ulysses grant, history

[General Ulysses S. Grant in military uniform] / M.B. Brady & Co. Nati...

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The Council of War - Public domain monumental decor print

Photograph shows statuette by John Rogers depicting Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in a grouping. Copyrighted by John Rogers in 1868.

Ulysses S. Grant Papers: Series 10, Addition III, 1819-1969; Writings,...

The Union soldier's discharge certificate

Blank soldier's discharge certificate, with head-and-shoulders portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Henry Sheridan, and George Henry Thomas. Currier & Ives : a catalo... More

[Ulysses S. Grant of General Staff Regular Army Infantry Regiment; dri...

Case: (front) Berg, no. 1-165; (back) Berg, no. 3-587. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "T... More

American presidents - first hundred years - 1776 1876

Print showing bust portraits of U.S. presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant, with view of the U.S. Capitol building.

[City Point, Virginia Rear view of General Ulysses S. Grant's headquar...

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

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: Field Dispatches and Telegrams, 1862-188...

Ulysses S. Grant / C. Schussele 1863 ; eng. by William Sartain, Philad...

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, sitting on a horse, among soldiers during a battle, with a broken cannon and ramrod in the lower right corner. X33569 U.S. Copyright... More

The battle of Pittsburgh, Tenn. April 7th, 1862

General Ulysses S. Grant leading a charge on the Rebels at Pittsburgh, Tennessee. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0476.

General Grant's grand march - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

A Grant song - Public domain American popular sheet music

The Fifteenth Amendment and its results / drawn by G.F. Kahl.

Another of several large prints commemorating the celebration in Baltimore of the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3.) A group of black men, on horseback and wearing top hats... More

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

One of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment, and showing the parade celebrating it which was held in Baltimore on May 19 the same year. The amen... More

[The last meeting between General Lee and Jackson] / J.G. Fay, 1877.

Print shows General Robert E. Lee, with troops, on the right and General Stonewall Jackson, with troops, on the left, both on horseback, meeting for the last time prior to Jackson's untimely death. K8697 U.S. C... More

Puck's plan to relieve the country of two embarrassments - give Grant ...

Illustration shows Ulysses S. Grant as a king sitting on a throne, surrounded by his courtiers, identified as Rev. J.P. Newman, Henry Ward Beecher, Roscoe Conkling, Jay Gould, George W. Childs, William Belknap,... More

William T. Sherman Papers: General Correspondence, 1837-1891; 1863, Fe...

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: Military Papers, 1853-1887; Reports; 187...

William T. Sherman Papers: General Correspondence, 1837-1891; 1865, Fe...

William T. Sherman Papers: General Correspondence, 1837-1891; 1856, Ju...

Ulysses S. Grant, march funebre

General Grant at City Point - Public domain scan / print

H22257 U.S. Copyright Office This photograph is a montage or composite of several images and does not actually show General Ulysses S. Grant at City Point. Three photos provided different parts of the portrait... More

[The last meeting between General Lee and Jackson] / J.G. Fay, 1877.

Print shows General Robert E. Lee, with troops, on the right and General Stonewall Jackson, with troops, on the left, both on horseback, meeting for the last time prior to Jackson's untimely death. K8697 U.S. C... More

[The last meeting between General Lee and Jackson] / J.G. Fay, 1877.

Print shows General Robert E. Lee, with troops, on the right and General Stonewall Jackson, with troops, on the left, both on horseback, meeting for the last time prior to Jackson's untimely death. K8697 U.S. C... More

Massaponax Church, Virginia "Council of War": General Ulysses S. Grant...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library ... More

General Grant's campaign march - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Battle of Chancellorsville - Public domain image related to music prfo...

Print shows the Battle of Chancellorsville with Confederate troops under the command of General Stonewall Jackson advancing on the Union army; also shows General Jackson being wounded, with three officers comin... More

Massaponax Church, Headquarters U.S. Army, 21st May, 1864

Stereograph showing church in Massaponax, Va., temporary headquarters of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, with Union soldiers gathered outside. No. 729. "Entered according to Act of congress in the year 1863, [i.e. 1864]... More

Orphans' homestead, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania The building, now newly r...

Photograph shows Gen. Samuel W. Crawford, Gen. Andrew Porter, Gov. John W. Geary, and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant outside the orphanage and flanked by girls on the left and boys on the right. Gift; James Monroe Memo... More

Ulysses S. Grant Papers: Series 10, Addition III, 1819-1969; Family Co...

