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U.S. military post, lower Cascades, Columbia River, May 1860

Photograph shows buildings at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range; snow covered mountain in the background. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related S... More

[Two sketches of tent interior] during American Civil War

Title devised. Inscribed with color indicators. Formerly Waud no. B-63. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.828) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

U.S. military post at the Cascades, May 1860

Photograph shows the guardhouse and other buildings at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range; mountains in the background. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission ... More

Rebel works on the heights of Centerville [sic]

Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-2. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.767) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

In the Rebel intrenchments [sic], Confederate States of America

Possibly Petersburg. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-29. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.794) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[U.S. Quartermaster's office, Charleston, South Carolina]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 3435. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Headquarters Chief of Artillery Department of the Cumberland

Photograph shows rows of carts and cannons in front of the buildings. No. 4515. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photograph is half of a stereograph pa... More

[Union soldiers stand around a mounted cannon at a fort]

Title devised by library staff. 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 mi... More

Bombardment of Ft. Sumter - A group of men standing on top of a pile o...

Photograph shows Battery Stevens, commanded by First Lieutenant James Wilson from Battery C, 1st U.S. Artillery, after the fall of Battery Wagner. Photographer and date from another copy in the Hagley Library,... More

Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states,...

Print shows Confederate soldiers firing cannons from an artillery battery, bombarding Fort Sumter in the distance.

Giesboro, Md. (Andrew J. Russel) during American Civil War

Photograph showing storage facilities at the Giesboro cavalry depot. Alternate title from published source: Giesboro cavalry depot. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andr... More

General Weitzel's Head Quarters, 18th Corps

Army band, log buildings in background. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Swearing in of Capt. Smith's artillery boys at Camp Smith

Photograph shows Union artillery regiment camp tents and a group of soldiers in the distance, Camp Smith, Cairo, Illinois. Title from pencil inscription on item. Photographs possibly taken by Munn & Faul. Purch... More

Office wagon of headquarters Department of the Cumberland

No. 4520. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Camp of 27th U.S. Colored Infantry

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 4096. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Log cabin barracks at a military facility] (Andrew J. Russel)

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

Bird's-eye view of Sickel Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Ru...

Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861 - A black and white photo of a group of p...

Photograph shows train of horse-drawn covered wagons on a foraging expedition with the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Houghto... More

Sleeping-bunks of the First Rhode Island Regiment, at the Patent Offic...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 June 1, p. 347. Public domain photograph of cabinet furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Swamp Angel Battery from drawing

Photograph of drawing shows soldiers and Parrott cannon named Swamp Angel inside battery designed by Colonel Edward Wellman Serrell of 1st New York Engineers Regiment for Morris Island, South Carolina. A group ... More

Office of Asst. Adjt. General Department of the Cumberland

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

General Butler's headquarters, Fraser's farm, north side of James Rive...

Row of log buildings. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2559.

Giesboro, Md., Washington, D.C. during American Civil War

Photograph showing barns at the Giesboro cavalry depot. 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... More

Ft. Carroll, Wash., D.C. - A black and white photo of an old farm

Photograph showing guns and ammunition inside of Fort Carrol, near Giesboro, Washington, D.C.

General Bragg's camp, as seen from Fort Pickens / / drawn by an office...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 June 15, p. 373. Public domain photograph of a locomotive, train car, railroad trucks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hancock's headquarters 1861 - Public domain weapon drawing

Photograph shows a caisson and cannon in the foreground with a military camp and house that served as the headquarters of a person named Hancock, probably General Winfield Scott Hancock, probably at Camp Griffi... More

Fort Putnam, previously Confederate Battery Gregg, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows a parapet inside the fort with a sign, Fort Putnam", and artillery. No. 4110. Similar view in LC-B811-3479. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

View taken in 1861, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows group of men at the entrance of Fort Sumter. No. 4394. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 9, p. 41. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. Pho... More

Fort Sumner, barracks for officers and soldiers in foreground (Andrew ...

No. 227. 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 su... More

Bomb proof quarters at Ft. Burnham. The sides and top are 7 feet thick...

Stereograph showing three Union soldiers in front of bombproof quarters at Fort Burnham, near James River, Virginia.

Fort Putnam, previously Confederate Battery Gregg, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows mounted guns inside the fort. No. B42. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

View at City Point headquarters, hospital, with old school houses, bar...

Photograph shows supply wagons passing General Patrick's headquarters in City Point, now known as Hopewell, Virginia. No. 29. Caption continues: Hospital, with old school houses, barns &c.

Company Street, Battery D, 1st U.S. Arty., Camp Seymour, Beaufort, S. ...

Photograph shows soldiers on lawn surrounded by camp facilities. ; hand-lettered on mount. Gift of; Mrs. James DeWolf Perry; 1932; (DLC/PP-1932:0099).

Colonel Paine's barracks, brigade hospital, Dr. [Sim's?] headquarters,...

