Cumberland Landing, Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey
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James River, Virginia. Officers on deck of U.S.S. MONITOR
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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
Antietam, Maryland. Lt. Colonel Charles B. Norton at headquarters of G...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Lt. Col. C.B. Norton, Hdq. of General Fitz John Porter, Antietam, Md., Sept. 1862. Photographer: Alex. Gardner. Corresponding print is in LOT 41... More
Harrison's Landing, Virginia. Maj. Myers, Lts. Stryker and Norton. "10...
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Antietam, Maryland. Lt. Colonel Charles B. Norton at headquarters of G...
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Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C. 1862
No. 2412. Mounted with 5 other photographs. 2 of the photos share the same caption as this one. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Cumberland Landing, Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey
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Cedar Mountain, Virginia. Officers of 10th Maine Regt. On the battlefi...
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Savage Station, Virginia. Union field hospital after the battle of Jun...
Photo shows a makeshift field hospital with wounded soldiers sitting and lying on the ground while some receive care. Includes the straw-hatted Sixteenth New York Infantry who fought at Gaines' Mill on June 27.... More
Three unidentified soldiers eating at table outside tent as an African...
Printed on recto: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purch... More
Fair Oaks, Virginia (vicinity). Brigade officers of the Horse Artiller...
Title from Civil War caption books. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov ... More
Yorktown, Virginia. Fortifications. American Civil War glass negative.
Title from Civil War caption books. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov ... More
Cumberland Landing, Virginia. City of tents. Encampment of the Army of...
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Fair Oaks, Virginia (vicinity). Brigade officers of the Horse Artiller...
Photo shows Lt. Robert Clarke (seated 1st row, 2nd from left); Capt. John C. Tidball (standing 3rd row, 2nd from right); Lt. William N. Dennison (standing 3rd row, far right); and Capt. Alexander C.M. Penningto... More
Camp of the 98th Regiment, P[ennsylvania] V[olunteers]
Lithograph by L.N. Rosenthal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Civil War, 1861-1865. Military camps.
[Petersburg, Virginia?]. Officer and men of Company E, 1st New York En...
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What do I want, John Henry? Warrenton, Virginia, November 1862 / Alex....
White soldier sitting facing young black servant, who is holding bottle and cake(?), with two other soldiers sitting and one standing in front of two tents. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the ... More
Centreville, Virginia. Confederate fort on the heights with Quaker gun...
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Group at Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Antietam, October 18...
Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the Amer... More
Siege of Yorktown. Federal Battery No. 1
No. 4179. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 23. Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 13. ... More
Camp of 110th Pennsylvania Inf'y near Falmouth, Virginia, Dec. 1862
Photograph shows soldiers around the campsite. Title on mount: 110th Pennsylvania Infantry Camp. Hand written on mount: "Horace Greeley (?)".
Cedar Mountain, Virginia. Officers of 10th Maine Regt. on the battlefi...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Group, officers of the 10th Maine on the Battlefield of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 1862. Officers include: Lt. Littlefield, Lt. Whitney, Lt. Col. Fill... More
Petersburg, Virginia?. Officer and men of Company E, 1st New York Engi...
Title from Civil War caption books. [Petersburg, Va?] Officers of Co. E, 1st New York Engineers. Corresponding print is in LOT 4187. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints a... More
Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Battery No. 4, mounting 13-inch mortars...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Battery No. 4, near Yorktown mounting ten 13 inch mortars each weighing 20,000 pounds. South end. May 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-J... More
Group of civilians, American Civil War Glass Negative.
Title from Civil War caption books. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov ... More
Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Group of contrabands at Allen's farm ho...
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Flag of Genl Cleburne's Division, Confederate States of America
Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-63. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.990) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Cumberland Landing, Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey
Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Encampment of Army of the Potomac at Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey River, VA. Corresp... More
Centreville, Virginia. Confederate fort on the heights with Quaker gun...
Photographer name from negative sleeve: Barnard & Gibson. Caption from negative sleeve: Confederate Fortifications at Centreville, Va. March 1862. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congr... More
Warrenton, Virginia. General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff
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Group at Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Antietam, October 18...
Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the Amer... More
President Lincoln on Battle-Field of Antietam
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Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Battery No. 4, mounting 13-inch mortars...
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[Group of Civil War soldiers at camp site, one man seated, sewing his ...
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[President Abraham Lincoln, Major General John A. McClernand (right), ...
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General Julius White and staff., American Civil War Glass Negative.
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Group of civilians, American Civil War Glass Negative.
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Company G, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 18...
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Antietam, Maryland. Allan Pinkerton and visitors from Washington
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Antietam, Maryland. General John C. Caldwell and staff on battlefield
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[Lt. Rufus King, Lt. Alonzo Cushing, Lt. Evan Thomas and three other a...
Original negative no.: LC-B815-579. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil war 1861-1865; BI; CW Battlef... More
Warrenton, Virginia. General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff
Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: General A.E. Burnside and staff, Warrenton, Va. Group includes: Orlando B. Willcox, ... More
Confederate Soldier [on the Battlefield at Antietam]
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Battery Going into Action, Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862
Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) 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
Cumberland Landing, Virginia. City of tents. Encampment of the Army of...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: List Reads Unknown. (City of Tents, Cumberland Landing, May 1862). Corresponding print is in LOT 4169. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-... More
Westover Landing, Virginia. Colonel William W. Averell, 3d Pennsylvani...
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22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...
No. B1014. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Yorktown, Virginia. General William F. Barry and friends
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Wm. F. Barry and friends, June 1862, Yorktown, Va. Caption from file print: Group of staff/officers and foreign officers at Gen. McClellan'... More
Yorktown, Virginia. Fortifications - 19th century Virginia.
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[President Lincoln, United States Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, n...
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Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Group of contrabands at Allen's farm ho...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Group of Contrabands, at headquarters Gen. Lafayette. May 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4172-B. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1... More
Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Servants at Prince de Joinville's quart...
Caption from negative sleeve: Servants at Prince's Headquarters. May 1862. Annotation from negative, stereo label: Miller vol. 8 , p. 187. Corresponding print is in LOT 4188. Credit line: Civil war photographs,... More
Yorktown, Virginia. Confederate battery. Magruder with 8-inch Columbia...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Confederate Battery Magruder, Yorktown, Va, 8 inch Columbiad's, Federal Transport ships-river. See Miller, vol. 1, p. 265. Corresponding print i... More
Antietam, Maryland. General John C. Caldwell and staff on battlefield
Title from Civil War caption books. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war p... More
Confederate Soldier [on the Battlefield at Antietam]
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Group at Secret Service Department, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac,...
Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the Amer... More
Confederate fortifications at Manassas, Virginia, Confederate States o...
Negative by Barnard & Gibson. Civil War Collection. No. 4175. Published in: Photographic sketch book of the war, vol. I, pl. 11. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photogra... More
Sketches with Co. B, 8th Reg. Pennsylvania Ma. taps under the officers...
Drawing shows a Civil War night scene with pickets, drummer boy, and tents pitched among the trees; one tent, lit by a lantern from within, shows a man recoiling from an outstretched arm, perhaps that of a woma... More
[Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity)]. Servants at Prince de Joinville's qua...
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Casualties at Shiloh - A painting of two men sitting on the ground
Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Title and date on mat: War casualties at Shiloh, (Pittsburg Landing), April 7, 1862. "N.60" upper left corner of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): III-64. Fo... More
General Julius White and staff, American Civil War Glass Negative.
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. White and staff. Corresponding print is in LOT 4186-W. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photo... More
Westover Landing, Virginia. Colonel William W. Averell, 3d Pennsylvani...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Wm. W. Averill and staff, Westover Landing, Aug. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4186-A and LOT 4187. Credit line: Civil war photograph... More
Fair Oaks, Virginia (vicinity). General John C. Caldwell and staff
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Fair Oaks, Virginia (vicinity). Brigade officers of the Horse Artiller...
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December 31, 1862 (10 AM - 11 AM)
Map depicts troop movements and positions on December 31, 1862 from 10 AM to 11 AM.
