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Lady. Female portrait of American Civil War time by Mathew Brady.

Original Caption: Lady..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1597..From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)..Photographer: Brady, Mathew,... More

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

150thAnniversary_Gillis (38), Stones River national battlefield

Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Relics displayed at Historic Stagville, a North Carolina historic site...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The site comprises the remnants of one of the largest plantations of the pre-Civil War South. The plantations belonged to the Bennehan... More

[Captain Augustus C. Thompson of Co. G, 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment...

Photo shows soldier believed to be identified as Augustus C. Thompson. Case: Berg, no. 3-22. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: B.G. "Chip" Newman, Broker of Fine Antiquities, Mad... More

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cummings of Co. E, 1st Vermont Heavy Artill...

Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: 1468; tape on glass support: 1334 [crossed out]. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inf... More

[Private Silas A. Shirley of Co. H, 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment...

Photo shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; central oval and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Matthew Fleming, Milan, Ohio, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Fa... More

Portrait of Emanuel Rudasill, Company M, 16th North Carolina Regiment,...

Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) Copy photo made by LC in 1961 of a photograph from unidentified source. Previously identified as Capt. James R. Love. The North Caro... More

[Portrait of Emanuel Rudasill, Company M, 16th North Carolina Regiment...

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

DCM 1041: Anonymous Fife in A-flat

Instrument type: Fife in A-flat Medium: Silver or silver plate.; 44.2 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes, raised toneholes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Slightly bent just above upper fingerhole. The embouch... More

DCM 1326: Anonymous, English or American Fife in B-flat (Fife in C)

Instrument type: Fife in B-flat (Fife in C) Medium: Unidentified wood, dark stain with dark pigment varnish, brass end ferrules.; 36.9 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: R. S. ... More

Fortress Rosecrans CDV - Lunette Palmer

Public domain image of 18th century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photo of DCM 1121: Triebert Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys and ferrules.; 61.35 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, saltspoon, on crescent-shaped flanges. Diamond-shaped guide saddles for C and long F. Mark Maximum: (ba... More

To the Hone. Jno. Hancock, Esqre. president of ye Continental Congress...

Scale ca. 1:320,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Indexed for points of interest. Insets with indexes: Plan of Boston and its environs, 1775.--A view of the lines thrown up on Boston Neck; by the min... More

A compleat description of the province of Carolina in 3 parts : 1st, t...

Shows coastal area from North Carolina to Florida. Relief shown pictorially. Depth shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Charles Town. Mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... More

A view of the lines thrown up, on Boston Neck, by the Ministerial Army...

Print with legend shows and identifies several locations in the vicinity of Boston, including John Hancock's house, Beacon Hill, the British encampment on McHill, and a blockhouse. Illus. on map: To the Hone. ... More

[The Investiture of Charleston, S.C. by the English army, in 1780. Wit...

Scale ca. 1:17,500. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. 1862. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1559 ... More

Anti-Slavery Medallion, Wedgwood porcelain manufactory, England

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Ichnography of Charleston, South-Carolina : at the request of Adam Tun...

Scale 1:4,800; 400 ft. to 1 in. Oriented with north toward the lower right. "Published 1st Jan'y 1790 by E. Petrie, No. 13 America Square." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster im... More

Plat of the partition of Moore & Beckley survey of 170,038 a. in the c...

"Surveyed for Andrew Moore & John Beckley, Nov. 2nd, 1794." Shows names of some residents. Pen-an-ink and pencil over col. grid, mounted on cloth. Includes notes. In upper right corner in red ink: Moore & Beckl... More

Plats of the Wilson Cary Nicholas surveys (from the originals) made in...

Pen-and-ink on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H217 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

[Lace pattern with flowers] - Public domain dedication image

Print shows overall lace pattern in blue and white with hand-colored flowers in the center; possibly a greeting card. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by La... More

Autumn flowers - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows two girls in a garden with a statue of a reclining figure in the background. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], page 3.... More

Map of a portion of Missionary Ridge, illustrating the positions of Ba...

Scale ca. 1:11,800. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 398 Shows topography by contours, drainage, roads, railroads, and dwellings with names of inhabitants. Names of corps and commanding officers are given. Arrows i... More

The war in Virginia Lieutenant General Grant in a council of war at Ma...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Inger.

General Grant - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Marshall, Wm. Edgar.

[Com. Franklin Buchanan, C.S.N., half-length portrait, standing, facin...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: BI; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Military Leaders Confederate; Shelf.

