Dark artillery, or, How to make the contrabands useful
Cartoon showing Afro-American men with cannons on their backs at Civil War battle scene. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Oct. 26, p. 368, top.
Contrabands Aboard U.S. Ship Vermont, Port Royal, South Carolina
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Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Group of contrabands at Allen's farm ho...
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![Contrabands escaping [by boat] to the United States bark KINGFISHER, off the coast of Florida](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvY29udHJhYmFuZHMtZXNjYXBpbmctYnktYm9hdC10by10aGUtdW5pdGVkLXN0YXRlcy1iYXJrLWtpbmdmaXNoZXItb2ZmLXRoZS1jb2FzdC02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "Contrabands escaping [by boat] to the United States bark KINGFISHER, off the coast of Florida")
Contrabands escaping [by boat] to the United States bark KINGFISHER, o...
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 6, (1862 July 12), p. 444. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
The war in South Carolina - view of the fortifications erected at Hilt...
Illustrations show (top) laborers constructing a Union fort and (bottom) African Americans, mostly women, performing tasks such as doing laundry in a camp for escaped slaves at Hilton Head Island, South Carolin... More
U.S Mail boat dock, Harrison's Landing, James River, Virginia--Floatin...
After a sketch by J.H. Schell. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 Aug. 9, p. 308.
Revival of the old slave laws of Louisiana--a scene in New Orleans--ar...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 March 7, p. 381.
Contrabands building a levee on the Mississippi river, below Baton Rou...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 May 9, pp. 104-105.
![Port Royal Island - 1. Camp Saxton (Smith's plantation) - the new headquarters of the 1st S.C. Vol. (Colored), Colonel Higginson. 2. Mitchelville, the new south village for contrabands, Hilton Head / From sketches by our special artist. Defences of Charleston - the "middle ground" battery, Charleston Harbor / From a sketch by A.P. Palmer, formerly of the Confederate Army. Defences of Charleston - "Folly's battery," near the lighthouse, Charleston Harbor / From a sketch by A.P. Palmer, Co. E, 21st Regt., S.C. (Confederate) Vol. Defences of Charleston - the rebel iron clads in Charleston Harbor - from a sketch [b]y A.P. Palmer, formerly of Company E, 21st Regiment (Confederate) S.C. Vol.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvcG9ydC1yb3lhbC1pc2xhbmQtMS1jYW1wLXNheHRvbi1zbWl0aHMtcGxhbnRhdGlvbi10aGUtbmV3LWhlYWRxdWFydGVycy1vZi10aGUtYmU5M2I4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/56/webp "Port Royal Island - 1. Camp Saxton (Smith's plantation) - the new headquarters of the 1st S.C. Vol. (Colored), Colonel Higginson. 2. Mitchelville, the new south village for contrabands, Hilton Head / From sketches by our special artist. Defences of Charleston - the \"middle ground\" battery, Charleston Harbor / From a sketch by A.P. Palmer, formerly of the Confederate Army. Defences of Charleston - \"Folly's battery,\" near the lighthouse, Charleston Harbor / From a sketch by A.P. Palmer, Co. E, 21st Regt., S.C. (Confederate) Vol. Defences of Charleston - the rebel iron clads in Charleston Harbor - from a sketch [b]y A.P. Palmer, formerly of Company E, 21st Regiment (Confederate) S.C. Vol.")
Port Royal Island - 1. Camp Saxton (Smith's plantation) - the new head...
Illustrations show (top) military camp for 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment, Union regiment of former slaves, and escaped slaves entering the town of Mitchelville; (middle) batteries; and (bottom) iron clad... More
Contrabands coming into camp in consequence of the proclamation / draw...
Illustration shows former slaves sitting in and around a wagon drawn by a mule. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7 (1863 Jan. 31), p. 68. Reference copy in LOT 4422.
![The war in Virginia - contrabands coming in to the Union camp [Blacks in wagon and walking]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXdhci1pbi12aXJnaW5pYS1jb250cmFiYW5kcy1jb21pbmctaW4tdG8tdGhlLXVuaW9uLWNhbXAtYmxhY2tzLWluLXdhZ29uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "The war in Virginia - contrabands coming in to the Union camp [Blacks in wagon and walking]")
The war in Virginia - contrabands coming in to the Union camp [Blacks...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving after drawing by Edwin Forbes. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 18, no. 464 (1864 Aug. 20), p. 340.
Contrabands accompanying the line of Sherman's march through Georgia /...
Four illustrations: contrabands accompaning the line of Sherman's march through Georgia; dead girl(?) on bed and man standing alongside; John Garth and Olivia Ruthermayne seated; Ruthermayne escutcheon (barber supplies).
Contrabands accompanying the line of Sherman's march through Georgia /...
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A United States Army (USA) Task Force Falcon (TFF) soldier checks an e...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Thomas A. Lee, USA Release Status: Released ... More
Contrabands at work repairing the rail road at Stone River battle grou...
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Contrabands at work repairing the rail road at Stone River battle grou...
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Contrabands at work repairing the rail road at Stone River battle grou...
