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To the Hone. Jno. Hancock, Esqre. president of ye Continental Congress...

Scale ca. 1:320,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Indexed for points of interest. Insets with indexes: Plan of Boston and its environs, 1775.--A view of the lines thrown up on Boston Neck; by the min... More

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

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

Original Caption: Mrs. Anderson..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1675..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady... More

Doctor Mary Walker. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Math...

Original Caption: Doctor Mary Walker..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2112..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: ... More

G.P. Buell, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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

John H. Morgan & wife, C.S. A. - Public domain portrait print

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

Gordon Granger, 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

Lt. J.T. Greble, 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

[Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall"] Jackson CSA, American Civil War Photogra...

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

Mary E. Walker. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph showing Civil War surgeon Mary E. Walker in a full-length studio portrait, facing left, hand resting on a book.

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

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

Franklin Buchanan C.S.N., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...

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

Miss Alice Harrison. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mat...

Original Caption: Miss Alice Harrison..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2381..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer:... More

Sister J. Ledwith. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathe...

Original Caption: Sister J. Ledwith..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1696..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: B... More

Mrs. J.L. McKeever. American Civil War. Mathew Brady Glass Negative.

Original Caption: Mrs. J.L. McKeever..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2768..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: ... More

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

Original Caption: Mrs. Santell..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1636..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady,... More

Adm. D.D. Porter, U.S.N., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...

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

General John Aaron Rawlins, 1831-1869, full length, standing at door, ...

Civil War Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

Speed S. Fry, Colonel 4th Ky - Public domain portrait print

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

Colonel Fletcher Webster, 12th Massachusetts. Infantry.

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

Map of the region between Gettysburg, Pa. and Appomattox court house, ...

Relief shown by hachures. Reduced and redrawn version of the index map in the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineer's Military Maps Illustrated the Operations of the Armies of the Potomac & James... ([Washington] War De... More

General Samuel S. Carroll and staff

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: Carrol & Staff. Corresponding print is in LOT 4185. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library ... More

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

Original Caption: Actress..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2571..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, Math... More

Sister Cecilia, Sisters of Mercy.. Female portrait of American Civil W...

Original Caption: Sister Cecilia. Sisters of Mercy..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1702..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..... More

[Cityscape with river] - Public domain portrait drawing

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-84. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.848) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

John Newton, 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

General Pierre G.T. Beauregard, CSA, American Civil War Photograph, Gl...

Public domain portrait photograph, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hiram R. Revels of Miss., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...

African American legislator. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capt. H.B. Nones (Revenue Marine), American Civil War Photograph, Glas...

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

Major [Robert] Anderson's command at Fort Sumter

Nine men in uniform posing, including Capt. Abner Doubleday (1819-1893), originator of baseball, who aimed first shot fired at Confederates in Civil War. Anderson, Robert; Crawford, Samuel, Wylie, 1829-1892; Fo... More

Birds eye view of the seat of war. Arranged after the latest surveys, ...

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.9 "J. Haven, sole agent, 31 Exchange St." printed in the lower right margin. Panoramic map looking South from Baltimore to Cape Henry. Description derived fro... More

Military railroad bridge across Chattanooga Creek, L8536

[Unidentified soldier in Union officer's uniform with sword]

Case: Leather; floral and geometric pattern. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Paul Reede... More

[Unidentified young drummer boy in Union uniform]

Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Paul Brzozowski, Fairfi... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate major's uniform]

Case: Berg, no. 4-66. Attributed to photographer Charles Rees by a former owner, but uncertain. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and unidentified young man sitt...

Case: Leather, floral and scroll design. 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 Fam... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with musket]

Case: Berg, no. 3-269. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) 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

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with fez, backpack, and bedroll...

Case: Leather; oval and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: The Horse Soldie... More

[General John A. Rawlins, left, General U.S. Grant, center, and an uni...

Title devised by library staff. Identification of officers and location from photograph from the same negative in the MOLLUS-MASS Civil War Photographs Collection.

[Lieutenant William Bowen Gallaher of Co. E, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regi...

Photo shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased... More

[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]

Photograph possibly by George H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tid... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with fork, knife, plate, and cu...

Case: Rinhart, no. 141. 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... More

Camp kitchen, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Part of Brady Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Brothers Private William Savage Moore and Private John C. Moore of Ri...

