1863, history

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

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The head of the canal, opposite Vicksburg, Miss., now being cut by com...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 March 28, pp. 8-9.

Bealeton, Virginia. Officers of Signal Corps. Headquarters, Army of th...

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Charleston Harbor and its approaches showing the positions of the Rebe...

Scale ca. 1:30,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 382 Another issue. Shows roads, railroads, houses, vegetation, a street plan of Charleston, drainage, soundings, and shoals. Enlarged issue covering all of James... More

New map of the seat of war in Virginia and Maryland

Scale ca. 1:360,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 477 Map of eastern Virginia and Maryland showing the location and date of battles, forts, roads, railroads, towns, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description... More

Battle-field & environs of the city of Fredericksburg.

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Bealeton, Virginia. Company E, 93d New York Infantry

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Skirmish at Auburn, Virginia, Octr. 14th 1863

This map depicts a minor skirmish near Catlett's Station, Fauquier County, Va., part of the Bristoe Campaign. Union forces, including the 20th Indiana, 3rd Maine, and 40th New York regiments, are arrayed on a h... More

View of cavalliere [i.e., cavalier] taken from Central Gap, Port Hudso...

Photograph shows fortification constructed of stacked barrels. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Vendue Range, Charleston, S.C.--The building on the left is where the ...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3070. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3070. Brady-Handy Collection.

William H. Lambert, Capt. 33rd N.J. Infantry., U.S.A.

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Map of supplementary reconnaissance of the approaches to Philadelphia ...

Sketch of Banks Ford. - Public domain vintage map

Shows fortifications and names of some residents on the Rappahannock above Fredericksburg. Relief shown by hachures. Date and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) on ... More

A torpedo exploding under the "Montauk," in the Ogeechee River [Dest]r...

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Group at transportation office, Aquia Creek, Virginia

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2nd attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia

Also shown is the result of an attack by Union Gen. William B. Hazen's 2nd Division, 15th Corps, 1864 December 13, which succeeded in taking the garrison. Shows a portion of Big Ogeechee River and indicates the... More

Map shewing [sic] advance of 6th Army Corps (Genl. John Sedgwick U.S.A...

In January of 1863 Joseph Hooker replaced Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac. His first order of business was to dislodge R. E. Lee from his position outside of Fredericksburg. Hooker envi... More

[Morris Island, South Carolina], American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. General George G. Meade's headquarters

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[Private John J. Rhodes of Company K, 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment, ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather quatrefoil and scroll. (Case damaged and not retained by Library of Congress.) Copy photo made by LC in 1961 is in Civil War Reference File. Gift; Robert H. S... More

Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission, Brandy Station, Virginia 1864...

No. 4202. Alternate title and date from Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866... More

Company I, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Falmouth, Virginia, June 1863

Photograph shows "Rush's Lancers" with Capt. J. Starr and Lt. F. Furness seated in front. No. 140. Additional information from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gar... More

Drum Corps of 61st New York Infantry, Falmouth, Virginia, March, 1863

Group portrait of 14 boys posed with drums. No. 520. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original glass negative is: LC-B817-7520.

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

The war in Virginia - Explosion of a torpedo under the Commodore Barne...

Masthead and illustration of the Union gunboat Commodore Barney blown in air by torpedo (underwater mine). Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 16, no. 413 (1863 Aug. 29), p. 357.

Captain Craig of Flints staff. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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[Hugh W. Mercer, of Georgia, Brigadier General, C.S.A., half-length po...

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Destruction of bridge telegraph tanks Etc. in Warrenton Junction

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: hoops of tanks on front. Formerly Waud no. B-6. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.771) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Map of operations of the Yazoo Pass expedition under command of Lt. Co...

Scale ca. 1:225,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 269.5 From Report of the Secretary of the Navy, with an appendix, containing reports from officers. December, 1863 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1863... More

The war in the southwest - Adjutant-General Thomas addressing the Negr...

Print shows a large crowd of African American men, women, and children, some wearing military uniforms, listening to Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas speak "on the duties and responsibilities of freedom."

Works thrown up near Rappahannock R.R. Bridge

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below image: Bridge on fire. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 7, 1863, p. 716 as: Works thrown up near the Railroad Bridge over the Rappah... More

Map of a part of Brunswick County, N.C.

"Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map... More

Map of Louisa County, Virginia. - Public domain old map

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Map of New Kent, Charles City, James City and York counties.

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[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Copy negative was made from a photograph in a private collection. Ostendorf, no. 77 Meserve, 59 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p.... More

Repairing Orange and Alexandria Railroad near Catlett's Station, after...

