[Captain Augustus C. Thompson of Co. G, 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment...
Photo shows soldier believed to be identified as Augustus C. Thompson. Case: Berg, no. 3-22. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: B.G. "Chip" Newman, Broker of Fine Antiquities, Mad... More
[Private Silas A. Shirley of Co. H, 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment...
Photo shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; central oval and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Matthew Fleming, Milan, Ohio, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Fa... More
[Map of part of Montgomery County showing] Topographical Approaches on...
Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the Potomac River
[River landscape with boats] - Public domain scan / drawing
Signed lower left of image: [Frienkz Thienkz Delt?] Title devised. Inscribed above image: [Dedi]cated to Artemas Ward [...]/ Head & Principal Showman [...]/ By his devotedly attached servant / Zebedeezer(?) Zer... More
[James Hagan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Civil War Photograph Collection. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Headquarters 6th Army Corps. Warren Station, in front of Petersburg, V...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
View on James River near Jones' Landing
No. B1171. 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 ... More
[U.S. Quartermaster's office, Charleston, South Carolina]
Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 3435. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Illustrated Civil War "Union Envelopes"]: [Caricature of "Southern Ge...
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: The South; Patriotism; Devils & Demons (Cart. themes); Cotton industry; C.W. CS Govt.; Seals; Va. H... More
The liberator. v.31:no.47(1861:Nov.22)
Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library
John C. Fremont / Fabronius., Head and Shoulders Portrait
Portrait print of John C. Fremont, head-and-shoulders view, facing slightly left.
Water battery on James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal
No. 4249. Mounted with 5 other photographs, two photographs showing different views of the same location and three showing a different location. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
New York City Times, Tuesday, October 01, 1861 (Clipping)
Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Harper's Ferry, West Virginia - An old photo of a train crossing a bri...
Photograph shows railroad tracks in foreground with bridge and town in background. No. 187. Alternate title from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Z... More
The city of New York / Horton, N.Y.
Print showing many boats on the East River with view of New York City in the background.
A Rebel general startled in his camp by the beautiful and unexpected d...
Illustrations show (top) a Confederate general startled by apparitions of Northern soldiers in the sky above his camp; (bottom) contrasting views of Union soldiers depicted by "...the artist of the Mobile Adver... More
The Washington map of the United States /
Relief shown in hachures and spot heights. Includes Census of the United States for 1860. Includes insets of 6 views, 5 maps and 4 profiles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
The Washington map of the United States.
Insets. By the Superintendent, U.S. National Observatory. In comparison to the Bond publication also note addition of 2 counties in Kansas, and Wichita ... in Oklahoma. Available also through the Library of Con... More
Map of the seat of war / - Public domain vintage map
Covers Virginia and Maryland and portions of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and North Carolina. Shows some fortifications. Relief shown by hachures. Sewn on to and mounted on cloth backing. "Entered by Evan... More
Map of Washington Co., Pennsylvania : from actual surveys /
General-content county map showing rural buildings with householders' names; also shows householders' names in inset street maps. Hand col. to emphasize township boundaries. "Entered according to Act of Congres... More
Parkersburg. Historic map, Library of Congress
LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1004 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
[Brothers Private William Savage Moore and Private John C. Moore of Ri...
Photograph shows identified soldiers in Confederate uniforms. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosMoores.html Case: Berg, no. 2-59. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). ... More
U.S. service rifle, Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Photograph of mechanical drawing showing rifle with bayonet from the side, top, and bottom. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 110. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.
Danish Frigate. 1861. Newport News. Zeeland
Broadside view steam frigate. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.594) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
To the forts. The steamer Argo! Capt. E.W. Davidson, leaves Foster's w...
Title.; Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 68, Folder 14.
Post office, Boston. Winter mail arrangements (corrected monthly) ... ...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 68, Folder 5.
[General Edwin Vose Sumner of General Staff Regular Army Infantry Regi...
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
An act to amend an act entitled. "An act recognizing the existence of ...
On verso, Part 1 and Part 2: Gift Van Dyk MacBride Aug. 29, 1951.; Printed Ephemera -Confederate States of America. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page imag... More
[Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad tracks at the foot of Lookout Moun...
Photo by R.M. Cressey. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil War, 1861-1865 RR; Shelf.
General John N. Winder, C.S.A, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Ne...
Photograph shows General John Henry Winder (1800-1865), half-length portrait, facing front, wearing a U.S. Army uniform. Winder was U.S. Army officer, who later served in the Confederate Army during the civil war.
