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A front view of the lines taken from the advanced post near Browns hou...

Print shows two cheval-de-frise and two buildings in the middle distance. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 177... More

The camp of the 1st Division, looking north towards the camp of the 2n...

Print shows a distant view of bell tents at British military camps, as well as hospital tents, soldiers and a wagon hauling supplies toward the camps, the skeletal remains of an animal on the roadside, and men ... More

Highland Brigade camp, looking south / W. Simpson del. ; T. Picken lit...

Print shows an artillery battery with Capn. Mansfield, Major Shadwell, Lieut. Col. Stirling, Major Gordon, and Sir Colin Campbell standing near the cannons, with the camp of the Highland Brigade, showing huts a... More

Looking towards Mackenzie's Heights, tents of the 33rd Regiment in the...

Photograph showing vast plain with encampments of tents, wagons, equipment, and military personnel, some on horseback. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s... More

A hot night in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.

Print shows action in a British artillery battery with cannons firing and being loaded, and men bringing in supplies. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majest... More

Camp of the naval brigade, before Sebastopol / W. Simpson del. ; E. Wa...

Print shows bell tents at a British military camp and "Mr. Maxse, Naval Aide-de-Camp," on horseback with Captn. Burnet, Captn. Peel, Captn. Lushington, and Captn. Moorsom and other men from the naval brigade in... More

Sentinel of the Zouaves, before Sevastopol / W. Simpson del.

Print shows a soldier standing guard at a French battery with snow-covered cannons and Zouaves carrying bundles of wood to a camp in the background.

Cavalry camp, looking towards Kadikoi - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Pho...

View of encampment showing bell tents, huts, soldiers, and horses. Title transcribed from item. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection. Roger Fenton, ph... More

French left attack, Kamiesch in the distance - tents of Sir John Campb...

Plains before Sevastopolʹ, with Sir John Campbell's marquis tent in the foreground. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944... More

Russian rifle pit - now part of the British advanced trenches, on the ...

Print shows soldiers filling sand bags and firing over a barrier of sand bags and gabions. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simps... More

Looking towards St. George's Monastery, tents of the 4th Division in t...

Military encampment on the plateau of Sevastopolʹ. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Cri... More

A quiet night in the batteries - a sketch in the Greenhill battery (Ma...

Print shows men and cannons in a British artillery battery, at night. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. First series. Lon... More

Lord Raglan's head quarters at Khutor-Karagatch / W. Simpson delt. ; C...

Print shows cluster of buildings being used by Lord Raglan as the British headquarters. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson.... More

Camp of the 5th Dragoons Guards

View of camp with tents, huts, and horses, looking toward the village of Kadikoi.

The camp of the second division, looking east January 1855 / W. Simpso...

Print shows men on a roadway, horses tethered on the right, and a distant view of the tents of the 2nd Division during winter.

Camp of the 3rd Division, French tents in the distance

Photograph showing military encampment. Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Garrett's quarters & tents of the 4th Division - Roger Fenton'...

General Garrett's encampment with bell tents and huts. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton... More

Huts and warm clothing for the army / W. Simpson del. ; E. Morin lith.

Print shows soldiers transporting winter clothing, lumber for huts, and other supplies through a snow-covered landscape, with partially buried dead horses along the roadside, to the British camps; huts under co... More

The field of Inkermann / W. Simpson delt. ; T. Picken lith.

Print shows the plains of Inkerman, ruins on the far right, a French battery on the left, and some soldiers in the foreground. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracio... More

Distant view of Lord Raglan's head quarters before Sebastopol / W. Sim...

Print shows several British military camps, an ambulance, a distant view of Lord Raglan's headquarters (just left of center), and, in the foreground, a dead horse. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedic... More

Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards near Karyni - Roger Fenton's Crimean Wa...

Men and horses standing among tent encampment with building; mountains in background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Captain Webb's hut, 4th Dragoon Guards

Captain John MacDonnell Webb standing in the doorway of his hut looking at Colonel Hodge (standing in profile), Mrs. Rogers, Webb's servant with a horse, and several others; also shows three bell tents next to ... More

A hot day in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.

Print shows action in a British artillery battery, mortar fire, mortars and cannon being loaded, the removal of wounded, and in the distance, the fortifications of Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the... More

Malakoff or round tower / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith.

Print shows view of the Russian battery at the Malakoff tower, the principal Russian fortification at Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty t... More

[Military camp], Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton's ...

View of camp on hillside with conical tents, horses, buildings, and soldiers; church(?) and hills in the distance. Title devised by cataloger. Photo possibly printed from damaged negative; loss to image. "302" ... More

The new works at the siege of Sebastopol on the right attack - from th...

