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Cap. (i.e., Captain) Bainbridge's battery, Port Hudson, La.

Photograph shows Captain Edmund C. Bainbridge's Battery A, 1st U.S. Artillery on the battlefield at Port Hudson during the siege in 1863. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The R... More

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

[Early morning in a Russian battery during the siege of Port Arthur]

H63422 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7741.

Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers of 4th New York heavy Artillery loading ...

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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.

[Arlington, Virginia Soldiers with 24-pdr. siege gun on wooden barbet...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

A plan of Boston, and its environs, shewing the true situation of His ...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes "References" to points of military and general interest. Oriented with north toward the upper right. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 932 Available also through the Librar... More

A hot day in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.

Print shows action in a British artillery battery, mortar fire, mortars and cannon being loaded, the removal of wounded, and in the distance, the fortifications of Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the... More

Siege of Yorktown, Virginia Confederate Water Battery, Nelson Church i...

No. 463. Civil War Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil War Fortifications; Civil War Batteries Water; Civil War Battlefiel... More

Map showing the defenses of the Mississippi below New Orleans and Farr...

Map shows the Confederate fortifications at Fort Jackson under Gen. Duncan, Fort St. Philip and the Union fleet along the Mississippi River. This map, also shows the positions of Union ships under Farragut, who... More

Siege of Yorktown, Virginia Federal Battery No. 4 mounting ten 13 inch...

No. 4178. Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 14. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 23. ... More

Trenches, Petersburg - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harpers Weekly, 6 August 1864, pp. 504-505. Formerly Waud no. C-153. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1080) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Captured siege guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing Confederate mounted cannons at Rocketts Landing in Richmond. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright in 1865 by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil ... More

Three first traverses on land end, Fort Fisher, N.C. / negative by T.H...

Photograph showing the Confederate fortifications at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington... More

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

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

View on the Appomattox River, near Campbell's Bridge, Petersburg, Virg...

Photograph showing several commercial buildings along the Appomattox River in Petersburg, Virginia, and the high road that leads out of town. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexande... More

The Riot in New Orleans - the Freedmen's procession marching to the in...

2 Illustrations in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Aug. 25, p. 536. Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Siege battery drill, aiming [United States Military Academy], West Poi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, or cannon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Original Surrender Monument, Vicksburg, Miss

"G 6819" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 073332. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

New French Siege gun - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows horses pulling a gun during World War I, Paris, France. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Oldest U.S. Navy officer poses for bust by noted Russian sculptor. Rea...

A group of three men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The raising of the siege of Jerusalem. An old familiar figure of the n...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The raising of the siege of Jerusalem. Scene through a covered street ...

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Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport, Alabama, was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and n... More

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport, Alabama, was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and n... More

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... 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. Stereo filed in LOT 4166-F. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mu... More

Petersburg, Virginia The "Dictator," a 13-inch mortar, in position

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

City Point, Virginia African Americans unloading vessels at 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 The "Dictator," a closer view

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 View of Fort Sedgwick

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. : Librar... More

Broadway Landing, Virginia Federal ordnance at the depot

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

Broadway Landing, Virginia Federal ordnance at the depot; another view

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

City Point, Virginia African American army cook at work

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

Story of the Tensaw, Blakely, Spanish Fort, Jackson Oaks, Fort Mims

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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 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

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

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

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

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

[Petersburg, Virginia U.S. Military Telegraph battery wagon, Army of t...

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

[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.

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia Oct. 19th. 1781

Print shows British officers walking next to General Lincoln between lines of American and French soldiers.

Gen Butlers Canal at Dutch Gap - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed upper left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1864, pp. 712-713, as part of: Yankee Improvements in Front of Petersburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Reference print avai... More

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

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

Vue de la ville de Savannah, du camp, des tranchées et de l'attaque Oc...

Photograph shows a bird's-eye view of Savannah from the French camp.

Storming the line. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed upper left: To the left of Ft. Mahone. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.416) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1865. Forms part of: Morga... More

The Beauregard or Fort Sumter polka march

Public domain scan of American Civil War musical notation, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Detritus of war within the earthworks after the surrender of the Conf...

Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Title devised by library staff. No. 8 and C.D.E. inscribed on verso. Image published in: Zeller, Bob, The Civil War in Depth, Volume II. San Francisco: Chronic... More

In front of Petersburg - Public domain scan / drawing

Signed below image: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: enemies first line of earthworks our lines below and in front. Inscribed above image: Smoke of locomotive on Petersburg and Ric... More

In front of Petersburg - Public domain scan / drawing

Signed below image: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: enemies first line of earthworks our lines below and in front. Inscribed above image: Smoke of locomotive on Petersburg and Ric... More

Dead rebel in front of Petersburg (Andrew J. Russel)

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

Making parrallels [sic] - Public domain scan / drawing

Soldiers digging trenches. Signed lower right: A. R.W. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 504 as part of : General Grant's Campaign in the trenches before Petersburg.... More

Gen'l Weitzel's hdqtrs before Port Hudson

Photograph shows the defensive earthworks comprising General Godfrey Weitzel's headquarters during the siege. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection.... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Mills on the Appomattox River near Campbell's Br...

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

Richmond, Virginia. Captured siege gun at Rocketts

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

[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.

Soldiers' quarters in the Union Fort Rice adjoining Fort Sedgwick (for...

Stereograph showing soldiers' quarters in ruins inside Fort Rice near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 3196, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Imprinted on verso:... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Interior view of Confederate works]

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

[Petersburg, Virginia Interior view of Confederate works]

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

[Fort Fisher, N.C. Interior of the "Pulpit"; another view]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Fort Fisher, N.C., January 1865.

Into Vicksburg - Public domain American piano sheet music

[Petersburg, Virginia Military telegraph operators at headquarters; an...

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

[City Point, Virginia African Americans unloading vessels at landing]

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

[View of the river with Port Hudson on the bluff in the distance]

Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Title devised by library staff. #10 and C.D.E. inscribed on verso. Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civi... 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

[Richmond, Virginia Captured siege guns at Rocketts; different view]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Surrender of Cornwallis: at York-Town Va. Oct. 1781

Print shows Major General O'Hara, surrounded by French and American soldiers handing his sword in surrender to General Lincoln. Reference copy in LOT 4412 JJ. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by... More

[City Point, Virginia "General J. C. Robinson" and other locomotives o...

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

[Petersburg, Virginia, vicinity. Johnson's Mill on the Appomattox near...

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

[Early morning in a Russian battery during the siege of Port Arthur]

H63422 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7741.

Hilton Head, South Carolina. Federal siege train

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

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

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

[Broadway Landing, Virginia Federal ordnance at the depot; another vie...

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 Row of stacked Federal rifles; houses beyond]

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

Capture of Petersburg - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.617) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Capture of Petersburg - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.617) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864. 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.

Nicolas Ponce - [Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown] - Nicolas Ponce

Wash drawing (reverse of printed versions) shows the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépen... More

Die Americaner machen den Lord Cornwallis mit seiner Armee zu Gefangne...

Print shows British troops handing over their weapons to the Americans at the surrender at Yorktown, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution.

Siege of Charleston - the magazine of Fort Moultrie exploded by a shel...

Wood engraving after sketch by W.T. Crane. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1863 Oct. 3. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. I.; US... More

The dawn of peace. Morning of the surrender of Yorktown / designed & e...

20737 U.S. Copyright Office, 1881. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Campbell.

Grant's headquarters, Vicksburg, Miss

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05780. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Grant's headquarters, Vicksburg, Miss.

Public domain photograph related to President Ulysses Grant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bicycle stretchers bringing Russian wounded to a surgical station -- ...

H63725 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7789.

French Siege gun - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows French soldiers in motor tractor which is pulling a large gun along the road at the beginning of World War I.

Siege of Jerusalem, Oct. 22, '38

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Siege of Jerusalem, Oct. 22, '38

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The raising of the siege of Jerusalem. Typical scene of troops in Old ...

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The raising of the siege of Jerusalem. A large crowds of Arabs waiting...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The raising of the siege of Jerusalem. Typical scene of troops in Old ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Field and siege guns - Public domain drawing

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing equipment. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 109. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama

Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More