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[General Ambrose E. Burnside of 1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment and...

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

Antietam, Maryland. Confederate soldiers as they fell near the Burnsid...

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Warrenton, Virginia. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Generals, Ambr...

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Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge, looking up stream

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Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge from the southeast

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Bethel Church, Virginia. Headquarters of General Ambrose Burnside

Title from Civil War caption books. Attribution from Grant and Lee / William Frassanito. New York: Scharls Scribner's Sons, 1983. Caption from negative sleeve: Bethel Church, Va. Hdqrs. Gen. Burnside, May 23rd,... More

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia Embarkation of 9th Army Corps for Fort M...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Burnside Bridge Sycamore , Southwest of Burnside Bridge, Historic Burn...

See also HABS MD-937 for related documentation. Significance: The Burnside Bridge American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) in the Antietam National Battlefield is significant because of its survival, size, and... More

Attack of Genl. Ewell's Corps (Johnston's division), formerly under St...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.79) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Fredericksburg, Virginia View of town from east bank of the Rappahann...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[Brig. General Ambrose E. Burnside, head-and-shoulders portrait, head ...

Portrait photograph of Ambrose Burnside. 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... More

The Battle of Antietam, fought September 17, 1862

Includes General Burnside holding the hill, attack by General Franklin, and General McClellan to the rescue. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 Oct. 4, p. 632-633.

Our Country's pride, Confederate States of America

Shows Major Generals A.E. Burnside, Joseph Hooker, Philip Henry Sheridan, George B. McClellan, Franz Sigel, George Meade, Henry W. Halleck, on horseback. LOT subdivision subject: War, 1861-1865 (Civil War. Gene... More

The defenders of our Union 109 Commanders of the Union Army / / Photog...

Photomontage shows portraits of 109 Union Army and Navy officers. Officers' names listed on mount: Lincoln, Abraham, Prest. of the U.S.; Scott, Winfield; Staunton, Edwin M., Sec. of War; Anderson, Robert; Arms... More

[Mounted cavalry riding past reviewing stand during the "grand review"...

No. 1252. On verso: Grand Review of Army, Wash. D.C., May 1865. Printed 1905 by Handy Studio, Washington, D.C.

[Washington, D.C. Spectators at side of the Capitol, which is hung wit...

No. 748. Hand-written on back of mount: Grand Review of Army, Wash. D.C., May 1865, scene at Capitol. Printed 1905 by Handy Studio, Washington, D.C. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Title ... More

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia View of the Federal supply depot

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Ambrose E. Burnside, et al., 1864 (Printed correspondence)

[Falmouth, Virginia Lord Abinger (William F. Scarlett, 3d Baron Abinge...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[Falmouth, Virginia Men and wagons of the Engineer Corps ambulance tra...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[Falmouth, Virginia Group in front of post office tent at Army of the ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. Photograph includes woman.

Warrenton, Virginia. General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff officers

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[Warrenton, Virginia Dr. Jonathan Letterman, medical director of the A...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

Map of the battle ground near Richmond, showing plainly, every point o...

Scale ca. 1:250,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 633 Indicates location and dates of battles, "McClellan's present defensive line" at Harrison's Landing, principal roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. Descri... More

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge. Southeastern view

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Antietam, Maryland. Sherrick's house, near Burnside bridge

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Cold Harbor, Virginia General Burnside and his staff at 9th Corps head...

Illus. from Harper's weekly, July 23, 1864, p. 469. Engraving made from a photograph not included in American Memory edition (Library of Congress reproduction no. LC-USZ62-70354). Identification from William A.... More

[Portrait of Maj. General Ambrose E. Burnside, officer of the Federal ...

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[Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia Embarkation of 9th Army Corps for Fort ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[Falmouth, Virginia Aides de camp to General Joseph Hooker: Capts. Wil...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

Burnside, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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Gen'l. Burnside / E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), 501 Broadway, N.Y.

General Ambrose Burnside in military uniform, full-length portrait facing front

Haymond, Honorable William Summerville of Indiana, surgeon in Union Ar...

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

Hawley, Honorable Joseph Roswell of Conn. Senator. General in Union Ar...

