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Waiting for the blacksmith. Artillery forge

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.108) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of 80th New York Infantry ("Alston Guard....

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Aquia Creek, Virginia. Group standing in front of hospital

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Co. G, 93rd N.Y. Infantry, Bealton [i.e., Bealeton], Virginia

No. 459. Brady-Handy Studio. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Militia New York 1863; Civil War, 1861-1865; Vi... More

Bealeton, Virginia. Company I, 93d New York Infantry

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Acquia Creek landing. Depot of supplies for the Army of the Potomac

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1918:R1.1.134) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Falmouth, Virginia. Colonel Graham and group

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Company D, 61st New York Infantry, Falmouth, Virginia, April, 1863

No. 313. 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 an... More

Commissary Depot at Cedar Level, Virginia August, 1864

No. 182. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

City Point, Virginia. General Hospital, American Civil War Glass Negat...

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[General U.S. Grant at his Cold Harbor, Virginia, headquarters]

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Hare house, Petersburg - Public domain scan / drawing

House and landscape. Title inscribed below image. Green sheet and white sheet joined, sketch on green sheet only. Formerly Waud no. B-145. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.909) Forms part of: Morgan co... More

Plan of the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 3rd

After two days' preparation, the main Federal assault took place in the early morning of June 3rd against a well-entrenched Confederate army. Federal losses were overwhelming, and by noon Gen. Grant called a h... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Company F 114th Pennsylvania Infantry

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Mountain Run near Culpepper [sic], Virginia Apr. 21, 1864

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.196) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Outer line of Confederate fortifications, in front of Petersburg, Virg...

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Brandy Station, Virginia. Headquarters, 5th Army Corps

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Headquarters, 5th Army Corps. Brandy Station, Feb. 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4171. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Libr... More

Fort Monroe, Virginia. Quartermaster's office, American Civil War Glas...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Fort Monroe, Va. Quartermaster's office. Dec. 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-F. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library... More

Mail wagon of 2d Army Corps - Public domain portrait print

No. 303. Alternate title and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Gift; Col... More

Fredericksburg, Virginia. House badly shelled on the banks of the Rapp...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: House badly shelled on the bands of the Rappahannock. May 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4165-G. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Field and staff officers of 39th U.S. Colored In...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Field and staff of 39th U.S. Colored Infantry In front of Petersburg, Va. September 1864. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library... More

The Lincoln gun, American Civil War Glass Negative.

No. 833. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, May, 1864

No. 707. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

Winter quarters of Quartermaster's Department, 6th Army Corps. near Ha...

No. B361. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, page 313". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Headquarters Army of Potomac - Brandy Station, Virginia, April 1864

No. 4166. Caption continues: This is left half of a panoramic view of which no. 327 is the right half. Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C... More

Co. B, U.S. Engineers in front of Petersburg, Virginia, August, 1864

No. 566. Photographer from research conducted by William A. Frassanito and reported in Military Images Vol. 11:1, July/Aug. 1989, p. 15. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Double turreted monitor, Onondaga, James River, Virginia

No. B74. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 132 - 33". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Pontoon bridge across Hazel River, Virginia, March, 1864

No. B407. Hand written on mount: "Welford's Ford". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Brandy Station, Virginia. Tent of A. Foulke, Sutler at headquarters of...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Sutler's Tent, 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Brandy Station, February, 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4171. Credit line: Civil war photogra... More

Outer line of Confederate fortifications, in front of Petersburg, Virg...

No. B118. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).

General U. S. Grant, City Point, Virginia, August, 1864

No. B48. Alternate title from Grant and Lee, the Virginia Campaign by William Frassanito. Incorrect information on negative sleeve: U.S. Grant at City Point. See also: LC-B8175-2, orig. glass negative with dif... More

Petersburg, Virginia. Group of officers at headquarters, Army of the P...

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Charles City Court House, Virginia. View of Court House

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[Brandy Station], [Virginia]. Alfred R. Waud, artist for "Harper's Wee...

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General U. S. Grant and staff, City Point, Virginia, summer of 1864

No. B46. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 10, p. 47". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Grant's Great Campaign--Last fight of the Pennsylvania Reserves

Attributed to A.R. Waud. Title printed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 25, 1864, p. 412. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.743a) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ancient Church. Jamestown 1864 - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-45. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.810) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Belle Plain, Virginia. Encampment of 2nd N.Y. and 1st Massachusetts. H...

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Petersburg, Virginia. Group of men of Company A, U.S. Engineer Battali...

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Arlington House, east front, June 28, 1864 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows a group of men, some Union soldiers, including African Americans, in front of Arlington House, Robert E. Lee's former home. The home was taken over by Union forces in 1864, and later became a m... More

[A bombproof shelter for the soldiers during the seige of Petersburg, ...

No. 809. Title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Mount... More

Richmond, Virginia. Richmond City Hospital - 19th century Virginia.

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Headquarters U.S. Christian Commission, Richmond, Virginia, April, 186...

Photograph shows a crowd including men, women and children outside the building.

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Fort Darling. Confederate

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Thurman, Honorable Allen G. Senator of Ohio. Born in Lynchburg, Virgin...

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Stowell, Honorable William Henry Harrison, of Virginia

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Richmond, Virginia. Tredegar Iron Works - 19th century Virginia.

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Chevaux-de-Frise in front of the Rebel Works at Petersburgh (i.e. Pete...

Stereograph showing a soldier standing next to the defensive fortification composed of wooden spikes attached to a frame in front of a Confederate fort. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic Histo... More

Petersburg, Virginia (vicinity). Major George W. Ford 50th New York En...

