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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Body of Confederate sharpshooter

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Body of Confederate sharpshooter

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, District of Columbia. 17th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery on review

Washington, District of Columbia. 17th New York Independent Battery Li...

Photo shows the United States Capitol in the background. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States ... More

Bealeton, Virginia. Capt. Cunningham of General T.F. Meagher's staff

Bealeton, Virginia. Capt. Cunningham of General T.F. Meagher's staff

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Falmouth, Virginia. A muss at headquarters, Army of the Potomac

Falmouth, Virginia. A muss at headquarters, Army of the Potomac

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The veteran - Public domain scenic drawing

The veteran - Public domain scenic drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.194) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Home in Charleston, S.C., American Civil War Glass Negative.

Home in Charleston, S.C., American Civil War Glass Negative.

Ruins of home in Charleston, South Carolina and another house in background. Photograph by Haas and Peale. No. 46.

The battle of Raymond / sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.

The battle of Raymond / sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.

Illustrations showing views of different stages of the Battle of Raymond. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 337 (1863 June 13), p. 372.

The Invasion of the North - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania / from a sketch by Mr. Perkins.

The Invasion of the North - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania / from a sketch b...

View of the city from across Susquehanna River. Reference copy in LOT 4416G (1863). Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 July 18, p. 461.

Great Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.--Jany, 2nd 1863: between the Union Forces, under Genl. Rosecrans, and the Rebel Army under General Bragg

Great Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.--Jany, 2nd 1863: between the Union...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jeff Davis's last appeal to arms

Jeff Davis's last appeal to arms

Jefferson Davis making address to soldiers missing arms and legs. Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, 1863.

The Army of the Potomac in huts / / sketched by Theodore R. Davis. The teamsters' duel / sketched by Alfred R. Waud

The Army of the Potomac in huts / / sketched by Theodore R. Davis. The...

Top illustration shows soldiers marching in front of log huts and one soldier cutting logs. Bottom illustration shows two black teamsters lashing each other with whips. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Jan. 17, p. 33.

The head of the canal, opposite Vicksburg, Miss., now being cut by Command of General Grant / from a sketch by our special artist, Henri Lovie.

The head of the canal, opposite Vicksburg, Miss., now being cut by Com...

Print shows Union troops and contrabands constructing a canal near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 16, no. 391 (1863 March 28), p. 8-9.

[Abraham Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Abraham Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows full-length portrait of Lincoln seated at a table and leaning on a book. Ostendorf, no. 74. Meserve, no. 55. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photograph... More

The Potomac River, near Williamsport, on the morning of the crossing of General Lee's army

The Potomac River, near Williamsport, on the morning of the crossing o...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.88) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Culpeper, Virginia. Lt. Williston and horse. U.S. Horse Artillery

Culpeper, Virginia. Lt. Williston and horse. U.S. Horse Artillery

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"Emancipation Day in South Carolina" - the Color-Sergeant of the   1st South Carolina (Colored) addressing the regiment, after having been presented with the Stars and Stripes, at Smith's plantation, Port Royal, January 1

"Emancipation Day in South Carolina" - the Color-Sergeant of the 1st...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 15, no. 382 (1863 Jan. 24), p. 276.

[Preliminary field sketches of parts of the Chancellorsville battlefield, May 2-4, 1863].

[Preliminary field sketches of parts of the Chancellorsville battlefie...

Some maps show troop positions. Relief shown by hachures on some maps. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil (some col.) on ledger paper, mounted between sheets of transparent paper. LC Civil War... More

[Edward H. Perkins, Co. "C" 6th Vt. Vols., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing military uniform]

[Edward H. Perkins, Co. "C" 6th Vt. Vols., head-and-shoulders portrait...

Printed on verso: Hugo Bartels' Photograph Gallery No. 262 Penna. Ave. bet. 12th & 13th Sts., Washington, D.C. Inscribed on verso: Truly your Friend, Ed. H. Perkins, Co. "C" 6th Vt. Vols., Mt. Pleasa[nt S]ept 27, 1863.

The war in Texas - The city of Matamoras, Mexico, opposite Brownsville / from a sketch by L. Avery.

The war in Texas - The city of Matamoras, Mexico, opposite Brownsville...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Dec. 5, p. 173.

