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[Union soldiers lined up in two rows in front of tents]

Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mi... More

Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. Capt. J.B. Howard, Office of Assistant Q...

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Falmouth, Virginia. Officers of 61st New York Infantry

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Officers of 80th New York Infy. (20th N.Y.S.M.)

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Dutch Gap Canal, James River - Early photography, Public domain image

Egbert Guy Fowx (American, born 1821) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and sa... More

Spare cartridges - Public domain drawing

A soldier taking cartridge pouch from dead soldier; others shooting in background. (Probably drawn after war-time pencil sketch, for postwar illustrated publication.) Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.6... More

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

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Petersburg, Virginia. Surgeons of 4th Division, 9th Army Corps

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Petersburg, Virginia. Capt. John S. Crawford, 114th Pennsylvania Infan...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Capt. Crawford, 114th Penn. Infantry, August 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4191. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of... More

Army forge in front of Petersburg, Virginia

No. 4139. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. II, pl. 77. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Dead of Ewell's Corps, Spotsylvania, May 1864

No. 722. See also: LOT 4168, no. 11. Brady-Handy Collection. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, ... More

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Gun with crew on Morris Island

Caption from negative sleeve: "Swamp Angel" at Morris Island, S.C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photog... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Signal Corps camp near Georgetown

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Execution of the Conspirators - Early photography, Public domain image

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Petersburg, Virginia. Detachment of U.S. Engineers

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[Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity)]. General Martin D. Hardi...

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Arlington, Virginia. Batteries in Fort No. 2 Fort Whipple

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General Grant & staff - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Funeral procession for a fallen comrade

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office. Group title: Gen. Siberia. Used in: Ms. 12317 Ex. Mag. Bureau. ... More

Libération de Paris - 25 ou 27 août 1944 - Exhumation d'une fosse cont...

"27 août 1944 Les corps des gardiens de la paix fusillés le 20 Août sont retrouvés au Luxembourg." (Inscribed title) Inscription concernant l'épreuve - Au recto de l'image, en bas à droite, manuscrit au crayon... More

West African soldiers participating in Exercise Western

West African soldiers participating in Exercise Western Accord 2012 roll out concertina wire to created a hasty vehicle checkpoint during an entry control point demonstration. For the multi-week, multi-lateral ... More

A combined team of Philippine and U.S. Navy engineers

A combined team of Philippine and U.S. Navy engineers smooth out the walls of a fixed water tank at the Looc Elementary School. The project is one of eight engineering civic action projects (ENCAP) being perfor... More

James River, Virginia. Fortifications to the right, Fort Brady

Caption from negative sleeve: Fort Brady. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2314B) and right (LC-B811-2314A) halves of a stereograph pair; with variant view plate (LC-B811-2314C). Corresponding print is in LOT 4166... More

Fredericksburg, Virginia Soldiers filling canteens - 19th century Virg...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Stereo filed in LOT 4172. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, W... 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. Gun on the Point Battery

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

Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, vicinity. Body of a Confederate so...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Stereo filed in LOT 4168. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, W... 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

Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, vicinity. Body of a Confederate so...

Petersburg, Virginia Heavy gun mounted on inner line of Confederate fo...

Sgt. Christopher A. Betts, from Carrollton, Ga., a

Sgt. Christopher A. Betts, from Carrollton, Ga., a Civil Affairs Group Marine with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment catches a soccer ball from an local child Karmah, Iraq, on November 1, 2007.Civil Affairs Gr... More

Trinidad Army Staff Sgt. Joel Allen view the line of

Trinidad Army Staff Sgt. Joel Allen view the line of Guatemalan citizens awaiting to in-process during a medical readiness exercise at San Padro, Guatemala, May 16, 2016. Task Force Red Wolf and Army South cond... More

A Moroccan soldier engages with local children during

A Moroccan soldier engages with local children during the Burkinabe led Medical Civil Action Program event in a village on the outskirts of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso February 25, 2019. The event was assisted... More

Nisha St. Catherine, a representative from the Minitstry

Nisha St. Catherine, a representative from the Minitstry of Health, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Adonis Duarte, a civil affairs specialist attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), escort patien... More

