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Woodrow Union Church in the settlement of Paw Paw in Morgan County, We...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform Whipple, 96 Washington Street, B...

Soldier possibly served with Colonel Robert Gould Shaw in the 7th New York Infantry Regiment, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, or 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Source: Thanatos Archive indicates th... More

Captain George A. Armstrong of Co. D, 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment an...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on verso: "Cap. Armstrong, Kilpatrick's staff." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Excelsior Brigade, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, October 2017.... More

Captain Comly J. Mather of Co. B and Co. F, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalrya...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on recto: "Truly and sincerely yrs., C.J. Mather, Capt. Comly, Co. F, 15th Penna. Cav." Notation on verso: "S.B.C." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchase... More

Major Genl. Henry W. Halleck General in chief of the armies of the U.S...

Henry W. Halleck, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, seated on rearing horse. 456(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Currier & Ives. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Res... More

The Monitor Deck view, from the bow

Photograph shows Union sailors aboard the ironclad USS Monitor on the James River, Virginia; shows light damage caused to the turret during its fight with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, March 9, 1862, a... More

The siege of Vicksburg, the fight in the crater of Fort Hill, after th...

Print shows Union soldiers in trench and behind wooden walls and gabions as an assault is made on Fort Hill during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Includes a "description of the position" with a key that i... More

Captain Cabot J. Russell of Co. F, 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regimen...

Photograph shows identified soldier who was killed at Fort Wagner, South Carolina. Notation on verso: "My favorite. Salem, June '63." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purch... More

Fredericksburg, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan; positive by A....

Row of cannons with men positioned to load each cannon before the next round of bombardment. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [... More

Washington, D.C. Noncommissioned officers of Company H, 10th Veteran R...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Little girl holding hoop at extreme right. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Wash... More

Civil War veteran with Grand Army of the Republic badge Bradley & Rulo...

Photograph shows portrait of Union veteran possibly identified as W.R. Fruedberg, W.R. Swedberg, or W.R. Juedberg. Notation on recto: "W.R. [...]berg, Dept. [...] G.A.R. Cala." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DL... More

Unidentified Civil War veterans of Battery F Pennsylvania Independent ...

Photograph shows group portrait of Union veterans, some in uniforms with swords. No. 1514. Notation on verso: "Taken in Gettysburg in 1894. N. [G.?] encampment." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Forms pa... More

Union nurse Clara Barton with Red Cross brooch

Notation on verso: "To Mr. Jonathan Foster with the treasured memories that cling to childhood and youth. His friend now, as then, Clara Barton, Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 1894." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017;... More

Brigadier General Henry Alanson Barnum of Co. I, 12th New York Infantr...

Photograph shows identified soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor for action while serving with 149th New York Infantry Regiment. Notation on recto: "H.A. Barnum." Notation on verso: "Barnum." Original gl... More

Major General John Franklin Miller of 29th Indiana Infantry Regiment a...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Major General Joseph Hooker of General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Lieutenant John P. Lane of Co. G, 12th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment...

Photograph shows identified soldier who was wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia, and Bermuda Hundred, Virginia. Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly de... More

First Sergeant Henry S. Dean of Co. G, 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on verso: "Sergt. H.S. Dean, Co. G, 2d C.V.H.A.(?), Fort Ellsworth, Va." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Lilj... More

The Peninsula, Virginia The staff of General Fitz-John Porter; Lts. Wi...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of... More

Assistant Surgeon Walter B. Morrison of Co. K, 3rd Michigan Infantry R...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on verso: "Asst. Surgeon Morrison, 3d Mich. Vol. Rec., Nov. 26th/62." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Paul Brzozowski, Fairfield, Connecticu... More

Lovell General Hospital, Portsmouth, Rhode Island From Lovell General ...

Photograph shows smaller buildings behind main building of hospital with soldiers in yard, some sweeping and one holding a dog; a young girl stands nearby. Tax stamp on verso. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (... More

Rappahannock Station, Virginia Quarters of field and staff officers, 5...

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

Private Augustus Kolb of Co. L, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, in...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Tax stamp on verso. Related discharge certificate processed as LOT 14043-3, no. 46. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Vintage Arms and Accouterments, C... 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

The Union line before Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing a view of the defensive fortifications near Fort Morton including sharpened wooden spikes in front of a line of breastworks, and the soldiers' huts behind the breastworks. No. 1062. Part of ... More

[Portrait of Maj. General George G. Meade, officer of the Federal Army...

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

By the United States in Congress assembled. August 17, 1785 : On the r...

Includes an order to transmit this and two previous resolves to the state legislatures. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of text. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the ... More

Hospital at Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 1864

Photograph shows soldiers outside a brick hospital building in Fredericksburg, Virginia, recovering from wounds received during the battles in the "Wilderness campaign." Woman seated in doorway is volunteer nur... More

Shaker South Union Tavern, East side of Route 73, South Union, Logan C...

