1863

Teaching the Negro recruits the use of the minie rifle

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, 1863 March 14, p. 161.

[Morris Island, South Carolina]

[Map of the Big Black River, Mississippi, in the vicinity of Bush and ...

Pencil sketch showing drainage, roads, houses, and names of residents. Small flags apparently indicate campsites. Description derived from published bibliography. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S114, 263 Availabl... more

Uri Manly to William P. Dole, Monday, November 30, 1863 (Appointment)

Black Valley railroad! Great central, broad gauge, fast route, from Si...

Temperance. 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 70, Folder 29.

John A. Dix to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 17, 1863 (Telegram rep...

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

Photograph by Kimball, N.Y.C. Copyright by George H. Hanks.

[Studio portraits of Japanese woman with tea implements and chest, a ...

Title devised by Library staff. Captions on front of item: "Native mode of dressing" (upper left); "Japanese prince and staff" (upper right)"; "A group of Japanese officers in court dress" (lower left); and "Ja... more

View of Capt. Bainbridge's battery, Port Hudson, LA

Photograph shows Captain Edmund C. Bainbridge's Union soldiers with cannons behind breastworks. Information from: Image of War Volume IV by William C. Davis, p. 80: Battery A, 1st U.S. Artillery. Title from ite... more

The most Revd. John Hughes--Archbishop of New York / printed by H. Pet...

Rev. John Hughes, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right.

Letter to Major General Meade from Abraham Lincoln, October 5, 1863.

Home from the war

Soldiers reunited with their loved ones. Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, 1863 June 13, p. 381.

Let me die at home. By A. Anderson, Tune- Farewell, 'tis a lonely soun...

Rappahannock Co., Virginia /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Pen-and-ink with a few pencil annotations on a 3/8-in. grid. Scale derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H55 ... more

The picket

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.173) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

General Stuart's new aid

Print shows Antonia Ford, who was appointed an honorary aide-de-camp to Jeb Stuart, on horseback. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 April 4, p. 211.

Lloyd's official map of the State of Virginia from actual surveys by o...

Scale ca. 1:650,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 481.2 Includes a testimonial from William A. Bryan, Chief Clerk, Post Office Department, dated February 10, 1863. 1861 editions are listed as entry nos. 450 and... more

Chicago German Union League to Isaac N. Arnold, Friday, June 05, 1863 ...

[Two long-necked creatures accosting a noodle shop customer]

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing Rokurokubi and Mikoshi-nyûdô, demons from Japanese folklore, frightening noodle shop customers to illustrate the proverb that "resistance is futile." Illus. in: Kyōsai hyakuzu... more

Union soldiers at Point Lookout, Tennessee

Print shows soldier holding American flag at tip of Point Lookout as some soldiers aim their rifles below and others rest. Title from item. Proof before lettering; registration marks in margins. Stamped: From t... more

[Officers of U.S. horse artillery brigade, near Culpeper, Va., Septemb...

Officers of Army of the Potomac posed in front of three tents. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 607.

Survey of Prince George Co., Virginia /

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward upper right. "Approved June 25th 1864 ... ." At head of title: Chief Engineer's Office D.N.V. Col. J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engr. "... more

[Signal tower on roof of house]

Signed lower right: ARW. Title devised. Inscribed lower right: Oct 1863. Formerly Waud no. C-164. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1091) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Passages of the Rappahannock and Battle of Fredericksburg, December 10...

[Abraham Lincoln]

Photograph showing portrait of Lincoln, seated, holding glasses and paper, taken August 9, 1863. Title devised by Library staff. Accessions box no. DLC/PP - 1972:018

[Studio portraits of Japanese officers (yaconin) and a high priest dre...

Title devised by Library staff. Captions on front of item: "Japanese calvary officer" (upper left); "Japanese officer" (upper right); "A Japanese officer (Yaconin)" (lower left); and "Japanese high priest in fu... more

Joseph C. G. Kennedy to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, June 30, 1863 (Offe...

[Abraham] Lincoln's summer home, Washington, D.C.

Anderson cottage on grounds of Soldiers' Home. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

The rebs lament on leaving Penn., "You want us back in the Union, and ...

[Civil War envelope with "God save the Union"]

Title devised by Library staff. Addressed to Father & Mother, Centerville, Allegeny Co., New York, from Mervin; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

Ireland's last martyrs

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Schlegel, G. Copyright deposit, Southern District of N.Y.

