The Union assault on the Rebel works at Lee's Mill, Yorktown, Va.
Shows fortifications on opposite sides of the Warwick River, with the Confederate forces concentrated to the north of the river and the Union forces to the south around Lee's Mill.
Richmond newsboy announcing the rebel success!!!
Death as skeleton running and carrying newspapers announcing defeat of Federal Army. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1862. Reference copy may be in: LOT 4421-E. This record contains unverified, old data from captio... More
Rebel cavalry driving captured horses through, while still smoking Emm...
Study for street scene at Emmitsburg, MD. Title inscribed above and below image. Formerly Waud no. B-88. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.852) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Charleston Harbor and its approaches showing the positions of the Rebe...
[Scale 1:30,000]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 380 Another issue. Shows roads, railroads, houses, vegetation, a street plan of Charleston, drainage, soundings, and shoals. Overprinted to show positions occupied... 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
Com. Farragut's fleet, passing the forts on the Mississippi, April 24t...
Public domain photograph of an artwork - seascape, siling ship in the sea, travel, colonies, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Capture of a rebel brigade, July 1st 1863 Memorabilia, 14th Regt. N.Y....
Print shows scenes and vignettes pertaining to the 14th Regment's Civil War engagements, including, at bottom center, the "Capture of a rebel brigade, July 1st 1863" at Gettysburg, at top left, "Departure from ... More
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
Death of Colonel Ellsworth After hauling down the rebel flag, at the t...
Colonel Ellsworth shot as he descends a stairway carrying a flag by a Rebel sympathizer who is confronted by a Zouave carrying a rifle fixed with bayonet. 1992 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogu... More
[Rebel huts, Port Hudson, Louisiana] / photographed by McPherson & Oli...
Photograph shows a row of log structures at Port Hudson, La., presumably used by Confederate troops, during the siege at Port Hudson, 1863. Title supplied from Louisiana Digital Library, Marshall Dunham Photogr... More
View of the rebel position at Mine run--2nd corps batteries in foregro...
Image overdrawn with numbered grid to guide engravers. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Roe's Farm; Clark Mountain. Inscribed below image: Arnolds battery, F & ... More
Libby again. Rebel soldiers waiting for accommodations in that Hotel
Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed left margin: Lower half whitewashed. Inscribed above image; Dimensions 150 by 190. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.502) Reference ... More
Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas": By the United State gunboat "...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1708
Rebel barbarities in Texas--from sketches by Fred. Sumner / Harley, de...
The print was published with the following text (trimmed from the Library's impression): Our series of views, illustrating the barbarities of the Confederates in Texas, are from sketches by Mr. Frederick Sumner... More
Stone wall, rear of Fredericksburg with rebel dead, May 3d, 1863 / Cap...
Includes hand written text detailing the significance of the wall, signed by "H.H."
Destruction of Rebel caissons - Public domain scenic drawing
Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 26, 1864, p. 200 in a series with Waud Nos. 54, 118, and 235. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.659) Forms part of: Morgan collection of... More
Destruction of the rebel monster "Merrimac" off Craney Island May 11th...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1707
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
The Union & rebel officers taking the last drink after signing the pap...
Group of full-length images of officers standing and drinking in foreground, dwellings in background. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: scene on the beach Fredericksburg Va. Friday. Inscribed ... More
Bridges built for Reynolds Corps, sketched from Rebel rifle pits
Confederate camp in foreground, union troops crossing river in background. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: IV 5 reads Battles of Charles City Road. Published in: Harp... More
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
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
Distant view of Emmettsburg [sic], scene of the rebel horse raid; Unio...
Signed lower right: A.R. Waud (underlined). Title from recto. Inscribed upper left: E. Catholic College. Emmitsburg is associated with the advance and retreat of the Confederate army at Gettysburg. Gift, J.P. M... More
Rebel works on the heights of Centerville [sic]
Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-2. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.767) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Rebel Prisoners leaving Baltimore for Fortress Monroe
Prisoners leaving in horse-drawn streetcars, through cheering crowd. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View from the breastworks of Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldie...
