1862

[Envelope addressed to General Howell Cobb, Commdr., etc., Quincy, Flo...

Handwritten envelope addressed to General Howell Cobb of 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment and General Staff; bears 10-cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family... More

Salmon P. Chase to John G. Nicolay, September 1862 (Requests papers)

Milton S. Latham to John G. Nicolay, Wednesday, March 19, 1862 (Recom...

George S. Koontz to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, August 22, 1862 (Arrival...

"Whew! That old hen, Jeff Davis, has been trying to hatch a rotten egg...

Chicken with head of Jefferson Davis over nest labeled Richmond containing secession egg, which is being broken by a Union soldier. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1862). Ref. copy may be in LOT 4419 - CIVIL WAR, ... More

[Sketch of a portion of Orange County, north and east of Orange showin...

Relief shown by hachures. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil on an irregularly cut and torn piece of brown paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.)... More

181023-N-HP188-0031 RICHMOND, Va. (October 23, 2018)

181023-N-HP188-0031 RICHMOND, Va. (October 23, 2018) Erik Farrell, an archaeological conservator from the Mariners’ Museum and Park located in Newport News, works with a device to collect measurement data from ... More

Co. - , 153d New York Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. B281. 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

Thurlow Weed to William H. Seward, Monday, March 24, 1862 (Report fro...

James W. Ripley to John G. Nicolay, Friday, May 16, 1862 (Cover lette...

[Sketches of roads west of Fredericksburg, Va.].

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil on sheets of ledger paper originally held together with 2 labels, mounted b... More

Cairo Illinois Military Telegraph to Anson Stager, Sunday, March 23, 1...

Francis H. Peirpoint to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 18, 1862 (...

Battle of Crampton's Gap, Maryland : fought Septr 14th 1862.

Shows the area surrounding Burkittsville, Frederick County, Md., as the left wing of McClellan's army moved toward Crampton's Gap to try to prevent the Confederate assault on Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

Map shewing [sic] retreat of Union Army from Savage's Station to White...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

T. A. Hoffman, et al. to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, November 12, 1862...

The liberator. v.32:no.46(1862:Nov.14)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Yorktown, Virginia. Confederate battery. Magruder with 8-inch Columbia...

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View of the camps of the Army of the Potomac, on Bolivar Heights, near...

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Plan of the Battle of Chantilly, Va., September 1st, 1862, 5 to 10 p.m...

Concerns the placement of Union and Rebel forces, including the headquarters of General Samuel P. Heintzelman, for the last scene of fighting of the Second Bull Run Campaign, June-September, 1862. Covers porti... More

George B. McClellan to Henry Halleck, Friday, September 19, 1862 (Tel...

Appeal to the people of Tennessee ... Andrew Johnson. Executive office...

C. S. A.; Appeal to the people of Tennessee. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 10 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collect... More

George Robertson to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, September 08, 1862 (Tele...

Sketch of portions of seacoast of South Carolina & Georgia /

Map of the coast from Bull's Bay, South Carolina, to Ossabaw Sound, Georgia, showing forts, drainage, roads, railroads, and towns. "References" at the bottom center of the map give dates on which forts were cap... More

Position of Richmond, Va. - Public domain vintage map

Area map of Richmond showing locations of roads, railroads, waterways, and landforms, as well as outlying Confederate defenses. Also includes notations of Union positions on June 13th and June 20th, 1862, and ... More

Ruins at Manassas Junction, Virginia after its evacuation by Confedera...

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, c2003. Ill... More

Battle between the Mexicans and the allied invaders, at the National B...

Ref. copy. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 6, (1862 February 22), p. 124. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Mex Hist 1862; France Hist 1862.

War telegram marking map. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:490,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 465.75 Base map depicting eastern Virignia printed in brown ink. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by L. Prang & Co." "Explanations. The ex... More

Attack and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn. by Genl. U.S. Grant U.S.A.

Shows troop locations around Fort Donelson, Tenn., on the Cumberland River, as the Union army prepared to attack. "Fought 14-15th February 1862." -- Page caption. Color coding indicates the location of Union an... More

St. Louis Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, December 19, 1862 (Res...

