1863

[Map of Nelson Co. and part of the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Aug...

"Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map... More

Le ballon "Le Géant" aux environs de Nimbourg (accident du 19 octobre)...

Periodical illustration shows Felix Nadar's balloon, "Le Geant" over a rural area in its second and final flight in 1863. High winds force the balloon to the ground, dragging the basket dangerously close to an ... More

[Presidenet Abraham Lincoln, seated next to a table]

Photo shows President Abraham Lincoln in one of a series of six pictures taken on the day before the official opening of Alexander Gardner's new gallery. Reproduced from a sepia enlargement. (Source: Ostendorf,... More

Halles centrales de Paris - façade latérale au sud / V. Baltard, archt...

Illustration shows south side vue of Les Halles. Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gardner portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Meserve no. 59. A photograph made by Alexander Gardner in Washington November 15, 1863. (From the Photographic Portraits of Abraham Lincoln; Lincoln Memorial University; The Meserve Collection, 1941.) Alexande... More

[2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment raid on rice plantation, Combahe...

Top illustration shows slaves escaping to a Union ship as buildings burn in the distance. Three bottom illustrations show an escaped slave in tattered clothing upon his crossing of Union lines, welts from being... More

Signal tower Fort Reno D.C. / Lt. J.R. Underdunk(?), U.S.A. del.

Drawing shows signal tower constructed at Fort Reno in Washington, D.C.

[Bealeton, Virginia Noncommissioned officers' mess of Co. D, 93d New Y...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Confederate dead at the edge of the Rose woo...

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

On the field of battle, mother!

Music associated with the Union side

Francis J. Herron to George R. Taylor, Monday, April 27, 1863 (Extens...

Zachariah Chandler to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, November 15, 1863 (Pol...

The Sale - A picture of two men standing next to each other

Card showing Afro-American slave being sold. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bergen cut - Public domain document scan

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

Ulysses S. Grant to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 20, 1863 (Introduce...

[Culpeper, Virginia Approach to town, with photographer's wagon in for...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

William A. Barnes, Tuesday, August 11, 1863 (Affidavit; with supporti...

Babylon is fallen! - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, January 01, 1863 (Final Emancipation Procl...

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and ...

Photograph showing soldier in uniform, wife in dress and hat, and two daughters wearing matching coats and hats. In May 1863, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton issued General Order No. 143 creating the Bureau... More

The president's hymn: song and chorus words by Dr. Muhlenburg [sic]; m...

Plate/Publisher number: 22148

"Hard Tack" - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

Stereograph showing Union Captain J. W. Forsyth, the Provost Marshall, sitting on crate of hardtack, a cracker like bread served to soldiers, at Aquia Creek, Virginia. Box says "50lbs. net. Army Bread from the ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

"Copyright 1900 by M.P. Rice, Washn., D.C." bottom right. Original photograph by Alexander Gardner. Ostendorf, no. 77 (variant) Meserve, no. 59 Similar to portrait published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complet... More

The battle of Gettysburg / EF. - Public domain portrait drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.276) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washin... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Little Round Top, American Civil War Glass N...

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

[Union troops on rocks climbing to the summit of Lookout Mountain] / J...

Photograph shows soldiers led by Captain John Wilson reenacting climb to plant 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment battle flag on the summit of Lookout Mountain (Source: Will Stapp, January 2016). Photographed by Ro... More

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

Ozias M. Hatch to John G. Nicolay, Thursday, March 12, 1863 (Cover le...

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

Photograph 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. Original i... More

The food question down south, Confederate States of America

Editorial cartoon shows Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate states, offering a new pair of boots to General Beauregard who, though barefoot, would rather have food for his troops.

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The coffee call / H.W. [i.e. W.H.]

Print shows Army of the Potomac soldiers waiting for coffee at a campfire in an encampment. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2013; (DLC/PP-2013:089.01).

"Pine Cottage", Civil War soldiers winter quarters

Caption continues: "(US Army Signal corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-256)".

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.

Map of Pr. George, Surry, Sussex and Southampton counties, Virginia /

Shows names of some residents. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer chief engineer - Presented to - the West Point Military Academy by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Mini... More

Astrology! What is astrology? ... Professor Baron has a profound knowl...

Astrology.; Handwritten on verso: 29 Jan. 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 70... More

Genl Rawlings[sic]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Bust portrait of officer in uniform. Title inscribed lower left. Rawlins was promoted to Brigadier General, 11 August 1863. Purchase; Conner & Rosenkranz; 1986; (DLC/PP-1986:108).

Map of the country between the York and James Rivers in 1862 and 1863 ...

The post of duty. A funeral discourse in memory of Capt. Lansing Holli...

Also available in digital form.

The post of duty. A funeral discourse in memory of Capt. Lansing Holli...

Also available in digital form.

Le Degré des âges du plaisir, suivi de L’École des filles, 1863, T1-p1...

Français : Illustration d'un roman érotique français Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daniel Webster. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Associated name on shelflist card: Middleton, (E.C.) & Co. Title written in pencil on item. Accompanied by copyright notice adhered to verso: Warranted oil colors. Entered according to act of Congress in the ye... More

Grabado Incendio Iglesia de la Compañia (detalle)

Français : Incendie d’une église dans la ville de Santiago (Chili) Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Bodies of Federal soldiers, killed on July 1...

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

Beaufort, S.C., house used as hospital for "contrabands"

Photo shows a two story house which was used as a hospital for fugitive slaves during Union occupation of Beaufort, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Photograph reproduced in: ... More

[District of Columbia. Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, at Fort L...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Shows 27 African Americans in two lines with rifles resting on the ground.

