Union Army

Telegram reporting troop strength in Tennessee

Resignation from army; endorsed by Abraham Lincoln, Jan. 8, 1863

Telegram reporting military situation in Tennessee

Court of Inquiry

Crossing the Rappahannock River

Printed correspondence

Englishman writes concerning his son who joined the Union Army and was taken prisoner

Requests that General Grant be placed in command of the Union Army

Seeks release of brother and compensation for property seized by the Union Army

Telegram concerning military affairs

Telegram reporting troop strength in Tennessee

Crossing the Rappahannock River

Telegram in response to Lincoln's order to reinforce Rosecrans

Printed correspondence

Telegram concerning military affairs

Crossing the Rappahannock River

Telegram reporting troop strength in Tennessee

Printed correspondence

Telegram concerning military affairs

Crossing the Rappahannock River

Printed correspondence

Printed correspondence

This map shows the route used by the retreating Union forces to march from Malvern Hill to Harrison's Landing around Richmond, Virginia, July 2, 1862. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division photo

Allen H. Bright, sergeant of the color guard and a Civil War re-enactor of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and Greg Krohn, a Civil War re-enactor of the 125th Ohio volunteer Infantry, march togethe More

Army Reserve Lt. Col. L. Perry Bennett, division historian for the 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado and previous command historian for the 335th Signal Command (Theater), joins members of the Sons o More

NH 51798: USS Marmora (1862-1865). Photographed on the Western Rivers during the Civil War. A side-wheel river steamer is in the background, beyond Marmora's pilothouse. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Comma More

NH 55524: USS Cricket (1863-1865, "Tinclad" # 6). Tied up at a Western Rivers city, during the last years of the Civil War, with a barge astern and a boat alongside. Note the decorative star suspended betwee More

Print shows boats and riverboats filled with soldiers landing on the shore; scores of soldiers disembark and join troops already at the campsite. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse, (E.) & Co. Sketched b More

Print shows boats and riverboats filled with soldiers landing on the shore; scores of soldiers disembark and join troops already at the campsite. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse, (E.) & Co. Sketched b More

Scope and content: Pinkerton is smoking a pipe. Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Seven living historians pose around a reproduction Civil War 12 pounder Napoleon cannon. The cannon is situated on a field with trees in the background. Living historians, representing Cooper's Battery of the More

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

Title: A Crippled Locomotive in Richmond. Creator: Unknown Contributors: Taylor & Huntington (publisher) Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Physical Description: 1 photographic print on More

Title: Albert Hopkins, Co. G., 23rd Wis. Vol. Infantry, My Bunk Mate. Alternative Title: [Albert Hopkins, Company G., 23rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, My Bunk Mate] Creator: Francis, F.C. Date: 1861-1865 Part More

Title: [Civil War veteran wearing a Grand Army of the Republic badge] Creator: Unknown Date: ca. 1866-1879 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag2007.0007/mode/exact Physical Description: 1 photograph: sixth plate tintype, More

Title: Destruction of a Railroad Bridge. Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 Date: ca. 1864-1865 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Physical Description: 1 photographic print on stereo card: stereogr More

Title: First Wagon Train Entering Petersburg. Creator: Reekie, John Contributers: Taylor & Huntington (publisher) Date: ca. 1865 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Petersburg, Virginia Physical Des More

Title: [Four Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Wearing Grand Army of the Republic Encampment Medals] Creator: Unknown Date: ca. 1890 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag2007.0007/mode/exact Place: Massachusetts De More

Title: Gateway to National Cemetery Creator: Mumper & Co. Date: ca. 1874 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Physical Description: 1 photographic print on stereo card: stere More

Title: Gen. A. B. Dyer Alternative Title: [General Alexander B. Dyer, Union Army] Creator: Unknown Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag2007.0007/mode/exact Physical Description: 1 photographic print o More

Title: Gen. W. T. Sherman Alternative Title: [General William T. Sherman, Union Army] Creator: Unknown Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag2007.0007/mode/exact Physical Description: 1 photographic pri More

Title: Gibson's Battery of Horse Artillery, Near Fair Oaks. Creator: Gibson, James F., 1828- Date: June 1862 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Henrico County, Virginia Description: This image depi More

Title: Great Siege Train, at Yorktown, Va. Creator: Brady & Co. (Washington, D.C.) Contributors: E. & H.T. Anthony (publisher) Date: ca. 1862 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Yorktown, Virginia Ph More