Yorktown, Virginia, May 1862. A scene during the Civil War

No. B-82. Caption continues: (US Army signal corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-82) after a photographer working under the direction of Mathew B. Brady

[Civil War envelope for N.Y. Volunteers, 130th Regiment, U.S. Army]

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John Moses to John G. Nicolay, Friday, July 04, 1862 (Telegram inquir...

Topographical engineers at Headquarters, Army of Potomac, in front of ...

Group of 9 men at table in front of tent. Civil War Collection. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; C.W.... More

[Civil War envelope showing flotilla of gunboats engaged in battle on ...

Addressed to Miss Josie Paige, Nelson, N.H.; bears 3 cent stamp. Initialed A.L.M. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library ... More

Fredericksburg - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.144) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Camp Greble near Norfolk, Va. of the 99th N.Y.S.V. [September 2, 1862]

War scenes - return of national foraging parties into camp near Annand...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 13 or 14 (1862 Nov. 23), p. 5. Reference copy may be in SSF (Graphic) - Civil War 1861-1865 Forag... More

Farm house used as a hospital by the rebels; their dead and wounded ly...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.40) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

George B. McClellan to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, January 26, 1862 (Int...

Map shewing [sic] vicinity of Winchester, Virginia, Potomac, etc.

Shows portions of southern Maryland and northern Virginia emphasizing Winchester, Va. Sneden notes on the map that Winchester was a city that changed hands 46 times during the war. He lists three major battle... More

Plan of the battle of Gaine's Mill, Virginia fought June 27th, 1862.

Concerns the Battle of Gaines Mill, Hanover County, Va., one of the Seven Days' Battles, 26 June-1 July 1862. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. Original scrapbook hous... More

Grand concert; by the 79th regt'al band Friday evening April 18th, 186...

C. S. A. 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 173, Folder 16.

Sketch of the lines at Yorktown Virginia April 30th 1862.

Shows an area that includes Gloucester Point on the north/east side of the York River, Yorktown on the south/west side of the river, and Wormsley Creek to the south of Yorktown as the Union forces finalized pre... More

Cumberland Landing, Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey

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William Butler and Richard Yates to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, April ...

Henry A. Wise to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, April 17, 1862 (Sends cop...

Oliver P. Morton, et al. to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, July 10, 1862 ...

Samuel Bruch to Anson Stager, Sunday, September 14, 1862 (Telegram co...

Antietam, Maryland. Bridge across the Antietam. Northeast view

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Plan of the battle of Fredericksburg. Fought 13th Decr. 1862.

Map shows Gen. R. E. Lee's strong position on the heights overlooking Fredericksburg, Va. While he could not prevent the Union forces from crossing the Rappahannock River on December 13 and taking the town, the... More

J. J. A. Wilson to Unknown, Sunday, February 23, 1862 (Telegram regar...

Antietam bridge, Md., American Civil War Glass Negative.

No. 4221. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 19. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Alexander Gardner (Octobe... More

The liberator. v.32:no.8(1862:Feb.21)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Fort Snelling, Minnesota, at the confluence of the rivers Mississippi ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1862 Sept. 20, pp. 408-409. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Scene in camp life--mess no. of the 13th Illinois Volunteers, in their...

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Military Telegraph, Sunday, September 14, 1862 (Telegram)

John Adams : from a painting by Chappel in the possession of the publi...

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Beaufort, South Carolina. Federal signal station. Formerly the home of...

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Church at Rejkjavik Iceland - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a church near a small clapboard house in Rejkjavk, the capitol city of Iceland. Taylor visited Iceland in 1862, perhaps en route to Russia. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 1922; (DLC/PP-46411a).

Hampton, Virginia. Ruins of old brick church. (The oldest Protestant c...

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Jesse K. Dubois to John G Nicolay, [October 1862] (Cover letter)

James River, Virginia. Officers on deck of U.S.S. MONITOR

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Richard Yates to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, September 15, 1862 (Telegra...