The great American What is it? chased by Copper-heads

An anti-Lincoln satire, showing the Republican incumbent and his supporters menaced by giant "Copperheads" (Peace Democrats). After a speech on May 1, 1863, asserting that the Civil War was being fought to fre... more

Virginia. Headquarters, New York Herald. Army of the Potomac

Interest on $10,000, from date of coupon to November 1st - Current six...

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 158, Folder 20.

The emancipation of the negroes, January, 1863 - The past and the futu...

Below rays of "Emancipation," a scene of African Americans enjoying a comfortable home life is flanked by scenes of the past, including the selling and abuse of slaves, and scenes of the future, including educa... more

An army mule. September 28, 1863

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.99) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

129th Reg + ILL Volls. [sic] at camp "Lady Polk," Nashville, Tenn

Ink sketch within oval border of Federal encampment with numerous tents, trees and a flagpole with the Union flag.

Abraham Lincoln to Samuel P. Lee, July [4] 1863 (Alexander Stephens' ...

Edwin M. Stanton to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, April 07, 1863 (Telegra...

Joshua R. Giddings to John G. Nicolay, Monday, April 06, 1863 (Introd...

First blow for liberty

Print show scene at the Battle of Lexington, 1775. Title from item. Engraving after a painting by F.O.C. Darley.

Johnson's Georgetown and the city of Washington : the capital of the U...

Federal dead on the field of battle of first day

Photographs show dead soldiers, horses, and a donkey on the battlefield at Gettysburg. Nos. 242, 243, 234, 226, 274, 266. Title from item. Forms part of Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection)

Stamp duties imposed by the act of Congress of July 1, 1862 and its am...

On verso: Filed March 18, 1863. 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 124, Folder 26a.

Theodore Roosevelt to John G. Nicolay, Tuesday, May 05, 1863 (Request...

Ponton [i.e. pontoon] bridges at "Franklins crossing" 2-1/2 miles belo...

Photograph shows two pontoon bridges at Franklin's Crossing with soldiers and horses and an encampment on the opposite side of the Rappannock River. Title from item. Accession box no. DLC/PP-1974:175

Thanksgiving festivities at Fort Pulaski, Georgia, Thursday, Nov. 27 /...

Composite of eight scenes of games and dancing. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Jan. 3, p. 237.

[Studio portraits of Japanese families, a bridesmaid and a teahouse]

A settlers hut on the Red river

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title on recto. Inscribed below title, lower left: Dug out; and upper right: 31. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.10) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Arthur H. Boreman and A. S. Garretson to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, Oc...

Cassius M. Clay to Samuel Hallett & Co., Wednesday, April 08, 1863 (P...

Preliminary chart of main entrance to Charlotte Harbor, Florida

Scale 1:40,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 117.37 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1864 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 18... more

Drum Corps, 93d New York Infantry, Bealton, Va., 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.

Map of supplementary reconnaissance of the approaches to Philadelphia ...

Richmond and its defences. Constructed and engraved to illustrate "The...

Scale ca. 1:90,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 640.4 From Tomes, Robert. The war with the South. New York, Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867. v. 2, between p. 236 and 237. Signed (facsimile): Charles: Sholl, Topl. ... more

Map of the southern states, including rail roads, county towns, state ...

Scale ca. 1:2,970,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 37 At top of map: Bacon's shilling series of war maps,-no. 3. Inset: Enlarged plan of the battle fields of Virginia and Maryland. Scale ca. 1:1,040,000. 16 x ... more

Peter H. Watson to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, February 20, 1863 (Cover ...

Peter Page to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, May 01, 1863 (Introduces Marti...

Group at transportation office, Aquia Creek, Va.

John O. Fuller to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, March 21, 1863 (Telegram...

[Map of northwest Alabama and northeast Mississippi].

"Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989." Pen and ink manuscript map drawn on tracing cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S14 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

Admiral Porter's second dummy frightening the Rebels at Vicksburg

Illustration showing a phony ironclad made of wood meant to fool the Confederate batteries on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg into wasting ammunition trying to sink the dummy vessel. Title from item. Illus. ... more

W. B. Wynkop to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, February 26, 1863 (Case of...

The battle of Chancellorsville Sunday, May 3rd, 1863 /

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to left. Pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor mounted on cloth. Cameo impression in margin at bottom right: Reynolds's Bristolboard (w... more

On the Potomac nr. Williamsport. Rebel crossing ; Rebel Pontoons at Fa...

[Two scenes of Rebel troop movements]

[Map of Culpeper County with parts of Madison, Rappahannock, and Fauqu...