Burying the Dead on the Battlefield of Antietam, September 1862
Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the Amer... More
Fair Oaks, Virginia (vicinity). General John C. Caldwell and staff
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. John C. Caldwell and staff at Fair Oaks, June 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4186-C and LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, ... More
22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...
No. B774. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. Capt. J.B. Howard, Office of Assistant Q...
Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Capt. Howard and group. Office of Assistant Quartermaster, Army of Potomac. Fairfax ... More
Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade comma...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade, Culpeper, September 1863. Attributed to Alexander Gardner, based on similarity to LC-B817-7076. Corres... More
Group of Confederate Prisoners, Fairfax Court-House
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Culpeper, Virginia. General Marsena R. Patrick and staff
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: General M.R. Patrick and staff, Culpeper, Va., September 1863. Annotation from negative, glass side: 12. Corresponding print is in LOT 4186-P. C... More
Culpeper, Virginia. Colonel William R. Brewster, 73d New York Infantry...
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Bealeton, Virginia. Company K, 93d New York Infantry. (Morgan Rifles)
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Virginia. Army of the Potomac. Wagons and horses attached to repair De...
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General Grant, Lookout Mt., 1863 Left to right General Grant, General ...
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Drum Corps, 93d New York Infantry, Bealton, Virginia, August, 1863
Group portrait of 8 boys posed with drums and other people. No. 514. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original glass negative is: LC-B817-7514.
Culpeper, Virginia (vicinity). Generals, Gershom Mott, John H.H. Ward ...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gens. Mott and Ward, Cols. Austin, Brewster, Farnum; near Culpeper, Va., Sept. 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4186-M and LOT 4187. Credit l... More
Confederate Prisoners at Belle Plain
Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882) 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 ... More
Culpeper, Virginia (vicinity). Generals, [Gershom] Mott, [John H.H.] W...
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Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery, Army of the Poto...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery, Army of Potomac, Culpeper, Va., September 1863. Attributed to Alexander Gardner based on similarity to LC-B817... More
Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery. Army of the Poto...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade, Army of the Potomac, Culpeper, Va., Sept. 1863. Creator attribution based on LOT 738, Cowan's Western ... More
Bealeton, Virginia. Company I, 93d New York Infantry
Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Co. I, 93rd New York Infantry Bealton [sic], Va. August 1863. Corresponding print is... More
Virginia. Army of the Potomac. Officers of the 20th New York Volunteer...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of the 20th New York Volunteers, Oct. 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4187. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library ... More
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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Bealeton, Virginia. Company I, 93d New York Infantry Officers and non-...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers and non-commissioned officers, Co. I. 93rd N.Y. Inf., Bealton [sic], Va., Aug. 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4187. Credit line: C... More
Bealeton, Virginia. Company F, 93d New York Infantry
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View of Capt. Mac's battery, Port Hudson, La.
Photograph shows Captain Albert G. Mack's Union soldiers with cannons behind breastworks. Information from: Image of War Volume IV by William C. Davis, p. 75: The 18th New York Artillery used cotton bales, shie... More
Falmouth, Virginia. Lt. Colonel Jos Dickinson and group of officers. H...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Lt. Col. Jas. Dickinson and group of officers. Falmouth, Va. March 1863. Hdq. Army of the Potomac. Identified, left to right: Capt. Alex. Moore(... More
Artillery going into action on south bank of Rappahannock, May 2, 1863
No. B585. See also: LOT 4336, no. 10, "First Connecticut battery, near Fredericksburgh, May 2, 1863," photographed by Andrew J. Russell. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Falmouth, Virginia. General Daniel Butterfield's horses
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Virginia. Army of the Potomac. Officers of the 20th New York Volunteer...
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Battle of Antietam / C.G. ; H.B. during American Civil War
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Falmouth, Virginia. Group at A. A. G. office
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Burial of the Dead, Fredericksburg
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Culpeper, Virginia (vicinity). General Henry Prince and staff
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Culpeper, Virginia. Colonel William R. Brewster, 73d New York Infantry...
Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Wm. R. Brewster and staff, Culpeper Va. September 1863. Annotation from negativ... More
Culpeper, Virginia. General Marsena R. Patrick and staff
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