Steamships of The Civil War Time

Stony Point, near Gibraltar, on the Hudson River, U.S. July 24th 1846

Drawing shows a steamship on the Hudson River, with a view of the lighthouse at Stony Point, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Title from item. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

Reindeer polka

Artist: G.E. Lewis (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5537

Design and model of the new steamer America, for the western lakes

Print showing port side view of the steamer America. Title from item. Caption continues: To be built and run between Buffalo and Cleveland. Invented, designed and drawn by Darius Davison, New York. Copyright 18... more

[Ben Campbell, steamship at landing]

Photographer unidentified. Case: front, variant of Rinhart 163; back, central spiral within rectangular border. Purchase; 1982; (DLC/PP-1982:095). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

The American steamship Columbia, of New York for Europe

River boat on the Potomac

Sketch shows a sidewheel steamboat on the Potomac River. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's title: Sk... more

[U.S.S. Susquehanna, Commodore Perry's flag ship, full starboard view]

Drawing is on the "Susquehanna & Mississippil Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan. Watercolor drawing Taguchi Shumpei. Title devised by Library staff.

Map of the Philadelphia & Baltimore Rail Road as located by W. Strickl...

Map of an area between Philadelphia and Baltimore showing drainage, cities and towns, post roads, and boundaries. Chartered in Maryland in May, 1852. [From published bibliography]. Oriented with north toward th... more

[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]

Drawing is third panel on the "Machinery Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853. Watercolor drawing by contemporary Japanese artist. Title devised by Library staff.

[Port views of the U.S.S. Susquehanna and the U.S.S. Mississippi under...

Drawings are panels one and two of the "Machinery scroll' depicting Perry's expedition to Japan, 1853. Watercolor by a contemporary Japanese artist. Title devised by Library staff.

View of the U.S. Mail Steamship Company's premises, Aspinwall, N.G.

Colon, Panama Canal Zone. Busy dock activity - railroad mail cars and mail steamships. Copyrighted by F.N. Otis. Photoprint of lithograph by C. Parsons. Sketch by F.N. Otis. This record contains unverified data... more

Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 18...

Print shows many people from Philadelphia ice skating on the Delaware River, possibly near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, "during the severe winter of 1856." Title from item. At head of title: Souvenir of the cold... more

Battle of Bad Axe = Schlacht von Bad Axe / H. Lewis pinx ; Lith. Inst....

Illustration shows an American steamship, the Warrior, firing at Indians on a raft. In the background, other Indians in boats. Title from item. Illus. in: Das illustrirte Mississippithal: ... / von H. Lewis. Du... more

Transatlantic sketches--the Mississippi River

Wood engravings showing three views of the Mississippi River, captioned: 1. Down the lower Mississippi--from the Baton Rouge; 2. Voyageurs ascending the lower Mississippi; 3. Woodchopper's hut, lower Mississippi.

From Grays Ferry looking south / Jas. Queen.

Drawing shows two steamboats at dock and four riverboats or barges on the Schuylkill River, with marsh in the foreground. Title from item. Signed "Jas. Queen" on lower right. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Ma... more

U.S. Gun Boat "Seminole"

Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: The "Wabash" is like the "Minnesota" of which you have a drawing. Formerly Waud no. C-44. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1... more

[Broadside views of three steamships]

Title devised. Inscribed below first image: U.S. Transport "Roanoke." Inscribed below the second image: U.S. GunBoat "Winfield Scott." The "Union" is the same style as the Scott. Inscribed below third image: 2 ... more

Scene on the upper Mississippi (Am Ober-Mississippi)

Two steamboats and raft in foreground.

Captured steamer used as a picket boat St. Johns River

Broadside view. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: 74. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.341) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

View of the famous levee of New Orleans, the capital of Louisiana, whi...

Levee with bales of cotton, African-American workers and steamboats. Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 Apr. 14), p. 306 and 315.

[Broadside views of three steamships]

Title devised. Inscribed below first image: U.S. Transport "Daniel Webster." N.B. The "Ariel" is precisely like the Webster only much longer. Inscribed below the second image: Transports "Parkersburgh" "Locust ... more

View of St. Louis, Mo. [Levee]

Purchase; Christie's, South Kensington; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:260).

U.S. Gun Boat "Fanny"

Broadside view of steamship.

Chesapeake & Patapsco

Four scenes of rivers, lighthouses, ships and boats.

U.S. Gun Boat "Daylight"

Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: has Latteen Sails (a sort of Bolucca rig). Formerly Waud no. C-43. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.970) Forms part of: ... more

U.S. gunboat Essex - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3134. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboats DeKalb, Mound City, and Cincinati [i.e. Cincinnati] - Mi...

No. 3123. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Group portrait of the crew on the deck of an ironclad]

Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Gunboat "Mendota", Deep Bottom, James River, Va.

No. B241. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Milwaukee

No. 3139. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Milwaukee - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3131. Title from item. Caption continue: Mississippi River fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Crew on deck of U.S.S. Colorado

No. 4455. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of the monitor Lehigh, James River, Va.

No. B768. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Views at Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Va.

