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[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with shield and American flag and...

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J.C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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

R. Barnwell Rhett, C.S.A. sr.[?], American Civil War Photograph, Glass...

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General Sherman, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information... More

Roger W. Hanson, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative...

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

[Portrait of Pvt. Walter Miles Parker, 1st Florida Cavalry, C.S.A.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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

Chaplain S.H. Weston, 7th N.Y.S.M., American Civil War Photograph, Gla...

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Capt. R.G. Prendergast, 1st New York Cavalry

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

John A. Morrell, Paymaster, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negat...

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[Civil War envelope showing Elmer Ellsworth with sword, pistol, and Am...

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[Unidentified soldier in Union officer's uniform and young African Ame...

Case: Berg, no. 3-57. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of C... More

Deck of one of Porter's mortar schooners

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

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and unidentified boy, probably ...

Case: Leather; floral design. Information from the seller indicates that the soldier was from Kentucky. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) More information about this collection is available at htt... More

[Sergeant William T. Belew of Company H, 57th Virginia Infantry Regime...

Photo shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform. Case: Leather, vase surrounded by scrolls. Includes scrap of paper with identification: William T. Belew, brother of J. R. Belew. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2... More

The Eagle's nest The Union! it must and shall be preserved.

Print shows American eagle in its nest of the American flag, which holds 34 eggs representing the states; the eggs representing the Southern states are cracked, rotten, or have various animals being hatched fro... More

Plan of Genl Q. A. Gillmore's position on Morris Island, Charleston S....

Shows the progression of earthworks constructed to allow Union forces to approach Fort Wagner. Gillmore's troops reached the ditch surrounding the fort on September 6. The Confederate forces abandoned the fort ... More

[Civil War envelope showing fugitive slaves working as sappers and min...

Addressed to Miss Nancy Corss, East Smithfield, Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Interior. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia. Full stereo, The War for the Union. Photographic History (No. 2298). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: V... More

[Sergeant John E. Barlow of 2nd Co. M, 1st Mississippi Cavalry Regimen...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Berg, no. 3-3. Regiment identification from papers accompanying photograph; a John E. Barlow from Mississippi is listed in the American Civil War Research Database as... More

[Civil War envelope showing flag design with message "The Union and th...

Addressed to Mr. Jacob Guyer[?], No. 9 Maiden Lane, N.Y. City; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation on recto: Care D. Colton. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with large Bowie knife an...

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Capture of forts [sic] ... Donelson, Tennessee By U.S. Grant, January ...

This map shows the area surrounding Fort Donelson, Tenn., including the Cumberland River, the town of Dover, and Fort Henry Road, and includes the locations of confederate earthworks as well as roads, buildings... More

Battle of the Antietam, Confederate States of America

Conveys the placement of Union and Confederate forces in Washington County, Md., around Sharpsburg during the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this... More

Bealeton, Virginia. Captain Henry Page, assistant quartermaster, at Ar...

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

[Private Henry McCollum of Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Infantry Regim...

Photo shows soldiers, including Henry McCollum on the left, 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 R... More

[Civil War envelope showing Army of the Potomac, 9th Corps, 1st Divisi...

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Petersburg, Virginia. Company D, American Civil War Glass Negative.

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[Major General Philip Sheridan and his generals in front of Sheridan's...

Photograph showing group portrait of Sheridan with Civil War generals sitting and standing in front of a tent: Henry E. Davies, David McMurtrie Gregg, Wesley Merritt, Alfred Torbert, and James H. Wilson. Origi... More

General George A. Custer, U.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass...

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

Petersburg, Virginia. Engineers at H.Q., Army of the Potomac

Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: 1311, No. 107 [crossed out] Photographer: Timothy O'Sullivan. Corresponding print is in LOT 4188. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Cong... More

Richmond, Virginia. Tredegar Iron Works - 19th century Virginia.

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High Bridge crossing the Appomattox, near Farmville, on South Side Rai...

Photograph showing the three repaired sections of the High Bridge over the Appomattox River, after a battle with the Confederates in April, 1865.

Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia. Man arrested on suspicion ...

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

American Civil War from "Building the Nation. Events in the history of...

This image has been taken from scan 000333 from "Building the Nation. Events in the history of the United States, from the Revolution to the beginning of the War between the States ... Illustrated". The title a... More

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Ir...