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

Ellerson's Mill. Battle-field of Mechanicsville, Virginia

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 920. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plan of Fort Powhatan, Prince George County, Virginia

Original map located in House of Delegates, Office of the Speaker, Executive Communications, Oversized, Box 9, Folder 14. Although included in a report of 1821, this plan represents the fort as it looked in 181... More

Lancaster District, South Carolina / during American Civil War

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S144 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, Lt. & Chf. Engr., D. S." Pe... More

[Orangeburgh District, South Carolina] / during American Civil War

Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S150 Incomplete; the eastern and western portions of the map are wanting. Pen and ink tracin... More

Laurens District, South Carolina / - Public domain map

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S145 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. At lower right corner: Traced by A. Cheville, 47 N.Y.V... More

Newberry District, South Carolina / - Public domain map

"Approved, C. R. Suter, 1st Lt., U.S. Engrs., Chf. Engr., D. S." Pen and ink tracing of a map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of South Carolina . . . Baltimore, F. Lucas, Jr. [1825] LC Civil War maps (2nd ... More

Spartanburgh District, South Carolina / during American Civil War

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S153 In lower right corner: Traced by A. Cheville, Compagnie K. 47 N.Y.V. In lower left corner: Eng. by H. S. Tanner & Assistants. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, Lt. & Chf. Engr., D. S.... More

Richland District, South Carolina / - Public domain map

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S152 "[A]pproved, Chas. R. Suter, 1st Lt., U.S. Engrs., Chf. Engr., D. S." Pen and ink tracing of a map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of South Carolina . . . Baltimore, F. Lu... More

Pendleton District, South Carolina / during American Civil War

Relief shown by hachures. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, Lt. & Chf. Engr., D. S." "Traced by B. Schelten, Comp. A, 103 Reg., N.Y.S.V. Pen and ink tracing of a map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of South Carol... More

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with shield and American flag and...

Picryl description: Public domain image of postal stamp, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Washington's reception on the bridge at Trenton in 1789 on his way to ...

Print shows Washington and soldiers passing through a garlanded canopy labeled "The hero who defended the mothers will protect the daughters" as girls and young women toss flowers in their path. Date based on ... More

Darlington District, South Carolina : improved for Mills' Atlas, 1820 ...

Relief shown by hachures. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) S137. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress... More

Fairfield District[t], South Carolina / during American Civil War

Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S139 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.... More

Colleton District, South Carolina / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1898. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S136 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress... More

The Middle Bridge, Antietam National Battlefield

The Middle Bridge over Antietam Creek has been replaced with a modern highway bridge. It is located on Rt. 34 as you enter the park from Boonsboro.

STRI-8x10p1920-0017 - National Parks Gallery

Harding House Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National parks: 1022 - public domain image

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Figure 01, Stones River national battlefield

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Chester District, South Carolina / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Title, scale, and date from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. Description derived from published bibliography. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S134 Available also through the Library of ... More

Lexington District, South Carolina / during American Civil War

Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S146 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. At lower right corner: "Trac... More

Fort Union Mechanics Corral - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...

Mechanics Corral Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Barnwell District, South Carolina / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) S130. Description derived from published biibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, ... More

Figure 03, Stones River national battlefield

Public domain photograph of American Civil War, 19th-century early photogrpahy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Georgetown District, South Carolina / during American Civil War

Relief by hachures. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S140 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web s... More

Union District, South Carolina / - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, 1st Lt., U.S. Engrs., Chf. Engr., D. S." Pen and ink tracing of a map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of S... More

Kershaw District, South Carolina / - Public domain map

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S143 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, Lt. & Chf. Engr., D. S." Pe... More

Beaufort District, South Carolina / - Public domain map

Scale from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, 1st Lt., U.S. Engrs., Chf. Engr., D.S." Pen and ink tracing of map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of South Carolina. LC imperfect: ... More

Charleston District, South Carolina / during American Civil War

Relief shown by hachures. Scale from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. Description derived from published bibliography. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) S132. Available also through the Library of Congress web site... More

Ed gefield [sic] District, South Carolina /

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S138 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. "Approved, C. R. Suter, 1st Lt., U.S. Engrs., Chf. Eng... More

Abbeville District, South Carolina / during American Civil War

Scale from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, 1st Lt., U.S. Engrs., Chf. Engr., D. S." Pen and ink tracing of a map in Robert Mills' Atlas of the State of South Carolina . . . Baltim... More

Marion District, South Carolina / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S147 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, 1... More

Greenville District, South Carolina / during American Civil War

Relief shown by hachures. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S141 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress... More

Williamsburgh District, South Carolina : / during American Civil War

Relief shown by hachures. Scale from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, 1st Lt., U.S. Engrs., Chf. Engr. D.S." Pen and ink tracing of map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of Carol... More

Burnside Bridge 4, Antietam National Battlefield

Burnside Bridge taken from the Confederate viewpoint on the west side of Antietam Creek looking east.