Stereograph showing long wooden spikes, chevaux-de-frise, extending from the fortifications of Fort Sedgwick, Petersburg, Virginia.
The Rebel General Joseph E. Johnston The ascent of Gauley Mountain, in...
Two illustrations: head-and-shoulders portrait of Rebel Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, facing slightly left; and Twelfth Ohio Regiment climbing mountain. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 249 (1861 Oct. 5), p. 636.
The Pacific Mail Company's steamer "Golden Gate," burned at sea July 2...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 295 (1862 Aug. 23), p. 540.
Interior of the rebel works in front of Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg),...
Stereograph showing log and gabion reinforced fortifications inside a Confederate fort near Petersburg. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Fo... More
Discovery of a rebel battery & camp on Vernon River, Ga., by the U.S. ...
Photograph of drawing by William Crane, done in 1861.
The singing comedian, Andrew Mack in his new play, The rebel a drama o...
D13807 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Jack Blake is here! Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." Management, Rich & Harris. N.Y. no. 9033. Forms part of: Theatrical poster c... More
[Mexican War, 1914: Rebel infantry column]
J189900 U.S. Copyright Office Photoprint copyrighted by Mutual Film Corporation. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mexico History 1914; Burros.
Capture of a rebel lunette, near Yorktown, Virginia April 26th. 1862
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott & Company
Gallant charge by two companies of the 6th Michigan on Tuesday morning...
Cavalry in pursuit of infantry across farm with damaged barn in background. Caption continues: "This charge was really a very brilliant and dashing affair. The cavalry numbering not more than fifty or sixty men... More
The pursuit of General Lee's rebel army. The heavy guns - 30 pounders ...
Union soldiers, with heavy guns (30 pounders), marching toward Frederick after the battle at Gettysburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.85) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Rebel Ram Stonewall, Confederate States of America.
Stereograph showing the Confederate warship "Stonewall." No. 5. Part of series: Views in Washington, D.C. Copyright in 1867 by F. H. Bell. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Federal Vessels Driving Back the Iron-Plated Rebel Steamer Yorktown, w...
Published engraving based upon DRWG/US - Balling, no. 1 (A size). Attributed to Balling in New York Illustrated News caption. Title printed below image. Initials T.N. engraved lower right of image indicate that... More
Rebel fort & line of works near Burgess Mills evacuated by the rebels ...
Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on verso under title: The 6th Corps flanked them out./ AR.W./ 2n Apr. 65,/ On my way to Petersburgh.[sic]. Inscribed on recto, indicating key Spots: Woods. Pines. Oaks. Pines... More
Death of General Lyon: At the head of his troops while successfully ch...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Bridges built for Reynolds Corps, sketched from Rebel rifle pits
Confederate camp in foreground, union troops crossing river in background. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: IV 5 reads Battles of Charles City Road. Published in: Harp... More
Rebel soldier, killed in the trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the so...
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. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.... More
Ditch and "Cheavaux de frise" in front of the Union Fort Sedgwick, cal...
Stereograph showing water-filled ditch and the chevaux-de-frise in front of Fort Sedgwick, Petersburg, Va. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: This view was taken th... More
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, in an oval cropping, facing slightly left. No. 1864. Part of series: The War for the Union. Pho... More
View from the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldiers "Fort ...
Stereograph showing an interior view of Fort Sedgwick in Petersburg, Virginia which includes scattered tree stumps, fortifications, and dugouts in the distance. No. 3204, part of series: War Views. Part of seri... More
Winter quarters of the rebel army, at Manassas, Virginia, 1862
Stereograph showing two men standing by one of the many log cabins at the military camp. No. 1045. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to George N. Barnard, b... More
Rebel prisoners and battle flags captured at Chancellorsville, being t...
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.63) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Rebel Army of Virginia: Longstreet, Beauregard, Breckenridge, Fitzhugh...
