Selected service members from Maine and Alabama gather
Selected service members from Maine and Alabama gather in Gettysburg, Pa. In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, units from the two states who share the lineage of these earlier ... More
A fresh Maine balsam wreath adorns the monument to
A fresh Maine balsam wreath adorns the monument to the 5th Maine Battery on cemetery ridge as it stands watch over the Gettysburg battlefield July 15. Similar wreaths lay on every monument to honor fallen Maine... More
Map and profile of the Gettysburg Rail Road as surveyed by order of th...
Survey map and profile of part of Pennsylvania and Maryland from Gettysburg to the Potomac River. Shows relief by hachures along the line, creeks, roads, cities and towns. Chartered on January 9, 1838; construc... More
Hummelbaugh Farm, Pleasonton Avenue, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: The farm house was used by General Alfred Pleasonton of the Union as a headquarters during the Battle of Gettysburg and also as a hospital by U.S. troops. Confederate Gen. William Barksdale died a... More
The following poetical effusion is from the pen of Capt. John Adair, w...
1. Baloon ascensions.; 2. McClellan, John H. 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 163, Folder 58.
Design drawing for woodwork for proposed Chancel changes for Gettysbur...
Sticker: Small Early Blue. Title devised by Library staff. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.
Map of Adams Co., Pennsylvania /
Relief shown by hachures. Annotated in ink: underlines and place name changes. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1858 by M.S & E. Converse..." Imperfect: lacking lower left central portion of ma... More
Map of Adams Co., Pennsylvania /
Exhibition: Maps for an Emerging Nation: Commercial Cartography in Nineteenth-century America, Aug. 8-Oct. 20, 1977, Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1857 by Robert P.... More
[Map of portions of Virginia and Maryland, extending from Baltimore to...
Relief shown by hachures. Date and title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and crayon on tracing cloth mounted on paper. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H9 Available also through the Library of C... More
Little Round Top
Photograph showing view from summit of Little Round Top, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with farms in the distance. Title from item. On recto: The E. N. Pickerill Collection. Accession box no. DLC/PP-1970:253
Gettysburg song.
Illustrated with the "Proposed design for the National Homestead of Gettysburg for soldier's orphans".
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
Lincoln's Gettysburg address at the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.
Printed in black and orange ink.
W.D. Pender, C.S.A., killed at Gettysburg
Photograph shows a half-length portrait of William Dorsey Pender.
[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
The battle-field of Gettysburg. Little Round Top and Round Top
No. 969. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[General Robert E. Lee's headquarters, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]
Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 2394(?).
Confederate dead, Confederate States of America.
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
Gettysburg, battlefield of, Scene of Pickett's charge, 974
Photograph shows clump of trees on left that was point of direction for Pickett's soldiers, monument to 2nd Corps placed near where General Alexander S. Webb was wounded, spot in the center where General Armist... More
General Lee's Headquarters. Mrs. Thompson's house, on Chambersburg Pik...
No. 4067. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Dedication of monument at Gettysburg cemetery
No. 4426. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Battle-field of Gettysburg. Culp's Hill
No. 962. Title from item. Caption continues: The intrenchments (i.e. entrenchments) on side of the hill was the line of Wadsworth's Division. The lunettes in foreground covered the guns of Reynolds, (L, 1st New... More
The battle-field of Gettysburg. Little Round Top
No. 959. Title from item. Different cropping of this image in LC-B817-7318. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Close-up of Union and Confederate soldiers.
This photo shows a close-up of Union and Confederate soldiers engaged in hand to hand combat.
[Group of soldiers, some in uniform and some with crutches, pose in fr...
No. 4411. Title devised by library staff. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half stereograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Arnold's Battery A - 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery fire their guns.
Arnold's Battery A - 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery fires a round into the oncoming Confederate soldiers while a cannon sits in the foreground
The battle-field of Gettysburg. Dead horses of Bigelows (9th Massachus...
No. 955. Title from item. Caption continues: This battery was posted at Abram Trostle's (i.e. Abraham Trossel's) house. In the battle of second day it fought with fixed prolonges until the enemy was within six ... More
Gen. G.G. Meade's headquarters, Gettysburg, American Civil War Glass N...