Sumter District, South Carolina / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. "Approved, C. R. Suter, 1st Lt., U.S. Engrs., Chf. Engr., D. S." Pen and ink tracing of a map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of Sout... More

Horry District, South Carolina / - Public domain old map

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S142 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. "Approved, C. R. Suter, 1st Lt. & Chf. Engr., D. S." P... More

Destroyed Mumma Farm, Antietam National Battlefield

Probably no other family in the community suffered more than the Mumma family. They escaped the battle, only to return to find their farm totally destroyed by a fire set by Confederate soldiers. The Mummas rebu... More

York District, South Carolina / - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Scale from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, 1st Lt., U.S. Engrs., Chf. Engr., D. S." Pen and ink tracing of a map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of S... More

[Chesterfield District, South Carolina / during American Civil War

Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. Description derived from published bibliography. Pen and ink tracing of a map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of Sou... More

Residence and tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon, on the Potomac / W.H. ...

In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], p. 128. Library of Congress copy is trimmed. Accession box no. DLC/PP-1975:071

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

Map of the location of part of the North-Western Turnpike Road /

Shows road from Winchester westward to the Cheat River in Preston County, West Virginia. Relief shown by hachures. "This copy made by Fr. Koch, Richmond, Va. Jan. 27th 1862." Pen-and-ink, pencil and watercolor ... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

New Salem, home of Abraham Lincoln 1831 to 1837.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Adopted as authentic by Old Salem Chautauqua Association, 1909." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 176 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... More

Henry Russell / R. Street pinxt. ; R. Street lith.

Print shows Henry Russell, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, with right hand resting on piano keyboard, open sheet music in the foreground and a shipwreck on storm tossed waves in the background. Inc... More

Battle of Windmill Point (near Prescott upper Canada) on Tuesday Nov. ...

Print shows spectators in the foreground along the shore of a river, watching the battle of the windmill during which gunboats in the river fire on rebels on the far shore near a windmill, in Ontario, Canada. ... More

Untitled, 19th century - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nežinomo vyro portretas fotoateljė

Nežinomo vyro su uniforma portretas fotoateljė. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crimson fronted Purple Finch / Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R....

Print shows bird on flowering pea vine surrounded by border of vines, birds, a woman, and a bird's nest. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmit... More

Walking dresses for January 1843 Engraved for the Lady's World.

Print from Lady's World magazine shows two women dressed in clothing for the outdoors. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], no. F1 (f... More

Not a drum was heard nor a funeral note . . .

The erosion of Democratic support for presidential hopeful Martin Van Buren is portrayed as the funeral of "the Kinderhook fox." The print was deposited for copyright on May 22, 1844, one week before the Democr... More

[Unidentified cadet in Virginia Military Institute uniform]

Case: Rinhart, no. 138 (reverse image). Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photogra... More

Artilleryist group - Mathew Brady seated on left

Photograph shows group portrait of artists who participated in the art exhibition at the Metropolitan Fair in New York City, 1864, held to support the United States Sanitary Commission, "for the relief of the s... More

Storming of the Fortress of Chapultepec: at the city of Mexico Sept. 1...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Portrait of a Seated man with hat on knee]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A 100th anniversary map of Abraham Lincoln's visit to Massachusetts, S...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Patent drawing - Abraham Lincoln's for Improved Manner of Buoying Ves...

Utility Patent Drawings

McDonnell, Sub-Insprector G - Public domain print

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Houses of Parliament / Pearson sc. during American Civil War

Print shows Palace of Westminster, meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, on the banks of the Thames River. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album c... More

Fireman, 19th century - Daguerreotype portrait

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The nearest way in summer time - Engraving, Public domain image

Print after 1854 painting by Thomas Creswick shows a horse-drawn cart carrying logs and fording a creek. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmit... More

Untitled (Dog) - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General view, Charlestown Navy Yard, Stereoscope Card

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Union with freemen -- No union with slaveholders. Anti-slavery meeting...

Anti-slavery. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 137, Folder 4.

[Minister wearing spectacles] - Public domain portrait photograph

Case: variant of Rinhart 114. Sitter's eyeglasses are gilt. Hidden witness : African-American images from the birth of photography to the Civil War / Jackie Napoleon Wilson. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.... More

Capt. Corbett, T.M.S.. Museum of New Zealand collection

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sunset view of Fort Sumter before the bombardment [1861]

Engraving by N. Orr [?] of drawing by H. Fenn. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Civil War Forts Sumter 1861; Shelf.

[Battle scene surrounded by portraits of American presidents]

Print shows miniature portraits of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Tayl... More

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