[Columbus Doors, U.S. Capitol]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

[Columbus Doors, U.S. Capitol]. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Photograph of maquette of bronze doors for the U.S. Capitol by Randolph Rogers depicting events in the life of Columbus. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 123. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1... More

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp]

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp]

Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Chattanooga A chart of the battle between the forces of Gens. Grant and Braxton Bragg, fought Nov. 24-5 1863.

Chattanooga A chart of the battle between the forces of Gens. Grant an...

Detail of a printed map to which Sneden has added color and arrows to highlight the lines of Union advance on Missionary Ridge (Sherman's forces from the north on the Confederate right and Hooker's from the sou... More

One cause, one country - 45th Regt. U.S. Colored Troops

One cause, one country - 45th Regt. U.S. Colored Troops

Regimental flag depicting African American soldier, representing the 45th United States Colored Troops, standing next to bust statue of George Washington. On verso: D.B. Bowser - Artist - No. 481 North 4th St. ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, holding glasses and newspaper, Aug. 9, 1863]

[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, holding glasses and...

"Lincoln poses in Gardner's new gallery on Sunday, August 9, 1863. ... Lincoln had promised to be Gardner's first sitter and chose Sunday for his visit to avoid 'curiosty-seekers and other seekers' while on his... More

A straggler - Drawing. Public domain image.
The English pirate ALEXANDRA seized by the British government at Liverpool

The English pirate ALEXANDRA seized by the British government at Liver...

Ship at dock. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1863 June 6, p. 364. Reference copy may be in LOT 4248. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Gt. Britain Eng. Liverpool 1... More

Battle-field of Gettysburg. The cemetery gate

Battle-field of Gettysburg. The cemetery gate

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

The meeting of the friends, City Hall Park

The meeting of the friends, City Hall Park

New York governor Horatio Seymour's famous "My Friends" speech, delivered from the steps of New York's City Hall during the draft riots, was widely misrepresented in the press. On the basis of reports such as t... More

Officers of 93d New York Infantry, Bealton, Virginia, August, 1863

Officers of 93d New York Infantry, Bealton, Virginia, August, 1863

No. 505. Photographer information 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. Gift; Col... More

Culpeper, Virginia. Colonel William R. Brewster, 73d New York Infantry and staff

Culpeper, Virginia. Colonel William R. Brewster, 73d New York Infantry...

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Maj. General George B. McClellan / photograph by F. Gutekunst.

Maj. General George B. McClellan / photograph by F. Gutekunst.

Photograph shows George Brinton McClellan, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly right with hands on lap, wearing military uniform. Inscribed in ink on verso: No. 31. Filed January 13th, 1863. F. Gutek... More

Map showing the positions occupied by the Tenth New York Cavalry in the cavalry engagements on the right flank at Gettysburg, Penn. : on July 2 & 3, 1863, between the Union cavalry under Gen. D. McM. Gregg and the Confederate cavalry under Gen. J.E.B. Stuart /

Map showing the positions occupied by the Tenth New York Cavalry in th...

Union positions are indicated in black and Confederate positions in red. Description derived from published bibliography. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 346.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More

Southern Mississippi and Alabama showing the approaches to Mobile.

Southern Mississippi and Alabama showing the approaches to Mobile.

Map includes part of west Florida and shows drainage, place names, roads, and railroads. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 260.1 LC Railroad maps, 140 Description derived from published bibliography. "U.S. Coast Sur... More

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp]

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp]

A couple of men standing on top of a sandy beach. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meeting of Union and Rebel pickets in the Rappahannock / sketched by Mr. Oertel.

Meeting of Union and Rebel pickets in the Rappahannock / sketched by M...

Illus. from: Harper's weekly, 1863. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bacon's steel plate map of America, political, historical & military.

Bacon's steel plate map of America, political, historical & military.

Scale 1:5,702,400. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 36.8 "Federal free states" are outlined in red, "Federal slave states" are yellow, "Federal territories (free)" are orange, and "Confederate states (slave)" are g... More

Confederate soldiers as they fell near the center of the battlefield of Gettysburg

Confederate soldiers as they fell near the center of the battlefield o...

No. 235. Top left photograph on mount with five other photographs. Forms part of Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) wa... More

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing, U.S. Capitol]

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph of maquette showing mechanic with a hammer and gear. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 79. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863.

Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863.

