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Important news by telegraph. - Public domain broadside, Library of Con...

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U.S. Steamer Adelaide, which plys [sic] between Baltimore & Fort Monro...

Broadside view of ship under weigh. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.140) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Fort Monroe and vicinity showing entrance to Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk, ...

Scale ca. 1:375,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 546 Shows forts Monroe, Calhoun, Nelson, and Norfolk, Confederate batteries on Sewell's Point, towns, names of features, drainage, roads, and railroads. "View o... More

Geo Peabody - Public domain document scan of drawing

Broadside view of sidewheel steamship under waigh. Signed lower left of image: WTC. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso [and covered by paper on which image is mounted]: Steamer Geo. Peabody running... More

The (Fort) Monroe Doctrine, Confederate States of America.

On May 27, 1861, Benjamin Butler, commander of the Union army in Virginia and North Carolina, decreed that slaves who fled to Union lines were legitimate "contraband of war," and were not subject to return to t... More

Map of Fortress Monroe and surroundings.

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 544 Sketch map showing the location of batteries on the James River and Hampton Roads, and a few place names. Inset: [View of] Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort an... More

Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort and Hygeia Hotel, Va.

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 547 Bird's-eye view. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

The Union army encampment at Hampton, Virginia Showing picket lines an...

Shows the landmarks in the area around Union-occupied Hampton, Va., including the Poor Farm, the Female Seminary, Buckrow's house, Hickman's farm, and "Fox Hill," the home of J. Fox.

American Civil War, the important events, such as battles, skirmishes,...

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Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, and Hygeia Hotel, Virginia

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by E. Sachse & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Maryland." Low angle view. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 547.1 Available also through the Li... More

The Union army encampment at Hampton, Virginia Showing picket lines an...

Shows the landmarks in the area around Union-occupied Hampton, Va., including the Poor Farm, the Female Seminary, Buckrow's house, Hickman's farm, and "Fox Hill," the home of J. Fox. "Sketch exhibiting the Outp... More

Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, May 26, 1861 (Memorandum of troops sent for ...

The "contraband" schottische - Lithograph, public domain, Library of C...

A sheet music cover with a comic scene of escaping slaves, produced around the time of Union general Benjamin F. Butler's declaration of such fugitives as contraband of war. (See "The (Fort) Monroe Doctrine," n... More

Civil War envelope showing slave master holding whip as slave attempts...

Addressed to John Heagy Esq., Highspire P.O., Dauphin Co., Penna. ; postmarked Hummelstown, Pa., September 25 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) pp/liljmem

Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, & Hygeia Hotel, Va. in 1861 & 1862...

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 547.2 Bird's-eye view. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

Letter from John Jubb, Camp Hamilton, Fort Monroe Va., to Thomas Jubb,...

Part of the map of the military department of S.E. Virginia & Fort Mon...

Scale 1:200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 471 Indicates fortifications on the Peninsula, roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. Map has been annotated to include county names and boundaries, additional vill... More

Part of the map of the military department of S.E. Virginia and Fort M...

Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 604 Gives fortifications, towns, roads, railroads, houses, names of residents, and drainage. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through ... More

Plan of Fortress Monroe, Virginia, March 6, 1862.

Shows in close view the area surrounding Fort Monroe. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. "Monitor & Merrimac, Fortress Munroe [sic], Va." - caption. This item is from th... More

The Vermont soldiers inspecting the Lincoln Gun at Fortress Monroe / M...

Photograph shows reproduction of drawing by Larkin Goldsmith Mead of soldiers checking over a large cannon at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. Photograph of drawing possibly by George H. Houghton, photographer o... More

Neighborhood of Fort Monroe & Norfolk Harbour Virginia : from the U.S....

This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as... More

Fort Monroe Print - National Parks Gallery

Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, & Hygeia Hotel, Va. in 1861 & 1862

Extract from Fort Monroe, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Yorktown, with their c...

Shows Virginia Peninsula region, south of Yorktown to Fort Monroe. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy: Publication information annotated in ink. Sun print. Civil War salted paper maps... More

Fortress Monroe, Virginia and its vicinity

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 548 Perspective drawing with 20 important places keyed by number to a list below the map. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through th... More

Plan from Fortress Monroe to Big Bethel Va. : showing Union and Rebel ...

Shows area of Virginia Peninsula between Newport News and Big Bethel to the north and Fortress Monroe to the south as McClellan prepared to move his forces toward Richmond. Color coding indicates location of Un... More

Plan of Fortress Munroe [sic], Va., 1862.

Shows the area surrounding Fort Monroe, including the Chesapeake Bay, Old Point Comfort, and Camp Hamilton to the north. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. This item is ... More

Nurse Mary A.E. Keen of Seminary Hospital, Washington, D.C., and Chesa...

Photograph shows identified Army nurse who worked from 1861 to 1865 under the jurisdiction of Dorothea Dix and later married Milton Woodworth. Notation in case behind photograph: "Mary A.E. Keen at about 27 ye... More

Part of the map of the military department of S.E. Virginia and Fort M...

Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 605 "Transferred from Office of Chf. Engr. Defenses of Washington to Engr. Dept., Jan'y. 1866." Map of the Peninsula from Richmond to Yorktown indicating fortificati... More

Neighborhood of Fort Monroe & Norfolk Harbour Virginia : from the U.S....

Reception of the wounded soldiers by the national authorities at Fortr...

After a sketch by J.H. Schell. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 Aug. 16, p. 332.

Fort Monroe and vicinity showing entrance to Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk, ...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Fort Monroe, Virginia. Light house - 19th century Virginia.

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Office Commissioner for Exchange. Fort Monroe. Va., January 24th, 1864...