Survey number: HABS KY-111 Building/structure dates: ca. 1869 Initial Construction

Rock Creek Water Tower, Junction of Rock Creek & Union Pacific Railroa...

Significance: The Rock Creek Water Tower is the best preserved of six extant structures of a late 19th-century town that flourished during the early days of the trans-continental railroad. Once a center for t... More

Chasing the Rebs through Strasburg

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.0440) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil Wa... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and slouch cap sitting with hol...

Case: Leather floral motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Fami... More

Funeral service over Colonel Ellsworth at the White House East Room

Title devised from inscription on verso. Inscribed below image: 8 [officer?], 9 Dr. Pyne, 6 Lincoln, 7 Seward; 1 General Scott, 2-3 General Officers, 4 Sumner, 5 Reporters, Sentries 71st reg. Gift, J.P. Morgan,... More

1st Maine Cavalry Skirmishing - Public domain drawing

Signed lower right: ALF. R. Waud. Title inscribed on sheet. Published in: Harper's Weekly, September 5, 1863, p. 572. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.259) Reference print available in the Civil War Dr... More

A glimpse of the defeat at Ellisons Mill June 26th

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Men lost in the smoke; Pennsylvania reserves; original; June, Kendrick. (Sat.) Virginia. June. Inscribed on verso: Knapsacks and blank... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Not in case. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

Gen'l Warren on Hill Top, Gettysburg

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed: 87. Date derived from historical sources. Similar to Waud, no. 311. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.442) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings fil... More

[Camp sentry, Rappahannock Station, Virginia] during American Civil Wa...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.249) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Facts for men who do their own thinking. The two platforms, one positi...

Printed in five columns. Map of rebel and Union territory on verso.

[Unidentified soldier in Union shell jacket and infantry Hardee hat wi...

Case: Berg, no. 7-42. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

Rush's Mill Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at North end of Union Canal Bi...

Significance: Rush's Mill Bridge is one of a small number of composite cast- and wrought-iron bridges yet remaining in the U.S. It is also one of the few existing examples employing the Howe-truss form in whic... More

Rush's Mill Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at North end of Union Canal Bi...

Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Signed above image: Wm Waud. Title inscribed above image. On verso sketch of river landscape with frigate. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 21, 1865, p. 41. Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

[Sketches related to the Wilderness Campaign]

Drawings include: no. 467a - Right of Gibbon, Birney awaiting order to advance; no. 467b - Gibbon in position, May 18, 1864; no. 467c - [Sketches of a military camp by a railroad] on verso. Title devised. Gift,... More

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Photographs show primarily single portraits of officers serving in the 25th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Includes about forty-five identified sitters, ranking as Captains or Lieutenants, two troop do... More

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Brookrace Estate, Patrol Cottage Seven, Located 0.3 mile north of Plea...

Significance: Patrol Cottages Six and Seven are dormitories. Patrol Cottage Six was built in 1951 and Patrol Cottage Seven was built in 1955. Plan and elevation of both cottages are the same except that the fac... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union sack coat and forage cap with bayoneted...

Case: Berg, no. 7-21. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congres... More

Sketch of a group of Collis' Zouaves--General Banks bodyguard, now att...

"Officers & non-commissioned officers of Collis' Zouaves. General Banks' bodyguard. Camp Pardee, near Upperville, Va." on mount. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.19) Forms part of: Morgan collection ... More

The Union medley - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Mac, will win the Union back - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Colonel McNeal House, Union & Bills Streets, Bolivar, Hardeman County,...

Significance: This Italianate mansion was built circa 1861-62 for Major Ezekial Polk McNeal's bereaved wife, whose only child died in 1854. Major McNeal was a cousin of President James Knox Polk. The house wa... More

Illinois Central Railroad, Passenger Depot No. 2, North of First Stree...

Survey number: HAER IL-23-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Illinois Central Railroad, Passenger Depot No. 2, North of First Stree...

Survey number: HAER IL-23-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Night. The sacking of Fredericksburg-- & biovace[sic]of Union troops

Street scene of soldiers plundering, buildings in shambles--some on fire. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed lower left: Bivouac. Inscribed on building left margin as identifier: BANK OF VIRGINIA. Inscribed... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, kn...

Case: Leather geometric vines/leaves. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" at the Library of Congres... More

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

7th N.Y. Heavy Arty. in Barlows charge nr. Cold Harbor Friday June 3rd...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 25, 1864, p. 408-9. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.722) Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

[Civil War envelope showing (on back) red, white, and blue ribbon tied...

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

New Haven Rail Yard, Freight Car Shop, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New H...