Photograph shows a commercial street in Cairo, Illinois with Union military barracks in the distance. Title from inscriptions on mount reading top left to right. "No. 4" upper left corner. Photograph possibly t... More

Fort Brady [i.e. Fort Carroll] (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, possibly interior of Fort Carrol in Giesboro, Washington, D.C. instead of Fort Brady. No. 587. Corrected title from published source... More

The twelfth regiment "laying off" in the Navy Yard barracks at Washing...

Stereograph showing soldiers from the 12th regiment relaxing in the barracks, most out of uniform and some sitting on their bunks. No. 826. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

View of the harbor of Pensacola--Santa Rosa Island and Fort Pickens in...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 December 7, pp. 776-777. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Second Vermont Camp Griffin 1861] during American Civil War

General G.G. Meade's headquarters, Gettysburg, American Civil War Glas...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Carroll, Wash., D.C. (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing guns and ammunition in Fort Carrol, near Giesboro, Washington, D.C.

General R.S. Foster's headquarters, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Soldiers outside of log cabins. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2317.

Fort Johnson, Charleston Harbor, S.C. Fort Sumter in distance

Photograph shows two mounted guns at the parapet inside Fort Johnson. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. III, p. 173". Similar view in LC-B811-3471. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Office of Judge Advocate Department of the Cumberland

No. 4518. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Military camp with Union soldiers, horses, and tents, probably at Cam...

In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], page 77. Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album a... More

Camp Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861

Photograph shows the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment with row of soldiers in front of tents and trusses of a roof in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Photograph probably by G. H. Hou... More

[Tents, possibly used by workers at Giesboro cavalry depot] (Andrew J....

Office of Provost Marshall Department of the Cumberland

No. 4512. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records o... More

Headquarters Army of Potomac - Brandy Station, April 1864--Camp of Tel...

Men seated outside tents in woods. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 353.

General Butler's Head Quarters, Chapin's farm

Farm buildings surrounded by tents and soldiers. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2443.

[Camp of 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virgi...

Attribution of G.H. Houghton as photographer from "A very fine appearance" : the Vermont Civil War photographs of George Houghton / Donald H. Wickman. Barre : Vermont Historical Society, c2010, page 14. Title d... More

Confederate fortifications, Atlanta, Ga., Confederate States of Americ...

Soldiers inside Confederate fortification, Atlanta, Ga. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

General Ame's Head Quarters, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Soldiers with horses. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2347.

Fort Sumter, showing the effects of the bombardment by the artillery o...

Copy photograph shows a photo of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter viewed by men on a nearby sandbar. The photo is mounted above a printed caption with Engineer Department noted on the left. Mounted with two ot... More

Fort Johnson and Battery Gregg - Public domain scan / drawing

Photograph of drawing shows soldiers rowing a boat in front of Fort Johnson and Battery Simpkins with Charleston in the background. No. B680. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Charlesto... More

Civil war glass negatives and related prints - Harris and Ewing, Washi...

An old photo of a bunch of watermelons, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. a... More

Springfield block, passenger depot, sheds and yard for Army horses, I....

Photograph shows a view of the levee and boats along the Ohio River; Union horse stables, and the Illinois Central Chicago and Cairo railroad, Cairo, Illinois.

Arsenal, Washington, D.C., north front. Interior court -- group of off...

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Battery on Morris Island, gun that fired over 1200 shots into Fort Sum...

Photograph shows the interior of Fort Putnam with a cannon in the foreground with soldiers in the background. No. 4971. Similar view: LC-B811-3520. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Vie... More

Views of Fort Sumter from drawings

Photograph of drawing showing the ruins of Fort Sumter with Confederate flag waving from Charleston Harbor.

Views of Fort Sumter from drawings

Photograph of drawing shows Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor with a boat sailing by. The Confederate flag waves above the fort. No. B701. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter,... More

[Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, James River, Virgin...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2562. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

South-Western angle and face of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, S.C....

Soldiers with cannons. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Views of Fort Sumter from drawings

Photograph of drawing showing ruins of Fort Sumter from Charleston Harbor with a Confederate flag waving on the left. No. B698. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter, Charleston... More

General Terry's Head Quarters, Hatcher's farm

Army tents, soldiers and building in background. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2446.

Headquarters and barracks of Colonel Morgan's Regt.

Photograph shows Union soldiers engaged in a training exercise or inspection, Fort Prentiss, Cairo, Illinois. Title from pencil inscription on mount. Additional inscriptions on mount include: "commencement of t... More

Giesboro, Md. (Andrew J. Russel) during American Civil War

Jefferson Ave., Brigade hospital, horse sheds for Army horses, old P.O...

Photograph shows Union military hospital and other buildings in Cairo, Illinois. Title from inscriptions on mount. "No. 5" upper left corner. Photograph possibly taken by Munn & Faul. Purchase; William L. Schae... More

[Union soldiers and three mounted cannons inside a fort]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View from the breastworks of Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldie...

Stereograph showing long wooden spikes, chevaux-de-frise, extending from the fortifications of Fort Sedgwick, Petersburg, Virginia.