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Battle-field of Gettysburg. Scene of the charge of the Louisiana Tiger...
No. 961. Title from item. Caption continues: The foreground of the picture is the crest of Cemetery Hill at the point when the assault struck. Hoke's brigade formed behind the rising ground in centre of picture... More
Devil's Den, Gettysburg, American Civil War Glass Negative.
Title from item. Copyright J224990 Aug. 16, 1917. Embossed on image: White Studio, Hanover, Pa. Possibly a copy photograph made from an albumen print of a Brady negative.
Dead on Little Round Top, Gettysburg
Title from item. Copyright J224991 Aug. 16, 1917. Embossed on image: White Studio, Hanover, Pa. Possibly a copy photograph made from an albumen print of a Brady negative.
Battle-field of Gettysburg. Scene of General Reynold's death
No. 966. Title from item. Caption continues: Archer's (Confederate) brigade was advancing to seize the clump of woods on right of picture. General Reynolds ordered Meredith's brigade to repel the attempts, and ... More
Extract from the original (large scale) map of Gettysburg battle field...
Scale 1:2400 ("1" = 200 feet"). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 350.5 Manuscript map drawn on tracing linen of the intersection of the Emmitsburg and Taneytown roads. Depicted are roads, buildings, names of reside... More
Battle of Gettysburg, Penna. Showing positions held 1st and 3rd July 1...
This map of the battlefield at Gettysburg juxtaposes locations of various units on the first and third days of the three-day battle. Most of the fighting on July 1st seems to have taken place to the northwest o... More
Battle of Gettysburg, Penna. Showing positions held 1st and 3rd July 1...
This map of the battlefield at Gettysburg juxtaposes locations of various units on the first and third days of the three-day battle. Most of the fighting on July 1st seems to have taken place to the northwest o... More
Map showing the positions occupied by the Tenth New York Cavalry in th...
Union positions are indicated in black and Confederate positions in red. Description derived from published bibliography. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 346.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More
Col. J. W. Hofmann. 56th Penn. vols. Dear Sir: The "Camp Flag" of your...
On verso: Mc# 09-82-038.342 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 158, Folder 18a.
Confederate soldiers as they fell near the center of the battlefield o...
Title from item. No. 235. Top left photograph on mount with five other photographs. Forms part of Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection)
Plan of the Gettysburg battle ground.
Scale ca. 1:36,500. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 347 Map gives Union positions in black and Confederate positions in red, batteries and lines of fire, roads and streets, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hach... More
Gettysburg from the West
Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)
Battlefield of Gettysburg. Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Li...
No. 96. Title from item. Illus. in: E468.7 .G19, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 40. Photographer and date from image ... More
Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg, PA.
Photograph shows officers of the Sanitary Commission in front of the headquarter in Gettysburg. No. 238. Title from item. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the ... More
Battlefield of Gettysburg. Bodies of dead Federal soldiers on the fiel...
No. 964. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "See also B811-242". Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. II, p. 241". Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner.... More
Dead horses of Bigelow's (9th Massachusetts) Battery
Dead horses on battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; barn in background. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 266.
Interior of breastworks on Round Top, Gettysburg / negative by T.H. O'...
Photograph showing a temporary fortification abandoned by the Union army on the Gettysburg line. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomon... More
Camp on Little River, Va. The march to Gettysburg
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.93) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Map of the Battle of Gettysburg, Penna. : showing positions held July ...
This map shows the disposition of troops on this second day of the battle. The designation "5 p.m." appears slightly to the left of the title. As the fighting began late in the day and continued on well into th... More
Battery H, 1st Ohio Artillery Monument
1 of 20 Mns to Ohio. Indicates position held by Battery July 2, 1863 around 4:00PM. In engagements on 2nd & 3rd July, 1863. Located in National Cemetery, E side upper Cemetery Drive. LF&RF located 65'&63' W-E o... More
Home of a rebel sharpshooter / Alex. Gardner, photographer.
Photograph showing a dead Confederate soldier and his gun. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 41. Copyright by... More
Map shewing [sic] movements of army from 30th June to 1st July 1863 : ...