Significance: The Freight Car Shop recalls the importance of the New Haven Rail Yard in the late nineteenth century, when it was the principal shop facility for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. L... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Freight Car Shop, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New H...

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...

Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...

Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934

Group of Confederate prisoners at Fairfax court-house / negative by T....

Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 34. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scott... More

Abraham Yates House, 109 Union Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-136 Survey number: HABS NY-336

Abraham Yates House, 109 Union Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-136 Survey number: HABS NY-336

Scene at Germanna Ford--6th Corps returning from Mine Run

Troops marching past house, damaged bridge in background. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on verso: VIII 6. Shalers brigade. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 2, 1864, p. 13. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (D... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with sword]

Case: Berg, no. 3-248. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Co... More

Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, West end of Shirley Street, Moun...

Significance: The Mount Union plant was the first works in the United States constructed exclusively for the manufacture of silica brick. Harbison and Waker, of Pittsburgh, was one of the largest refractory ma... More

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with bayoneted muskets]

Case: Berg, no. 3-99. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph fil... More

Elias Baker House, Allegheny Furnace, Union Avenue & Cresent Road, Alt...

Significance: Designed by Baltimore architect Robert Carey for Elias Baker, a prominent ironmaster who operated Allegheny Furnace, near the Baker house, and Indiana Furnace, near Armagh in Indiana County. Sur... More

Review of the Artillery of Shermans Co[rps]

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed in black ink on verso below title: Review by General Barry, at Savannah, of Sherman's Artillery. Inscribed above image: Pulaski Monument; Bull Street; Gen Barry's HdQrs (Moly... More

Signal tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, overlooking battlefield of Ant...

Photograph showing soldiers at the Elk Mountain Signal Station. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 22. Another... More

Headquarters Capt. J.G.C. Lee, A.Q.M, Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. ...

Photograph shows several men standing in front of the U.S. Army Quartermasters Dept. in Alexandria, Virginia. No. 170.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform holding Hardee hat]

Photograph shows a regulation brass eagle holding up rightside of hat and the crossed sabers pointed down to possibly indicate a state or local unit.

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with cigars in mouths in ...

Case: Berg, no. 7-21 Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Colt Revolving Rifle Model...

Case: Leather geometric with side clasp. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Lil... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Central Steam Plant and Oil Storage, Vicinity of ...

Significance: The Central Steam Plant is significant as an important component of the New Haven Railroad's maintenance and repair facilities. It was built during a time of thriving passenger service, a period ... More

[Bealeton, Virginia Noncommissioned officers' mess of Co. D, 93d New Y...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with slouch hat holding revolve...

Case: Leather floral geometric motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth, Va., 2002. Exhibited: ... More

Union Station, 630 South High Street, Muncie, Delaware County, IN

Survey number: HABS IN-166 Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait photographs of soldiers and servants from various Union head...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 359, no. 444, no. 349, no. 428, no. 366, and no. 387. Exhibit loan 4116-L.

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 Academy, Union, St. James Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1266 Survey number: HABS LA-1161

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.

In defence of the Union and the Constitution / C[hristian] Schussele, ...

A large certificate for a volunteer serving in the Union army to suppress the rebellion of 1861. In the center stands a woman, probably Columbia, holding two laurel wreaths and the Constitution. She extends her... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union first lieutenant's uniform and gauntlet...

Case: Leather geometric scroll motif with oval center. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil Wa... More

[Five unidentified soldiers of the 63rd New York Infantry Regiment in ...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with 6th Corps badge in front o...

Case: Leather scroll motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljunion

Brookrace Estate, Troop Lodge, Located 0.3 mile north of Pleasant Vall...

Significance: Built between 1948 and 1962, the Troop Lodge was the heart of the Winter Camp complex and used by local troops as well as the training center. Survey number: HABS NJ-1216-C Building/structure d... More

The Union Agency, Honor Heights Park, Muskogee, Muskogee County, OK

Field records also include field notes for HABS No. OK-53 1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: South of Reservoir, also atop the hill, is the Union Agency, which today houses the Five Civilized T... More

Capture of Fort Harrison on the Chaffins Farm line of Works

Measured grid drawn in pencil over image to aid engravers. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed lower left: Troops in column of Division; The Brushwood nearly breast-high. Inscribed lower right: Troops formed ... More

The procession approaching Union Square. New York (state) 19th Century...

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession on Broadway heading towards Union Square. The building on the left is the home of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt. (Sour... More

Union Baptist Church, Warsaw, Benton County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1264 Public domain photograph of 1930s Poland, Second Polish Republic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

River Street Historic District, River Street between. Union & Pearl St...

Significance: Structures in the district include one of the major warehouses of the Sullivan Machinery Co., a small factory built in the latter part of the 19th century, tenement buildings and workers' cottages... More