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[Longboat] - Public domain decorative drawing, engraving, Library of C...

Broadside view of men rowing longboat. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.61) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Harriet Lane. Warship photograph collection

Broadside view of steam frigate, sailboat and longboat. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.92) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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.

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

[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

[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

Long Bridge, Washington, D.C. - A black and white photo of a cow in a ...

Photograph shows the Long Bridge across the Potomac River from the Virginia shore.

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

[Covered wagon with side curtains rolled up at a military facility]

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

The fall of New Amsterdam / J.L.G. Ferris.

Print shows Peter Stuyvesant, in 1664, standing on shore among residents of New Amsterdam who are pleading with him not to open fire on the British who have arrived in warships waiting in the harbor to claim th... More

The Navy uses enormous amounts of rubber. At least seventy-five tons o...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rappahannock Station, Virginia Canvas pontoon boat, 50th New York Engi...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washin... More

Gun deck, N. Carolina - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Title inscribed below image. Outline of two ships on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-157. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1084) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia Battered smokestack from C.S.S. ironclad...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

[James River, Virginia Another view of the Dutch Gap canal]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

Aqueduct Bridge, Georgetown, D.C., general view (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows horse drawn cars and pedestrians on a tubular bridge supporting water pipes in Georgetown. No. 267. Alternate title from another view in Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints /... More

Aqueduct Bridge, Georgetown, D.C., general view (Andrew J. Russel)

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia, April, 1865

Public domain photograph of a lake, river, pond in the woods, forest, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bull Run, Virginia Ruins of the stone bridge, looking upstream]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, First Bull Run, July 1861.

[Murfreesboro, Tenn., vicinity. Men repairing single-track railroad af...

Photograph of the War in the West. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[James River, Virginia Pontoon bridge] during American Civil War

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

[Second experiment with board trusses, after it had been broken, and t...

No. 30 (handwritten) and 2531 (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

Manchester Street Bridge, Spanning Baraboo River on Manchester Street,...

Significance: The Manchester Street Bridge is a Camelback (Pratt) through truss. It was erected in 1884 by the Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works, a very prolific late nineteenth century firm that built bridges t... More

Experimental bridges (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing a man standing next to the bridge truss. No. 26 (handwritten) and 2527 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and e... More

[James River, Virginia Bow of Confederate gunboat Teaser, Lt. Hunter D...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Represents arks in process of construction; one is seen on the launchi...

No. 6 (handwritten) and 2507 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Library... More

[A steamship] - Public domain drawing

Broadside view. Title devised. Rough sketches of carriages on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.346) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Green Pond drive - Public domain scan / drawing

Railroad station. Title inscribed below image. Bust of man on verso. Formerly Waud no. B-18. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.783) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Atlanta, Ga. Northward view across the tracks on Whitehall Street, wi...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

[Chattanooga, Tenn. Boxcars and depot with Federal cavalry guard beyon...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of the Battle of Chattanooga, September-November 1863. After Rosecrans' debacle at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, Bragg's army occupied the mountai... More

Shipyard / Levy & Cohen., Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows a ship building facility in a rural area near Richmond, Virginia. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, of the District Court, for the ... More

Water Tank, W.& A.R.R. - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right verso: Ken[esaw] Mt. Formerly Waud no. B-137. Unidentified sketch on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.901) Forms part of: Morgan collection of ... More

Experimental bridge trusses (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing four men on bridge trusses. No. 24 (handwritten) and 2525 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / Un... More

U.S. Gun Boat Pawnee - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-46. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.973) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Deep Bottom, Virginia, vicinity. Transport Linda of Philadelphia and...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Wharves at Bermuda Hundred Landing, Virginia

No. B393. 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

[Chickahominy River, Virginia Military bridge built by the 15th New Yo...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

[Atlanta, Ga. Railroad depot and yard; Trout House and Masonic Hall in...

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men working on bri...

Photograph showing a man boring a hole in bridge trestle and a man with Haupt's Torpedo; back of train in background. No. 59 (handwritten) and 2560 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military ... More

[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.

Spanish Steamer Velasco - Public domain scenic drawing

Broadside view sidewheel steamship, sailboat and rowboat. Title inscribed below image. Faint bust portraits on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-124. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1051) Forms part of: Morg... More

[Charleston Harbor, S.C. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren standing by a D...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

[Atlanta, Ga. Boxcars with refugees at railroad depot]

[Covered wagon for "Headquarters baggage" and saddlery, probably a Civ...

A canvas pontoon bridge - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing an aerial view from the north bank of the North Anna River of a canvas pontoon bridge constructed by the 50th New York Engineers near Jericho Mills, Virginia in May 1864. The 5th Corps under... More

[Richmond, Virginia Wheels and burned railroad cars near Richmond & Pe...

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

[Railroad construction worker straightening track; pile of twisted rai...

No. 67 (handwritten) and 2567 (stamped) on mount. Photo in album compiled by U.S. Military Railway Dept. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewh... More

[James River, Virginia U.S.S. monitor Canonicus taking on coal from a ...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Savage Station, Virginia, June 27, 1862

Stereograph showing Army of the Potomac headquarters with railroad cars in the background, and covered wagons in the foreground before the battle began. No. 468. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photograp... More

View of railroad depot and surroundings, Atlanta, Ga.

Stereograph showing loaded carts and wagons in front of the railroad depot in Atlanta. No. 2712, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. Attributed ... More

[Jericho Mills, Virginia View of the Mills and the pontoon bridge from...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

General Grant's rail road, City Point, Virginia looking north

Stereograph showing an overview of the railroad facility. Sailing ships in the distance on the James River.

