secretary of war

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A Military Commission Certificate Appointing George A. Custer To The R...

LIBI_00019_7070 A military commission certificate appointing George A. Custer to the rank of 1st. lieutenant in 5th US Cavalry on July 17, 1862. It is printed and handwritten in ink on 1 sheet of parchment and ... More

Letter from Henry Knox (1750–1806), Secretary of War, to Colonel Marin...

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Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. ...

A group of men sitting around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General i... More

Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. ...

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portrait from "A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States, ...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States, on Indian affairs, comprising a narrative of a tour performed in 1820 under a commission from the Presiden... More

map from "[Narrative of an Expedition to the source of St. Peter's Riv...

This image has been taken from scan 000028 from "[Narrative of an Expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeck, Lake of the Woods, etc. performed ... by order of the Secretary of War under the ... More

Andrew Jackson - Andrew Jackson correspondence

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The rats leaving a falling house

This cartoon commemorates "the time Jackson's cabinet resigned over the Peggy Eaton scandal, 1831.The cabinet members are portrayed as rats with human heads, and Jackson, seated in a collapsing chair, has his l... More

.00001 the value of a unit with four cyphers going before it

A satire on dissension and political intrigue within Andrew Jackson's administration, surrounding the Spring 1831 resignations of several members of his Cabinet. In the center Jackson sits in a collapsing chair... More

A map of part of Alabama & Florida, showing the route of the proposed ...

Map of southern Alabama and part of western Florida showing roads, cities, and drainage. Scale ca. 1:800,000. At head of title: No. 1. From Letter from the Secretary of War. LC Railroad maps, 388 Description de... More

Regulations relative to the admission of cadets into the military acad...

Page Order: Leaflet 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 231, Folder 12.

J.R. Poinsett, Secretary of War Chs. Fenderich del

Print shows Joel Roberts Poinsett, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; includes facsimile signature. Signed on stone. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamped on verso: 43309. Stam... More

The new era or the effects of a standing army

A condemnation of a Van Buren administration plan, put forward by Secretary of War Joel Poinsett, to reform the militia system through creation of a reserve force under regular army officers. The idea was attac... More

A bivouack in safety or Florida troops preventing a surprise

Another parody of Van Buren administration efforts to end the long and costly Second Seminole War in Florida. The War Department was regularly subjected to public and congressional attacks for cruelty, waste, a... More

Clar de kitchen. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Another Whig campaign satire, picturing incumbent Martin Van Buren and his Democratic advisers or "Kitchen Cabinet" routed by Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. In a domestic kitchen Harrison, dressed as a ... More

The death of locofocoism - Political cartoon, public domain image

In his satire Johnston celebrates the defeat of "Loco Foco," i.e., radical Democratic interests, in the presidential election of 1840. The "Loco Focos" were the largely working-class constituency who supported... More

The Secretary of War presenting a stand of colours to the 1st Regiment...

A bitter vilification of the Van Buren administration's use of bloodhounds to hunt fugitive Indians during the Second Seminole War in Florida. The artist condemns the racism and inhumanity of the measure, as w... More

A political movement. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The artist forecasts with obvious relish the ouster of Van Buren and his cronies from office by William Henry Harrison. Van Buren is shown leaving Washington in a large cart drawn by supporters (left to right) ... More

Honorable John Bell, Secretary of War from life on stone by - Chs. Fen...

Print shows John Bell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone on lower right. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscr... More

Honorable John Bell, Secretary of War from life on stone by - Chs. Fen...

Print shows John Bell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone on lower right. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamp... More

James Madison Porter, Secretary of War from life on stone Chs. Fenderi...

Print shows James Madison Porter, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; includes facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone. Includes quote: "I love the democracy of my country. I was reared i... More

Distinguished military operations with a hasty bowl of soup

The satire apparently perceives President Polk's reinstatement of Winfield Scott over Zachary Taylor as commander of U.S. forces in the Mexican War in November 1846 as an attempt to squelch the extreme personal... More

Funeral obsequies of free-trade, Political Cartoon

A gloomy view of the effects of the Polk administration's Tariff of 1846. The artist echoes Whig condemnation of the measure as adverse to American trade. A funeral cortege, composed of administration supporter... More

Heavy artillery raised by authority of the state at the request of the...

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Loco Foco candidates travelling, on the canel system

Several prospective Democratic presidential candidates travel along a canal in the "Salt River Barge," named after the proverbial river of political defeat. The passengers are (left to right): Lewis Cass, secre... More

[Edwin McMasters Stanton, seated, with his son Edwin Lamson Stanton, s...