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Burnside Bridge at Antietam National Park, Maryland

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Named for General Ambrose Burnside, whose Union troops ... More

Warrenton, Virginia. General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff officers

Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Burnside and two staff officers. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2434A) and right (LC-B811-2434B) halves of a stereograph pair; with variant view (LC-B811-2434C). Corresponding ... More

Falmouth, Virginia Capt. George A. Custer and General Alfred Pleasonto...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

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

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

The Burnside expedition landing at Roanoke Island - February 7th 1862

Print shows boats and riverboats filled with soldiers landing on the shore; scores of soldiers disembark and join troops already at the campsite. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse, (E.) & Co. Sketched b... More

[Falmouth, Virginia General Alfred Pleasonton on horseback]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

General McClellan and Generals of Divisions

Included among the generals are: Charles Griffin, S.P. Heintzelman, Andrew Porter, Irvin McDowell, and George McClellan. Illustrated in: Miller, v. 1, p. 307.

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge across the Antietam

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Burnside bridge across the Antietam. Northeast view. With graves of Union Soldiers. Sept. 1862. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, L... More

[Framed photographs of General Ambrose Everett Burnside and Abraham Li...

Meserve 38. The first photograph of Lincoln as President, by M. B. Brady, Washington, early 1861. Three pieces in a frame.

The great American What is it? chased by Copper-heads

An anti-Lincoln satire, showing the Republican incumbent and his supporters menaced by giant "Copperheads" (Peace Democrats). After a speech on May 1, 1863, asserting that the Civil War was being fought to fre... More

[Soldiers(?) in wagons and mounted on horses during the "grand review"...

No. 1277. On verso: Grand review of Army, Wash. D.C. May 1865. Printed 1905 by Handy Studio, Washington, D.C.

Honorable Ambrose E. Burnside, Senator R.I.

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Lawrence Swiney i.e. Swinyer, veteran of 1812 Eight sons of Lawrence S...

Photograph shows montage of portraits of Lawrence Swinyer, who served in the War of 1812, and his sons who all served in the Civil War: John Swinyer of Co. B, 9th Vermont Infantry Regiment and Co. G, 14th Vermo... More

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

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

[Falmouth, Virginia, vicinity. The Phillips house immediately after th...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[General Ambrose E. Burnside (reading newspaper) with Mathew B. Brady ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

General Ambrose Burnside House, 314 Benefit Street, Providence, Provid...

Significance: This house was built for General Ambrose Burnside, Civil War hero, wealthy industrialist, Governor of Rhode Island, and Senator from Rhode Island. It is an early work in Providence by Alfred Ston... More

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge across the Antietam

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The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd M...

Shows the position of Union troops on the second day of the Battle of Chancellorsville, including Oliver Otis Howard's 11th Corps, Daniel Edgar Sickles' 3rd Corps, George Gordon Meade's 5th Corps, Henry Warner ... More

Burnside, Colonel J.O.P. Post Office Dept.

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Haymond, Honorable William Summerville, Rep of Ind. Surgeon in Union A...

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Warrenton, Virginia General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. Also shows: Maj. Lewis Richmond, Brig. Gen. J.G. Parke. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D... More

The Burnside expedition landing at Roanoke Island - February 7th 1862

Print shows boats and riverboats filled with soldiers landing on the shore; scores of soldiers disembark and join troops already at the campsite. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse, (E.) & Co. Sketched b... More

[Fredericksburg, Virginia Marye house, with rifle pits in front]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[Portrait of Maj. General Ambrose E. Burnside, officer of the Federal ...

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[Bethel Church, Virginia View of the church, temporary headquarters of...

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

Burnside Bridge Sycamore , Southwest of Burnside Bridge, Historic Burn...

See also HABS MD-937 for related documentation. Significance: The Burnside Bridge American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) in the Antietam National Battlefield is significant because of its survival, size, and... More

[Warrenton, Virginia Maj. Charles J. Whiting, Capt. James E. Harrison,...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

Stover, Honorable John Hubler of Missouri, 40th Congress. (Private in ...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Stover, 3457, 1652 [crossed out], 2139 [crossed out]. Photo c. 1868. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Burnside carbine, revolver...

Case: Leather, oval and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). NewsetLilj02 pp/liljunion

Brigadier General Burnside - Print, Library of Congress collection

117 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford.