Civil War stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More
Contrabands at work repairing the rail road at Stone River battle grou...
Civil War stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More
Camp of Contrabands, Manchester, Va - NARA - 528955
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Camp of Contrabands, Richmond, Va - NARA - 525135
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Contraband school - NARA - 529344. American Civil War photograph by Ma...
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"The Reliable Contraband."
Print of a man in civilian clothes holding the lead of a pack horse and other items facing two soldiers in the foreground. There is a building, tree, several horses, a tent and a third soldier in the background... More
Embroidery "Contraband 1862," 1862
Embroidery "Contraband 1862," 1862. Paper, wool, 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (24.1 x 18.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Lent anonymously in loving memory of Florence and Bernard Lewis, L2006.5. Creative Commons-BY
A Group of 'Contrabands.' (26973805415)
Title: A Group of 'Contrabands.' Alternative Title: Contrabands on Mr. Toller's Farm, Cumberland, May 14, 1862 Creator: Gibson, James F., 1828- Date: ca.1861-1865 Part Of: Collection of Civil War Era Stereograp... More
Contrabands at Leisure. (26940737076)
Title: Contrabands at Leisure. Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 Date: November 1863 Part Of: Collection of Civil War Era Stereographs Place: Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia Physical Description: 1... More
Mc Pherson & Oliver Regular contraband National Gallery of Art 2018.95...
McPherson & Oliver Regular contraband National Gallery of Art 2018
Frank Leslie's Illustrated News - Contrabands accompanying the line of...
Frank Leslie's Illustrated News - Contrabands accompanying the line of Sherman's march through Georgia
Nurse and spy in the Union Army - DISGUISED AS A CONTRABAND
DISGUISED AS A CONTRABAND.
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
Contraband camp at Harpers Ferry (cropped)
Also see National Park Service marker, [1] Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Contraband camp at Harpers Ferry
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Fort monroe doctrine cartoon
Cartoon of Fort Monroe Virginia depicting slaves rushing to the Union held fort for escape during the American Civil War
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 illustrated London news (1861) (14592944180)
Page from The Illustrated London News, 27 July 1861. The Civil War in America, "Contraband of War". Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 27 July 1861. Paris Fashions for August 1861 Identifier: illus... More
![[Culpeper, Virginia "Contrabands"] - An old black and white photo of two men and a child](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvY3VscGVwZXItdmEtY29udHJhYmFuZHMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/38/webp "[Culpeper, Virginia \"Contrabands\"] - An old black and white photo of two men and a child")
[Culpeper, Virginia "Contrabands"] - An old black and white photo of t...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863. Shows two African American men sitting in front of a tent, one with cigar and the other with a soup ladle.
![[Culpeper, Virginia "Contrabands"] - A black and white photo of a group of men](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvY3VscGVwZXItdmEtY29udHJhYmFuZHMtMS02NDAuanBn/40/36/webp "[Culpeper, Virginia \"Contrabands\"] - A black and white photo of a group of men")
[Culpeper, Virginia "Contrabands"] - A black and white photo of a grou...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863. Shows two African American men sitting in front of a tent, one with cigar and the other with a soup ladle.
Beaufort, S.C., house used as hospital for "contrabands"
Photo shows a two story house which was used as a hospital for fugitive slaves during Union occupation of Beaufort, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Photograph reproduced in: ... More
Beaufort, S.C., house used as hospital for "contrabands"
Photo shows a two story house which was used as a hospital for fugitive slaves during Union occupation of Beaufort, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Photograph reproduced in: ... More
Contrabands at headquarters of General Lafayette
Photograph shows a group of African American refugees with Union soldiers in front of General Lafayette's headquarters at Allen's farm house near Williamsburg Road. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 372. Entered accor... More
Contrabands at headquarters of General Lafayette
Photograph shows a group of African American refugees with Union soldiers in front of General Lafayette's headquarters at Allen's farm house near Williamsburg Road. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 372. Entered accor... More
A group of "contrabands" - 19th century Virginia.
Stereograph showing a group of slaves including men, women and children gathered outside a building at the Foller Plantation in Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey Run, Virginia. No. 383. Part of series: The War for t... More
A group of "contrabands" - 19th century Virginia.
Stereograph showing a group of slaves including men, women and children gathered outside a building at the Foller Plantation in Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey Run, Virginia. No. 383. Part of series: The War for t... More
A group of "contrabands" - 19th century Virginia.
Stereograph showing a group of slaves including men, women and children gathered outside a building at the Foller Plantation in Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey Run, Virginia. No. 383. Part of series: The War for t... More
Contrabands on Mr. Foller's farm, Cumberland, May 14, 1862.
Stereograph showing a group of slaves including men, women and children gathered outside a building at the Foller Plantation in Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey Run, Virginia. No. 383. Part of series: Photographic ... More
Contrabands on Mr. Foller's farm, Cumberland, May 14, 1862.