Photograph shows American lawyer and politician Edwin Stanton formally posed with his son a few years before Stanton became U.S. Attorney General for President Buchanan (1860-61) and then Secretary of War for P... More

Map of routes for a Pacific railroad

Sectional interest in controlling the West was particularly evident in the Pacific Railroad Surveys, conducted from 1853-54 under the direction of then Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis. Four east-west traverse... More

Map of routes for a Pacific railroad /

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Appears in the U.S. War Dept.'s Report of the Secretary of War on the several Pacific railroad explorations, 1855. "This is a hurried compilation of all the authentic ... More

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the ...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Portrait photo of Buchanan, Pres. & cabinet, 1857

Photograph shows President Buchanan standing, surrounded by his Cabinet including Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior; Lewis Cass, Secretary of State; Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury; Jeremiah Blac... More

Portrait photo of Buchanan, Pres. & cabinet, 1857

Photograph shows President Buchanan standing, surrounded by his Cabinet including Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior; Lewis Cass, Secretary of State; Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury; Jeremiah Blac... More

Preliminary map of routes reconnoitered and opened in the Territory of...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours. Shows camps, forts, early trails through Great Salt Lake region, wagon roads, springs and mountains. From: Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in c... More

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River t...

Scale 1:3,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, and routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Exhibition: Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis... More

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the ...

Scale 1:3,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. LC copy annotated in color to show Indian reservations and military departments, and colored flags to show military establishments. Two copies. Copy... More

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River t...

Very detailed map of the United States west of the Mississippi River indicating drainage, relief by hachures, cities and towns, forts, trails, wagon roads, and routes of exploration. An important map of western... More

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River t...

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: E...

Warns Lincoln not to appoint Fremont Secretary of War and recommends Capt. William Sherman instead

Edward O. C. Ord to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, December 28, 1860 (Warns...

Civil War General Benjamin Butler, Lowell National Historical Park, 20...

Exact date unknown. Benjamin Butler was a fierce and unrelenting critic of President Johnson, who had taken office following the death of Abraham Lincoln. Chief among the 'high crimes and misdemeanors' cited in... More

A Military Commission Certificate Appointing George A. Custer To the R...

LIBI_00019_7069 A military commission certificate appointing George A. Custer to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers on June 29, 1863. Printed and handwritten in ink on one sheet of parchment. It is dat... More

A Military Commission Certificate Appointing George A. Custer as an Ai...

LIBI_00019_7068 A military commission certificate appointing George A. Custer as an aide-de-camp with the rank of captain on July 13, 1862. The commission certificate is signed by Abraham Lincoln the 16th presi... More

Central Virginia showing Lieut. Gen'l. U.S. Grant's Campaign and March...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

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.

State of North Carolina. A proclamation, by John W. Ellis. Governor of...

Proclamation. 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 135, Folder 12.

United States army!! The undersigned has been commissioned by the Secr...

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 32b.

A Military Commission Certificate Appointing George A. Custer To Secon...

LIBI_00019_147 A military commission certificate appointing George A. Custer to second lieutenant, Second Regiment of Cavalry, United States Army. It is signed by Abraham Lincoln the 16th president of the Unite... More

Cortlandt Parker to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, February 04, 1861 (Recom...

The voluntary manner in which some of the Southern volunteers enlist /...

A facetious view of the Confederate states' early efforts to man a volunteer army during the Civil War. The interior of an enlistment center is shown, where a ragged recruit enters from the left at bayonet poin... More

Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Massachusetts, to Richard Davis Web...

May begins with an explanation of certain financial matters. He tells Webb that he was wrong when he predicted that the South would not secede, although he says he thinks it may yet return to the Union. May say... More

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: C...

Recommends Holt be retained as Secretary of War

The cabinet of the Confederate States at Montgomery / from photographs...

Group portrait of the Confederate cabinet including President Jefferson Davis, Vice President Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Attorney General Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of the Navy Stephen M. Mallory, Secretary... More

Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Massachusetts, to Richard Davis Web...

May begins with an explanation of certain financial matters. He tells Webb that he was wrong when he predicted that the South would not secede, although he says he thinks it may yet return to the Union. May say... More

The cabinet at Washington. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Group portrait of Lincoln's cabinet including (left to right) Postmaster General Montgomery Blair, Secretary of the Interior Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, President Lincoln, Secreta... More

Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Massachusetts, to Richard Davis Web...

