate States of America.

Adley H. Gladden, d. 1862, Confederate States of America.

Head and shoulders, facing right. CSA general. No. 5145. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

Appomattox Court House, Virginia. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Appomattox Court House, Virginia. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows Federal troops with rifles in front of the court house. Two children stand on the fence. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 9, p. 127". Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; ... More

Aerial view of a camp in the distance

Aerial view of a camp in the distance

Title devised by library staff. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Company - , 30th Pennsylvania Inf'y. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Company - , 30th Pennsylvania Inf'y. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. B493. 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

View at City Point headquarters, hospital, with old school houses, barns &c

View at City Point headquarters, hospital, with old school houses, bar...

Photograph shows supply wagons passing General Patrick's headquarters in City Point, now known as Hopewell, Virginia. No. 29. Caption continues: Hospital, with old school houses, barns &c.

W.W. Wright, Chf. Eng. & [...] Mil. RRds.

W.W. Wright, Chf. Eng. & [...] Mil. RRds.

Photograph showing William Wierman Wright (1824-1882), engineer, seated outdoors at a desk with map and drafting equipment. Wright was engineer and superintendent of Aquia Creek Railroad (1862-1863), head of th... More

Major General G. K. Warren and staff

Major General G. K. Warren and staff

No. B52. 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

General Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia

General Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia

No. 2545. Mounted with 3 other photographs. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

U.S. gunboat Commodore Barney - A large boat floating on top of a lake

U.S. gunboat Commodore Barney - A large boat floating on top of a lake

No. B115. 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

Company Street, Battery D, 1st U.S. Arty., Camp Seymour, Beaufort, S. C.

Company Street, Battery D, 1st U.S. Arty., Camp Seymour, Beaufort, S. ...

Photograph shows soldiers on lawn surrounded by camp facilities. ; hand-lettered on mount. Gift of; Mrs. James DeWolf Perry; 1932; (DLC/PP-1932:0099).

Colonel Paine's barracks, brigade hospital, Dr. [Sim's?] headquarters, roof of State quartermasters office, United States Quartermasters Department, ice houses, Mississippi River

Colonel Paine's barracks, brigade hospital, Dr. [Sim's?] headquarters,...

Photograph shows a commercial street in Cairo, Illinois with Union military barracks in the distance. Title from inscriptions on mount reading top left to right. "No. 4" upper left corner. Photograph possibly t... More

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

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

No. B933. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Pontoon bridge across Rappahannock River below Fredericksburg, Virginia

Pontoon bridge across Rappahannock River below Fredericksburg, Virgini...

No. B613. 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

Confederate dead on Matthews Hill, Bull Run (i.e. Antietam)

Confederate dead on Matthews Hill, Bull Run (i.e. Antietam)

Illustrated in: Divided We Fought: A Pictorial History of the War, 1861-1865, p. 21. Illustrated in: Frassanito, William A., E474.65.F7 (P&P) Antietam: The Photographic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day, E474.... More

View from Lookout Mountain, Tenn. during American Civil War

View from Lookout Mountain, Tenn. during American Civil War

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Three unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms]

[Three unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms]

Case: Leather; oval surrounded by leaves design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Daniel A. Schwab, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection o... More

Emancipation. And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves, within designated states and parts of States are, and henceforeward [sic] shall be free! [J. L. Magee copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

Emancipation. And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Four unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms, one in a musician's uniform, with revolver

Four unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms, one in a musician's unif...

Case: Leather; geometric design. Seller indicated that the photograph was originally purchased at an estate sale for the Wolfe family in Holidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (D... More

Missionary Ridge - A black and white photo of a field with dead trees

Missionary Ridge - A black and white photo of a field with dead trees

No. B615. 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

Fairfax Seminary, near Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War

Fairfax Seminary, near Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War

No. B1143. 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

Swamp on Appomattox River, Virginia, near Broadway Landing

Swamp on Appomattox River, Virginia, near Broadway Landing

No. B497. 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

Surgeons and hospital stewards at Harewood Hospital, Washington, D.C.