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: Letterbooks, 1871-1888; General correspo...

The People's song - Public domain American piano sheet music

Grant writing telegram that the Army had crossed Rapidan 1864

Title inscribed below image. Very similar to Waud no. 433, which may have been traced from this drawing. References: Ray, plate 68. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.432) Reference print available in th... More

[Statue erected in 1886 by 21st Illinois Regiment veterans, commemorat...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ulysses S. Grant Papers: Series 8, Addition I, 1846-1893; Appomattox C...

General Robt. E. Lee at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862 / H.A. Ogden.

Print shows General Robert E. Lee holding binoculars, standing on a ridge with other officers and a man on horseback, monitoring the battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. D4749 U.S. Copyright O... More

The Union soldier's discharge certificate

Blank soldier's discharge certificate, with head-and-shoulders portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Henry Sheridan, and George Henry Thomas. Currier & Ives : a catalo... More

[Ulysses S. Grant of General Staff Regular Army Infantry Regiment; dri...

Case: (front) Berg, no. 1-165; (back) Berg, no. 3-587. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "T... More

[Massaponax Church, Virginia "Council of War": General Ulysses S. Gran...

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

[Ulysses S. Grant, in uniform, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing fro...

Photograph of etching was possibly a carte de visite before being trimmed to oval shape. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

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

Lieutenant-General Grant at his head-quarters / photographed by Brady.

Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, leaning against tree by tent. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1864 July 16, p. 449 (cover).

Massaponax Church, Virginia View of the church, temporary headquarters...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library ... More

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: Military Papers, 1853-1887; Operations r...

E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1867; Oct. 9-...

Public domain photograph of correspondence, letter, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: Subject File, 1863-1891; Page, Henry, te...

Ulysses S. Grant Papers: Series 7, Scrapbooks, 1870-1892; Vols. 10 (co...

General Robt. E. Lee at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862 / H.A. Ogden.

Print shows General Robert E. Lee holding binoculars, standing on a ridge with other officers and a man on horseback, monitoring the battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. D4749 U.S. Copyright O... More

The battle of Pittsburgh, Tenn. April 7th, 1862

General Ulysses S. Grant leading a charge on the Rebels at Pittsburgh, Tennessee. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0476.

[Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, facing left, standing alongsi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Ulysses S. Grant of General Staff Regular Army Infantry Regiment; dri...

Case: (front) Berg, no. 1-165; (back) Berg, no. 3-587. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "T... More

[Ulysses S. Grant and his Generals on horseback] / Lith. by E. Boell.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General Grant's council of war - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows General Ulysses S. Grant holding a council of war outside the Massaponax Church in Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Union officers are sitting on benches, General Grant leaning over bench on the ... More

Lt. Genl. U.S. Grant at his headquarters before Petersburg, Virginia /...

Photo shows Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, seated in camp, facing slightly right; montage, combining watercolor and photograph. Copyright 1865 by Anthony Berger. Exhibited: "150th Anniversary of the C... More

Monument to General Ulysses S. Grant, Leavenworth, Kansas Birdsall, Le...

Photograph shows monument erected in 1889 with sculpture by Lorado Zadok Taft. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Union Drummer Boy, November 2016. Forms ... More

Massaponax Church, Virginia "Council of War": General Ulysses S. Grant...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library ... More

William T. Sherman Papers: General Correspondence, 1837-1891; 1875, Ju...

William T. Sherman Papers: General Correspondence, 1837-1891; 1837, De...

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: Letterbooks, 1871-1888; General correspo...

[City Point, Virginia Members of General Ulysses S. Grant's staff]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Includes photographer Mathew Brady, standing at far left.

[Robert E. Lee leaving the McLean House following his surrender to Uly...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Halt! boys, halt! - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

General Grant at City Point - Public domain print

H22257 U.S. Copyright Office This photograph is a montage or composite of several images and does not actually show General Ulysses S. Grant at City Point. Three photos provided different parts of the portrait... More

[Massaponax Church, Virginia View of the church, temporary headquarter...

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

[Massaponax Church, Virginia View of the church, temporary headquarter...

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

Grant writing telegram that the Army had crossed Rapidan 1864

Title inscribed below image. Very similar to Waud no. 433, which may have been traced from this drawing. References: Ray, plate 68. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.432) Reference print available in th... More

[President Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, seated, facing righ...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[General Ulysses S. Grant and five other men on Lookout Mountain, Tenn...