No. 448. 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 an... More

The battle fields and military positions in eastern Virginia, from sur...

Scale ca. 1:450,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 480 "Presented by the Home Insurance Compy of New York." Inset: [Map of northern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania] 16 x 32 cm. Gives name... More

[Civil War envelope showing woman holding flag with message "For the U...

Addressed to Mrs. Elizabeth D. Stebbings, Waterloo, Seneca County, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

Washington, D.C., April 1865 [i.e. 1863?]

Photograph showing bird's-eye view of the Smithsonian Institution building in the near distance with the Capitol building in the background. No. B1133. Date of 1863 and attribution to Mathew Brady Studio based... More

[Morris Island (vicinity), South Carolina. The "Marsh Battery" or "Swa...

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Culpeper, Virginia (vicinity). Residence of John Minor Botts

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The War in Tennessee--Union pickets approached by Rebels in cedar bush...

Two Union soldiers in foreground being approached by three Rebels camouflaged in bushes.

Virginia. Headquarters, New York Herald. Army of the Potomac

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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

Washington, District of Columbia. Ambulance train at Harewood Hospital...

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Map of Surry, Sussex and Southampton counties, Virginia. /

"Chief Engineers Office D.N.V. Colonel J.F. Gilmer Chief Engineer."--appears above title. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virgi... More

Castle Murray, near Auburn, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. po...

Photograph showing soldiers and their tents in front of the residence of Dr. Murray, a stone building called "the Castle." Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washingt... More

First blow for liberty - Public domain engraving

Print show scene at the Battle of Lexington, 1775. Engraving after a painting by F.O.C. Darley.

[Album dedication to Mrs. Eugenia Berry Mahon]

Handwritten dedication to album of cartes de visite from: Mrs. E. Pane Russell, Uls[ter] Co., N.Y.; Mrs. Rebecca R. Pomroy, Chel[s]ea, Mass.; Miss Caroline A. Burghardt, Grt. Bar[rington], Mass.; Miss Mary A. C... More

[Sketch of portions of seacoast of South Carolina & Georgia

Map showing the entrenchments around Wilmington /

Scale 1:7,920; 8 in. to 1 mile. Manuscript; pen-and-ink, watercolor, and pencil. Copy imperfect: Ink stained. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the upper left. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 317... More

Dr. Murray's house near Auburn, Virginia

Photograph shows soldiers outside of their tents at Army headquarters. No. 4209. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. ... More

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. View from Commissary Department

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Sketch of Fort Fisher - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:1500. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 312 Large-scale plane of the fort showing the position, type and size of guns, and the location of "torpedoes," roads, buildings, rifle pits, telegraph station, ve... More

Upper Potomac from McCoy's Ferry to Conrad's Ferry and adjacent portio...

Scale ca. 1:130,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 245.15 Map, without border, extends from Frederick, Maryland, west to Winchester, Virginia, and Hagerstown, Maryland, south to Front Royal, Virginia. Depicted a... More

General Custer and General Pleasanton, Warrenton, Virginia, October 18...

Photograph shows Brigadier General George A. Custer and Major General Alfred Pleasonton seated together. No. 371. Photographer information from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery ... More

Difficulties of a working general among the bayous Bayou navigation in...

Four illustrations: men poling a flatboat; man seated on shore; soldiers along bayou; and a steamboat. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 328 (1863 April 11), p. 225. DCRM(G) example 1F1.1 - Material without... More

The siege of Vicksburg, its approaches by Yazoo Pass and other routes

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Body of Confederate sharpshooter

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Bealeton, Virginia. Capt. Cunningham of General T.F. Meagher's staff

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Falmouth, Virginia. A muss at headquarters, Army of the Potomac

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Home in Charleston, S.C., American Civil War Glass Negative.

Ruins of home in Charleston, South Carolina and another house in background. Photograph by Haas and Peale. No. 46.

The battle of Raymond / sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.

Illustrations showing views of different stages of the Battle of Raymond. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 337 (1863 June 13), p. 372.

The Invasion of the North - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania / from a sketch b...

View of the city from across Susquehanna River. Reference copy in LOT 4416G (1863). Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 July 18, p. 461.

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union cavalry uniform with s...

Case: Berg, no. 1-52. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth, Va., 2011[?]. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Lib... More

Jeff Davis's last appeal to arms

Jefferson Davis making address to soldiers missing arms and legs. Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, 1863.

The Army of the Potomac in huts / / sketched by Theodore R. Davis. The...

Top illustration shows soldiers marching in front of log huts and one soldier cutting logs. Bottom illustration shows two black teamsters lashing each other with whips. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Jan. 17, p. 33.