Surgeons and hospital stewards at Harewood Hospital, Washington, D.C.

No. B489. 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

[Private Stanford Lea Jessee of Co. A, 29th Virginia Infantry Regiment in uniform with rifle and Bowie knife]

[Private Stanford Lea Jessee of Co. A, 29th Virginia Infantry Regiment...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; geometric. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: Rick Brown, July 2014. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War P... More

Ninth Massachusetts Infantry Camp near Washington, D.C., 1861

Ninth Massachusetts Infantry Camp near Washington, D.C., 1861

No. 8142. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[John Lawrence Rapier, Pvt., 1st Battalion Zouaves, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[John Lawrence Rapier, Pvt., 1st Battalion Zouaves, head-and-shoulders...

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

[Private George H. Bannister of Company H, 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment in sack coat and forage cap with holstered bayonet, cartridge pouch, and bayoneted musket]

[Private George H. Bannister of Company H, 13th New Hampshire Infantry...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Case: Berg, no. 3-19. Tintype of Mary Bannister, wife of George, found in case and processed as AMB/TIN no. 2351-A. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-20... More

[James Monroe's tomb, near Richmond, Virginia]

[James Monroe's tomb, near Richmond, Virginia]

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - monument, cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - cemet... More

View on Pope's Head, near burnt bridge, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

View on Pope's Head, near burnt bridge, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

Photograph showing two locomotives pulling into the Union Mills Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in Clifton, Virginia. Two soldiers stand guard on the bank at right. No. 229. Title from another ve... More

[Augusta Currie Bradhurst Field, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, facing front]

[Augusta Currie Bradhurst Field, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woma...

Photographer unidentified. Case: red velvet, push button. Accompanying note: Augusta C. Field. June 1862 16 years carried by H.H.F. Gift; Family of William B. Osgood Field; 1997; (DLC/PP-1999:155). Forms part o... More

M. Fillmore / painted by Alonzo Chappel.

M. Fillmore / painted by Alonzo Chappel.

Millard Fillmore, full-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, holding book. Copyright by Johnson, Fry & Co.

U.S. Grant, Lt. General U.S.A.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

U.S. Grant, Lt. General U.S.A.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows signed portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in the uniform of a Major General. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Heritage Auctions, December 2014. Forms part of: Liljenqui... More

Colonel McCallum - Public domain portrait print

Colonel McCallum - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows side profile portrait of Daniel Craig McCallum, Superintendent of United States Military Railroads, in uniform. Originally in album belonging to Joel B. Clough, Civilian Engineer, United States... More

Pivot guns crew, U.S. Steamer Pocahontas

Pivot guns crew, U.S. Steamer Pocahontas

Photograph shows sailors posed on the ship near the pivot gun. Title inscribed in ink on the front of the mount. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.269).

Nursery at Elliot's Plantation, Hilton Head, S.C.

Nursery at Elliot's Plantation, Hilton Head, S.C.

Photograph shows slaves sitting in from of a building described at the "nursery". Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Edge loss on the upper right corner of the mount. Title is inscribed in ink on the f... More

Judson, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Judson, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Photo shows portrait of Brigadier General Roscius Winslow Judson of 142nd New York Infantry Regiment (Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center) Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Corre... More

Group of civilians, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Group of civilians, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Title from Civil War caption books. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov ... More

Antietam, Maryland. Bridge across the Antietam. Northeast view

Antietam, Maryland. Bridge across the Antietam. Northeast view

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Bridge across the Antietam North-east view. Corresponding print is in LOT 4176. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congre... More

Port Royal, South Carolina. General Isaac Stevens

Port Royal, South Carolina. General Isaac Stevens

Photographer name from negative sleeve: O'Sullivan. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. I. Stevens, Port Royal, S.C., 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4205. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Libr... More

Mexican commission in Miramar - Public domain portrait print

Mexican commission in Miramar - Public domain portrait print

Ten men in suits, standing, facing Maximilian on left. Title written above item in album. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 3, lower left.

Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C.

Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C.

Woman with sleeves rolled up holding basket, posed in front of tent with a soldier (possibly her husband) and three children, other soldiers in the background. Civil War Photographs collection. Published in: Am... More

[Unidentified man with hat] / Photographed by L. H. Hale, 293 Washington St., Boston.

[Unidentified man with hat] / Photographed by L. H. Hale, 293 Washingt...

Notation on verso: Mrs. Berry. 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, wh... More

Manassas Junction, Virginia, after its evacuation by the Confederates, March 1862

Manassas Junction, Virginia, after its evacuation by the Confederates,...

No. B831. Mounted with 5 other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. iron clad Galena, after her attack on Fort Darling, James River, Virginia

U.S. iron clad Galena, after her attack on Fort Darling, James River, ...

Photograph showing the deck of the warship after receiving Confederate cannon fire, with holes in the smokestack. Mounted on board with five other photographs. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congr... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.1862]

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

No. B793. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Worker repairing telegraph line?] (Andrew J. Russel)

[Worker repairing telegraph line?] (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 61 & 62 (handwritten) and 2562 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (L... More

[Abraham Lincoln on battlefield at Antietam, Maryland, cropped version that highlights McLellan and Lincoln]

[Abraham Lincoln on battlefield at Antietam, Maryland, cropped version...

Abraham Lincoln with, from left: Col. Alexander S. Webb, Chief of Staff, 5th Corps.; Gen. George B. McClellan; Scout Adams; Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Army Medical Director; an unidentified person; and standing be... More

[Railroad construction workers] (Andrew J. Russel)

[Railroad construction workers] (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 63 (handwritten) and 2563 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

[Private Samuel H. Wilhelm of I Company, 4th Virginia Infantry Regiment with knife]

[Private Samuel H. Wilhelm of I Company, 4th Virginia Infantry Regimen...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform, who died as POW of acute diarrhea at Fort Delaware, Del., on September 22, 1863. Case: Leather; floral and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012... More

Alexandria, Virginia. Soldier's cemetery. American Civil War glass negative.

Alexandria, Virginia. Soldier's cemetery. American Civil War glass neg...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Soldiers Cemetery near Alexandria, Va. File print in LOT 4161-H. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and ... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.1862]

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

Photograph shows portrait of Corporal Joseph P. Goodliff of Co. I, 22nd New York Infantry Regiment with bayoneted rifle, bedroll, and backpack. No. B777. Negative in the National Archives, who attribute the ima... More

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Battery No. 4, mounting 13-inch mortars. South end

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Battery No. 4, mounting 13-inch mortars...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Battery No. 4, near Yorktown mounting ten 13 inch mortars each weighing 20,000 pounds. South end. May 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-J... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.1862]

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

No. B1006. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Studio portraits of a Japanese laborer, a doctor, an elderly woman carrying vegetables in a basket and a young woman]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese laborer, a doctor, an elderly woman ca...

Captions on front of item: "A Japanese coolie" (upper left); "The Japanese doctor in indoor costume" (upper right); "Old countrywoman with vegetables" (lower left); and "A Yokohama Belle" (lower right). Captio... More

Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania August, 1863, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania August, 1863, American Civil War Glass ...

Photograph shows Hanover Junction railroad station with two trains on the tracks. No. B159. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp

Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp

Title and date from corresponding photographic print in LOT 4196. Photographer name from annotations on other negatives in this series (LC-B8156). Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congr... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. View of breastworks on Round Top

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. View of breastworks on Round Top

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: View of breast works on Round Top, Gettysburg. July 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-A. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, L... More

[W. P. Ward of Company F, 40th Georgia Battalion Infantry Regiment]

[W. P. Ward of Company F, 40th Georgia Battalion Infantry Regiment]

Photograph shows identified soldier, W. P. Ward, who enlisted in Company F, 40th Georgia Battalion Infantry Regiment, as a private. Case: Leather; diamond motif surrounded by scrolls. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 20... More

[Sergeant Tom Strawn of Company B, 3rd U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artillery Regiment, with revolver in front of painted backdrop showing balustrade and landscape]

[Sergeant Tom Strawn of Company B, 3rd U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artil...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Frame: wooden with brass mat. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) Purchased from: Frank Picini, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Colle... More

Chattanooga water works, Confederate States of America.

