gunboat, civil war

Gunboat Union - Public domain drawing

Broadside view. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.57) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Two sketches: Stonemans battery opens. The gunboat porter?]

Artillery unit in battle and broadside view of steamship.

U.S. gunboat Pittsburg - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3136. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 148". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Lafayette, Mississippi River Fleet

No. 4584. 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

U.S. gunboat Osage - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3126. Hand written on mount: "Lt. Comdr. Thos. O. Selfridge". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Meteor [i.e. Cricket] during American Civil War

No. 3145. Correction to title made on card mount comparing images of the two gunboats. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Gunboat "Mendota", Deep Bottom, James River, Virginia

No. B241. 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

U.S. gunboat Milwaukee - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3131. Caption continue: Mississippi River fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Queen City - An old photo of a boat in the water

No. 3147. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Silver Cloud - An old photo of a boat in the water

No. 3149. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Cited in Fighting for Time: the Image of War, vol. 4, p. 334. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Mendota, James River, Virginia

No. B239. 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

U.S. gunboat Ozark - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3124. 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

Officers on deck of U.S. gunboat Commodore Barney

No. B182. 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

U.S. gunboat "47" - A group of men standing on a dock next to a boat

No. 3146. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Lafayette - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 3143. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

(River gunboat), gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback

No. B699. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Commodore Barney - A large boat floating on top of a lake

No. B115. 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

Officers on deck of U.S. gunboat Miami

No. B82. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 6, p. 199". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Kickopee - An old photo of a boat on the water

No. 3138. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Lexington [i.e. Tyler] - Mississippi River Fleet

Photograph shows a Union timberclad, the U.S.S. Tyler. No. 3122. Cited in Miller, vol. I, p. 203, as the U.S.S. Tyler. "U.S. Army Military History Institute also identifies it as (U.S.S) Tyler" inscribed on ve... More

Wreck of U.S. gunboat Indianola - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3117. 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

U.S. gunboat Tyler - Mississippi River Fleet

Photograph shows a Union timberclad, the U.S.S. Tyler. No. 3127. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. I, p. 189". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Gunboat "Commodore Perry", James River, Virginia

No. 4274. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat General Grant, Tennessee River

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Tennessee, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. gunboat Benton. Warship photograph collection

No. 3137. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Black Hawk - An old photo of a steamboat boat in the wate...

No. 3140. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback

No. B675. Mounted with five other photographs. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 6, p. 315". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Black Hawk - An old photo of a boat in the water

No. 3141. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Officers and crew on deck of gunboat Agawam, James River, Virginia

No. B261. 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

U.S. gunboat Agawam and the monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B81. 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

U.S. gunboat Cricket - An old photo of a boat in the water

No. 3142. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Choctaw - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3116. 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

Gunboat "Perry" on the James River

Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. gunboat Essex - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3134. 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

U.S. gunboat Milwaukee - A black and white photo of a boat in the wate...

No. 3139. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Gunboat on the Mississippi - A black and white photo of people on a bo...

Part of the Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mathais Point. Death of Capt. Ward on board the Thomas Freeborn gunboa...

Picryl description: Public domain historical book on American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. gunboat Peosta - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3133. Cited in: The South Besieged: The Image of War, vol. 5, p. 49. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Cairo - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3135. Copy neg., LC-B8184-3135, not made from this print. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Commodore Barney(?) during American Civil War

No. B113. 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

[Sailors and a cannon on deck of a gunboat]

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scenes in the Brooklyn Navy-Yard: Gunboat on the Stocks

Men building gunboat. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1861 Aug. 24, p. 534. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397-I (oversize). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NYC, N... More

U.S. gunboat Benton. Warship photograph collection

No. 3148. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi RIver Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback

No. B708. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Vindicator. Warship photograph collection

No. 3144. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The war in Georgia -- Reconnoissance of a detachment of national troop...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 13, no. 336 (1862 April 19), p. 376.

[James River, Virginia Deck of iron-clad gunboat Galena, showing stack...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Gunboat COMMORDORE MCDONOUGH - Public domain image of a steam boat

Broadside view; Union soldiers sitting in rowboat in foregrd. Hilton Head, South Carolina, 1863. Photo by Haas & Peale. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil ... More

The United States gunboat INDIANOLA (Ironclad) running the blockade at...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 7, (1863 March 7), p. 149. File print in LOT 4416E (1863). Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Gunboat Tyler, where W.W. Stuart served during the Civil War

Photograph shows timberclad steamer gunboat USS Tyler with crew on deck. Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photograph... More

Fredericksburg, Virginia. Gunboat YANKEE - 19th century Virginia.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Monroe, Virginia. Gunboat SANTIAGO DE CUBA off Fort Monroe

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[U.S. gunboat "Mendota" in James River, near Dutch Gap Canal; Peterbur...

No. 2541. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Civil War Gunboats; U.S. History Petersburg Campaign; Civil War Navy, U.S. Vessels; Civil War Campaigns Petersburg; Ships... More

Gunboat Mendota on James River, Virginia, August, 1864

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 and salt, w... More

A little game of bagatelle, between Old Abe the rail splitter & Little...