Indicates the general terrain and disposition of troops around Gettysburg, Pa., as well the fighting northwest of town between the Union's I Corps, under Maj.Gen. John F. Reynolds and Confederate forces under H... More
Gettysburg battle-field. Battle fought at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1st, 2...
Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 321 Inset: Plan of the Soldiers National Cemetery. Uncolored. 6 x 13 cm. Bears a "Proof" mark in the lower left corner. Endorsed (facsim.): I am perfectly satisfied... More
Union army's march on Gettysburg from Frederick, Md.
Regional view shows paths taken by different segments of the Union army on a march from Frederick, Md., to Gettysburg, Pa., as well as the location of the Confederate army units in the vicinity. The Union troop... More
[Four Civil War views showing the Battle of Gettysburg, execution of d...
Attack of the Louisiana Tigers on a battery of the Eleventh Corps Battle of Gettysburg is from a drawing by Alfred R. Waud. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Aug. 8, p. 508-509.
The battle of Gettysburg. The gateway of the cemetery, the center of t...
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.75) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
The battle-field of Gettysburg. McPherson's woods in which Archer's (C...
Photograph shows photographer Mathew Brady standing in the field. No. 953. Title from item. Another print from this negative is in LOT 4167-A, no. 37. Date taken from this item. Hand written on verso: Miller, v... More
Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg. August, 1863
No. B1209. Title from item. See also: HABS, PA, 1-GET, 7-. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg, ...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress... More
Gettysburg July 2nd The Union and Rebel forces in the cemetery.
While purporting to depict a meeting of Union and Confederate forces at Cemetery Hill, this map instead shows in detail the disposition of Union forces on Cemetery and Culp's hills. Of greater interest is the i... More
[Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg,...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863.
Scene of the charge of the Louisiana Tigers. View taken from Cemetery ...
Photo shows the site where confederate infantry commanded by Brigadier General H.S. Hays (the Louisiana Tigers) charged against Union batteries on Cemetery Hill on the evening of July 2nd and broke through the ... More
Seminary nr. Gettysburg used as a hospital, scene of Reynolds fight wi...
Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-143. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1070) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 19th century
Unknown (American)
Battery H, 1st Ohio Artillery Monument
1 of 20 Mns to Ohio. Indicates position held by Battery July 2, 1863 around 4:00PM. In engagements on 2nd & 3rd July, 1863. Located in National Cemetery, E side upper Cemetery Drive. LF&RF located 65'&63' W-E o... More
Map shewing [sic] movements of Union and Rebel armies from 30th June t...
Covers parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, focusing on the Gettysburg area south through Sharpsburg and Frederick City, Md., and ending around Harpers Ferry, Va. [now W.Va.]. At the end of June 1863... More
Battle-field of Gettysburg, Dead horses of Bigelow's (9th Massachusett...
Title from item. No. 4181. Caption continues: This battery was posted at Abram Trostle's house. In the battle of second day it fought with fixed prolonges until the enemy was within six feet of the guns. Nearly... More
Federal dead on the field of battle of first day, Gettysburg, Pennsylv...
Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 242. Variant print in Gardner's Photographic Sketch book of the War, v. 1, p . 36 has the title "A harvest of death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania." Original glass negative is: L... More
Gettysburg, Pa. July 1863. Battlefield of Gettysburg. Woods on left of...
Title from item. Another print from this negative is LOT 4167-A, no. 7.
Gettysburg from the West
Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882)
Map of the Battle of Gettysburg showing positions held July 1st & 3rd ...
In this image Sneden compares troop locations during the first day of the battle with those on the third day. One obvious observation is that the Confederate forces have succeeded in pushing the Union line bac... More
Gettysburg in peace Historic map, Library of Congress
Printed map on which Sneden has indicated the places where his unit (the 40th New York) saw action on the battlefield. "Map showing the location of each monument dedicated or to be dedicated this year on the fi... 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.
Battle-field of Gettysburg. Temporary entrenchments thrown up by the F...
Title from item. No. 968. Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 38. Hand written on verso: Miller, vo... More