On verso: 5949A 1 Aug 63. 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 235, Folder 1a.

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

Fort Monroe, Virginia. Gunboat SANTIAGO DE CUBA off Fort Monroe

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

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Sally port, Fort Monroe, Virginia - A black and white photo of people ...

Photograph shows Union guards among a group of men at the entrance to the fort.

Fort Monroe, Virginia. Gunboat SANTIAGO DE CUBA off Fort Monroe

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gunboat SANTIAGO DE CUBA off Fort Monroe, December 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4182. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Libr... More

Fort Monroe, Virginia. Blockade runner TEASER off Fort Monroe

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

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Fort Monroe, Virginia. Blockade runner TEASER off Fort Monroe

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Blockade runner Teaser, off Fort Monroe, Va. December 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4182. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, L... 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

The last ditch polka d'accacia / drawn & engd. by H.F. Greene, Boston.

Sheet music cover celebrating Confederate president Jefferson Davis' confinement at Fort Monroe, after his capture by Union troops in May 1865. Davis is portrayed as a rat in a wire cage which in turn is sealed... More

[Grand Review of the Armies, Washington, D.C.; Jefferson Davis' cell a...

Full page includes four illustrations and an article describing Herold's role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 441 (1865 June 10), p. 365. Herold's name erroneousl... More

Battery church at sunset, Fort Monroe National Monument, 2016.

This battery church is a Spanish-American War era Endicott battery from the 1890s. Note: Endicott stands for the Secretary of War William C. Endicott, head of a joint army/navy/civilian board appointed by US Pr... More

Battery Church at Sunset - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

As the sunsets over Fort Monroe, VA the changing light helps paint a whole new picture of Battery Church, a Spanish-American War era Endicott battery during the 1890s.

Entrance to Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia

No. 854. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On the breastworks, viewing the warships, Fortress Monroe, Virginia, U...

Copyright, 1893, by J.F. Jarvis. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool; New York; Chicago; Toronto; Ottawa, Kas.; El Paso, Tex.

General Benjamin Butler (1818-1893), Fort Monroe National Monument, 20...

General Butler served at Fort Monroe during the Civil War, helping to welcome thousands of escaped slaves under the Monroe Doctrine.

[Class from Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, looking at cannon at...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 8. Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Ripraps, Fortress Monroe, Virginia

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[Fort Ripraps, Fortress Monroe, Virginia]

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View Along the Moat, Fortress Monroe, VA

A historic view along the moat of Fort Monroe from around 1900. On the left is the Water Batter, which no longer stands. In the distance is the fort's FLagstaff Bastion as well as the Old Point Comfort Lighthou... More

[The Moat and main entrance, Fort Monroe, Virginia]

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Soldiers' barracks, Fort Monroe, Virginia

"30-H" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016380. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Soldiers' barracks, Fort Monroe, Virginia

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The Post chapel and officers' quarters, Fort Monroe, Virginia

Title from jacket. "G 7986" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500359. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Fort Monroe, Post Office, Ingalls Road, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

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[Ascent to the flagstaff, Fort Monroe, Virginia]

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The Moat and main entrance, Fort Monroe, Virginia

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033083. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[New Barracks, Fort Monroe, Virginia]

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New Barracks, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033084. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[The Post chapel and officers' quarters, Fort Monroe, Virginia]

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The Barracks, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034556. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Fort Ripraps, Fortress Monroe, Virginia

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072731. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[The Barracks, Fort Monroe, Virginia]

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Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia

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Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia

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Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29700. "WHJ-143-02" on negative and transparency. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 014199. Gift; State Historical Society of Co... More

Ascent to flagstaff, Fort Monroe, Virginia

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Trophy Park, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Glass negative photogrpah. Public...

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29898. "33 H" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016385. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ascent to flagstaff, Fort Monroe, Virginia

"35 H" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016382. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Commanding officer's quarters, Fort Monroe, Virginia

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Commanding officer's quarters, Fort Monroe, Virginia

"31 H" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016381. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Approach to south postern, Fort Monroe, Virginia

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The Moat and main entrance, Fort Monroe, Virginia

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Trophy Park, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate ne...

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Trophy Park, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate ne...

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New barracks, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Glass negative photogrpah. Publi...

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29896. "28 H" on negative and transparency. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016379. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Approach to south postern, Fort Monroe, Virginia

"36 H" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016383. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

New barracks, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

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Trophy Park, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate ne...

"32 H" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016386. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Army Y.M.C.A., Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia

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[The Postern bridge, Fort Monroe, Virginia]

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[Officers' quarters, Fort Monroe, Virginia]

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The Postern bridge, Fort Monroe, Virginia

Title from jacket. "G 5321" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036797. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Army Y.M.C.A., Fort Monroe, Va.

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Moat and ramparts, Fort Monroe, Virginia

Title from jacket. "3907" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036789. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Bachelors' quarters, Fort Monroe, Virginia

Title from jacket. "G 5318" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036793. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Bachelors' quarters, Fort Monroe, Virginia]

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Officers' quarters, Fort Monroe, Virginia

Title from jacket. "G 5315" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036795. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Army Y.M.C.A. Fort Monroe, Va. during World War I

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[The Postern bridge, Fort Monroe, Virginia]

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Inspection day, Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia

"G 2571" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018388. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Inspection day, Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia

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[Moat and ramparts, Fort Monroe, Virginia]

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Army Y.M.C.A., Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia

"G 2561" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018389. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Trophy Park, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate ne...

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Trophy Park, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate ne...

"G 5324" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071092. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Looking south from the ramparts, Fort Monroe, Virginia

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