May begins with an explanation of certain financial matters. He tells Webb that he was wrong when he predicted that the South would not secede, although he says he thinks it may yet return to the Union. May say... More

Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Massachusetts, to Richard Davis Web...

May begins with an explanation of certain financial matters. He tells Webb that he was wrong when he predicted that the South would not secede, although he says he thinks it may yet return to the Union. May say... More

Illustrative map of battle-grounds of August 28th, 29th & 30th, 1862, ...

Covers Manassas and vicinity. Relief shown by contours and hachures. At head of title: No. 1. Folding map from: Argument of Asa Bird Gardner, counsel for government, after conclusion of the evidence in the case... More

Dana, Assistant Secretary of War; taken at Gen. Grant's Head Quarters,...

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Stanton, Honorable Edwin M. Secty of War Lincoln's Cabinet

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 578, Ed M Stauton, Secty of War Lincoln's Cabinet, Stanton [crossed out]. Stanton served as Secretary of ... More

Joseph Holt to Cyrus D. Tuck, Monday, March 09, 1863 (Tuck can only b...

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...

Tuck can only be reappointed to the army by the president or secretary of war

Sheet No. 1. Map of the Battle Field of Chickamauga, September 19th, 1...

Georgia

A Military Commission Certificate Appointing George A. Custer To The R...

LIBI_00019_7071 A military commission certificate appointing George A. Custer to the rank of captain in 5th US Cavalry on May 8, 1864. Printed and handwritten in ink on 1 sheet of parchment. Dated June 1, 1865.... More

Political caricature. No. 3, The abolition catastrophe. Or the Novembe...

Lincoln's support of abolition is portrayed here as a liability in his race to the White House against Democratic candidate George B. McClellan. At top a smoothly run train "Union" heads straight for the White... More

Engine "E.M. Stanton," Alexandria, July 1864 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows the locomotive "E.M. Stanton," built in 1862 and named for the secretary of war, on a turntable at the Alexandria railroad station. No. 239.

Letter from Henry Wilson, Washington, [District of Columbia], to Willi...

Henry Wilson writes to William Lloyd Garrison discussing a conversation he had with Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. Stanton told Wilson that Benjamin Lundy's father provided Lundy with the money to start his ne... More

The sportsman upset by the recoil of his own gun (Jo. Miller)

Lincoln is portrayed as meek and ineffectual in his prosecution of the war. In a wooded scene Lincoln, here in the character of an Irish sportsman in knee-breeches, discharges his blunderbuss at a small bird "C... More

Document signed by the Governors of Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin...

A Military Commission Certificate Appointing George A. Custer To Colon...

LIBI_00019_7073 A military commission certificate appointing George A. Custer to Colonel by brevet within the United States Army for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Winchester, Virginia from Se... More

Running the "machine" - Public domain dedication image

A scathing attack on the ineptness and military ineffectualness of the Lincoln administration. The cartoon derives its title from an indiscreet letter written by secretary of war Edwin McMasters Stanton to past... More

Map of explorations and surveys in New Mexico and Utah made under the ...

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A Military Commission Certificate Appointing George A. Custer to Lieut...

LIBI_00019_7074 A military commission certificate appointing George A. Custer to lieutenant colonel by brevet within the United States Army on August 2, 1866 for gallant and meritorious service at the Battle of... More

Behind the scenes during American Civil War

Another venomous attack on the Lincoln administration by the artist of "The Commander-in-Chief Conciliating the Soldier's Votes, no. 1864-31," and "The Sportsman Upset by the Recoil of His Own Gun," (no. 1864-3... More

Letter from Edwin McMasters Stanton, Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd...

Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton writes William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his "very kind note" and the cartes de visite of Helen Garrison, whom Stanton requests Garrison relay his respects. Stanton asser... More

Letter from Edwin McMasters Stanton, Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd...

Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton writes William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his "very kind note" and the cartes de visite of Helen Garrison, whom Stanton requests Garrison relay his respects. Stanton asser... More

Honorable James D. Cameron of Pennsylvania, Secretary of War - Grant A...

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Honorable James D. Cameron of Pennsylvania, Secretary of War - Grant A...

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Region embraced in the operations of the armies against Richmond and P...