[Civil War envelope showing woman pouring a drink for a wounded soldie...

Addressed to Miss Fidlia Corwin, Newark, Wayne Co., New York; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library ... More

O.H. Perry / from the original painting by Chappel.

Print shows Oliver H. Perry, full-length portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform, with nautical backdrop and props. Entered according to act of Congress AD 1862, by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the c... More

Fair Oaks Station, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Battery of howitzers and soldiers, during Civil War. Stereo, The War for the Union. Photographic War History (no. 471). LC-B8171-471 (half). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption ... More

Simon F. Barstow to George B. McClellan, Sunday, March 02, 1862 (Tele...

General George B. McClellan, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Nega...

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Major-Genl. Joseph Hooker. (Fighting Joe) at the Battle of Antietam Se...

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The liberator. v.32:no.17(1862:Apr.25)

Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Harrison's Landing, Virginia. General Samuel P. Heintzelman and staff

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George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, Wednesday, April 02, 1862 (T...

Patriotic Union Club, 1862 (Certificate)

Gwine to de field, Hopkinson's Plantation, Edisto Island, S.C.

Photograph shows slaves on the Hopkinson plantation, with two boys in a cart pulled by a donkey.

[The Waltham Bank twenty dollar private bank note proof]

Print shows vignettes of goddesses with grain and a scythe, possibly Ceres; a woman fetching water and horses drinking at a trough; and a woman working a spinning wheel as a factory operates in the distance. O... More

Plan of Fort Lyon on Eagle Hill above Alexandria, Va.

Shows a detailed drawing of Union Fort Lyon located on Eagle Hill in Fairfax County, Va. This fort was the headquarters for Major General Samuel Peter Heintzelman, U.S.A. NOTE: Researchers will be served a col... More

Map of Hampton to Howard's Bridge, Virginia.

The area depicted includes the York River to the north, the James River to the south and the Hampton/Five Points area to the east.

Henry A. Wise to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 28, 1862 (Sends co...

Officers, 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery (hdq), Ft. Richardson, Arlington, ...

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Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Comte de Paris, Duc de Chartres, Prince...

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Relics shown in a tent erected in Franklin School House hall, Washingt...

Handwritten on verso: 1862. 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 69, Folder 54.

Abraham Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin, Monday, April 28, 1862 (Senate re...

George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, Friday, February 28, 1862 (T...

Upon next Tuesday this precinct must submit to the misfortune and disg...

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 157, Folder 39.

Monitor [USS Passaic?], American Civil War Glass Negative.

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Peter H. Watson to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, March 13, 1862 (Cover l...

[Grigsby House, Centreville, Virginia Headquarters of General Johnston...

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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.

[Sketch of the vicinity of Cross Keys, Va.].

Shows the names of some residents. Title and date derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil sketch mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H95 Available also through the Library of Congress ... More

Henry A. Wise to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, February 23, 1862 (Sends co...

Reconnaissance of the battle field at Bull Run, Va., fought July 21, 1...

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows names of some residents. Annotations show troop positions and engagements. Oriented with north to the right. Civil War salted paper maps. Sun print with annotati... More

A Confederate picket, Confederate States of America

Illustration showing a Confederate picket seated on rock at Drewry's Bluff, Chesterfield Co., Va. Illus. in: The Southern illustrated news, 1862 Sept. 13, vol. 1, no. 26, p. 5. Engraving after drawing by G.W. Chapman.

Moses Taylor to Salmon P. Chase, Wednesday, June 18, 1862 (Recommenda...

Isaac Newton to Abraham Lincoln, 1862 (Fragment)

Anthony M. Dignowity to Abraham Lincoln, April 1862 (Seeks office)

A. B. Rumsey to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, May 03, 1862 (Seeks office...

Rufus F. Andrews to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, July 02, 1862 (Recomm...

Outline view of Thingvalla - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing shows an outline of a Icelandic valley, Thingvalla. Taylor visited Iceland in 1862, perhaps en route to Russia.

Harrison's Landing, Virginia. Maj. Myers, Lts. Stryker and Norton. "10...

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