Photograph shows identified soldiers in Confederate uniforms. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/SoldierbiosMoores.html Case: Berg, no. 2-59. Gift; Tom Lilje... More

Eastern view of round house and depot, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

Photograph shows a locomotive moving away from the roundhouse at the Orange & Alexandria railroad yard in Alexandria, Virginia. Telegraph wire insulators on utility pole in foreground. No. 104.

Soldiers' Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows Soldiers' Cemetery which was founded in 1862 and may have been one of the first Civil War cemeteries. No. 187. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J... More

General U.S. Grant. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Full length portrait, standing alongside his horse, facing left. N. 2426. Civil War Photograph Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Civil War Cachets Scrapbook, Envelope 46

[Civil War envelope showing American flag with message "Our nation's p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of stamped postal envelope, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states,...

Print shows Confederate soldiers firing cannons from an artillery battery, bombarding Fort Sumter in the distance.

[Civil War envelope], Confederate States of America.

Addressed to W.R. Clack, Co. B, 43rd Regt. of Tenn. Vols., Chattanooga, Tennessee; bears 3 cent stamp. Found with letter processed as LOT 14043-3, no. 28, and tintype of William R. Clack of Co. B, 43rd Tenness... More

Civil War envelope showing eagle flying with American flag with messag...

Addressed to Miss Julia M. Elliott, care of John Makewen, 55th Street, one door west of Broadway, New York City; postmarked Old Point Comfort, Va.; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

[Envelope addressed to Brig. Gen'l. D. Ruggles, Richmond, Virginia; po...

Handwritten envelope addressed to Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles of Gen. & Staff Confederate States Infantry Regiment; bears 10-cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Lilj... More

[Civil War envelope showing wreath with message "Give this wreath to t...

Addressed to Rachel Ann Taylor, Gum Tree Post Office, Chester County, Penn., care Israel Taylor; postmarked Hyattstown, Md. Notations on recto: Soldier's letter; In haste. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-... More

[Civil War envelope for U.S. Christian Commission showing carrier pige...

Addressed to Miss Jane McDongall, Elmira, Chemung Co. N.Y.; postmarked Washington, D.C.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civi... More

United States volunteers. The "Union guard", accepted by the Secretary...

Civil war posters. 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 123, Folder 24.

The Honorable Jefferson Davis, president-elect of the new southern con...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 March 16, p. 257.

Richard Coulter, Colonel 11th Reg. Bvt. Brig. & Maj. General

Richard Coulter, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 4724.

Dr. C.F. Basford's home guard - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

Below image: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 in the Clerk's Office of the District of the Southern District of Ohio by C.F. Basford. Inscribed in ink at the top of print: "N: 114 filed Ju... More

[Civil War envelope showing sailor waving hat in front of American fla...

Addressed to Mr. Wm. E. Tingley, Harford, Susq. Co., Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 29. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing flying 34-star American flag with message ...

Addressed to Mr. Tilden Upton, Flanders, N. Jersey; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Hartland, [Mic]h. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Ph... More

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with laurel branch atop shield]

Addressed to Miss Sura A. Fuller, Little Valley, Cattarangus Co., New York; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photogr... More

[Civil War envelope showing American flag, cannon, and ships with mess...

Addressed to Mrs. Tirza A. Ingerson, Sycamore, Wyandot Co., Ohio; postmarked Feb. 8, Louisville; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation on verso: Sycomore [sic] Feb. the 16, 1862. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-20... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union shell jacket and forage cap]

Case: Rinhart, no. 54. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj pp/liljunion

War views -- Army of the Potomac -- the way they cook dinner in camp

Photograph shows five Union soldiers, including one African American soldier, sitting and eating in front of tents. No. 2057. Photographer's name from same photograph in New York Public Library Digital Collect... More

[Civil War envelope showing sailor climbing up flagpole to American fl...

Addressed to Miss Adelia Fries, Philadelphia, No. 931 No[r]th Tenth Street; postmarked [Alex]andria, Va.; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation at bottom of envelope: Wm. Birney, Maj., 4 [?] Regt., N.J. Vols. Lines fro... More

[Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad tracks at the foot of Lookout Moun...

Photo by R.M. Cressey. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil War, 1861-1865 RR; Shelf.

[Civil War envelope showing American flags with eagle and stars above ...

Addressed to Miss Mary E. Frank, Harrisburg, Penna.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Corporal Francis Brownell killing James Ja...

Addressed to Wharton Gray, Amenia Termin[al?], Amenia, Du[t]chess, N.Y.; postmarked New York; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

Lieutenant William F. Cochrane of Co. A, 1st Massachusetts Infantry Re...