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[Massaponax Church, Va. "Council of War": Gen. Ulysses S. Grant examin...

Anaglyph stereograph made from digital images of a pair of stereograph negatives by Timothy O'Sullivan in May 1864. (Call number: LC-B811-730, left half http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.01192 and right half h... More

U.S. Grant. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, seated in camp, facing right. 21892 U.S. Copyright Office. "From the original painting by Nast in the possession of the publishers".

William T. Sherman Papers: Miscellany, 1810-1890; Newspaper clippings;...

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Richmond is ours! - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Ulysses waltzes - Public domain American sheet music

Army of Potomac: J.C. Parke, C.G. Meade, W.S. Hancock, G.K. Warren, U....

A black and white photo of a group of soldiers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Our hero's of 1848 and 1865 - Public domain portrait print

Woman symbolizing Liberty(?) standing between head-and-shoulders portraits of Ulysses S. Grant and Winfield Scott, surrounded by scenes of episodes of the Civil War. Copyright by Kimmel & Forster.

Edwin McMasters Stanton Papers: Correspondence, 1831-1870; 1862; 1862,...

Ulysses S. Grant / C. Schussele 1863 ; eng. by William Sartain, Philad...

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, sitting on a horse, among soldiers during a battle, with a broken cannon and ramrod in the lower right corner. X33569 U.S. Copyright... More

[Ulysses S. Grant of General Staff Regular Army Infantry Regiment; dri...

Case: (front) Berg, no. 1-165; (back) Berg, no. 3-587. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "T... More

[City Point, Virginia Members of General Ulysses S. Grant's staff]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Includes photographer Mathew Brady, standing at far left.

[Ulysses S. Grant and his Generals on horseback] / Lith. by E. Boell.

Picryl description: Public domain image of war, military conflict, infantry, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Battle of Chancellorsville - Public domain scenic print

Print shows the Battle of Chancellorsville with Confederate troops under the command of General Stonewall Jackson advancing on the Union army; also shows General Jackson being wounded, with three officers comin... More

General Grant's grand march - Public domain American piano sheet music

[Massaponax Church, Virginia View of the church, temporary headquarter...

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

C.G. Pride, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Photo shows Colonel George G. Pride, volunteer aide-de-camp to Ulysses S. Grant (Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education). Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photograp... More

Interview between Grant and Pemberton, Confederate States of America

Print shows Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General John C. Pemberton discussing the terms of the capitulation of Vicksburg, bringing to an end the Union siege of the city.

Ulysses S. Grant Papers: Series 8, Addition I, 1846-1893; Souvenirs, a...

William T. Sherman Papers: Book File, circa 1875-1896; Memoirs; Contra...

Ulysses S. Grant Papers: Series 10, Addition III, 1819-1969; Personal ...

Ulysses S. Grant Papers: Series 10, Addition III, 1819-1969; Writings,...

Battle of Chancellorsville - Public domain scenic painting

Print shows the Battle of Chancellorsville with Confederate troops under the command of General Stonewall Jackson advancing on the Union army; also shows General Jackson being wounded, with three officers comin... More

The unanimous nomination / Doremus Art Gallery, 218 Main Street, Pater...

Photographic reproduction of campaign memorabilia shows photographs of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Henry Wilson with the slogan: "In God is our strength. First in war, first in pea... More

Honor to the brave / lithog. & printed by Chr. Kimmel & Forster, N.Y.

Woman symbolizing Liberty(?) standing between portraits of William T. Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, Philip Sheridan, David Dixon Porter, David Glasglow Farragut, and John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, surrounded by s... More

Massaponax Church, Virginia View of the church, temporary headquarters...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library ... More

Ulysses S. Grant Papers: Series 10, Addition III, 1819-1969; Family Co...

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

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

Ulysses S. Grant Papers: Series 10, Addition III, 1819-1969; Writings,...

[Ulysses S. Grant of General Staff Regular Army Infantry Regiment; dri...

Case: (front) Berg, no. 1-165; (back) Berg, no. 3-587. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "T... More

[Ulysses S. Grant and his Generals on horseback] / Lith. by E. Boell.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grant writing telegram that the Army had crossed Rapidan 1864

Title inscribed below image. Very similar to Waud no. 433, which may have been traced from this drawing. References: Ray, plate 68. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.432) Reference print available in th... More

[City Point, Virginia Rear view of General Ulysses S. Grant's headquar...

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