Title: Gun Yard - Fort Monroe Creator: Stacy, George W., 1831-1896 Date: 1862 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia Physical Description: 1 photographic print on stereo c More

Title: Head Quarters of the General Commanding, Dept. of the South. At Hilton Head, S.C. Alternative Title: [Headquarters of the General Commanding, Department of the South at Hilton Head Island, S.C.] Creator: More

Title: James House, Hospital No. 7. Beaufort, S.C. Alternative Title: [James Fripps' House, Union Hospital No. 7, Beaufort, S.C.] Creator: Cooley, Sam A. (Samuel A.) Date: 1861-1864 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag20 More

Title: Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan and lady Alternative Title: [Major General George B. McClellan, Union Army, and wife] Creator: F. Gutekunst, Photographer Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag2007.00 More

Title: Mead's Headquarters Alternative Title: [Meade's Headquarters] Creator: Mumper & Co. Date: ca. 1863-1879 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Physical Description: 1 pho More

Title: National Cemetery Creator: Mumper & Co. Date: ca. 1864 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Physical Description: 1 photographic print on stereo card: stereograph, albu More

Title: Ordnance Yard, Morris Island, S.C. Creator: Foster, H.C. Date: 1863-1864 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag2007.0007/mode/exact Place: Morris Island, South Carolina Physical Description: 1 photographic print on More

Title: Our Peace Commissioners for 1865 Creator: Philada. Photographic Co. Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag2007.0007/mode/exact Physical Description: 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount; More

Title: Park of Captured Guns at Rocketts, Richmond, Va. Creator: Unknown Contributors: E. & H. T. Anthony (publisher) Date: 1865 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Richmond, Virginia Physical Descr More

Title: Picket Reserve 134th Ill. Vol., Columbus, Ky. Alternative Title: [Picket Reserve, 134th Illinois Volunteers, Columbus, Kentucky.] Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Columbus, Hickman County, K More

Title: Railroad Battery before Petersburg. Creator: Unknown Contributers: Taylor & Huntington (publisher) Date: ca. 1865 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Petersburg, Virginia Physical Description More

Title: Railroad Battery Before Petersburg. Creator: Unknown Contributors Taylor & Huntington (publisher) Date: ca. 1865 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Petersburg, Virginia Physical Description: More

Title: Scene at City Point, Va. Creator: Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902 [attributed] Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: City Point, Prince George County, Virginia Physical Descrip More

Title: Sherman's Men Destroying Railroad. Creator: Barnard, George N., 1819-1902 Date: ca. 1864 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Atlanta, Georgia Physical Description: 1 photographic print on ster More

Title: Southwest View of Battery No. 1 at Farnhold's House, York River Mounting One 200 Pound and Five 100 Pound Rifled Guns. Creator: Gibson, James F. Contributors: Gardner & Gibson; Gardner's Gallery (publi More

Title: The Sunken Road at Antietam. Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Date: ca. 1862 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Physical Description: 1 photographic print on s More

Title: The Amateur Barber Creator: Roche, T. C. (Thomas C.), 1826-1895 Date: ca. 1862 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Physical Description: 1 photographic print on stereo card: stereograph, albumen; 9x More

Title: The Grand Review Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 [attributed] Date: 1860-1869 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Washington, D.C. Description: This stereograph shows people watching s More

Title: The Horrors of War. Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Date: 1863 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Physical Description: 1 photographic print on stereo card: st More

Title: The Wounded Scout Creator: Rogers, John, 1829-1904 (sculptor) Date: 1864 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Physical Description: 1 photographic print on stereo card: stereograph, albumen; 9x18 cm More

Title: Gen A. Porter Alternative Title: [General Andrew Porter, Union Army] Creator: Brady's National Portrait Gallery Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag2007.0007/mode/exact Place: Washington, D.C. More

Title: Genl Kearney Alternative Title: [General Philip Kearney, Union Army] Creator: Brady's National Portrait Gallery Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag2007.0007/mode/exact Place: Washington, D.C. More

Title: Genl' Hooker Alternative Title: [General Joseph Hooker, Union Army] Creator: Brady's National Portrait Gallery Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag2007.0007/mode/exact Physical Description: 1 p More

Title: Hancock Alternative Title: [General Winfield S. Hancock, Union Army] Creator: Unknown Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag2007.0007/mode/exact Physical Description: 1 photographic print on cart More