Printed general map without title or border showing roads, railroads, settlements, farms with owners' names, vegetation, streams, and fords. Relief shown by form lines in hilly areas. Also covers Culpeper city ... more

[Group of Russian sailors from the navy ship Variag during visit to Ne...

The voice of a democrat. The following letter is from the Hon. John C....

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 204, Folder 40a.

Rebel line in front of Sedgwick--Mine Run 1863

Lone cavalryman on hillside looking across open fields toward farm houses and rebel troops beyond. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harpers Weekly, 2 January 1864, p. 12... more

Siege of Charleston - the magazine of Fort Moultrie exploded by a shel...

Wood engraving after sketch by W.T. Crane. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1863 Oct. 3. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. I.; US... more

[Federal dead on the field of battle of first day, Gettysburg, Pennsyl...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 234.

Headquarters of the Union Army commanded by Gen. Grant, on the banks o...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving after sketch by Henri Lovie. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 16, no. 392 (1863 Apr. 4), p. 29.

Samuel Wilkeson to John G. Nicolay, Monday, March 30, 1863 (Introduct...

Abraham Lincoln to Francis P. Blair, Sr., Thursday, July 30, 1863 (Ex...

[Lewis Hicks of Company H, 53rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment with ...

Photograph shows identified soldier, Lewis Hicks, who enlisted in Company H, 53rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, as a private on March 2, 1863 and died of disease on July 20, 1863. Title devised by Library s... more

Seat of war in America, 6d.

Shows fortifications in eastern Virginia. Also shows parts of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 476.5 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ... more

Portions of the military departments of Virginia, Washington, Middle &...

Differs from LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 47.2 and 47.3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. LC copy signed by Gen. M. C. Meigs and annotated in pencil.

Cauldwell & Whitney to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, February 25, 1863 ...

J. M. Cummins, Tuesday, January 13, 1863 (Certifies poor health of Ch...

[Civil War envelope showing woman holding flag with message "For the U...

Title devised by Library staff. Addressed to Mrs. Elizabeth D. Stebbings, Waterloo, Seneca County, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

Henry W. Halleck to William Rosecrans, Thursday, May 21, 1863 (Telegr...

An U.S. baggage train on its way to the Army at Falmouth, Va.

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Jan. 3, p. 228.

Map of the seat of war in Virginia : showing the theatre of operations...

Federal dead on the field of battle of first day, Gettysburg, Pennsylv...

Title from item. No. 243. Civil War Photograph Collection.

Historical sketch of the Rebellion : [United States] /

Scale ca. 1:5,800,000. LC copy annotated in pencil. Shows "Limits of territory controlled by U.S. Forces July 31st 1863." LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 40.1 Another issue. From the papers of Joseph Roswell Hawley... more

John M. Schofield to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, June 20, 1863 (Telegr...

Stephen Girard, 1750-1831

Full lgth., seated at small table, facing left. Steel engraving after painting by Chappel. Copyrighted by Johnson, Fry & Co. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Schuyler Colfax to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, April 21, 1863 (Conscrip...

Arrival of Negro family in the lines

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Battery Weed. Five 10-inch siege morta...

[Morris Island, South Carolina. 300-poinder Parrot Rifle after burstin...

Map of the Battle of Gettysburg, Penna. : showing positions held July ...

This map shows the disposition of troops on this second day of the battle. The designation "5 p.m." appears slightly to the left of the title. As the fighting began late in the day and continued on well into th... more

Abraham Lincoln, April 6-10, 1863 (Memorandum on Military Tactics)

[A. M. Scales, Brigidier General, C.S.A., half-length portrait, facing...

Title devised by Library staff. On verso: Brig.-Genl. A.M. Scales, N.C. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

The Battle of Chancellorsville, Sunday May 3rd 9 p.m.

Map shows troop locations around Chancellorsville, Va., and on both sides of the Rapidan River. The map depicts the formation of Confederate troops under McLaws, Slocum and Stuart to the west of Chancellorsvill... more

Wm. H. Lambert, Capt. 33rd N.J. Inf., U.S.A.

B. R. Barlow to Hiram Barney, Friday, October 16, 1863 (Cover letter)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex. ss. To either of the constab...

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 70, Folder 8.

Topography of the north side of Hunting Creek near Alexandria, Va. /

Relief shown by contours and hachures. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, Supdt. "Copied from the Archives of the U.S. Coast Survey for Gen. J.G. Barnard. [Signed] J.E. Hilgard, Asst. Coast Survey... more

Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, Saturday, May 09, 1863 (Appointm...