Airman 1st Class Taylor Tompkins, 31st Civil Engineer

Airman 1st Class Taylor Tompkins, 31st Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordinance Disposal journeyman, participates in small unit tactics training March 1, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. EOD is a joint force... More

Airmen with the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer

Airmen with the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron lay sod at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 4, 2016. Civil engineer Airmen laid 34 pallets of sod outside the Soundside Club to replace dead grass. (U.S.... More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 assemble

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 assemble a U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency-provided emergency shelter for residents of Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 9, 2018. Mar... More

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Baltimore City Mayor

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Baltimore City Mayor Jack Young, and members of the Maryland Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, assist with food distribution at the Greenmount Recreati... More

An Iraqi police officer conducts searches of persons

An Iraqi police officer conducts searches of persons entering the Karmah Primary Health Care Clinic, Karmah, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2008. U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment; Regimental Combat Team 1; ... More

The Maryland National Guard supported civil authorities

The Maryland National Guard supported civil authorities to assist in the stand up and operations of a new Covid-19 testing site at Lake Clifton Park in Baltimore today. 48 appointments were scheduled for the f... More

Sgt. Christopher A. Betts, from Carrollton, Ga., a

Sgt. Christopher A. Betts, from Carrollton, Ga., a Civil Affairs Group Marine with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, jokes with local children in Karmah, Iraq on Nov. 1, 2007. Civil Affairs Group Marines cond... More

Air commandos with the 27th Special Operations Civil

Air commandos with the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron practice putting out an aircraft fire during an exercise Aug. 14, 2015, at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. Air commandos conducted joint fire t... More

Sgt. 1st Class Cheylynn Currie 71st Theater Information

Sgt. 1st Class Cheylynn Currie 71st Theater Information Operation Group out of Austin Texas and Pvt. Diego Sanches Guatemalan Soldier engages community members while discussing the benefits of Beyond the Horizo... More

U.S. Civil War Q44194 - An old photo of a soldier laying in a trench

U.s. Civil War. U. S. Civil War. Scenes, people and incidents of the American Civil War

Battery on drill - NARA - 529077. American Civil War photograph by Mat...

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Col. James P. McMahon and group at headquarters of 164th N.Y. Inf. - N...

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Company 170th N.Y. Infantry - NARA - 524690

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Group of 4th Infantry, Mich - NARA - 529448

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Group of 7th Infantry - NARA - 527686

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Group of 7th Infantry - NARA - 529806

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Group of officers. 16th Pa. Cavalry - NARA - 526386

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Group Zouave - NARA - 527542. American Civil War photograph by Mathew ...

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Inside of fort - NARA - 525055. American Civil War photograph by Mathe...

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Pvt. Kisskadden, 23rd N.Y. Volunteers - NARA - 529539

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Three "Johnnie Reb" prisoners captured at Gettysburg. There were hardl...

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Vangittuja punaisia Tampereella (26364615374)

Kuvauspaikka on Hämeenkatu 25. CC-BY Tampere 1918, kuvaaja tuntematon, Vapriikin kuva-arkisto. Finnish Civil War 1918, Photographer unknown, Vapriikki Photo Archives.

The Union Line before Petersburg, Virginia, during the long siege. Thi...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers in fortified trenches. No. 756. Corrected title, date, and photographer from record for original negative. Copyright 1904 by John C. Taylor. Forms part of: Civil War Photogra... More

Germans in Helsinki 1918 (3) during World War I

1918 Finnish Civil War: German Baltic Sea Division marching to Helsinki. Suomi: Saksalaiset marssimassa Helsinkiin 1918 Mannerheimintiellä.

[Brandy Station, Virginia Guard mount of 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

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

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

Confederate prisoners at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, captured with ...

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Miners Hill, Virginia. Review of 17th New York Infantry. (vicinity, Fa...

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Capture of Fort Harrison on the Chaffins Farm line of Works

Measured grid drawn in pencil over image to aid engravers. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed lower left: Troops in column of Division; The Brushwood nearly breast-high. Inscribed lower right: Troops formed ... More

Last stand of the Army of Virginia, commanded by General Lee / Edwin F...