"39th Cong. 1st Sess.--Report of the Chief Engineer U.S.A. No. 12." Description derived from published bibliography. From: Report of the Secretary of War, 1865. United States. 39th Congress, 1st Session, 1865-6... More

Honorable George Washington McCrary of Iowa Secretary of War, Hayes ad...

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A Military Commission Certificate Appointing George A. Custer To Briga...

LIBI_00019_7072 A military commission certificate appointing George A. Custer to brigadier general U. S. Army by brevet. Signed by Andrew Johnson the 17th president of United States and Edwin M. Stanton, Secret... More

Letter from Edwin McMasters Stanton, Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd...

Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton writes William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his "very kind note" and the cartes de visite of Helen Garrison, whom Stanton requests Garrison relay his respects. Stanton asser... More

Honorable George Washington McCrary of Iowa Secretary of War, Hayes ad...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 633, George W. McCrary, Ex Secty of War, this [crossed out], 30264 [crossed out]. Credit line: Brady-Hand... More

General orders no. 66. War Department. The following order of the Secr...

Surrounded by a black mourning border. Announcement of Lincoln's death and instructions for mourning.

Freedom's immortal triumph! Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty." Las...

A vindictive Northern fantasy on the aftermath of the Civil War. Confederate president Jefferson Davis, dressed in a hoopskirt or crinoline, hangs from a "Sour Apple Tree" at left, a Bowie knife in one hand and... More

Letter from Edwin McMasters Stanton, Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd...

Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton writes William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his "very kind note" and the cartes de visite of Helen Garrison, whom Stanton requests Garrison relay his respects. Stanton asser... More

Honorable James D. Cameron of Pennsylvania, Secretary of War - Grant A...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Hon. Cameron, 30235 [crossed out], 768 [crossed out], 970, 146 [crossed out], 246 [crossed out]970. Credi... More

James Cameron, Secretary of War. Mathew Brady photograph of American C...

Title based on similarity to other images of Cameron. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Hanibal Hamlin, Maine, 883 [crossed out], 29355 [crossed out]; penciled on emulsion: 323; inked on emulsi... More

Honorable James D. Cameron of Pennsylvania, Secretary of War - Grant A...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: [illegible], Cameron, this, 30235, 920 [crossed out], 1667 [crossed out], [illegible], Donn cameron, Pa.;... More

Stanton, Honorable Edwin M. Secty of War Lincoln's Cabinet

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The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet ...

Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanto... More

A military commission certificate appointing George A. Custer to Major...

LIBI_00019_144 A military commission certificate appointing George A. Custer to Major General of Volunteers. It is signed by Andrew Johnson 17th president of the United States and Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of... More

A Military Commission Certificate Appointing George A. Custer To Lieut...

LIBI_00019_145 A military commission certificate appointing George A. Custer to Lieutenant Colonel, 7th US Cavalry. Signed by Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, and Edwin M. Stanton, Secre... More

The Council of War - Public domain monumental decor print

Photograph shows statuette by John Rogers depicting Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in a grouping. Copyrighted by John Rogers in 1868.

A Military Commission Certificate Appointing A Major General In The Un...

LIBI_00019_146 A military commission certificate appointing a major general in the United States Army by brevet. Signed by Andrew Johnson the 17th president of the United States, and Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary... More

Mouth and bar of Pearl River, Island of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands

Depths shown by soundings. In upper left corner: Sheet no. 1. Annotated in red ink in lower left corner: Copy--made in Office of Chief of Engineers, Oct'r 23rd 1873. Annotated in pencil in upper left margin: Wi... More

Battlefield in front of Franklin, Tenn. where the United States Forces...

Relief shown by hachures. Indicates troop positions, roads, railraod, houses, names of residents, fences, drainage, and vegetation. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 425 Description derived from published bibliograp... More

Battlefield in front of Franklin, Tenn. where the United States Forces...

Relief shown by hachures. Indicates troop positions, roads, railraod, houses, names of residents, fences, drainage, and vegetation. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 424 Description derived from published bibliograp... More

Map of Greene County, Virginia / - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. "March 1866." "Published by the authority of the Hon the Secretary of War, Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army. 1875." LC Land ownership maps... More

[Map of the country between Millikens Bend, La. and Jackson, Miss. she...

Scale 1:126,720. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 262 Another edition. Similar to the preceding map but drawn on stone by Hoffmann and lithographed by Gedney instead of Bien. This edition denotes the positions of t... More

Washington, D.C. - the Committee room of the War Department in the Cap...

4 men around table. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1876 March 18), p. 24. This record contains unverified data from caption card.