american civil war 1861 1865

Lady. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew Brady.

Original Caption: Lady..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1597..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, Mathew,... More

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

[Portrait of Emanuel Rudasill, Company M, 16th North Carolina Regiment...

[Private Silas A. Shirley of Co. H, 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment...

Photo shows identified soldier. Title devised by Library staff. Case: Leather; central oval and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available... More

[Captain Augustus C. Thompson of Co. G, 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment...

Photo shows soldier believed to be identified as Augustus C. Thompson. Title devised by Library staff. Case: Berg, no. 3-22. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collectio... More

A compleat description of the province of Carolina in 3 parts : 1st, t...

Shows coastal area from North Carolina to Florida. Relief shown pictorially. Depth shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Charles Town. Mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... More

[The Investiture of Charleston, S.C. by the English army, in 1780. Wit...

Scale ca. 1:17,500. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. 1862. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1559 ... More

Ichnography of Charleston, South-Carolina : at the request of Adam Tun...

Scale 1:4,800; 400 ft. to 1 in. Oriented with north toward the lower right. "Published 1st Jan'y 1790 by E. Petrie, No. 13 America Square." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster im... More

New Salem, home of Abraham Lincoln 1831 to 1837.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Adopted as authentic by Old Salem Chautauqua Association, 1909." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 176 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... More

Artist group - Mathew Brady seated on left

Photograph shows group portrait of artists who participated in the art exhibition at the Metropolitan Fair in New York City, 1864, held to support the United States Sanitary Commission, "for the relief of the s... More

A 100th anniversary map of Abraham Lincoln's visit to Massachusetts, S...

Abraham Lincoln's Patent Drawing for Improved Manner of Buoying Vessel...

Utility Patent Drawings

[Portrait of seated man holding the Charleston Zeitung, possibly the o...

Title devised by Library staff. Purchase; Dennis A. Waters; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:147). Forms part of: Daguerreotype Collection (Library of Congress). Vender : Dennis A. Waters.

[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chica...

Title devised by Library staff. Original photograph: The original daguerreotype is at the Chicago Historical Society. Ostendorf, no. 6 Meserve, no. 3 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by L... More

Gen. U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Gen. U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Gen. U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Gen. U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

[Hon. Andrew Johnson, half-length portrait, facing left]

Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). Print reversed from original(?) LC-BH82-4437.

Gen. U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Andrew Johnson, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Gen. U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Andrew Johnson, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions for spring & summer 1855, publ...

Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, men, a woman, and two children standing in a large drawing room, and at bottom, men, a woman, and two children standing outdoors on a street at seaside. At bottom c... More

[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...

Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Ostendorf, no. 2 Meserve, no. 6 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 6-7.

[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...

Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. According to Ostendorf, this portrait by Hessler was copied during Lincoln's campaign and further distributed. Ostendorf, no. 2 (variation) Meserve, n... More

[Abraham Lincoln while a traveling lawyer, taken in Danville, Illinois

Illus. in: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve. New York, Privately printed, 1911, p. 43. Original photograph: The original ambrotype is at the Illinois State Historical Library. Ostendo... More

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Reversed a...

"On February 28, 1857, Alexander Hesler took the famous photograph of Lincoln in Chicago. About seven months earlier, so the story went, Lincoln had posed for William H. Masters of Princeton, Illinois. No photo... More

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing left]

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbins in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbins in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbons in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbons in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, bust-length portrait, facing right]

Ostendorf, no. 12 Meserve, no. 4 Original photograph: The original tintype is at the National Lincoln Museum (Old Ford's Theatre), according to Ostendorf. Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album /... More

[Two unidentified soldiers of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues, later...

Title devised by Library staff. Case: Berg, no. 1-39. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Ann... More

[Andrew Johnson, Senator from Tennessee, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-l...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 228. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Mrs. Glenmurry. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Glenmurry..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2269..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brad... More

Mrs. Roberts. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Roberts..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-3266..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady,... More

Camp scene, ladies in camp. Female portrait of American Civil War time...

Original Caption: Camp scene, ladies in camp..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2732..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photog... More

Miss F. Drumming. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew...

Original Caption: Miss F. Drumming..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1694..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Br... More

Abraham Lincoln. The martyr President, Assassinated April 14, 1865, [C...

Republican ticket. For President, Abraham Lincoln, For Vice-President,...

Photographic reproduction.

Mrs. Baldwin. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Baldwin..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1681..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady,... More

Mrs. Rawson. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Rawson..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1741..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, ... More

Mrs. Shannon. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Shannon..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1649..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady,... More

Miss Bradon. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew Brad...

Original Caption: Miss Bradon..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1720..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, looking right]

Title devised by Library staff. Date from: Looking for Lincoln: the making of an American icon / Philip B. Kunhardt, III. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, p. 465. Ostendorf, no. 18 Meserve, no. 110 Published in... More

Lady. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew Brady.