Skirmish at Triune - Newspaper, public domain, Library of Congress

Newspaper clipping reporting a battle at Triune, Tennessee, on June 11, 1863. Letter found with clipping processed as LOT 14043-3, no. 25; envelope found with clipping processed as LOT 14043-3, no. 27. Gift; T... More

The head of the canal, opposite Vicksburg, Miss., now being cut by Com...

Print shows Union troops and contrabands constructing a canal near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 16, no. 391 (1863 March 28), p. 8-9.

Culpeper, Virginia. Lt. Williston and horse. U.S. Horse Artillery

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Battlefield of Gettysburg. Bodies of dead Federal soldiers on the fiel...

No. 964. 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. Washington, D.C... More

Plan of the Battle of Kelly's Ford, Va. : fought 7th November 1863.

Focuses on a small portion of the Rappahannock River close to the line dividing Culpeper and Fauquier counties, Va., and about 8 miles (as indentified by Sneden) from Brandy Station where the Battle of Kelly's ... More

The war in Texas - The city of Matamoras, Mexico, opposite Brownsville...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Dec. 5, p. 173.

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp]

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Chattanooga A chart of the battle between the forces of Gens. Grant an...

Detail of a printed map to which Sneden has added color and arrows to highlight the lines of Union advance on Missionary Ridge (Sherman's forces from the north on the Confederate right and Hooker's from the sou... More

One cause, one country - 45th Regt. U.S. Colored Troops

Regimental flag depicting African American soldier, representing the 45th United States Colored Troops, standing next to bust statue of George Washington. On verso: D.B. Bowser - Artist - No. 481 North 4th St. ... More

The line of the Rappahannock, 30th April 1863 Showing position of Unio...

This map shows the location of the two armies on the eve of the Chancellorsville Campaign. Union Gen. Hooker has moved his forces via Kelly's Ford into position south of the Rappahannock near Chancellorsville, ... More

The Rappahannock looking towards Falmouth R.R. Station

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 28, 1863, pp. 200-201. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.699) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil W... 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

[Folly Island, South Carolina. Bomb and splinter proof of General Gill...

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Battle-field of Gettysburg. The cemetery gate

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

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Map of Fluvanna Co. Va. - Public domain vintage map

"Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map... More

Approaches to Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, on the Arkansas River : cap...

Annotated in pencil on verso: Approaches to Fort Hindman, Arkansas River, January 11, 1863. Shows Fort Hindman and adjacent areas of the Arkansas River. From the Joseph R. Hawley papers in LC Manuscript Divisio... More

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp]

A couple of men standing on top of a sandy beach. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meeting of Union and Rebel pickets in the Rappahannock / sketched by M...

Illus. from: Harper's weekly, 1863. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Confederate soldiers as they fell near the center of the battlefield o...

No. 235. Top left photograph on mount with five other photographs. Forms part of Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) wa... More

Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863.

Shows the Union troops surrounding the Confederate fortified city of Vicksburg, Miss., with blockades and forces on both sides of the Mississippi River. Shows the locations of outlying Confederate forts and oth... More

[Civil War envelope with "God save the Union"]

Addressed to Father & Mother, Centerville, Allegeny Co., New York, from Mervin; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

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

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Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia (vicinity). Headquarters, Army of the Pot...

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The leisurely pursuit. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

Wagons and tents of General Mead's Army at the Potomac River, Berlin, Maryland, eighteen days after the Battle of Gettysburg. K25630 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: "Brady photo."

First train across Bull Run Bridge, spring of 1863 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows United States Military Railroad train going over Bull Run Bridge. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger an... More

Position of Union and Rebel forces, Oct. 14, 1863

Map shows Union troops on the road running parallel to the Orange and Alexandria railroad. Just past Bristoe Station, as Union troops crossed Broad Run, a Confederate battery emerged from woods north of the ra... More

Evacuation of Aquia Creek / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A...

Photograph showing ships loaded with supplies in Aquia Creek. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 33. Copyright... More

Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg, PA.

Photograph shows officers of the Sanitary Commission in front of the headquarter in Gettysburg. No. 238. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the ga... More

Sketch of the vicinity of the falls of Caney Fork of Cumberland River,...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows parts of Warren and Van Buren counties, Tennessee, indicating rivers, falls, roads, houses and names of residents and woodland. Sun print. Description derived from published bibl... More

Culpeper, Virginia. General George G. Meade's horse, "Baldy"

A man standing next to a horse in a field. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Morris Island, South Carolina. First Parallel]

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Bealeton, Virginia. General Marsena R. Patrick's headquarters

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