Title: Heintzleman Alternative Title: [General Samuel P. Heintzelman, Union Army] Creator: Brady's National Portrait Gallery Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag2007.0007/mode/exact Physical Descripti More

Title: Unburied Dead on Battlefield. Creator: Unknown Date: ca. 1862 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Hanover County, Virginia Description: The Battle of Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862), also know More

Title: [Union Army camp tents] Creator: Unknown Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Physical Description: 1 photographic print on stereo card: stereograph, albumen; 9x18 cm File: ag1982 More

Title: [Union Army military camp] Creator: Unknown Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Physical Description: 1 photographic print on stereo card: stereograph, albumen; 9 x 18 cm File: ag198 More

Title: View of Dead at Round Top Alternative Title: [View of Dead at Devil's Den] Creator: Mumper & Co. Date: ca. November 1863 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Place: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Descripti More

Title: Your attached friend, Geoff Slidman Creator: Unknown Date: 1861-1865 Part of: civ/searchterm/Ag2007.0007/mode/exact Physical Description: 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount: albumen; 10.3 x 6. More

Scope and content: Pinkerton is smoking a pipe.

NH 55524: USS Cricket (1863-1865, "Tinclad" # 6). Tied up at a Western Rivers city, during the last years of the Civil War, with a barge astern and a boat alongside. Note the decorative star suspended betwee More

"Provost Marshal's Office, Aquia Creek, Virginia", published in Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War.

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

Title: James E. Flynn (Union veteran). Description: James E. Flynn (Union veteran). Place: Dates: 1897 Type(s): photo, Photograph Maker/Creator: Shores Subjects: mhm:id=P0083-2308 James E. Flynn James Flynn Am More

Two African-American Union Army infantrymen taking aim outside a ruined building in Dutch Gap, Virginia. Restored, retouched and colourised. The soldier to the left wears his forage cap with chinstrap in place More

Harriet Tubman (c. 1820 – March 10, 1913), circa 1887, at her home in Auburn, NY. Left to right: Harriet Tubman; Gertie Davis {Watson} (adopted daughter born 1874, died ?) behind Tubman; Nelson Davis (husband a More

Harriet Tubman (c. 1820 – March 10, 1913), far left, with family and neighbors, circa 1887, at her home in Auburn, NY. Left to right: Harriet Tubman; Gertie Davis {Watson} (adopted daughter born 1874, died ?) b More

24th Ohio wagons, Blue Springs, Tennessee

24th Ohio or 9th Indiana, Blue Springs, Tennessee

Digital ID: 1150125. United States Sanitary Commission -- Creator. Gardner, Alexander -- Photographer. c. 1865; Date depicted: 1865 Notes: Alternate title appears in reverse image on the photographic print. So More

Digital ID: 1150150. United States Sanitary Commission -- Creator. c. 1865 Notes: Alternate title supplied from album sheet. Source: United States Sanitary Commission records, 1861-1872, bulk (1861-1865). / Ph More

Digital ID: 1150126. United States Sanitary Commission -- Creator. Gardner, Alexander -- Photographer. c. 1865 Source: United States Sanitary Commission records, 1861-1872, bulk (1861-1865). / Photographs, prin More

Digital ID: 1150145. View on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.[Soldiers, civilians and children stand in front of a large brick corner building.]. United States Sanitary Commission -- Creator. c. 1865 Sour More

LIBI_00312_11138; Photo portrait, oval shaped image. This image depicts Doctor James M. DeWolf. He is wearing a civilian suit and tie. A handwritten note at the bottom margin reads: “Dr. J.M DeWolf Killed in B More

“Yankee soldiers plundering a Southern farm as they forage for food” (Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper; Library of Congress)

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR WEAPONS.

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR FLAGS.

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR WEAPONS.

Fort Monroe on Cheat Summit. Observing the fort and the entrenchments on Cheat Summit, a Confederate Colonel declares, "It would be madness to make an attack." (Virginia State Archives).

Members of the Union Intelligence Services, including chief Allan Pinkerton. This photo was taken not long after the Civil War’s first battle on northern soil in Antietam, Maryland in October, 1862. Notes: M More

The War in America, Quartermaster's Department, killing Bullocks in the Federal Camp, Virginia. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 14 September 1861. Identifier: illustratedlondov39lond (find match More

Camp Curtin, a major Union Army training camp, was located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War, and was depicted in this "Harper's Weekly" illustration in September 1862. More than 300,00 More

Illustration of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida (Harper's Weekly, 26 August 1865, public domain).