Chattanooga water works, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows U.S. Army water works at Cameron Hill, Chattanooga, Tennessee Purchase; Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc.; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:117). Vender : Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc.

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery, Army of the Poto...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery, Army of Potomac, Culpeper, Va., September 1863. Attributed to Alexander Gardner based on similarity to LC-B817... More

Catlett's Station, Virginia (vicinity). Federal soldiers rebuilding the Orange & Alexandria Railroad bridge over Cedar Run

Catlett's Station, Virginia (vicinity). Federal soldiers rebuilding th...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Building R.R. bridge across Cedar Run near Catlett Station, Va. (destroyed by Confederates when they fell back before the Army of the Potomac un... More

Bealeton, Virginia. Company I, 93d New York Infantry

Bealeton, Virginia. Company I, 93d New York Infantry

Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Co. I, 93rd New York Infantry Bealton [sic], Va. August 1863. Corresponding print is... More

[Unidentified man] / T. R. Burnham, photographer. 247 Washington Street, Boston.

[Unidentified man] / T. R. Burnham, photographer. 247 Washington Stree...

Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L. S. Trowbridge, Mich.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

L. S. Trowbridge, Mich.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows portrait of Brevet Brigadier General Luther Stephen Trowbridge of Field and Staff, 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, and Field and Staff, 10th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, in uniform. Notation on v... More

Company D, 61st New York Infantry, Falmouth, Virginia, April, 1863

Company D, 61st New York Infantry, Falmouth, Virginia, April, 1863

No. 313. 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

Officers and non-commissioned officers of Co. J(?), 93d N.Y. Inf'y., Bealton [i.e., Bealeton], Virginia

Officers and non-commissioned officers of Co. J(?), 93d N.Y. Inf'y., B...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 511. LC-B817-7511 broken Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Presidenet Abraham Lincoln, seated next to a table]

[Presidenet Abraham Lincoln, seated next to a table]

Photo shows President Abraham Lincoln in one of a series of six pictures taken on the day before the official opening of Alexander Gardner's new gallery. Reproduced from a sepia enlargement. (Source: Ostendorf,... More

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, positive by A. Gardner.

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, positi...

Photograph showing the canal which was built to join together two portions of the James River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons,... More

U.S. Quartermaster's repair shops on Franklin Turnpike, Nashville, Tenn., March, 1864

U.S. Quartermaster's repair shops on Franklin Turnpike, Nashville, Ten...

No. 8500. 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

Commissary Depot at Cedar Level, Virginia August, 1864

Commissary Depot at Cedar Level, Virginia August, 1864

No. 182. 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

U.S. Quartermaster's warehouse, Nashville, Tenn., March, 1864

U.S. Quartermaster's warehouse, Nashville, Tenn., March, 1864

No. 8502. 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

Heads of the democracy - Drawing. Public domain image.

Heads of the democracy - Drawing. Public domain image.

Purchase; Old Print Shop; 1985; (DLC/PP-1985:492). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1985:492.

A bomb-proof in front of Atlanta, Ga.

A bomb-proof in front of Atlanta, Ga.

Hand written on verso: Miller, III, 136. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Quartermaster's repair shops on Nashville Turnpike, Nashville, Tenn., March, 1864

U.S. Quartermaster's repair shops on Nashville Turnpike, Nashville, Te...

No. 8501. 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

[Iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Labrador]

[Iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Labrador]

Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 9] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J.L. Dunmore and G.P. Critcherson, but William H. Pierce, from the firm of J.W. Black, ... More

Adj. D.L. Chase i.e. Case, 78th & 102nd NY Infantry

Adj. D.L. Chase i.e. Case, 78th & 102nd NY Infantry

Photograph shows Adjutant Daniel L. Case of 78th New York Infantry Regiment and 102nd New York Infantry Regiment (Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center) Title from unverified information on negative s... More

View of the outer trenches on the last day of the battle in front of Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 16, 1864, showing the ground where the most desperate charges were made

View of the outer trenches on the last day of the battle in front of N...