The contest for the presidency in 1864 is depicted as a game of bagatelle (a game similar to pool) between Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln and Democrat George B. McClellan. Lincoln (left) holds a cue "Bal... More

The gunboat candidate at the Battle of Malvern Hill

Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan is lampooned as an incompetent military leader. He sits in a saddle mounted on the boom of the Union ironclad vessel "Galena." The print recalls two p... More

A little game of bagatelle, between Old Abe the rail splitter & Little...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Little Mack and his party "going up" Salt River on a gunboat. Terrific...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dutch Gap Canal, Virginia (vicinity). Confederate gunboat sunk in the ...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Deck of gunboat "Hunchback", 1865(?) during American Civil War

U.S. Army Signal Corps 1921 Brady Photographs Catalogue no. B-6199.

U.S. gunboat ST. LOUIS during American Civil War

Illus. in: Century Magazine, v. 29, Nov.-Apr. 1884-85, p. 429. Reference copy may be available in LOT 9393 O. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil War, 1861-... More

Spanish ship "Pedro," captured by U.S.S. "New York," April 22. Capture...

Steamships captured by U.S. ships three days before the start of the Spanish-American War. Two reproductions of drawings of battleships. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1898 May 7, p. 450.

[Philippine insurrection]: Burning of Pasig, Hawthorne Battery and gun...

Photoprint copyrighted by Perley Fremont Rockett, San Francisco. No. 647. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Portuguese government gunboat on the Zambesi River, used to preserve o...

Copyright by Ewing Galloway, N.Y. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steamer Tashmoo moving toward gunboat Yantic

Photograph showing a side view of the steamship Tashmoo during President Roosevelt's Detroit River cruise. H22683 U.S. Copyright Office. "24157" printed before title.

Steamer Tashmoo nearing gunboat Yantic for 21 gun salute

Photograph showing the steamship Tashmoo and gunboat Yantic on the Detroit River during President Roosevelt's cruise. H22684 U.S. Copyright Office. "24157" printed before title.

Gunboat Yantic saluting Pres. Roosevelt and Detroit's 3,000 best citiz...

Photograph showing gunboats saluting President Roosevelt during his Detroit River cruise on the steamship Tashmoo. H22685 U.S. Copyright Office. "24157" printed before title.

[USS CINCINNATI] The gunboat that fired the first shot at Fort Henry

Halftone repro. of photo in Miller, Photographic History of the Civil War, 1911 edition, vol. 1, p. 185. Reference copy may be available in LOT 9353. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.... More

Blowing up of the U.S. Gunboat Westfield, aground on Pelican Island, G...

Picryl description: Public domain historical book on American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Jack at the masthead of a James River gunboat on the look-out for rebe...

Picryl description: Public domain historical book on American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bombardment of Island "Number ten" in the Mississippi River: By the gu...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0666.

Gunboat Perry, on the James. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

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

View of Confederate gunboat Drury, blown up and sunk (by the 1st Conn....

Connecticut 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 ... More

100 lb. gun on board the confederate gunboat Teazer, which was capture...

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

Gunboat Gen'l. Grant at Kingston, Ga.

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

Gunboat Gen'l. Grant at Kingston, Ga.

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

Gunboat Perry, on the James. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

View of Confederate gunboat Drury, blown up and sunk (by the 1st Conn....

Connecticut 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 ... More

100 lb. gun on board the confederate gunboat Teazer, which was capture...

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

Gunboat Gen'l. Grant at Kingston, Ga.

Picryl description: Public domain image from Robert Dennis collection of stereoscopic prints, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gunboat Gen'l. Grant at Kingston, Ga.

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

U.S. gunboat Fort Hindman - Mississippi River Fleet

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 salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

U.S. gunboat Fort Hindman - Mississippi River Fleet

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 salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

100 lb. gun on board the Confederate gunboat Teazer [i.e. Teaser], whi...

Photograph shows a seaman sitting next to the 100 lb. gun that was captured by the U.S.S. Maratanza on July 4, 1862, on the James River, Virginia. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 482 Entered according to Act of Cong... More

100 lb. gun on board the Confederate gunboat Teazer [i.e. Teaser], whi...

Photograph shows a seaman sitting next to the 100 lb. gun that was captured by the U.S.S. Maratanza on July 4, 1862, on the James River, Virginia. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 482 Entered according to Act of Cong... More

U.S. Gunboat "Albatross" - Public domain drawing

Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: N.B. The "Penguin" is precisely like the "Albatross." Formerly Waud no. C-42. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.969) Form... More

U.S. Gunboat "Albatross" - Public domain document scan of drawing

Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: N.B. The "Penguin" is precisely like the "Albatross." Formerly Waud no. C-42. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.969) Form... More

James River, Virginia. View of damaged deck of Confederate gunboat TEA...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James River, Virginia. View of damaged deck of Confederate gunboat TEA...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas": By the United State gunboat "...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1708

Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas": By the United State gunboat "...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1708

[James River, Virginia Bow of Confederate gunboat Teaser, Lt. Hunter D...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

[James River, Virginia Bow of Confederate gunboat Teaser, Lt. Hunter D...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

U.S. gunboat Brown - Mississippi River Fleet

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

U.S. gunboat Brown - Mississippi River Fleet

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

James River, Virginia. Gunboat COMMODORE PERRY and monitor on James Ri...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James River, Virginia. Gunboat COMMODORE PERRY and monitor on James Ri...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gunboat Perry, on the James. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

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