Photograph shows identified soldier who died of wounds received at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia. Case: Berg, no. 1-30. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) More information about this collection is ava... More

Colonel G.D. Wells, 34th Massachusetts. Inf'y

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified boy in Union uniform with drum]

Case: Berg, no. 1-3S. 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: Caleb Bisacky, September 2014. For... More

Surgical Instruments - A variety of tools are laid out on a white surf...

This file unit contains eight surgical instruments manufactured by the companies George Tiemann & Co. and Henry Schively for use in amputations during the Civil War. The tools included in this file unit are a ... More

Major-Genl. Joseph Hooker. (Fighting Joe) at the Battle of Antietam Se...

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

James River, Virginia. Officers on deck of U.S.S. MONITOR

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

Yorktown, Virginia, May 1862. A scene during the Civil War

No. B-82. Caption continues: (US Army signal corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-82) after a photographer working under the direction of Mathew B. Brady

[Fredericksburg, Virginia?]. Ruins of houses - 19th century Virginia.

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

[Civil War envelope showing woman pouring a drink for a wounded soldie...

Addressed to Miss Fidlia Corwin, Newark, Wayne Co., New York; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library ... More

Map of Hampton to Howard's Bridge, Virginia.

The area depicted includes the York River to the north, the James River to the south and the Hampton/Five Points area to the east.

Map shewing [sic] vicinity of Winchester, Virginia, Potomac, etc.

Shows portions of southern Maryland and northern Virginia emphasizing Winchester, Va. Sneden notes on the map that Winchester was a city that changed hands 46 times during the war. He lists three major battle... More

Plan of Fort Lyon on Eagle Hill above Alexandria, Va.

Shows a detailed drawing of Union Fort Lyon located on Eagle Hill in Fairfax County, Va. This fort was the headquarters for Major General Samuel Peter Heintzelman, U.S.A. NOTE: Researchers will be served a col... More

[Civil War envelope for N.Y. Volunteers, 130th Regiment, U.S. Army]

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of the address side of postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Sketches of roads west of Fredericksburg, Va.].

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil on sheets of ledger paper originally held together with 2 labels, mounted b... More

Battle between the Mexicans and the allied invaders, at the National B...

Ref. copy. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 6, (1862 February 22), p. 124. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Mex Hist 1862; France Hist 1862.

The President, Directors & Co. of the Powow River Bank will pay five h...

Print shows a railroad locomotive with fuel, freight, and passenger cars at top left, with buildings in the background. Circular design with large "D" and "Five Hundred Dollars" appears on lower left corner and... More

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: H...

Seeks office

Engraving of the 1861 bombardment of Fort Sumter

This is a print of an engraving from 1863 depicting the April 1861 bombardment of Fort Sumter.

The effects of the proclamation - freed Negroes coming into our lines ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Feb. 21, p. 116. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nashville--Tenn. and vicinity 1863 /

Sketch map showing fortifications, picket lines, camps of the 105th and 129th Ill. regiments, roads, city streets, railroads, and streams. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink (brown/red/dark blue). Added late... More

General Tom Thumb's grand wedding march, composed by E. Mack. Respectf...

Music sheet cover showing Tom Thumb and wife surrounded by ten other people.

Contrabands building a levee on the Mississippi river, below Baton Rou...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 May 9, pp. 104-105.

The operations near Washington--scene of the fight in front of Fort St...

Illustration showing soldiers behind low wooden barricades; the remains of a building burned to the ground; and the smoke from cannon fire in the background. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v.... More

Sketch of the roads &c near the position of this Div. on the left of t...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S94, 191 Similar to a map in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95, p... More

General Grant's Council of War, Massaponax Church, Virginia

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

Recruiting for the war--scene at the recruiting tents in the park, New...

Group of soldiers, other men and cannon outside recruiting building. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864, March 19, p. 404. Reference copy in LOT 4420-0.

Map showing Genl. Sherman's march from Chattanooga to Atlanta

Map shows an overview of Genl. Sherman's march from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga., in the summer of 1864. Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces. NOTE: Researchers will be ser... More

Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. South view of stockade

No. 8216. Hand written on verso: "Vol. VII, p. 119 (top)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Poe, General, O.M. U.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negati...

A couple of men in uniform standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of Chief Detective Colonel Baker's office, opposite Willard's...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving after W.T. Crane. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20, no. 503 (1865 May 20), p. 133.

[General William Sherman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

2746 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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