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Photographer name attribution based on date. Formerly attributed to George N. Barnard, based on LC-B811-26... More

Presidential campaign, 1864. Candidates for President and Vice-President of United States. Election, Tuesday, November 8, 1864

Presidential campaign, 1864. Candidates for President and Vice-Preside...

Print shows bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, Andrew Johnson, and George H. Pendleton above a map of the United States, with bust portraits of the previous 15 presidents with George Washin... More

Brandy Station, Virginia. Headquarters, 5th Army Corps

Brandy Station, Virginia. Headquarters, 5th Army Corps

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Headquarters, 5th Army Corps. Brandy Station, Feb. 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4171. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Libr... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Company D, 1st Massachusettsachusetts Cavalry

Petersburg, Virginia. Company D, 1st Massachusettsachusetts Cavalry

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Co. D, 1st Mass. Cavalry, in front of Petersburg, Va., Aug. 1864. Annotation from negative, glass side: 9. Corresponding print is in LOT 4188. C... More

Fort Monroe, Virginia. Quartermaster's office, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Fort Monroe, Virginia. Quartermaster's office, American Civil War Glas...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Fort Monroe, Va. Quartermaster's office. Dec. 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-F. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library... More

Mail wagon of 2d Army Corps - Public domain portrait print

Mail wagon of 2d Army Corps - Public domain portrait print

No. 303. Alternate title 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, c2003. Gift; Col... More

Fredericksburg, Virginia. House badly shelled on the banks of the Rappahannock

Fredericksburg, Virginia. House badly shelled on the banks of the Rapp...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: House badly shelled on the bands of the Rappahannock. May 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4165-G. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1... More

The Lincoln gun, American Civil War Glass Negative.

The Lincoln gun, American Civil War Glass Negative.

No. 833. 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

Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, May, 1864

Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, May, 1864

No. 707. 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

Headquarters Army of Potomac - Brandy Station, Virginia, April 1864

Headquarters Army of Potomac - Brandy Station, Virginia, April 1864

No. 4166. Caption continues: This is left half of a panoramic view of which no. 327 is the right half. Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C... More

Double turreted monitor, Onondaga, James River, Virginia

Double turreted monitor, Onondaga, James River, Virginia

No. B74. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 132 - 33". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Brandy Station, Virginia. Tent of A. Foulke, Sutler at headquarters of 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery

Brandy Station, Virginia. Tent of A. Foulke, Sutler at headquarters of...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Sutler's Tent, 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Brandy Station, February, 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4171. Credit line: Civil war photogra... More

General U. S. Grant, City Point, Virginia, August, 1864

General U. S. Grant, City Point, Virginia, August, 1864

No. B48. Alternate title from Grant and Lee, the Virginia Campaign by William Frassanito. Incorrect information on negative sleeve: U.S. Grant at City Point. See also: LC-B8175-2, orig. glass negative with dif... More

Alexander Millener, aged 104, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Alexander Millener, aged 104, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph, with hands in a different position, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolut... More

Bridgeport, Tenn. (i.e. Alabama), 1864, showing ruins of Nashville & Chattanooga R.R. bridge and construction of a pontoon bridge

Bridgeport, Tenn. (i.e. Alabama), 1864, showing ruins of Nashville & C...

Hand written on mount: "See also LC-B8184-10349". Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za vziatie g. Turkestana 12 Iiunia 1864 g. Bezsrochn. Tatarinov. Prokof'ev. Kashin

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

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 25.

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right; hair parted on Lincoln's right side]

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right;...

Ostendorf, no. 92 (variant) Meserve, no. 85 Portrait used for the engraved bust of Lincoln that appeared on the United States five dollar bill for many years, from 1914 to 2007. Similar to portrait published i... More

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