Old dominion march - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Confederate side cover, blue print on white

Bealeton, Virginia. Officer's mess. Company F, 93d New York Volunteers...

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

Prof. Wilson's house, Carlisle, Pa., Pennsylvania, 19th century stereo...

Amateur Photographic Exchange Club label affixed to verso gives title, photographer, photographer's address (Troy University), date, number (84), and negative (tannin). Amateur Photographic Exchange Club. Form... More

These children were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St....

Photograph shows half-length portraits of Charles Taylor, Rosina Downs, and Rebecca Huger. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Philip Ba... More

Death of Reynolds--Gettysburg - Public domain portrait drawing

Three men on horseback in foreground, soldiers in background. Title inscribed lower left. A narrative and a map on cream lined paper accompany the drawing (on the verso). The text reads: The Fall of Reynolds/ L... More

Abraham Lincoln to Charles D. Drake, et al., Monday, October 05, 1863 ...

Abraham Lincoln to Charles W. Rand, [May 8] 1863 (Order concerning Ne...

H. De Mareil to John G. Nicolay, Tuesday, April 21, 1863 (Seeks suppo...

Commissary dept. Hd.qts. Army of the Potomac

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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.

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.

A straggler - Drawing. Public domain image.

"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.

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

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

[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

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

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

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

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

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

The post of duty. A funeral discourse in memory of Capt. Lansing Holli...

Also available in digital form.

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

Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 08, 1863 (Proclamation of Amnesty ...

Henry Segur to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, June 17, 1863 (Relays mess...

Culpepper [sic] from the Nor. West

Cityscape with wagon train in foreground.

[Virginia. Newspaper vendor and cart in camp]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

The gallant charge of the fifty fourth Massachusetts (colored) regimen...

Print shows Union and Confederate soldiers engaged in combat during the attack of the Massachusetts 54th Infantry Regiment on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina. 624 or 23714 U.S. Copyright Office. Ins... More

[Portrait of General Robert E. Lee, officer of the Confederate Army]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lutheran Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania,...

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

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Federal dead on the right of the Federal lin...

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

[Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg,...

President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication. Examination of the image in 2007 by members of the Center for Civil War Photography indicates that Lincoln may be visible in the cro... More

[Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform with for...

Case: Berg, no. 1-145. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lil... More

Adolph Von Steinwehr to Oliver O. Howard, Sunday, April 05, 1863 (Ger...

[Freemasons membership certificate] - Print, Library of Congress colle...

75 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Menzel (G.A.) & Co.

Hanover Junction Pennsylvania, 1863, railroad yards. Detail of tracks,...

Original negative in National Archives, No. B-83. Photograph attributed to Mathew B. Brady or assistant.

[Captain James William Forsyth, Provost Marshall of 18th Regular Army ...

Associated negative: LC-B811-214. Caption on negative sleeve: Capt. J. W. Forsyth, Provost Marshall, Aquia Creek, Feb. 1863.

Map of Fauquier & Loudon [sic] co's. Va. /

LC Land ownership maps, 1288 Relief shown by hachures. Shows names of residents. Oriented with north to the right. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen. Irregularly shaped. Imperfect: lacking lower left corner. LC Civi... More

Chesapeake Bay, Sheet no. 1, York River, Hampton Roads, Chesapeake ent...

Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 47.5 At head of title: Coast chart no. 31. Printed in the upper margin: "No. 131" and "Electrotype copy no. 2 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S." General chart indicating sound... More

The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd M...

Shows the position of Union troops on the second day of the Battle of Chancellorsville, including Oliver Otis Howard's 11th Corps, Daniel Edgar Sickles' 3rd Corps, George Gordon Meade's 5th Corps, Henry Warner ... More

[Map of Bertie County, North Carolina] : no. 2.

"Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map... More

The battle of Gettysburg - General Crawford's charge on the rebel line...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 7, (1863 August 8), p. 508. Ref. copy in LOT 4416 (1863) D. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: C.W. Battles; Goegr.; B.I.

[President Abraham Lincoln seated with his secretaries John Hay and Jo...

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

Military map of Suffolk & vicinity for Majr. Genl. J. A. Dix /

Shows fortifications, houses, names of residents, roads, railroads, and drainage. Relief shown by hachures. Ink and pencil on tracing cloth, in three sections, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 661... More

The War in Georgia--Battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19 and 20, between Ge...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Oct. 17, p. 56-57.

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp scene]

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

Isaac and Rosa, emancipated slave children from the free schools of Lo...

Photograph shows a three-quarter-length portrait of Isaac White (1854?-1927) and Rosina "Rosa" Downs standing arm-in-arm, facing front. Photo by Kimball. Copyrighted by Geo. H. Banks. On mount: "Proceeds for be... More

The post of duty. A funeral discourse in memory of Capt. Lansing Holli...

Also available in digital form.

The post of duty. A funeral discourse in memory of Capt. Lansing Holli...

Also available in digital form.

The post of duty. A funeral discourse in memory of Capt. Lansing Holli...

Also available in digital form.

Le Degré des âges du plaisir, suivi de L’École des filles, 1863, T2-p0...

Français : Illustrations pour l’École des filles, roman érotique français Public domain photograph of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brooklyn & Kings County New York War Fund Committee, Tuesday, December...

[Unidentified soldier in Union officer's uniform at Point Lookout, Ten...

Photo shows an officer who posed for the Linns, who left Ohio to photograph the Army of the Cumberland. In late 1863, after the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, the pair set up a studio near P... More

Salt Lake City Utah Deseret News, Wednesday, March 04, 1863 (Newspape...