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

John Ericcson, designer of the USS Monitor Charles D. Fredricks & Co.,...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, October 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Antietam, Md. Confederate dead in a ditch on the right wing used as a ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

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

Photographer name from negative sleeve: T.H. O'Sullivan. Caption from negative sleeve: Officer's Mess Co. F, 93d. N.Y.V. Headquarters Army of Potomac, Aug. 1863. Two plates form left (LC-B811-220A) and right (L... More

Nashville, Tenn. Fortified railroad bridge across Cumberland River

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Hood before Nashville. Continuing his policy of the offensive at any cost, Gen. John B. Hood brought his reduced army before the defenses of Nashville... More

Petersburg, Virginia, April 1865; Dead South Carolina soldier in trenc...

Photo shows a soldier wearing a gunner's haversack, which confirms his identity as an artilleryman. The photographer placed a broken gun sponge in the scene as a prop, which indicates that the image was taken t... More

District of Columbia. Gun crews of Company H, 3d Massachusetts Heavy A...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. N... More

Charleston, S.C. Federal squadron dressed with flags for the anniversa...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

Charleston, S.C. Gun on the Point Battery

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Elliott & Fry, 55 Baker Street, Portman Square

Photograph shows portrait of identified veteran who had served as assistant surgeon of the 52nd Ohio Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War and was the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor. Notat... More

Hart-Bolton American history maps - Public domain map

Wall maps. Relief shown by gradient tints and hachures. Title from the separately published Teacher's manual accompanying the Hart-Bolton American history maps. Chicago : Denoyer-Geppert, 1919. Manuals describi... More

Atlanta, Georgia. Street in Atlanta (House next to church used as Sher...

Stereo filed in LOT 4164A. Caption from negative sleeve: Atlanta. Annotation from negative, image side: 3609. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3609B) and right (LC-B811-3609A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit ... More

Unidentified sailor on U.S.S. New Hampshire

Title based on similar views in LOT 4182. Two plates form left (LC-BH822-25A) and right (LC-BH822-25B) halves of a stereograph pair.>> Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: 25. Credit line: Civil war... More

Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman's men destroying railroad

Stereo filed in LOT 4164A. Caption from negative sleeve: Destroying R.R. Atlanta, Ga. Photographer's name attributed in Civil War caption books. Two plates (LC-B811-3630A and LC-B811-3630B) are variant views of... More

Appomattox Court House, Virginia Federal soldiers at the courthouse

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Fort Harrison, Virginia Group of surgeons of the Army of the James

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Surgeon C. C. Radmore, 114th U.S.C.T.; Surgeon J. F. Stevenson, 29th Connecticut; Assist. Surgeon J. M. Rand, 29th C... More

Morris Island, S.C. Quarters of Federal garrison inside Fort Wagner

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Mil... More

Portrait of Maj. General George G. Meade, officer of the Federal Army,...

Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0952 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Corresponding print is in LOT ... More

Port Royal Island, South Carolina. Cypress swamp

Caption from negative sleeve: Cypress Swamp on Port Royal Island, S.C. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3568B) and right (LC-B811-3568A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4205. Credit lin... More

Secret service by William Gillette. during American Civil War

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

Men of our day, or, Biographical sketches of patriots, orators, states...

Identifier: menofourdayorbio00broc (find matches) Title: Men of our day, or, Biographical sketches of patriots, orators, statesmen, generals, reformers, financiers and merchants, now on the stage of action : ... More

[Portrait of General John B. Gordon, officer of the Confederate Army]

Gordon is not in uniform. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain p... More

[Culpeper, Virginia "Contrabands"] - An old black and white photo of t...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863. Shows two African American men sitting in front of a tent, one with cigar and the other with a soup ladle.

View on the dock on south side of James River opposite Rocketts, Richm...

Photograph shows a ship at the dock, and buildings across the river at Rockett's Landing. No. B235. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with kepi]

Case: Rinhart, no. 119. 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.li... More

[Civil War camp of the 6th N.Y. Artillery at Brandy Station, Virginia,...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Item "not on shelf" Aug. 27, 2012. LC-B8184-40484-ZA or 2A

Castle Thunder Prison, Petersburg [i.e. Richmond] (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows soldiers in courtyard, Castle Thunder Prison, Richmond, Virginia. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating pape... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union captain's uniform with revolver in brea...