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Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Soldier's cemetery. Grave of Sgt. Frank L. S...

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Richmond, Virginia. Canal basin. (Burnt district and Capitol building ...

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View from the parapet of the rebel works in front of Petersburgh (i.e....

Stereograph showing various fortifications inside the Confederate fort near Elliott's salient and Petersburg, Va. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthon... More

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Adj. Quarters, 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery at ...

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[Captain William A. Hill of Company D, 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, ...

Photo shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; decorative diamond motif surrounded by scrolls design. Title on spine of book appears to be Literary history of the Bible. Written on object: Taken at Culpeper 18... More

Richmond, Virginia. Burnt district - 19th century Virginia.

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Castle Thunder Prison, Petersburg [i.e. Richmond], April, 1865 (Andrew...

Photograph shows a Union guard standing next to Castle Thunder, a Confederate military prison in Richmond, Virginia. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ;... More

Ruins of Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge, Richmond, Virginia, ...

Photograph shows ruins of the railroad bridge across the James River. Plate no. 88. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], ... More

The Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond Virginia

Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Virginia. No. 862. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative available: LC-B815-862

Ruins of Richmond, Virginia, 1865 / Cosmos Pictures Co.

41670570 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by A.A. Hopkins. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richmond, Virginia. Burnt district - 19th century Virginia.

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond, Va., burnt distrct. Photographer: Alexander Gardner. Corresponding print is in LOT 4162-D. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-18... More

Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of Gallego Mills. Interior view

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Interior View of Gallego Mills, Richmond, Virginia, 1865. File print in LOT 4162-F. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Co... More

Belle Isle, James River, Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865

Photograph shows a view of Belle Isle from Richmond side of James River with some homes in the distance. No. 4549. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Richmond, Virginia. Burnt district - 19th century Virginia.

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Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia April 1865 during American Civil War

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[Looking down James River from Dutch Gap, February 1865]

No. B594. Title devised by library staff. Title based on similar image: LOT 11486-F, no. 10. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Petersburg, Virginia. Surgeons of 10th Army Corps

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Farmville, Virginia (vicinity). High Bridge over the Appomattox River....

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Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate battery on James R...

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Episcopal, Catholic and Methodist Churches, Virginia City - Other buil...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 714. LOT subdivision subject: Virginia City Nevada. This record contains unverified old data from ... More

International Hotel, C Street, Virginia City

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 711. LOT subdivision subject: Virginia City, Nevada. This record contains unverified data from old... More

California Co.'s stages leaving International Hotel, Virginia City, fo...

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National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia - stereocsopic card

No. 9. Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The home of Washington / painted by T.P. Rossiter & L.R. Mignot ; engr...

Print shows George Washington standing on the patio at Mount Vernon, talking with a man who is holding a paper that may be a "Pennsylvania" newspaper; two women are sitting at a table on the right with a young ... More

Jorgensen, Honorable Jos. of Virginia - Public domain portrait photogr...

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Gen's. R.E. Lee and J.E. Johnston / D.J. Ryan, Savannah, Ga.

Photographs shows full-length portraits of Lee and Johnston seated at a table. In this print Lee holds a pen and appears to be writing on a piece of paper.Taken during Lee's farewell tour of the South, this pho... More

Whitehead, Honorable Thomas of Virginia, Capt. of Co. E. 2nd Virginia ...

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Fortifications on the Petersburg lines during American Civil War

No. B518. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).

Normal School, Hampton, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate nega...

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The Wilderness. [May 5-7, 1864] - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:69,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 666 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 34, June 1887. p.279. "Union works are marked U" and "Confederate works are marked C." Shows roads, houses, nam... More

The Potomac from Mt. Vernon - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Saracen's Tent - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

No. 29A. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La Calavera Sevillana, esta hermosa calavera que fue de un grande tore...

Broadside shows a skull decorated with the implements and costume of bullfighting. Small skulls and skeletons decorate the borders. The text in calavera verse conveys a listing of the better known bullfighters ... More

An opening, Dismal Swamp - 19th century Virginia.

No. 1089. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Promenade, Hotel Chamberlain, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, U.S.A

U.S.S. Brooklyn, Hampton Roads, Virginia, U.S.A.

28981 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 9112. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bronson Howard's greater Shenandoah during American Civil War

Caption: Col. West: "You say a prisoner has been captured? Is it a spy?" Serg't Barket: "Worse, a petticoat! Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti & N.Y." Management, Jacob Litt. N.Y. 81... More

[Young men training in woodworking at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virg...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of manufacturing workers, factory building, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Hampton Institute, Virginia - Indian orch...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). LOT subdivision subject: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute - Campus & Rural Life. C... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Hampton Institute, Virginia - studying Wh...

[Ten Afro-American women in cooking class at Hampton Institute, Hampto...

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Frances Benjamin Johnston - A class in sloyd [woodworking]

Young African American women training in woodworking at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Serving the dinner, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Young African American woman serving dinner, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The Hampton album / Frances Benjamin Johnston. New York : M... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Hampton Institute, Virginia - the band]

[Students in a bricklaying class, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia...

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[The Lake, Reservoir park, Richmond, Virginia]

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[West Range, University of Virginia]

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Boats returning to the ship, Hampton Roads

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Virginia Valli - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman wearing a feathered hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Newport News, Virginia, West Ave. residences]

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Westover, James River, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate negat...

Attribution to Jackson based on negatives with similar numbers. Also available as photographic print in LOT 9204 B with copy negative LC-USZ62-82886 (b&w film neg.). Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplemen... More

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