A black family entering Union lines with a loaded cart - NARA - 559271
Picryl description: Public domain image of famine, hunger, powerty, refugees, people suffering, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Contraband school - NARA - 529344. American Civil War photograph by Ma...
General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 112 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.
John Reekie (American, active 1860s) - A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Vi...
Public domain reproduction of artwork in Getty Museum, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Black Confed-1
Marlboro, bodyservant to a Confederate soldier.
EB Henderson
Photographic portrait of E.B. Henderson
Blanche Bruce For Vice President
Former slave and then current Senator, Blanche Kelso Bruce, ran for the Republican Vice Presidential nomination on the 1880 Jas. G. Blaine - B.K. Bruce ticket.
Barbara Krauthamer at Civil War Photography Book Fair in 2013
Barbara Krauthamer, Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, discusses her book Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery. Photo by Jeff Reed
Aam in civil war burying dead
"Burying the Dead at Hospital in Fredericksburg, Va." (title from print). Title from Civil War caption book(?): "Fredericksburg, Virginia. Burial of Federal dead." Shows four African American men digging graves... More
Contrabands at Headquarters of General Lafayette by Mathew Brady
Text from below the photo: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Barnard & Gibson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." "Contrabands at Headquarters o... More
A contraband school, ca. 1860-ca. 1865. (111-B-5240)
"Contraband School"Mathew Brady Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jacobs School 1864 - A group of people standing in front of a building
Deutsch: Harriet Jacobs und ihre Tochter Louisa Matilda Jacobs mit Schülern und Schülerinnen vor ihrem Schulgebäude in Alexandria (Virginia) 1864
Cold Harbor burial party
(Cropped and color-corrected by Hal Jespersen. From Library of Congress: TITLE: A burial party on the battle-field of Cold Harbor / negative by J. Reekie ; positive by A. Gardner. CALL NUMBER: Illus. in E468.7... More
Fort monroe doctrine cartoon
Cartoon of Fort Monroe Virginia depicting slaves rushing to the Union held fort for escape during the American Civil War
Minie Rifle Illustration - Harper's weekly journal of civilization
Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
New York State Militia racial inequality 1861
7th New York State Militia (part of the State Defense Forces) in 1861: Only very hesitantly were African-Americans allowed into the federal troops, and even if they were, they usually got only inferior jobs. De... More
Winslow Homer - Army Teamsters (1866, Colby College Museum of Art)
Picryl description: Public domain image related to Wild West, western, cowboys, no copyright restrictions image.
Winslow Homer - Army Teamsters (1866) - Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
93.91; Winslow Homer, American, 1836 - 1910 (Artist); Army Teamsters; 1866; oil on canvas; Unframed: 18 × 28 1/2 in. (45.72 × 72.39 cm)<br/> Framed: 28 1/2 × 39 in. (72.39 × 99.06 cm); Paul Mellon Collection; V... More
A history of the Laurel brigade, originally the Ashby cavalry of the A...
Identifier: historyoflaurelb00mcdo (find matches) Title: A history of the Laurel brigade, originally the Ashby cavalry of the Army of northern Virginia and Chew's battery Year: 1907 (1900s) Authors: McDonald... More
My story of the war - a woman's narrative of four years personal exper...
Identifier: mystoryofwarwoma00live (find matches) Title: My story of the war : a woman's narrative of four years personal experience as nurse in the Union Army : and in relief work at home, in hospitals, camp... More
The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...
Identifier: photographichist02mill (find matches) Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors:... More
The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...
Identifier: photographichist09mill (find matches) Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors:... More
The soldier in our Civil War - a pictorial history of the conflict, 18...
Identifier: soldierinourcivi01lesl (find matches) Title: The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, ... More
Jacobs Free School, founded by Harriet Jacobs - Original
Photograph of the Jacobs Free School, which offered tuition-free schooling to African-American children. Founded by Harriet Jacobs, the school was unique in being both free to use, and run by African-Americans ... More
Recruiting poster for the Massachusetts 54th regiment
Recruiting poster for the Massachusetts 54th regiment, first published by J. E. Farwell & Co, Boston, 1863.
Cold Harbor Battlefield 1864 Crop 1
The Battle of Cold Harbor took place here on June 3, 1864.
127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Photograph showing a portion of the 127th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI). Taken in Delaware, Ohio on Sandusky Street immediately south of the Ft. Delaware Hotel, probably in 1863. The 127th Regiment OV... More
Contraband Camp, formerly used as a Female Seminary
Contraband Camp, formerly used as a Female Seminary.