Camp of 10th U.S. Colored Infantry

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 4319. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Confederate flag flying. Ft. Sumter after the evacuation of Maj. Ande...

Photograph shows the Confederate flag flying at Fort Sumter, on April 15, 1861, following the surrender of Major Anderson and his Union troops, documenting the beginning of the Civil War; troops prepare to load... More

Exterior view of the gorge of Fort Sumter on the 14th, April 1861 afte...

Copy photograph showing a group of men in front of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter near the gorge. Mounted with two other photographs. Photograph is possibly half of a stereograph pair. Letter "A" is noted in... More

Giesboro, Md. (Andrew J. Russel) during American Civil War

Photograph showing an aerial view of the Giesboro cavalry depot. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a m... More

Ft. Brady, Interior (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, possibly interior of Fort Carrol in Giesboro, Washington, D.C. instead of Fort Brady. Title from published source: Interior of Fo... More

[Fort Sedgwick near Petersburg], Confederate States of America. (Andre...

Office of Insp. General Department of the Cumberland

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

General Birney's Head Quarters, 2d Division, 10th Corps

Soldiers with horses. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2446.

300 pdr. [i.e. pounder] Parrot Rifle, Fort Chatfield, Morris Isand

Photograph shows a group of soldiers by the 300 pound Parrot rifled cannon with the name "Col. Brayton" inscribed on it in battery Chatfield on Morris Island. No. 4308. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, ... More

[Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, James River, Virgin...

Public domain scan of American Civil War image, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Johnson, Charleston Harbor, S.C. Fort Sumter in the distance

Photograph shows mounted guns with view of Fort Sumter in the background. No. B1194. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Exterior view of the gorge of Fort Sumter on the 14th April 1861 after...

Copy photograph shows a photo of a group of men in front of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter near the gorge. Mounted with two other photographs. Photograph is possibly half of a stereograph pair. Letter "B" is... More

Arsenal yard, Washington, D.C., from roof of model arsenal (Andrew J. ...

Photograph showing an aerial view of the Washington Arsenal yard. No. 274.

Fortifications on heights of Centreville, Virginia / negative by Barna...

Illustration showing a group of soldiers at an earthwork fortification. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 5. ... More

Head Quarters of 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Edisto Island, S.C.

Photograph shows Union soldiers posed in front of house. Some soldiers are seated in the windows.

Gen McClellan's HQ Army of the Potomac, Pleasant Valley, Md.

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below image: Gen. Inglass[sic] H.Q.; Signal corp, "McC. Head Qu[arters]. Formerly Waud no. C-130. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1057) Forms part of: Morgan coll... More

Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C.

Woman with sleeves rolled up holding basket, posed in front of tent with a soldier (possibly her husband) and three children, other soldiers in the background. Civil War Photographs collection. Published in: Am... More

Culpeper, Virginia, August 1862 during American Civil War

View of Civil War military encampment in Culpeper, Virginia. Civil War Photograph Collection. Negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner. Corresponds to illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of... More

Fitz-John Porter's Hdquarters - Public domain historic place drawing

After William G. Smith photo? Signed lower left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed lower left: Photo for detail and June [?]. Inscribed below image: Westover House. Harrisons Landing. Inscrib... More

Rebel position near Centreville, Virginia, at the crossing of the Oran...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 April 12, p. 357.

[Camp of 2nd Vermont Volunteers at Camp Griffin, Virginia]

Photograph showing Union Army camp with large tents errected among trees and soldiers posed by row of small tents.

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

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

Views on Hilton Head, South Carolina

Six images: siege train, two views of Army wharf, Army bakery, Army headquarters, and commissary headquarters. Civil War Photograph Collection. Nos. 166, 170, 210, 209, 4977, and 4978.

Lacey House, Falmouth, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan ; positi...

Photograph showing soldiers in front of the Lacy House near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866],... More

Battery No. 1, near Yorktown, Virginia / negative by Wood & Gibson ; p...

Photograph showing the cannons used by the Union army in a battery near the York River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866... More

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

Capture of Fort Henry by U.S. gun boats under the command of Flag Offi...

Print shows four Union ironclads in the foreground, identified as the "St. Louis", "Carondelet", "Cincinnati", and the "Essex", bombarding Confederate Fort Henry in the background; also shows two Confederate st... More

Confederate fortifications at Manassas, Virginia, Confederate States o...

Negative by Barnard & Gibson. Civil War Collection. No. 4175. Published in: Photographic sketch book of the war, vol. I, pl. 11. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photogra... More

Camp Millington, Baltimore, Md. 128th Regt. N.Y.V., from Columbia & Du...

Print shows bird's eye view of the 128th New York Infantry Regiment encampment.

View of Cumberland Gap, from the south

Print shows abandoned tents scattered across the landscape, as the army passes through the Gap; long columns of troops and wagon trains are departing, some building are being burned. Possibly represents the sud... More

Gloucester from the river, Confederate States of America

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

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