Minie Ball - National Parks Gallery
The advent of the Minie ball changed warfare in the 19th century. Rifled muskets existed as far back as the 1500s, but they were time-consuming to load, as the only available ammunition was a round lead ball. T... More
The guitar / D.G. Johnson, sc. - Engraving, Public domain image
Print shows a woman playing guitar as a man flirts with her. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], page 2. Library of Congress copy i... More
United States slave trade, 1830 - Public domain engraving
An abolitionist print possibly engraved in 1830, but undocumented aside from the letterpress text which appears on an accompanying sheet. The text reads: "United States' slave trade, 1830. The Copper Plate from... More
Lives of the presidents of the United States. By Robert W. Lincoln
Print shows trimmed frontispiece to one of the G.H. Salisbury edition's of Lives of the presidents of the United States ... / By Robert W. Lincoln with portrait of George Washington in front of soldiers. In al... More
Henrico County, Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress
Relief shown by hachures. Title and statement of responsibility in manuscript above bar scale. Annotated in ink: Smith's map of Henrico County, Virginia, from actual surveys by James Keily, Richmond, Robert P. ... More
Andrew Johnson, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions for spring & summer 1855, publ...
Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, men, a woman, and two children standing in a large drawing room, and at bottom, men, a woman, and two children standing outdoors on a street at seaside. At bottom c... More
Prof. French, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.
A black and white photo of a man with a hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Picking cotton on a Georgia plantation
Negro slaves. Illus. in: Ballou's Pictorial, v. 14, 1858, p. 49. Ref. copy may be in P&P - A Pictorial History of Blackamericans - E185.H83 1973, p. 16. This record contains unverified data from caption card. C... More
[Andrew Johnson, Senator from Tennessee, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-l...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 228. Each item includes subject's orig... More
S.H. Perkins, 14th Conn., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Map of Hanover County, Va.]. - Public domain old map
LC Land ownership maps, 1272 Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H37 Pen-and-ink on tracing l... More
Capt. Alexander Mosely. Pennock, U.S.N., American Civil War Photograph...
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Capt. R.G. Prendergast, 1st New York Cavalry
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General A.A. Humphries [i.e. Humphreys], American Civil War Photograph...
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Lt. Colonel G.E. Chamberlain, 1st Vermont Artillery.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
L. Schoff, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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General Martin L. Smith, CSA, Florida
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General J.G. Barnard, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Buxton, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Schurz, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Gabriel J. Rains, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...
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James Bowen, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Colonel G.H. Biddle, 95th N.Y. Infantry.
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Major (?) Schwartz, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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General Charles C. Walcutt, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negat...
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John Curtin, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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General Samuel K. Zook. Killed Gettysburg, July 3, 1863
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General D.H. Maury, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Milton Haxton, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Commander W.B. Renshaw, U.S.N., American Civil War Photograph, Glass N...
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General Rufus Ingalls, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Maj. General Edward Otho Cresap Ord and family
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Edward Johnson, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Granger, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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General Emerson Opdycke, U.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...
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Seth Eastman, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Colonel John Harris? U.S. Marine Corps. Commandant Marine Corps. Hdq. ...
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Surg. Madill, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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John Clark, Lt. Colonel U.S.M.R.R. / F. Gutekunst, photographer, 704 &...
Originally in album belonging to Joel B. Clough, Civilian Engineer, United States Military Railroad, 1863 and 1864. Signed on recto: Yours truly, John Clark, Lt. Col. U.S.M.R.R. Gift; Florence C. Abel; 1961. Bo... More
[Sketches of portions of Madison County, Va.].
Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil (some col.) on irregularly shaped sheet of ledger paper, mounted between sh... More
Davis, General H. [Hasbrouck], American Civil War Photograph, Glass Ne...
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[Unidentified city view, capitol done in distance]
Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.39). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Capt. A.M. Randol, 1st U.S. Artillery. Colonel 2d, N.Y. Cavalry.
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Jacob B. Sweitzer, Colonel 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry.
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L. McLaws[?] C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Capt. M.C. Perry, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Lt. E. Pollock, 9th U.S. Infantry. - Public domain portrait photograph
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General William T. Sherman U.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glas...
A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General John White Geary, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...
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E.V. Summer, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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[Colonel James A. Ekin], American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative...
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C.W. Le Gendre, 51st N.Y., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negati...
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Rear Adm. J. Smith, U.S.N., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negat...
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V.M. Wilcox, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Brig. General E.S. Bragg, 6th Wisc. Infantry.
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Judge Carter, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Worden U.S.N., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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O.O. Howard, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Judge Joseph Holt, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Charles C. Walcutt, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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C.S. Edwards, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Rear Adm. C. Stewart U.S.N., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Nega...
A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[George B. McClellan], American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General F.J. Herron, U.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Nega...
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Lt. Colonel B.H. Hill, 5th U.S. Artillery
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Church of Petersburg, Virginia, built by 50th N.Y. engineers
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S.W. Crawford, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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General E.S. Bragg, 6th Wisc. Infantry.
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Brig. General William F. Barry, American Civil War Photograph, Glass N...
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Slocum, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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S.H. Perkins, 14th Conn., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...
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C.P. Adams, 1st Minn, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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T. Bailey, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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[Lincoln portrait engraved by E. G. Williams & Bro. based on a Brady p...
(Based on Meserve no. 75? A photograph by Matthew B. Brady in Washington, believed to have been made in 1863.) Penciled on back. Gift of Gladys Tallman. 10/23/64.
Rathbone, 7th N.Y., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Lt. Robert McKechnie, 9th N.Y. Infantry.
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Albert C. Lee, Col 7th Kansas Cavalry
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Sam Jones, CSA, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Alexander Ramsey, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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General H.W. Slocum, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Colonel E.L. Dudley, 21st Kentucky Infantry., U.S.A.
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Surg. S.J. Jones U.S.N., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative...
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Patten, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Hdq. Petersburg, Virginia 1864-5, American Civil War Glass Negative.
Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Henry W. Benham, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kemble, Mr., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Carpenter, Quartermaster, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Colonel E.C. Charles, 42nd N.Y. Infantry.
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Stewart, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Capt. J.B. Huger, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Colonel G. Lyon, 8th N.Y.S.M., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Ne...
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lt. Colonel A.D. Adams, 27th N.Y. Infantry.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lt. Colonel Holt, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Commodore J.B. Montgomery, U.S.N., American Civil War Photograph, Glas...
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Sherman, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Adm. King, U.S.N., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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[Untitled], American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A large group of men in uniform posing for a picture. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Colonel S.H. Meve, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negati...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description