Shows the Union troops surrounding the Confederate fortified city of Vicksburg, Miss., with blockades and forces on both sides of the Mississippi River. Shows the locations of outlying Confederate forts and oth... More

Bealeton, Virginia. Company K, 93d New York Infantry. (Morgan Rifles)

Bealeton, Virginia. Company K, 93d New York Infantry. (Morgan Rifles)

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia (vicinity). Headquarters, Army of the Potomac

Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia (vicinity). Headquarters, Army of the Pot...

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The Rappahannock looking towards Falmouth R.R. Station

The Rappahannock looking towards Falmouth R.R. Station

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 28, 1863, pp. 200-201. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.699) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil W... More

The leisurely pursuit. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

The leisurely pursuit. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

Wagons and tents of General Mead's Army at the Potomac River, Berlin, Maryland, eighteen days after the Battle of Gettysburg. K25630 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: "Brady photo."

First  train across Bull Run Bridge, spring of 1863 (Andrew J. Russel)

First train across Bull Run Bridge, spring of 1863 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows United States Military Railroad train going over Bull Run Bridge. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger an... More

Evacuation of Aquia Creek / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A. Gardner.

Evacuation of Aquia Creek / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A...

Photograph showing ships loaded with supplies in Aquia Creek. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 33. Copyright... More

Anders' Iodine Water - Drawing. Public domain image.

Anders' Iodine Water - Drawing. Public domain image.

LOT subdivision subject: Angels. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg, PA.

Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg, PA.

Photograph shows officers of the Sanitary Commission in front of the headquarter in Gettysburg. No. 238. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the ga... More

Bealeton, Virginia. Regimental staff, 93d New York Volunteers

Bealeton, Virginia. Regimental staff, 93d New York Volunteers

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Group of officers at Headquarters Army of Potomac, June 1863

Group of officers at Headquarters Army of Potomac, June 1863

No. 4172. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1865], v. 1, pl. 27 with title: What do I want, John Henry? Warrenton, Va., Novem... More

Culpeper, Virginia. General George G. Meade's horse, "Baldy"

Culpeper, Virginia. General George G. Meade's horse, "Baldy"

A man standing next to a horse in a field. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dead horses of Bigelow's (9th Massachusetts) Battery

Dead horses of Bigelow's (9th Massachusetts) Battery

Dead horses on battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; barn in background. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 266.

[Morris Island, South Carolina. First Parallel]

[Morris Island, South Carolina. First Parallel]

A black and white photo of a landscape. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from Louisiana--Also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves

Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from Louisiana--Also exhibiting instrume...

Photograph by Kimball, N.Y.C. Copyright by George H. Hanks. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Military map showing the topographical features of the country adjacent to Harper's Ferry, Va.; including Maryland, Loudoun, and Bolivar Heights, and portions of South and Short Mountains, with the positions of the defensive works, also the junction of the Potomac & Shenandoah Rivers, and their passage through the Blue Ridge /

Military map showing the topographical features of the country adjacen...

Civil War salted paper maps. AL-40. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 699 Relief shown by contour lines. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as ra... More

Maj. General George B. McClellan. On the Battle Field of Antietam

Maj. General George B. McClellan. On the Battle Field of Antietam

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Walter. Copyright Deposit, Eastern District of Penn.: 1863.

Bealeton, Virginia. General Marsena R. Patrick's headquarters

Bealeton, Virginia. General Marsena R. Patrick's headquarters

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Abandoned camp of 9th Army Corps near Falmouth, Virginia, February, 1863

Abandoned camp of 9th Army Corps near Falmouth, Virginia, February, 18...

No. B416. 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

Battlefield of Gettysburg. Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Little Round Top

Battlefield of Gettysburg. Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Li...

No. 96. Illus. in: E468.7 .G19, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 40. Photographer and date from image in Gardner's Pho... More

Grant's transports running the batteries, Confederate States of America.

Grant's transports running the batteries, Confederate States of Americ...

Soldiers at Vicksburg, 1863; Confederate gun crew in foreground. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the civil war / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden, c1894, v. 2, p. 455.

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer, a girl in indoor dress, a blind "shampooer" (masseur), and an officer in a straw raincoat]

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer, a girl in indoor dress, a bli...

Captions on front of item: "Japanese officer in gala costume" (upper left); "Japanese girl in indoor costume" (upper right); "Blind shampooer" (lower left); and "A Japanese officer (yaconin) in straw raincoat"... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese botanist's wife, a married woman, a woman from the country and a laborer with a broom]

[Studio portraits of Japanese botanist's wife, a married woman, a woma...

Captions on front of item: "Japanese botanist's wife" (upper left); "Japanese married lady" (upper right); "A Japanese country girl" (lower left); and "A Japanese "nanso kow" or coolie" (lower right). Captions... More

Portrait of Civil War soldier - Public domain portrait print

Portrait of Civil War soldier - Public domain portrait print

Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: 1863.Print Date: ca. 1863.Process: tintype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns.Accession Number: 1984.019.096

[Outdoor portraits of a Japanese officers on horseback and studio portraits of young women, one with a spaniel and the other holding a parasol]

[Outdoor portraits of a Japanese officers on horseback and studio port...

Captions on front of item: "Japanese officer on horseback" (upper left); "A Japanese mounted officer" (upper right); "Girl in everyday dress and Japanese spaniel" (lower left); and "Japanese singing girls" (lo... More

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union cavalry uniform with sword]

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union cavalry uniform with s...

Case: Berg, no. 1-52. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth, Va., 2011[?]. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Lib... More

The post of duty. A funeral discourse in memory of Capt. Lansing Hollister, (120 regt. N.Y.S. vol.,) killed at the battle of Gettysburg, July 2d, 1863
Abraham Lincoln to Erastus Corning and Others, [June] 1863  (Copy No. 2 of Lincoln's reply to resolutions concerning military arrests and suspension of habeas corpus)
Carl Schurz to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, February 14, 1863  (Seeks promotion for himself and Alexander Schimmelfennig)
[Falmouth, Virginia Drum corps of 61st New York Infantry]

[Falmouth, Virginia Drum corps of 61st New York Infantry]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

9th Massachusetts. batt. Bigelows going into position at Gettysburg

9th Massachusetts. batt. Bigelows going into position at Gettysburg

Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.281) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1863. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Rebel ordnance storehouse riddled by our artillery

Rebel ordnance storehouse riddled by our artillery

Photograph shows a Confederate weapons storehouse damaged by Union guns at Port Hudson after the siege in July 1863.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Big Round Top from entrenchments on Little Round Top

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Big Round Top from entrenchments on Little R...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

R. D. Spalding to Katherine Todd, Friday, October 02, 1863  (Case of Lee M. Long; endorsed by Todd, Oct. 15, 1863)
Wild western scenes; or, the white spirit of the wilderness

Wild western scenes; or, the white spirit of the wilderness

"The publisher ... has been compelled to issue [this work] in two volumes, the second of which is now in press and will be out as soon as the necessary supply of paper can be procured"--P. [124]. Vol. 2 never ... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "Slaughter pen" on left wing

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "Slaughter pen" on left wing

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John M. Schofield to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, August 25, 1863  (Telegram concerning the cases of McGuire and Bell)
Colard Foakes [i.e. Colored Folks] church, Beaufort, S.C.

Colard Foakes [i.e. Colored Folks] church, Beaufort, S.C.

Photograph shows a group of people, including African Americans, in front of a building that may have been used as a church. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Attributed to photographers Hubba... More

The pursuit of General Lee's rebel army. The heavy guns - 30 pounders - going to the front during a rain storm / E.F.

The pursuit of General Lee's rebel army. The heavy guns - 30 pounders ...

Union soldiers, with heavy guns (30 pounders), marching toward Frederick after the battle at Gettysburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.85) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Charles Hudson,  1863  (Printed Pamphlet: “Character of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States")
Portrait photo of Lincoln & his secretaries, Nicolay & Hay

Portrait photo of Lincoln & his secretaries, Nicolay & Hay

Photo shows President Abraham Lincoln seated between his private secretaries John G. Nicolay and John Hay at a photo session in Alexander Gardner's studio in Washington, D.C., on November 8, 1863. "On this day ... More

Marion Chaplin's place - A group of people standing in front of a house

Marion Chaplin's place - A group of people standing in front of a hous...