Near Hagerstown, Md., after the Battle of Gettysburg. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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Sheridans army following Early up the Valley of the Shenandoah

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harpers Weekly, Oct. 22, 1864, p. 681. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.158) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawing... More

[Johnsonville, Tenn. Camp of Tennessee Colored Battery]

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General Ingalls, 4th New-York Artillery, loading a cannon / Negative b...

Stereograph shows General Rufus Ingalls loading a cannon as soldiers from 4th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment stand by at Fort Corcoran, Arlington, Virginia. Corresponding glass negative: LC-B811-2341A, left... More

[Cold Harbor, Virginia Photographer's wagon and tent]

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

Three "Johnnie Reb" Prisoners, captured at Gettysburg, 1863

Photo shows three Confederate prisoners on Seminary Ridge, on or about July 15, 1863, with the town of Gettysburg, Pa., in the background. (Source: Frassanito, p. 71) Part of series:The War for the Union. Phot... More

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

[Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, vicinity. Body of a Confederate s...

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

Cavalry marching out of Harpers Ferry

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: 1864. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.481) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file E. Forms part of... More

Staff officers at headquarters 6th Army Corps near Brandy Station, Vir...

No. B304. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Fort Johnson, James Island, sho...

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Collecting remains of the dead - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing skeletal remains of Union soldiers and their clothing piled on a stretcher. Two men in the distance collect remains of the dead on a battlefield months after the battle near Cold Harbor, Vir... More

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

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The "sunken road" at Antietam. [View of Confederate dead in a trench.]

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Grant telegraphing the news of the crossing of the river Rapidan--May ...

Title inscribed above image. This drawing probably traced from Waud no. 432, with more background detail filled in. Gift; J.P. Morgan; 1919; (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.433). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

A lull in the fight - Public domain scan / drawing

Part of "Life studies of the great army." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.328) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Camp on Morris Island, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows soldiers and tents. No. 4973. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views in Charleston Harbor, S.C. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Harrison's Landing, Virginia Colonel Albert V. Colburn, Colonel Delos...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Washington, District of Columbia. 9th U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps

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Dead Confederates collected for burial, Confederate States of America.

No. 722. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

The siege of Yorktown, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph shows Union soldiers mounting 13-inch mortars in Federal Battery No. 4 along the line in Yorktown, Virginia. No. 375. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Att... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B867. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady ... More

The battle of Antietam--Charge of Burnside 9th Corps on the right flan...

Includes numerical key. Reproduced as wood engraving in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, Oct. 11, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.337) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Union fortifications, Yorktown, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph shows Union soldiers mounting 13 inch mortars in Federal Battery No. 4 along the line in Yorktown, Virginia. No. 455. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Att... More

[James River, Virginia Work party and mortars at "Butler's Crow's Nest...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Three Confederate prisoners], Pennsylvania, ...

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

[Charleston, S.C. Guns of Fort Johnson; Fort Sumter in distance]

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Confederate artillery near Charleston, S.C., 1861

Photograph showing Confederate soldiers around a cannon. No. 4389. Mounted with four other photographs. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 9, p. 49 (top)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Dead soldiers lying side by side in a field]

Photograph shows dead Confederate soldiers at the southwestern edge of the Rose Woods, probably on July 5th or 6th, 1863 (Source: Early photography at Gettysburg / by William A. Frassanito. Gettysburg, Pa. : Th... More

Cumberland Landing, Virginia. City of tents. Encampment of the Army of...

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Culpeper, Virginia. Colonel William R. Brewster, 73d New York Infantry...

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Bealeton, Virginia. Company K, 93d New York Infantry. (Morgan Rifles)

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Petersburg, Virginia. Company C, 1st Massachusetts Cavalry at Army of ...

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Outer line of Confederate fortifications, in front of Petersburg, Virg...

No. B114. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).

[Four Officers], 19th century - Public domain scan / print

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882... More

Confederate prisoners captured at cavalry fight at Aldie, Virginia, Ju...

No. 4215. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 34. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 7, p. 169". Gift; C... More

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