A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Illustrated Civil War "Union Envelopes"]: Rebel arms of Virginia
State seal. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Battle of Antietam, Maryland--Burnside's division carrying the bridge ...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 15, no. 367 (1862 Oct. 11), p. 33.
Great Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.--Jany, 2nd 1863: between the Union...
Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Meeting of Union and Rebel pickets in the Rappahannock / sketched by M...
Illus. from: Harper's weekly, 1863. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863.
Shows the Union troops surrounding the Confederate fortified city of Vicksburg, Miss., with blockades and forces on both sides of the Mississippi River. Shows the locations of outlying Confederate forts and oth... More
Chevaux-de-Frise in front of the Rebel Works at Petersburgh (i.e. Pete...
Stereograph showing a barricade composed of long wooden spikes attached to a wooden frame placed by Confederate soldiers in front of parapets. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Capti... More
Appearance of the Union and Rebel lines at the "Front," from the Parap...
Landscape, with small figures indicating pickets, and cheveaux de frieze. A signal tower in tree in foreground. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed below title on verso: Mem = It will be well to delinate the Pi... More
Rebel prisoners being marched into the Citadel [Jerusalem]
Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Rebel ordnance storehouse riddled by our artillery
Photograph shows a Confederate weapons storehouse damaged by Union guns at Port Hudson after the siege in July 1863.
Death of Colonel Ellsworth After hauling down the rebel flag, at the t...
Colonel Ellsworth shot as he descends a stairway carrying a flag by a Rebel sympathizer who is confronted by a Zouave carrying a rifle fixed with bayonet. 1992 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogu... More
The pursuit of General Lee's rebel army. The heavy guns - 30 pounders ...
Union soldiers, with heavy guns (30 pounders), marching toward Frederick after the battle at Gettysburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.85) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 guns & "Merrimac" 10 guns The ...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6463 Exhibited: Capitol Visitors Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.
The gallant charge of the fifty fourth Massachusetts (colored) regimen...
Print shows Union and Confederate soldiers engaged in combat during the attack of the Massachusetts 54th Infantry Regiment on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina. 624 or 23714 U.S. Copyright Office. Ins... More
Great Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn. - Jany, 2nd 1863: between the Unio...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2796
Shelling the rebel works on the Chickahomy [sic] across the Mechanicsv...
Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Shell exploding; Division same as in [ ] Junction; Use this for foreground make figures larger ; shell; June; Sheppard. Inscribed within image: Peach Tree; 10... More
The Union & rebel officers taking the last drink after signing the pap...
Group of full-length images of officers standing and drinking in foreground, dwellings in background. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: scene on the beach Fredericksburg Va. Friday. Inscribed ... More
Rebel fortification near Wynns Mill, Confederate States of America
Signed lower right: Alfred R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Stockade of pointed stakes; Rebel Camp Covered way. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 10, 1862, pp. 296-7. Gift, J.P. Morg... More
[Rebel Oakes, St. Louis Cardinals, baseball card portrait]
Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
Portion of Rebel battery at Wynns Mill. The gun which wounded Lieut. W...
Signed lower left: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 10, 1862, p. 296. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.174) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings fil... More
A Rebel general startled in his camp by the beautiful and unexpected d...
Illustrations show (top) a Confederate general startled by apparitions of Northern soldiers in the sky above his camp; (bottom) contrasting views of Union soldiers depicted by "...the artist of the Mobile Adver... More
Mansion of the rebel Genl. Thomas F. Drayton, Hilton Head, S.C.
Photograph showing African American slave women and Union soldiers outside Drayton's house. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.272). Gladstone's note: M22.
Rebel works in front of Atlanta, Ga., no. 2
This record contains unverified data from shelflist. Plate from: Photographic views of Sherman's campaign / from negatives taken in the field by Geo. N. Barnard. New York : 1866. Published in: Photographic view... More
Charleston Harbor and its approaches showing the positions of the Rebe...