[Locomotive] - Public domain book scan / drawing

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-8. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.773) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Water tanks. Big Shanty. W & A.R.R

Title inscribed below image. Sketch fragment on verso. Formerly Waud no. B-76. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.840) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[James River, Virginia Monitor U.S.S. Onondaga; soldiers in rowboat in...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

[James River, Virginia Monitor U.S.S. Onondaga; soldiers in rowboat in...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

[Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Horatio G. Gibson's C and G Batteries]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

View of the Wharves, Charleston, S.C., near the Battery.

Stereograph showing ships docked at the piers. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library... More

Winona. [Ironclad] - Public domain drawing

Broadside view steamship. Title inscribed below image. Sketch of submarine on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.584) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Supply. Warship photograph collection

Broadside view of frigate. Title inscribed below image. Outline of billowing sails on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.129) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Supply - Public domain drawing

Broadside view of frigate. Title inscribed below image. Outline of billowing sails on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.129) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

U.S. Ship Cumberland - Public domain drawing

Broadside view of frigate. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.239) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file O. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[View from the top of a car on the extreme end of the Burnside wharf l...

No. 23 (handwritten) and 2524 (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

Pontoon bridge over the James River above Ft. Powhatan

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below title: put in more boats ad libitum; evening effect misty; Inscribed upper left Atlanta 3 ports on a side. Sunset; rebel ram Atlanta. G... More

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men using levers f...

No. 49 (handwritten) and 2551 (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

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.

[Richmond, Virginia View on James River and Kanawha Canal near the Hax...

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

Rappahannock Bridge, south view. American Civil War photograph by Math...

Photograph shows a man walking along the planks of the bridge. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 517. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M. B. Brady, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court... More

North Side Point Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Point of Pittsbur...

See also HAER PA-3 for additional documentation. Includes written data. Significance: The Manchester Bridge replaced the old wooden Union Bridge, the first bridge erected at the Point and demolished in 1907. B... More

North Side Point Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Point of Pittsbur...

[View on the U.S. Military R.R. in front of Petersburg]

Title devised from Harper's Weekly. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1864, p. 712 as part of: Yankee Improvements in Front of Petersburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Reference print av... More

[Culpeper Court House, Virginia Freight train on Orange and Alexandria...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862, July-August 1862.

Train of prisoners approaches Savannah River

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed above image. Formerly Waud no. B-28. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.793) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

DeBaliviere Station Garage, 577 DeBaliviere, Saint Louis, Independent ...

Significance: The buildings were part of a branch transportation system which provided street car service to the 1904 World's Fair held in St. Louis, Missouri. Survey number: HAER MO-6 Building/structure date... More

[Richmond, Virginia Ruins of Richmond & Petersburg Railroad bridge; so...

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

[Deep Bottom, Virginia U.S. gunboat Mendota (in service May 2, 1864) ...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Unknown location. Wagons and camera of Sam A. Cooley, U.S. photographe...

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information abou... More

Baltic and Atlantic - Public domain document scan of drawing

Broadside view of sidewheel steamship. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.0342) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Daylight [and] J.H. Spaulding - Public domain drawing

Broadside views of three ships, dome building in background. Signed lower left: Waud. Title inscribed below images. Formerly Waud no. C-125. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1052) Forms part of: Morgan... More

Train of prisoners - Public domain scan / drawing

Train meeting steamboat Marion at dock. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-31. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.796) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Russian ship - Public domain drawing

Broadside view at dock in foreground, part in background. Title inscribed twice below image. Inscribed upper right: make mast big. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.90) Forms part of: Morgan collection ... More

U.S. Steamer - Public domain drawing

Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: Coast [survey?]. Formerly Waud no. C-40. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.967) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil ... More

[Two sailing ships] - Public domain drawing

Broadside sketch of two ships side-by-side. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.89) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Trestle work (no. 2,) on City Point & Army R. R.

Photograph shows cut logs used in construction of a trestle bridge.

[Broadway Landing, Appomattox River, Virginia] during American Civil W...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 229. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Fallen tree across Hazel River, Virginia] (Andrew J. Russel)

Cabin John Bridge, looking up stream (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows two men standing near the Washington Aqueduct with the Cabin John Bridge in the background. No. 263.

[Raft of blanket boats ferrying field artillery and soldiers across th...

No. 79 (handwritten) and 2580 (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

Ruins at Manassas Junction / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive b...

Illustration showing the remains of a turntable on the Orange and Alexandria railroad after the station was destroyed by retreating Confederates. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alex... More

Ruins of Petersburg and Richmond railroad bridge, across the James

Photograph showing the ruins of a Confederate bridge, destroyed by the Union army, from the Richmond side of the James River.

Railroad mortar at Petersburg, Virginia, July 25, 1864 (Andrew J. Russ...

Photograph shows the mortar used to protect the United States Military Railroad. No. 304. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Bube... More

Looking down James River, from Dutch Gap canal, December 12, 1864

Photograph showing army transports on the James River from the Dutch Gap Canal.

Cedar Level Station, City Point and Army Line, December, 1864

Photograph shows Union soldiers guarding supplies while standing near a railroad freight car.

[View of boats and ships at wharf, Charleston, South Carolina]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 3093. Public domain photograph of ship docs, shipyard, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pontoon bridge across Potomac River from Georgetown, D.C. to Analostan...

Photograph shows a group of civilians crossing a pontoon bridge from Georgetown to Analostan Island (i.e. Roosevelt Island). A group of men seated in a carriage in the foreground while a woman stands at the sh... More

Rappahannock Station, Virginia Federal encampment near railroad

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862, July-August 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D... More

Richmond, Virginia Ruins of Richmond & Danville Railroad bridge

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

Railroad depot in Warrenton. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th centu...

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