Stereograph showing a group of slaves including men, women and children gathered outside a building at the Foller Plantation in Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey Run, Virginia. No. 383. Part of series: Photographic ... More
Contrabands, Newport News, 1861
Title inscribed above and below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.672) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Exhibited in: "The President and the Tsar" at the Oshkosh Public Mus... More
Contrabands, Newport News, 1861
Title inscribed above and below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.672) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Exhibited in: "The President and the Tsar" at the Oshkosh Public Mus... More
![[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Group of "contrabands" at Foller's house]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvY3VtYmVybGFuZC1sYW5kaW5nLXZhLWdyb3VwLW9mLWNvbnRyYWJhbmRzLWF0LWZvbGxlcnMtaG91c2UtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/34/webp "[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Group of \"contrabands\" at Foller's house]")
[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Group of "contrabands" at Foller's house...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, The Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.
![[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Group of "contrabands" at Foller's house]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvY3VtYmVybGFuZC1sYW5kaW5nLXZhLWdyb3VwLW9mLWNvbnRyYWJhbmRzLWF0LWZvbGxlcnMtaG91c2UtMS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Group of \"contrabands\" at Foller's house]")
[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Group of "contrabands" at Foller's house...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, The Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.
Contrabands at work repairing the rail road at Stone River battle grou...
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Contrabands at work repairing the rail road at Stone River battle grou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Contrabands at work repairing the rail road at Stone River battle grou...
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Contrabands at work repairing the rail road at Stone River battle grou...
Civil War stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More
![Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Hurlbut, [August 1863] (Contrabands)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLXRvLXN0ZXBoZW4tYS1odXJsYnV0LWF1Z3VzdC0xODYzLWNvbnRyYWJhbmRzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/63/webp "Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Hurlbut, [August 1863] (Contrabands)")
![Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Hurlbut, [August 1863] (Contrabands)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLXRvLXN0ZXBoZW4tYS1odXJsYnV0LWF1Z3VzdC0xODYzLWNvbnRyYWJhbmRzLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Hurlbut, [August 1863] (Contrabands)")
![Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Hurlbut, [August 1863] (Contrabands)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLXRvLXN0ZXBoZW4tYS1odXJsYnV0LWF1Z3VzdC0xODYzLWNvbnRyYWJhbmRzLTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/82/webp "Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Hurlbut, [August 1863] (Contrabands)")
![Mary Todd Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln, [November 3, 1862] (Money to purchase clothes for contrabands; endorsed by Mrs. Lincoln on envelope)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvbWFyeS10b2RkLWxpbmNvbG4tdG8tYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLW5vdmVtYmVyLTMtMTg2Mi1tb25leS10by1wdXJjaGFzZS1jbG90aGVzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/64/webp "Mary Todd Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln, [November 3, 1862] (Money to purchase clothes for contrabands; endorsed by Mrs. Lincoln on envelope)")
![Mary Todd Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln, [November 3, 1862] (Money to purchase clothes for contrabands; endorsed by Mrs. Lincoln on envelope)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvbWFyeS10b2RkLWxpbmNvbG4tdG8tYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLW5vdmVtYmVyLTMtMTg2Mi1tb25leS10by1wdXJjaGFzZS1jbG90aGVzLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/62/webp "Mary Todd Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln, [November 3, 1862] (Money to purchase clothes for contrabands; endorsed by Mrs. Lincoln on envelope)")
![Mary Todd Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln, [November 3, 1862] (Money to purchase clothes for contrabands; endorsed by Mrs. Lincoln on envelope)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvbWFyeS10b2RkLWxpbmNvbG4tdG8tYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLW5vdmVtYmVyLTMtMTg2Mi1tb25leS10by1wdXJjaGFzZS1jbG90aGVzLTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Mary Todd Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln, [November 3, 1862] (Money to purchase clothes for contrabands; endorsed by Mrs. Lincoln on envelope)")
![Mary Todd Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln, [November 3, 1862] (Money to purchase clothes for contrabands; endorsed by Mrs. Lincoln on envelope)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvbWFyeS10b2RkLWxpbmNvbG4tdG8tYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLW5vdmVtYmVyLTMtMTg2Mi1tb25leS10by1wdXJjaGFzZS1jbG90aGVzLTMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "Mary Todd Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln, [November 3, 1862] (Money to purchase clothes for contrabands; endorsed by Mrs. Lincoln on envelope)")
A group of "contrabands". American Civil War 1861-1865.
Stereograph showing a group of seven African American men, former slaves, dressed in old Union uniforms standing in front of a wagon and shack. No. 2594. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War ... More
A group of "contrabands". American Civil War 1861-1865.
Stereograph showing a group of seven African American men, former slaves, dressed in old Union uniforms standing in front of a wagon and shack. No. 2594. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War ... More
A group of "contrabands". American Civil War 1861-1865.
Stereograph showing a group of seven African American men, former slaves, dressed in old Union uniforms standing in front of a wagon and shack. No. 2594. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War ... More
A group of "contrabands". American Civil War 1861-1865.
Stereograph showing a group of seven African American men, former slaves, dressed in old Union uniforms standing in front of a wagon and shack. No. 2594. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War ... More