Military railroad bridge across Chattanooga Creek, L8536
Copyright by John C. Taylor. Hand written on verso: "Miller, II, 314-15".
Strong's dime caricatures. No. 4, "The schoolmaster abroad" at last
The fourth in Strong's series of antisecessionist satires. Here the artist is optimistic about newly elected Abraham Lincoln's ability to end the secession movement among the Southern states. (The Library's imp... More
D. H. Carl, April 1861 (Plan to reinforce Fort Sumter)
Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[1st Lieutenant John Paul Kuntze, Union officer, bust portrait, facing...
In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 13. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.
Harewood (i.e. Mt. Pleasant) Hospital, Washington, D.C.
No. B1119. Original caption from Col. Godwin Ordway misidentifies hospital as "Harewood." Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Aerial reconnaissance, August 10th, 1861 : [Sewells Point, Virginia] /
Relief shown by hachures. Civil War salted paper maps. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 654 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
The liberator. v.31:no.30(1861:July 26)
Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Bv't. Brig. General O.C. Risdon. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Orlando Charles Risdon, facing left, in uniform. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 5877.
Song to our flag - "Hail That Great and Glorious Banner," by A.W. Burn...
Music cover showing eagle carrying U.S. flag.
[Civil War envelope showing wreath with message "Give this wreath to t...
Addressed to Rachel Ann Taylor, Gum Tree Post Office, Chester County, Penn., care Israel Taylor; postmarked Hyattstown, Md. Notations on recto: Soldier's letter; In haste. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-... More
R.R. turntable, Petersburg, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows the turntable in a railroad yard in Petersburg, Virginia.
The "Keystone" Battery, of Pennsylvania. American Civil War 1861-1865.
No. B1237. 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 ... More
U.S. gunboat Pittsburg - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3136. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 148". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[General John A. Rawlins, left, General U.S. Grant, center, and an uni...
Title devised by library staff. Identification of officers and location from photograph from the same negative in the MOLLUS-MASS Civil War Photographs Collection.
General U.S. Grant. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Full length portrait, standing alongside his horse, facing left. N. 2426. Civil War Photograph Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Wounded soldiers at hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia
No. B462. Hand written on verso: "Reproduced in Miller, Hist. of Civil War, vol. 7, page 252-3". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Lieutenant General Winfield Sc...
Addressed to David Weir, 33 Gansevoort Stre[et], New York C[ity], New York; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Baltimore, Jul. 30[?]. Entered according to act of Congress by Bloom & Smith, in 1861, in the Clerk... More
Map of the seat of war showing the battles of July 18th, 21st & Oct. 2...
Public domain document scan of a map, military, war history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
United States volunteers. The "Union guard", accepted by the Secretary...
Civil war posters. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 123, Folder 24.
Head quarters, Virginia forces, Staunton, Va. Men of Virginia, to the ...
C. S.; On verso: 87 #10. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 187, Folder 10.
Topographical map of the Bull Run battle-field. [1861].
Public domain document scan of a map, military, war history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Southern Planter: "Pomp, you Rascal! do you see any of those cursed Ya...
Print shows a frightened Southern plantation owner asking one of his slaves if he has seen any Yankee ships, the slave tells his master that he is too frightened to see anything since he was told the Yankees wo... More
Swamp on Appomattox River, Virginia, near Broadway Landing
No. B207. 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
A Night haul, engraving, Library of Congress
African Americans netting herring by torchlight. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1861 Sept. 28). Reference copy may be in LOT 4397L. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracin... More
The reveille. [by] Sep. Winner. A. W. Auner, Song Publisher, Philadelp...
Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Area of the battle of Rich Mountain, July 11-12, 1861].
Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil on blue paper mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H73 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861
No. B904. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
William M. Thomas to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, April 12, 1861 (Wants t...
Public domain scan of American Civil War document, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Sloop "Pensacola" - A black and white photo of a ship in the wate...
Photograph showing Civil War vessel in harbor, near dock. Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. gunboat Lafayette, Mississippi River Fleet
No. 4584. 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
Colonel G.D. Wells, 34th Massachusetts. Inf'y
Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Double turreted monitor, Onondaga, James River, Virginia
Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century, vintage travel, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[General George A. Forsyth, half-length portrait, facing slightly left...
Civil War Photograph Collection. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with conversion musket an...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Non-commissioned officers, 19th Iowa Infantry, exchanged prisoners fro...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[Civil War envelope showing Corporal Francis Brownell killing James Ja...
Addressed to Wharton Gray, Amenia Termin[al?], Amenia, Du[t]chess, N.Y.; postmarked New York; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem