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Moravian funeral at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Moravian funeral at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Tower music, funeral service, and burial in the Moravian community in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Gun Boats Blockade Mobile Bay, Alabama, Our Flag is There, by Alfred Rudolph Waud, Engraving for Harpers Weekly Cover

Gun Boats Blockade Mobile Bay, Alabama, Our Flag is There, by Alfred R...

Engraving of Gun Boats Blockade Mobile Bay, Alabama, Our Flag is There, by Alfred Rudolph Waud, Engraving for Harper’s Weekly, Front Cover, Vol. VIII, No. 372. See below for Harper's cover, and the later painting.

Gun Boats Blockade Mobile Bay, Alabama, Our Flag is There, by Alfred Rudolph Waud, Harpers Weekly Cover

Gun Boats Blockade Mobile Bay, Alabama, Our Flag is There, by Alfred R...

Gun Boats Blockade Mobile Bay, Alabama, Our Flag is There, by Alfred Rudolph Waud, Harpers Weekly Cover Harper’s Weekly, Front Cover, Vol. VIII, No. 372. See below for Harper's engraving for this cover, and t... More

Sumner Repulsing the Rebels, Savage Station Virginia, Engraving, drawing by Alfred Rudolph Waud

Sumner Repulsing the Rebels, Savage Station Virginia, Engraving, drawi...

Engraving of Sumner Repulsing the Rebels, Savage Station Virginia, taken from the drawing by Alfred Rudolph Waud Cutting from Harper's Weekly, an engraving as it was printed in Harper's Weekly, July 26th, 1... More

Mustered out, harper's weekly, little rock, AR

Mustered out, harper's weekly, little rock, AR

Mustered Out, Mustered Out Colored Volunteers at Little Rock, Arkansas Harper's Weekly, May 19, 1866.

An Advance of the Army of the Potomac - Harper's Weekly 1864

An Advance of the Army of the Potomac - Harper's Weekly 1864

" An Advance of the Army of the Potomac. - Sketched by Alfred R. Waud. - (See Page 39)". HARPER'S WEEKLY, January 16, 1864. Shown in the front is General Meade; near him are Generals Sykes, Humphreys, and Ple... More

Central Park, New York City - The Grand Drive 22762903095

Central Park, New York City - The Grand Drive 22762903095

1865 Hand colored wood engraving featured in Harper's Weekly title, "Central Park, New York City -- The Grand Drive." from a sketch by A.R. Waud. December 16, 1865 Harper's Weekly. shows hundreds of park visit... More

Emigration to Washington Territory of four hundred women on the steamer 'Continental' Harper's Weekly 1866

Emigration to Washington Territory of four hundred women on the steame...

Emigration to Washington Territory of four hundred women on the steamer Continental-(sketched by A.R. Waud) Mercer Girls illustration in 1866 Harper's Weekly Illustration for Harper's weekly, January 6, 1866. Signed

Scenes connected with General Custer's late movement across the Rapidan - Harper's Weekly, 1864

Scenes connected with General Custer's late movement across the Rapida...

Scenes connected with General Custer's late movement across the Rapidan.—(See Page 193.) HARPER'S WEEKLY, March 26, 1864.

Scenes on a cotton plantation - Harper's Weekly, 1867

Scenes on a cotton plantation - Harper's Weekly, 1867

Scenes on a cotton plantation / sketched by A.R. Waud. Illustration for Harper's weekly, January 31, 1846. Signed

John Reynolds death 2 - A black and white drawing of two men on horses

John Reynolds death 2 - A black and white drawing of two men on horses

The Fall of Reynolds - The death of John Fulton Reynolds at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, depicted by Alfred Rudolph Waud.Français : The Fall of Reynolds, peinture d'Alfred Waud représentant la chute de c... More

Memphis race riots 1866

Memphis race riots 1866

Scenes in Memphis, Tennessee, during the 1866 race riot (Harper's weekly, 1866 May 26, p. 321.)

Minot's Ledge Lighthouse as depicted by Waud

Minot's Ledge Lighthouse as depicted by Waud

Minot's Ledge Lighthouse, near Boston Harbor, as depicted by Alfred R. Waud (1828-1891) in Harper's Weekly, July 10, 1869. After the collapse of the first lighthouse at Minot's Ledge in 1851, Jospeh Henry, fir... More

Black Americans attacked in Memphis Riot of 1866

Black Americans attacked in Memphis Riot of 1866

Illustration in Harper's Weekly of the Memphis Riot of 1866

Johnson as Mercutio

Johnson as Mercutio

Andrew Johnson (left) as Mercutio wishes a plague on both Houses of Congress as Romeo (William H. Seward) leans over him

Freedmen's Schoolhouse Burns in 1866 Memphis Riot

Freedmen's Schoolhouse Burns in 1866 Memphis Riot

Illustration in Harper's Weekly of the Memphis Riots of 1866

Battery G, 4th US at Gettysburg

Battery G, 4th US at Gettysburg

The 4th U.S. Light Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant Wilkeson, fights at the en:Battle of Gettysburg.

Struggle for Devil's Den - Public domain book illustration

Struggle for Devil's Den - Public domain book illustration

The struggle for Devil's Den during the Battle of Gettysburg

Capture of a part of the breastworks

Capture of a part of the breastworks

On May 6, 1864 during the Battle of the Wilderness, Confederate troops capture part of the Union breastworks near the Brock Road.

Coehorn at Cold Harbor - Public domain book illustration

Coehorn at Cold Harbor - Public domain book illustration

Union Coehorn mortars in action at the Battle of Cold Harbor

The surprise at Cedar Creek - Public domain book illustration

The surprise at Cedar Creek - Public domain book illustration

During the Battle of Cedar Creek, Confederate troops attack the rear of the Union XIX Corps. Note below the caption: "The right of the picture shows the Confederate flanking column attacking the left of the Ni... More

The guns and wagon train at Paineville

The guns and wagon train at Paineville

During the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War, Union cavalry captures Confederate guns and burns a wagon train near Paineville, Virginia.

The capture of Ewell's Corps - Public domain book illustration

The capture of Ewell's Corps - Public domain book illustration

After the Battle of Sailor's Creek, most of Confederate general Richard S. Ewell's corps is captured.

Image taken from page 170 of 'Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon “the Century War Series.” Edited by R. U. J. and (11289017773)

Image taken from page 170 of 'Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, be...

Image taken from: Title: "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon “the Century War Series.” Edited by R. U. J. and C. C. B., et... More

Traveling-by-flatboat-engraving-by-Alfred-R-Waud

Traveling-by-flatboat-engraving-by-Alfred-R-Waud

A group of people along with horses onboard a flatboat as they travel down a river under a moonlit sky.

Freedman bureau harpers cartoon - Public domain demonstration engraving

Freedman bureau harpers cartoon - Public domain demonstration engravin...

LOC info: TITLE: The Freedmen's Bureau / Drawn by A.R. Waud. CALL NUMBER: Illus. in AP2.H32 Case Y [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-105555 (b&w film copy neg.) No known restrictions on publication. SUMMAR... More

Sunday in New Orleans 1871 by Alfred Waud - A Pompano Dinner

Sunday in New Orleans 1871 by Alfred Waud - A Pompano Dinner

Sunday in New Orleans 1871 by Alfred Waud.

Waud-1867-Black-Voters - A drawing of a man holding a bottle of beer

Waud-1867-Black-Voters - A drawing of a man holding a bottle of beer

"The First Vote" shows first vote cast by ex-slaves in Reconstruction in US, 1867

1871 New Orleans Flood Canal St Ties Louisiana

1871 New Orleans Flood Canal St Ties Louisiana

Canal Street, flooded during the New Orleans flood of 1871. Horsecar tram depot seen at left, location now of the RTA streetcar depot, Mid-City. Note what appear to be floating railway ties, possibly raised up ... More

Chicago 1887 Waud - A series of pictures of a city with buildings

Chicago 1887 Waud - A series of pictures of a city with buildings

Views of Chicago, an illustration to a Czech-language article Chicago by Josef Štolba (1846 - 1930) in Zlatá Praha magazine. Featuring: 1. Entry to Chicago River, 2. View of Chicago River from Madison Street Br... More

Evacuation Day Parade of First Division, New York State Militia

Evacuation Day Parade of First Division, New York State Militia

Evacuation Day Parade of First Division, New York State Militia Alfred Rudolf Waud (American (born England), London 1828–1891 Marietta, Georgia) Date: 1866 Geography: United States Medium: Newspaper Dimension... More

Flooded Home New Orleans 1871 Every Saturday

Flooded Home New Orleans 1871 Every Saturday

Interior view in flooded home in New Orleans during the 1871 flood

Rickett's advance against Rodes's division

Rickett's advance against Rodes's division

During the Third Battle of Winchester, Union troops of Rickett's division advance against the Confederate division of General Rodes.

1871 New Orleans Flood St Chas Streetcar Louisiana

1871 New Orleans Flood St Chas Streetcar Louisiana

Flooded street during the New Orleans flood of 1871. Horse-tram reads "Carondelet", so location would be Carondelet Street or St. Charles Avenue in the Central Business District.

Creole Night French Operra Waud Louisiana

Creole Night French Operra Waud Louisiana

Sunday Amusements in New Orleans: A Creole Night at the French Opera House

Jefferson davis fort monroe capture

Jefferson davis fort monroe capture

The casemate, Fortress Monroe, Jeff Davis in prison Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Petersburg crater explosion waud

Petersburg crater explosion waud

Sketch by A. R. Waud of the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg, Virginia. Taken from: From Battles and Leaders of the Civil War.

A Home on the Mississippi, Currier and Ives lithograph

A Home on the Mississippi, Currier and Ives lithograph

Chromolithograph of the Woodland Plantation in West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana, United States, by Currier and Ives.

From 1800 to 1900. The wonderful story of the century; its progress and achievements (1899) (14593729959)

From 1800 to 1900. The wonderful story of the century; its progress an...

Identifier: from1800to1900wo00morr (find matches) Title: From 1800 to 1900. The wonderful story of the century; its progress and achievements .. Year: 1899 (1890s) Authors: Morris, Charles, 1833-1922 Subject... More

Harper's weekly (1864) (14598259290)

Harper's weekly (1864) (14598259290)

Identifier: harpersweeklyv8bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1864 (1860s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillm... More

Harper's weekly (1864) (14598451670)

Harper's weekly (1864) (14598451670)

Scenes connected with General Custer's late movement across the Rapidan. Identifier: harpersweeklyv8bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1864 (1860s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, Georg... More

Harper's weekly (1864) (14784868605)

Harper's weekly (1864) (14784868605)

Identifier: harpersweeklyv8bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1864 (1850s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillm... More

Harper's weekly (1865) (14578083557)

Harper's weekly (1865) (14578083557)

Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1865 (1860s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillm... More

Harper's weekly (1865) (14577692330)

Harper's weekly (1865) (14577692330)

Views in and around Savannah, Georgia. From sketches by J. H. Peck, Theodore H. Davis, and William Waud. (See page 38.) HARPERS WEEKLY. January 21, 1865. Montage of scenes from the Union occupation of Savannah... More

Harper's weekly (1865) (14578934977)

Harper's weekly (1865) (14578934977)

Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillm... More

Harper's weekly (1865) (14579014928)

Harper's weekly (1865) (14579014928)

Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillm... More

Harper's weekly (1865) (14741387166)

Harper's weekly (1865) (14741387166)

Views in and around Savannah, Georgia. From sketches by J. H. Peck, Theodore H. Davis, and William Waud. (See page 38.) HARPERS WEEKLY. January 21, 1865. Montage of scenes from the Union occupation of Savannah... More

Harper's weekly (1865) (14578744457)

Harper's weekly (1865) (14578744457)

Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1865 (1860s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillm... More

Harper's weekly (1865) (14764948432)

Harper's weekly (1865) (14764948432)

Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillm... More

Harper's weekly (1865) (14765326822)

Harper's weekly (1865) (14765326822)

Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillm... More

Harper's weekly (1865) (14785067943)

Harper's weekly (1865) (14785067943)

Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1865 (1860s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillm... More

Harper's weekly (1867) (14596103708)

Harper's weekly (1867) (14596103708)

Scenes on a cotton plantation / sketched by A.R. Waud. Identifier: harpersweeklyv11bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1... More

Harper's weekly (1867) (14779546791)

Harper's weekly (1867) (14779546791)

Identifier: harpersweeklyv11bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1857 (1860s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Still... More

Harper's weekly (1867) (14780390094)

Harper's weekly (1867) (14780390094)

Detail from Scenes on a cotton plantation / sketched by A.R. Waud. Complete image shows Thirteen scenes depicting life on a cotton plantation. Identifier: harpersweeklyv11bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's we... More

Harper's weekly (1867) (14782748185)

Harper's weekly (1867) (14782748185)

Detail from Scenes on a cotton plantation / sketched by A.R. Waud. Complete image shows Thirteen scenes depicting life on a cotton plantation. Identifier: harpersweeklyv11bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's we... More

Harper's weekly (1865) (14765275735)

Harper's weekly (1865) (14765275735)

Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1857 (1850s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillm... More

Ridpath's history of the world - being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social (14771988462)

Ridpath's history of the world - being an account of the principal eve...

Gen. Lee surrenders Identifier: ridpathshistoryo07ridp (find matches) Title: Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civ... More

Ridpath's history of the world - being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social (14749298726)

Ridpath's history of the world - being an account of the principal eve...

Identifier: ridpathshistoryo07ridp (find matches) Title: Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the pr... More

Sherman's march through South Carolina - Burning of McPhersonville, February 1, 1805 - Harper's weekly (1865) (14578083557) (cropped)

Sherman's march through South Carolina - Burning of McPhersonville, Fe...

Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches) Title: Harper's weekly Year: 1865 (1860s) Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillm... More

Battle of Cedar Mountain 02 - Public domain  engraving

Battle of Cedar Mountain 02 - Public domain engraving

Engraving of the Battle of Cedar Mountain, 9 August 1862, from a sketch by Alfred R. Waud, who was with the Union Army during this battle.

Battle of Fair Oaks Franklin's corps retreating

Battle of Fair Oaks Franklin's corps retreating

Shows the retreat of Franklin's corps at the Battle of Fair Oaks, 29 June 1862. From the original source description in Harper's Magazine, on page 523 of the 16 August 1862 issue: We continue in this number o... More

Canal Claiborne 1871 Flood Louisiana

Canal Claiborne 1871 Flood Louisiana

Flood in New Orleans, 1871. View shows Canal Street at Claiborne, after the breech of the Hagan Avenue Levee protecting the city from Lake Pontchartrain while the lake was swollen from the Bonnet Carree Crevasse.

Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor - Harper's weekly 1865

Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor - Harper's weekly 1865

Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor. From a sketch by William Waud. (See page 133.) HARPERS WEEKLY. March 4, 1865.

Second Day’s Action at Hatteras Inlet. Shelling Fort Hatteras

Second Day’s Action at Hatteras Inlet. Shelling Fort Hatteras

Second Day’s Action at Hatteras Inlet. Shelling Fort Hatteras. Ships L-Rː: Susquehanna, Cumberland, Adriatic, Minnesota, Wabash, Fanny with Gen. Butler on board. Sketched by A. Waud, Esq. Illustration publish... More

The Blockading Squadron at anchor in Hampton Roads, off Fortress Monroe - New York Illustrated News 1861

The Blockading Squadron at anchor in Hampton Roads, off Fortress Monro...

The Blockading Squadron at anchor in Hampton Roads, off Fortress Monroe. Ships L-Rː: Gun-Boat Louisiana, Harriet Lane, Minnesota Flag Ship, Wabash, Tow-Boat Young America, Gun-Boat Daylight, Cumberland, Gun-Bo... More

Views in and around Savannah, Georgia - Harper's Weekly, 1865

Views in and around Savannah, Georgia - Harper's Weekly, 1865

Views in and around Savannah, Georgia. From sketches by J. H. Peck, Theodore H. Davis, and William Waud. (See page 38.) HARPERS WEEKLY. January 21, 1865.

Casting a marine engine cylinder at the Etna Iron Works, 1866

Casting a marine engine cylinder at the Etna Iron Works, 1866

Casting the giant marine engine cylinder for either the steamboat Bristol or her sister ship Providence (probably Bristol) at the Etna Iron Works of New York on February 3, 1866. These 110-inch cylinders were ... More

Flood In New Orleans