Print shows a mortar battery with soldiers, two mortars, gabions, and earthworks, with a distant view of Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majest... More

A quiet day in the diamond battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68 pounde...

Print shows a large Lancaster cannon in a British artillery battery. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. First series. Lond... More

Ditch of the Malakoff, battery gervais and rear of the redan / W. Simp...

Print shows a view of the earthworks, gabions, and passageways at the Malakoff, the primary Russian fortification before the city of Sevastopolʹ, with view of the city in the background. Colnaghi's Authentic S... More

Interior of the Malakoff with the remains of the round tower W. Simpso...

Print shows an interior view of the Malakoff, the main Russian fortification before Sevastopolʹ, following the successful French assault. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 27.

Quarantine cemetery and church, with French battery no. 50 / W. Simpso...

Print shows a church and cemetery, and French soldiers at a battery on the left. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 31.

Washington's head quarters near Newburgh, engraving, Library of Congre...

Four soldiers in foreground, Hudson River and mountains in background. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charlestown Navy Yard - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Broadside view ship docked at navy yard and two images of sailboats. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below ship: Ohio Frigate. Possibly by Alfred Waud. Published in: New York Illustrated News, 30 March 1... More

United States military post, Fort Vancouver, Columbia River - General ...

Photograph shows view of the U.S. military post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River; identifies General William Selby Harney's house on the right by the flag pole. Date for probably May 1860 provided by C... More

Camp of R.I. Regiment - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed upper left: head quarters. Inscribed lower left: deep piazzas all round two upper stories. Formerly Waud no. C-161. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1088) Forms p... More

Key West, Fla. Jan 14 60, garrisoned by U.S. troops. Fort Taylor

Includes sketch of interior of tent. Title inscribed above and below image. Sketch of tent inscribed with color indicators. Formerly Waud no. B-68. Possibly by William Waud. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919... More

Chimney, guns stacked against and fort commanding R.R., Manassas

Small sketch shows chimney in foreground with flag atop fort in the background. Title inscribed on right. "Turn over" bottom left. Source unknown; possibly Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.) Forms part... More

[Two sketches of horse outside tent]

Title devised. 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.

View of Charleston Harbor and its Defences

Landscape with harbor and wetlands; Charleston on horizon upper left and ironclads and ships in harbor upper right. Damaged dwelling right margin. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image to indicacte... More

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

Howlett house battery - Public domain decorative drawing

Landscape with river and wrecked boat in foreground, fort in background. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below image: wreck. Formerly Waud no. B-92. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.856) Forms p... 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.

Ft. Brady - Public domain scan / drawing

Landscapes with two shores of river. Title inscribed within image. Formerly Waud no. B-92. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.856) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ft. Scott [and] Towards Alexandria

Two scenes. Title inscribed below images. Formerly Waud no. B-96. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.860) 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

Rhode Island camp ground - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed upper left. Formerly Waud no. C-161. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1088) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Moving headquarters - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed upper right. Sketch pad pages stenciled upper right: 48, 50. Formerly Waud no. B-20. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.785) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ft. Monroe [Gunnery?] - Public domain scan / drawing

Title from inscription below image. Last word of the title is illegible, the conjecture is based on image content. Inscribed vertically upper left margin: No I 6. Faint sketch of man's head above image. Sketch ... More

[Army camp] - Public domain scan / drawing

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-10. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.775) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Bull Pen - Hd. qtrs A of P. - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.314) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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.

Castle Pinkney [sic] - Public domain drawing

Gun placements inside fort. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-123. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.887) 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

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

The War balloon at General M'Dowell's head-quarters preparing for a re...

Illus. from: Harper's weekly, 1861 Oct. 26, p. 679. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

[Forts, batteries, and a photographic studio in Virginia]

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Nov. 23, p. 742. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Roachs Mills. 4 mile run Virginia - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed lower right sheet and lower left of image. Inscribed lower left: opposite Blenkers tent. Formerly Waud no. B-4. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.769) Forms part of: Morgan collection of... More

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

Scenes at and around Fort Pickens / sketches by officers of the garris...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Dec. 14, p. 793. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, 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.

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.

[Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.]

Photograph shows unidentified soldiers and civilians standing in front of rows of cannons. Location inferred from photograph processed as LOT 4149 (negative no. LC-USZ62-59098). Forms part of: Brady-Handy phot... More

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.

[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

View at Fort Prentiss (The old distillary at the Point)

Photograph shows a Union battery at Fort Prentiss (renamed Fort Defiance), with guns facing the Ohio River, Cairo, Illinois. Title from pencil inscription on item. Photograph possibly taken by Munn & Faul. Purc... 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.

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