Original Caption: Lady..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2601..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, Mathew,... More

Mrs. Duzenberry. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Duzenberry..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1657..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Bra... More

Christine Neilson. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathe...

Original Caption: Christine Neilson..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2293..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: B... More

The Democratic convention at Charleston, South Carolina - Interior of ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 231 (1860 May 5), pp. 358-359.

Sister Jachim. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew Br...

Original Caption: Sister Jachim..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1622..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady... More

Mrs. Kinsella. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Kinsella..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1628..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady... More

Mrs. S. A. Hare. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. S.A. Hare..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1735..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brad... More

[Sartain portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln]

Brevet Brigadier General John E. Mulford, Colonel of 3rd New York Infa...

Original Caption: Bvt. Brig. Gen. John E. Mulford, Col. of 3rd N.Y. Inf., with his wife and Mr. and Mrs. William Allen. This picture was taken on the porch of Mr. Allen's house at Richmond, Va..U.S. National Ar... More

Mrs. Conlin. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Conlin..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2274..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, ... More

Mrs. Murray. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Murray..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1606..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, ... More

Mrs. Hogan. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Hogan..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1647..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, M... More

Hon. Andrew Johnson, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Hon. Abraham Lincoln: "our next president"

Miss Rousvert. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew Br...

Original Caption: Miss Rousvert..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-3587..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady... More

Mrs. Chapin. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Chapin..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1638..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, ... More

Mrs. Draper. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Draper..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1611..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, ... More

Miss Clara Barton. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathe...

Original Caption: Miss Clara Barton..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1857..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: B... More

Miss Ida Williams. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathe...

Original Caption: Miss Ida Williams..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2302..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: B... More

Mrs. Weinburg. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Weinburg..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1664..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady... More

[Zorn & Co. portrait of President Lincoln]

Mrs. Notman. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Notman..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1650..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, ... More

Miss Mary Glenmurry. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mat...

Original Caption: Miss Mary Glenmurry..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1725..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer:... More

Miss Bateman. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew Bra...

Original Caption: Miss Bateman..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1616..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady,... More

Miss Gates. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew Brady...

Original Caption: Miss Gates..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2277..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, M... More

Janauschek, Actress. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mat...

Original Caption: Janauschek, Actress..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-3247..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer:... More

Mrs. Skiddy. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Skiddy..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-3273..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, ... More

Hon. Abraham Lincoln: Republican candidate for sixteenth president of ...

Mrs. De Lauterette. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. De Lauterette..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1692..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: ... More

Miss Lawrence. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew Br...

Original Caption: Miss Lawrence..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1746..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady... More

Mrs. Landkul. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Landkul..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1640..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady,... More

Miss or Mrs. C. D. Lounds

Original Caption: Miss or Mrs. C.D. Lounds..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1637..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photogra... More

[Illinois election ticket]. For president. Abraham Lincoln. Vice Presi...

Lady. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew Brady.

Original Caption: Lady..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2218..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, Mathew,... More

Miss Mali. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew Brady.

Original Caption: Miss Mali..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-3620..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, Ma... More

Hon. Abraham Lincoln,. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print showing Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right.

Mrs. J. Dooley. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. J. Dooley..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1661..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brad... More

Miss Walton. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew Brad...

Original Caption: Miss Walton..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2260..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, standing]

The Library's photo was found in the collection of sculptor Henry Kirke Brown. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 17.) Title devised by Library staff. Date from: Looking for Lincoln: the making of an American icon / Philip... More

Mrs. Nichols. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Nichols..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1708..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady,... More

Actors. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew Brady.

Original Caption: Actors..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2572..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, Mathe... More

Mrs. Stetson. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Stetson..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1688..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady,... More

Mrs. Murtha. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Murtha..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1698..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, ... More

Miss Gottschalk, Actress. Female portrait of American Civil War time b...

Original Caption: Miss Gottschalk, Actress..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1648..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photogra... More

Republikanische platform und candidaten für Präsident der Ver. Staaten...

1397 F 7 21 Mr. 47.; Rec. 3-25-47.; $20.00.; On verso: 1347F7 21 Nov 47. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as facsimile page images. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 234, Folder 2b.

[The Charleston convention]

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 April 14), p. 303 (title page).

[Bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln and title page]

Illus. in: The Life, Speeches, and Public Services of Abram Lincoln, Together with a Sketch of the Life of Hannibal Hamlin, N.Y., Rudd & Carleton, 1860, frontis, and title page. No file print. This record conta... More

Miss or Mrs. Marble. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Miss or Mrs. Marble..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1666..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer:... More

Mrs. Calvern. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Calvern..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1733..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady,... More

Lithograph of Abraham Lincoln on horseback within a border of furled U...

Mrs. W. Boker. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. W. Boker..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1667..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady... More

Mrs. W. J. Nurus. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. W. J. Nurus..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1641..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Br... More

Mrs. Seabury. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. Seabury..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1605..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady,... More

[Biegmann portrait of Lincoln and his family.]