No. 4242. Title from item. Mounted with 5 other photographs showing different views of the same location. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Arrival of the Twenty-Second Indiana Volunteers, Colonel J.C. Davis, a...

Soldiers getting off steamboat. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 246 (1861 Sept. 14), p. 582.

U.S. gunboat Queen City

No. 3147. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Gunboat on the Mississippi

Title from item. Part of the Brady-Handy Collection.

Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B696. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford

No. 3169. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Gun crew on deck of U.S.S. Miami, [i.e. Mendota] James River, Va.

No. B504. Title from item. Additional information from similar image, 111-B-374, held at the National Archives. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 6, page 275". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

(Deck of warship)

Title from item. Part of Brady-Handy Collection.

Steamship Planter, White House Landing, Pamunkey River

Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Steamboat dock, Morris Island, S.C.

No. 4295. No. 3531 etched on negative, lower left corner. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C.

No. 4956. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs and one print. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Peosta - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3133. Title from item. Cited in: The South Besieged: The Image of War, vol. 5, p. 49. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of the monitor Lehigh, James River, Va.

No. B686. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S. Frigate Hartford

No. 3152. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs and one print. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 187 (bottom)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of the monitor Lehigh, James River, Va.

No. B671. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C.

No. 4957. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs and one print. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Confederate iron-clad Stonewall

No. 912. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative: LC-B817-7912-B

U.S. gunboat Mendota, James River, Va.

No. B239. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The Eighth Massachusetts Regiment taking possession of U.S. ship Const...

U.S. gunboat Lafayette

No. 3143. Title from item. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B889. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Officers on deck of U.S. gunboat Commodore Barney

No. B182. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback

No. B699. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

A gun crew on deck of U.S.S. Mendota, James River, Va.

Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

(Sailors on deck of warship)

Title from item. Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Cited in Miller, vol. 6, p. 278-279, as the gunboat Mendota.

U.S. gunboat Commodore Barney

No. B115. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat "47"

No. 3146. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Ozark - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3124. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford

No. 3168. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C.

No. 4954. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs and one print. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Silver Cloud

No. 3149. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Cited in Fighting for Time: the Image of War, vol. 4, p. 334. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Va.

No. B596. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

(River gunboat)

Title from item. Part of Brady-Handy Collection.

Officers on deck of monitor Mahopac, James River, Virginia

No. B403. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 145". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Crew on deck of monitor Lehigh, James River, Va.

No. B80. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 179". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Va.

No. B517. Title from item. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 1, pp. 110-111. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Lexington [i.e. Tyler] - Mississippi River Fleet

Photograph shows a Union timberclad, the U.S.S. Tyler. No. 3122. Title from item. Cited in Miller, vol. I, p. 203, as the U.S.S. Tyler. "U.S. Army Military History Institute also identifies it as (U.S.S) Tyler"... more

U.S. gunboat Cairo - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3135. Title from item. Copy neg., LC-B8184-3135, not made from this print. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Wreck of U.S. gunboat Indianola - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3117. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Sling for heavy artillery. Drewry's Bluff, Virginia]

Title devised by Library staff. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: LC-B811-1152.

U.S. gunboat Kickopee

No. 3138. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B655. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs. For information on the identification of the photographer see article: "Richmond Again Taken: Reappraising the Brady Legend through Photographs by... more

Officers on deck of the monitor Saugus, James River, Va.

No. B438. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Officers on deck of U.S. gunboat Miami

No. B82. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 6, p. 199". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Gunboat "Commodore Perry", James River, Va.

No. 4274. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Naval Station, Mound City, Illinois

No. 3165. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S.S. Vermont off Charleston, S.C.

No. 4959. Title from item. Mounted with three other photographs and two prints. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Tyler - Mississippi River Fleet

Photograph shows a Union timberclad, the U.S.S. Tyler. No. 3127. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. I, p. 189". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Deck of one of Porter's mortar schooners

Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 197". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Benton

No. 3137. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Va.

No. B481. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Black Hawk

No. 3140. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S.S. Vermont off Charleston, S.C.

U.S. gunboat Meteor [i.e. Cricket]

No. 3145. Title from item. Correction to title made on card mount comparing images of the two gunboats. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. hospital boat Red Rover - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3125. Title from item. Caption continues: Mississippi River fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Black Hawk

No. 3141. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S.S. Vermont off Charleston, S.C.

No. 4960. Title from item. Mounted with three other photographs and two prints. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat General Grant, Tennessee River

On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback

No. B675. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 6, p. 315". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Pittsburg - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3136. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 148". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Osage - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3126. Title from item. Hand written on mount: "Lt. Comdr. Thos. O. Selfridge". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Officers on deck on U.S. frigate Sabine

No. 4367. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The United States gun-boat "Wyandotte" firing a salute on Washington's...

Shown are the gun-boat "Wyandotte," and in the background left to right Fort Barrancas, Barrancas barracks, and United States Marine Hospital. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 April 6, p. 212.

U.S. gunboat Lafayette, Mississippi River Fleet

No. 4584. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Crew on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Va.

No. B343. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]

Photograph possibly by George H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tid... more

Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Va.

No. 4094. Title from item. Hand written on verso: Miller I, 276. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.