Scale ca. 1:30,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 382 Another issue. Shows roads, railroads, houses, vegetation, a street plan of Charleston, drainage, soundings, and shoals. Enlarged issue covering all of James... More
Rebel attack on our gun-boats in the Red River
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 8, 1864 May 14, p. 305.
Grant's campaign - administering the oath of allegiance to Rebel priso...
Wood engraving after sketch by E.F. Mullen. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1864 Oct. 1, p. 21. Reference copy may be in LOT 4420-U. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
[Interior view of Rebel fort in front of Petersburg works, manned by C...
No. 788. 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, c2003. Mount... More
The United States monitor "Neosho" engaging three Rebel batteries on t...
Published in: Harper's weekly, 1864. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New York City Herald, [February 1865] (Clipping on John Yates Beall, ...
Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
[Rebel Oakes, St. Louis Cardinals, baseball card portrait]
Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
Charge of the 6th Michigan cavalry over the rebel earthworks nr. Falli...
Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.198) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1868. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas": By the United State gunboat "...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1708
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
Rebel fortifications, Atlanta, Ga., Confederate States of America.
Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing by the mounted cannons inside a Confederate fort.
Rebel advance through the smoke, and seizure of a part of the breastwo...
Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: between 4 and 5 PM 9th May '64. Inscribed on verso: One rebel color bearer stood up on the log with his flag. how much farther he got... More
Heroes in Ebony--The captors of the Rebel steamer Planter, Robert Smal...
Group portrait of four men. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 14 (1862 June 21), p. 180.
The Union & rebel officers taking the last drink after signing the pap...
Group of full-length images of officers standing and drinking in foreground, dwellings in background. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: scene on the beach Fredericksburg Va. Friday. Inscribed ... More
Rebel fortification near Wynns Mill, Confederate States of America
Signed lower right: Alfred R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Stockade of pointed stakes; Rebel Camp Covered way. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 10, 1862, pp. 296-7. Gift, J.P. Morg... More
Skirmish between the Brooklyn 14th and 300 Rebel Cavalry [sic]
Drawing shows a scene that apparently didn't happen. The Brooklyn 14th did not fight in areas where there was Confederate cavalry. (Source: Antietam, by the editors of Time-Life Books, 1996, p. 69) Inscribed on... More
Walt Whitman & his rebel soldier friend Pete Doyle, Washington, D.C., ...
Walt Whitman, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right with arms folded across chest, wearing hat, looking at Peter Doyle, who is seated next to Whitmam on his left, half-length portrait, facing left... More
The Battle at the southwest pass - retreat of the rebel flotilla
Sketched by an officer of the "Richmond". From: Harper's weekly, 1861 Dec. 7, p. 773.
The attack of the 2nd Iowa Regt. on the rebel batteries at Fort Donels...
Feb. 1862. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The women and children of Louisville, Kentucky, leaving the city, by o...
Illustration showing a throng of Louisville citizens in carriages and covered wagons, and on foot evacuating the city, many headed toward the docks on the Ohio River where they are boarding steamboats. Illus. ... More
Rebel prisoners, Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Confederate States of Amer...
Photograph shows Confederate prisoners of war at Camp Morton. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixt... More
The Rebel foray in Pennsylvania - General view of Chambersburg ; The R...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 305 (1862 Nov. 1), p. 693. DCRM(G) example 1D2.4 - material (multiple works) without a collective title
Slaves of the rebel Genl. Thomas F. Drayton, Hilton Head, S.C.
Photograph showing a group portrait of African American men and women on a plantation. Date from Gladstone collection checklist. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.265) No. "42" inscribed o... More
The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, on battle field of Gettysburg
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rebel Negro pickets as seen through a field-glass
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Jan. 10.
Map of Richmond, Va., and surrounding country showing Rebel fortificat...
Scale ca. 1:70,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 640 Shows fortifications, street pattern of Richmond and Manchester, roads, railroads, towns, vegetation, drainage, relief by hachures, and rural houses. Descrip... More