Case: Berg, no. 2-51. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of C... More

[Civil War envelope showing (on back) U.S. Capitol building with messa...

Addressed to Mrs. S. C. Sniffen, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Conn.; postmarked Washington, D.C.; bears 1 cent stamp. Notation on back: Nov. 8, 1862. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of:... More

[The snowball battle near Dalton, Georgia]

Title devised from historical sources. Inscribed on mat: The Snowball Battle near Dalton, Georgia, March 22, 1864. A grand mock Battle between several divisions of Confederate soldiers. Published in: Joseph M. ... More

Camp of 35th New York Volunteers. (Jefferson County Regiment)

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[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag surrounded by sta...

Addressed to Mrs. Wm. Rush, Fredricktown, Knox Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Cairo, Ill., Sep. 12, 1862. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

Vue générale des pyramides / Bonfils. during American Civil War

The Pyramids, three riders on camels in foreground. No. 104. Public domain photograph of Ghiza pyramids, Egypt archaeology, ancient Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bull Run, Virginia Ruins of railroad bridge at Blackburn's Ford]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862, July-August 1862.

Empire Sewing Machine Co., New York / Henry Seibert & Bros., general l...

Views of New York & Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, sewing machines, people sewing by hand and with sewing machines, and transportation by stagecoach and railroad train. Copyright by Empire Sewing Machine Company. ... More

[Private James W. McCulloch of Co. E, 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment ho...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Included in the case are a lock of hair tied with a pink ribbon, a published obituary, and a published poem "My Brother's Grave" by Dan Ashby. Handwritten on poem: "Father"... More

Camp in Monument Garden, Chattanooga during American Civil War

Stereograph showing Union soldiers relaxing in front of their quarters in Monument Garden near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Tennessee River is in the background.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The "Sunken Road" at Antietam, Confederate States of America.

Stereograph showing dead Confederate soldiers in ditch on the battlefield at Antietam, Md. No. 553. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to Alexander Gardner, ... More

10th Rhode Island soldiers / George W. Gavitt, photographer, Westerly,...

Photograph shows three soldiers and two African American children, probably servants, posing in front of a tent. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV24; Servants in the field. "CDV427" and "NE786" writt... More

Antietam, Maryland. Dead soldiers in ditch on the right wing where Kim...

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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Map of eastern Virginia : compiled from the best authorities and print...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Map of the environs of Petersburg from the Appomattox River to the Wel...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Antietam, Md. Blacksmith shoeing horses at headquarters, Army of the ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862.

[Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform]

Case: (front) Berg, no. 1-130; (back) Berg, no. 3-301. 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 h... More

[Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform]

[Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform with revolver]

Case: Berg, no. 3-136. 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

General Braxton Bragg, Confederate States of America.

Braxton Bragg, half-length portrait, facing right. No. 4867. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Pea Ridge march. Respectfully dedicated to Maj. General Franz Sigel, ...

Music cover illustrated with Gen. Sigel at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas.

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). View from south parapet of Fort...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The hill opposite Harper's Ferry and commanding the town

Photograph shows homes and a covered bridge at the bottom of a hill along a river in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

[Fredericksburg, Virginia Wounded from the Battle of the Wilderness]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

Five generations on Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina

Title from caption card and item. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original glass negative is: LC-B811-152.

Charleston, South Carolina. The Orphan Asylum (160 Calhoun Street)

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

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform holding a young child in his la...

Case: Leather geometric. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Published in: The Civil War: A visual history.... More

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform in front of pa...

Case: Leather flowered urn with scroll exterior. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information a... More

Fort Sumter, December 9th 1863, View of South East Angle

Interior view of Fort Sumter having undergone considerable damage. Soldiers sitting amongst rubble, hauling sacks, and climbing a ladder. Ripped flag flying. Exhibit caption: When Confederate forces under Gener... More

[Sharpsburg, Md. Lutheran church], American Civil War Glass Negative.

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862.

Beaufort, South Carolina. Group of negroes on J.J. Smith's plantation

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

Richmond, Virginia. Destroyed Richmond & Petersburg locomotive

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[Portrait of Maj. General Franz Sigel, officer of the Federal Army]

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Camp at Morganza Bend [Louisiana] during American Civil War

No. 3157. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: African American l...

No. 53 (handwritten) and 2554 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

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