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge from the southeast

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Burnside Bridge from the south east. Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of... More

The new naval and military map of the United States

Scale ca. 1:3,275,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 32.5 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by Robert P. Smith." Stamped in right-hand corner: Copyright Library, Jan. 12, 1863. General map o... More

Banks Honorable Nathaniel Prentice of Massachusetts (general in Union ...

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Warrenton, Virginia General Edwin V. Sumner and staff

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. Left to right: Capt. W. G. Jones, Maj. Laurence Kip, A.D.C., Lt. Col. Joseph H. Taylor, A.A.C., Gen. Sumner, C... More

General Ambrose E. Burnside (reading newspaper) with Mathew B. Brady (...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. Photograph made at 9th Corps headquarters, Cold Harbor, Virginia. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled ... More

Warrenton, Virginia. General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff

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[Falmouth, Virginia Capt. George A. Custer and General Alfred Pleasont...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

General Ambrose Burnside House, 314 Benefit Street, Providence, Provid...

Significance: This house was built for General Ambrose Burnside, Civil War hero, wealthy industrialist, Governor of Rhode Island, and Senator from Rhode Island. It is an early work in Providence by Alfred Ston... More

[Falmouth, Virginia Capt. Charles H. Howard, aide to General Oliver O....

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862: By the federal forces, unde...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0903

[Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia Embarkation of 9th Army Corps for Fort ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

Antietam, Maryland. Graves of Federal soldiers at Burnside bridge

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Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Decr. 13, 1862.

Map shows the region surrounding Fredericksburg, Va., including Marie's Heights outside of the city and Falmouth across the Rappahannock River. Due to Burnside's slow maneuvering of the Union forces, Lee was a... More

Headquarters of the Union Army commanded by General Grant, on the bank...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving after sketch by Henri Lovie. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 16, no. 392 (1863 Apr. 4), p. 29.

[General George McClellan campaign button for 1864 presidential electi...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Wa... More

General George McClellan - Print, Library of Congress collection

20734 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Verthrong, H.W., arti... More

[Ambrose Everett Burnside, half-length portrait, facing left, in unifo...

Illus. in: Battles & leaders of the Civil War, vol. 3, 1887, p. 109. Reference copy available in 1956 edition.

Civil War Veterans active as House doorkeepers. Washington, D.C. May 2...

Two men standing next to each other in front of a door. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Falmouth, Virginia, vicinity. The Phillips house immediately after th...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

Officers of 1st Rhode Island Volunteers, Camp Sprague, 1861

Ambrose Everett Burnside with eight officers posed in front of building, with sign reading "Col. Burnside welcome home." No. 4100. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Exhibit loan 4116-L.

[Falmouth, Virginia Group in front of post office tent at Army of the ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. Photograph includes woman.

Thomas Wolfe Sr. to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, November 28, 1864 (Engli...

[General Ambrose E. Burnside (reading newspaper) with Mathew B. Brady ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[Warrenton, Virginia Dr. Jonathan Letterman, medical director of the A...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia Personnel in front of Quartermaster's O...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia Embarkation of 9th Army Corps for Fort ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[Fredericksburg, Virginia View of town from east bank of the Rappahann...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[General Ambrose E. Burnside, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slig...

Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2013.

[Soldier standing at graves of Federal soldiers, along stone fence, at...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). LC-B815-585. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Ci... More

Oppression!! Suppressing the press, Political Cartoon

An extremely crude and somewhat obscure satire on Union general Ambrose E. Burnside's controversial suspension of the Chicago "Times" because of "disloyal and incendiary statements." The anti-Lincoln paper was ... More

Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia showing attack on the sali...

Shows the distribution of Confederate forces under the commands of Longstreet, Ewell, and Hill facing Union forces under Wright, Warren, Burnside, and Hancock, with special attention to Hancock's assault on Ewe... More

Banks Honorable Nathaniel Prentice of Massachusetts (general in Union ...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union army and naval officers. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Abraham Lincoln and one hundred military officers in uniform, identified by name and rank at bottom.

Burnside Bridge at Antietam National Park, Maryland

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Named for General Ambrose Burnside, whose Union troops ... More

[Falmouth, Virginia Drum corps of 61st New York Infantry]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.