Photograph shows a group of African American freedmen, women and children in front of a two story house on Marion Chaplin's plantation in Beaufort County, South Carolina. In the left foreground is a single len... More

Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 08, 1863  (Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction)
Battle near Upperville. Ashbys Gap in Distance

Battle near Upperville. Ashbys Gap in Distance

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below title: see description. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 11, 1863, as: The Army of the Potomac-Skirmish Near Upperville-Ashby's Gap in the Distance. Gift, J.P. Mor... More

Bealeton Station - Public domain scenic drawing

Bealeton Station - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed lower right. Two sketches on verso. One inscribed: Horses stampede. Cavalry in dust. Zouaves and Prisoners dust. Covering crossing Rappahannack 1883. Other sketch on verso of three figures. Insc... More

Negro quarters on Fripp Place, St. Helena Is. [i.e. Island], S.C.

Negro quarters on Fripp Place, St. Helena Is. [i.e. Island], S.C.

Photograph shows a group of African American freedmen, including a small child, gathered outside of their living quarters possibly on Thomas James Fripp plantation on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina. Purcha... More

Old "Libby Prison" building, Richmond, Virginia

Old "Libby Prison" building, Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing a group of people including Maj. Thomas P. Turner, Commandant of "The Libby," soldiers, and a young child, standing in front of tents on the prison grounds. The prison building, with its Co... More

[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Confederate dead gathered for burial at the edge of the Rose woods, July 5, 1863]

[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Confederate dead gathered for burial at the ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863.

Victory! - Public domain historical image during American Civil War. A painting of a man holding a flag

Victory! - Public domain historical image during American Civil War. A...

Card showing Afro-American soldier carrying U.S. flag being shot in battle. No. 11, no. 67. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.

Edwin D. Morgan to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, June 15, 1863  (Telegram concerning the raising of troops)
Review at Falmouth. March 1863 - Public domain image related to music prformance, drawing

Review at Falmouth. March 1863 - Public domain image related to music ...

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.221). Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file N. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

George Denny to William H. Randall, Friday, December 11, 1863  (Conditions in Kentucky)
Bergen cut - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Bergen cut - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Penciled on front of mount: 476. Amateur Photographic Exchange Club label affixed to verso gives title, photographer, photographer's address (Newark, N.J.), date, number (126), and negative (tannin). Amateur Ph... More

Our kitchen near Beverly Ford - Public domain scan / drawing

Our kitchen near Beverly Ford - Public domain scan / drawing

African American cook at table in outdoor kitchen. "The camp kitchen and cook near Beverly Ford, Va" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.95) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Henry Segur to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, June 17, 1863  (Relays message of support from president of El Salvador)
Isaac and Rosa, slave children from New Orleans / photographed by Kimball, 477 Broadway, N.Y.

Isaac and Rosa, slave children from New Orleans / photographed by Kimb...

Photograph shows a three-quarter-length portrait of Isaac White (1854?-1927) and Rosina "Rosa" Downs standing arm-in-arm, facing front. The words "Isaac" and "slave children" printed on the mount are obscured ... More

[Distant view, probably Port Hudson, Louisiana] / photographed by McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge, La.

[Distant view, probably Port Hudson, Louisiana] / photographed by McPh...

Photograph shows distant view of men on a hilly landscape, probably taken after the seige of Port Hudson, 1863.

Soldiers' huts in winter camp / E.F.

Soldiers' huts in winter camp / E.F.

"Winter camp near Fredericksburb, Va." on mat. Three images with the following titles: Wagoner's shanty; Deserted picket hut; and Huts in the 117 Pennsylvania(?) Brigade(?) Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:... More

Seth Kinman, the California hunter presenting the president an Elkhorn chair

Seth Kinman, the California hunter presenting the president an Elkhorn...

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below chair: Put chair here. Inscribed vertically upper right: N.B. this is Hay, private Sec.. Inscribed above image: Titivate Lincoln- gun long... More

John A. Dix to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, January 15, 1863  (Opinion on garrisoning Fort Monroe and Yorktown with black troops)
Steamboat constructed by the Soldiers at Chattanooga, 1863

Steamboat constructed by the Soldiers at Chattanooga, 1863

Title inscribed below image. Sketches of a man and woman, and muscular arm, on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-26. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.953) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Signal station on the south side of the Rappahannock River. Seen through a glass from the Union camps

Signal station on the south side of the Rappahannock River. Seen throu...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.172) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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