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[Civil War envelope showing Army of the Potomac, 6th Corps, 3rd Divisi...

Addressed to Mrs. Mary J. Peck, Moravia, Cayuga Co., N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. On recto: Magee, 816 Chestnut Street, Philada. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

The Army of the Potomac--the picket-guard

Three soldiers by river. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861, Nov. 2, p. 694, bottom.

[Civil War envelope from the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, ...

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4-Mile Run Valley. Blankers [sic] div

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The 2nd Battle of Bull Run, Va., August 1862. Map showing position of ...

Below title: "Copy of Official Map Headquarters 3rd Corps. Drawn by R.K. Sneden, 40th N.Y. Vols. & Topog. Engineer. 3rd Army Corps." NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook imag... More

Plan of the battle of Gaine's Mill, Virginia fought June 27th, 1862.

Concerns the Battle of Gaines Mill, Hanover County, Va., one of the Seven Days' Battles, 26 June-1 July 1862. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. Original scrapbook hous... More

The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. Fought 31st May 1862.

This map shows an area of Henrico County, Va., east of the city of Richmond and south of the Chickahominy River, where the Battle of Fair Oaks, or Seven Pines, took place 31 May-1 June 1862. Confederate Gen. J... More

[Civil War envelope showing Army of the Potomac, 6th Corps, 3rd Divisi...

Addressed to John S. Hawkins, Hopewell X Roads, Harford County, Md.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Washington, May or March 27. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Army of the Potomac, 3rd Corps, 1st Divisi...

Addressed to Mrs. E. M. Hill, North Orwell, Bradford Co., Va.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Washington, D.C., March 19, 1864. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

Plan of the battle of Glendale and White Oak Swamp, Virginia, also kno...

Concerns the Battle of Frazier's Farm, Henrico County, Va., 30 June 1862, variously known as the Battle of Glendale and the Battle of White Oak Swamp. Considered one of the Seven Days' Battles, 26 June-1 July ... More

Plan of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Va. Showing position of both ar...

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

The 2nd Battle of Bull Run, Va., August 1862. Map showing position of ...

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The Battlefield of Williamsburg, Va. : fought 5th May 1862.

Concerns the Battle of Williamsburg, Va., which was part of the Peninsula Campaign, March-June 1862. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. Original scrapbook housed in the ... More

Plan of the battle of Savage's Station, Virginia, fought Sunday, 29th ...

Concerns the Battle of Savage's Station, Henrico County, Va., which was one of the Seven Days' Battles, 26 June-1 July 1862. Bottom margin of map: "Copy of map made for Genl. S. P. Heintzelman, 3rd Corps, by R... More

Map of Harrison's Landing, James River, Virginia

Shows the locations along the James River of the camps of the U.S. Army of the Potomac after the Seven Days' Battles, 25 June-1 July 1862. Also shows locations of Berkeley and Westover plantations in Charles C... More

Map shewing [sic] country opposite Harrison's Landing, Va., and positi...

Shows the location along the James River between Petersburg and Harrison's Landing, Va., of the camps of the U.S. Army of the Potomac after the Seven Days' Battles, 26 June-1 July 1862. Positions of U.S. gunboa... More

Plan of the Union and Rebel position at Yorktown, Va., April 7th, 1862...

Illustrates a portion of York County, Va., showing headquarters camps of the various generals of the U.S. Army of the Potomac, including the Sawmill, headquarters of General Samuel P. Heintzelman, in the Penins... More

Plan of the Union and Rebel position at Yorktown, Va., April 7th, 1862

The Union position before Yorktown, Va., 18th April 1862

A regional view of Yorktown, Va., and vicinity, with Yorktown and Gloucester Point on opposite sides of the York River and indicating where the Warwick River feeds into the James, and also the Poquoson River as... More

Siege of Yorktown [Virginia]. - Public domain old map

Illustrates the positions of the Union and Confederate armies in York County, Va., around Yorktown, showing entrenchments and redoubts.

Map of Harrison's Landing, James River, Virginia.

The March from Hampton to before Yorktown, Va., April 1862. Map showin...

Illustrates a portion of Isle of Wight County, Va., showing headquarters camps of the various generals of the U.S. Army of the Potomac in the Peninsula Campaign, March-July 1862.

Plan of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Va. Showing position of both ar...

Below map: "Copy of map made for Maj. Genl. S.P. Heintzelman, 3rd Army Corps, AP, by R.K. Sneden, Topo. Engr." Lower left corner: "Copy of official map by U.S. Engineers of Genl. Pope, USA." NOTE: Researcher... More

The Army of the Potomac--Kearney's division fighting in the woods, Mon...

"Bushwhacking" battle in Virginia. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 Aug. 9, p. 500, bottom.

Plan of the battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia. Fought June 30th and Jul...

"The position of Union forces at Malvern Hill was on the West. Overlooking Warren were 36 guns having full sweep of the Valley and over the River Road. These batteries were [Stephen Hinsdale] Weed's NYork batte... More

Harrison's Landing, Va. : Showing Union line of defence [sic].

Shows the location at Harrison's Landing, along the James River, of the camps of the U.S. Army of the Potomac after the Seven Days' Battles, 25 June-1 July 1862. Includes Berkeley and Westover plantations in C... More

Map shewing [sic] march of the [U.S.] Army from Harrison's Landing or ...

Illustrates the path McClellan's troops took in August 1862 after their July encampment at Harrison's Landing ended. The 1st Corps under Fitz-John Porter, the 6th Corps under Sedgwick, and the 4th Corps under ... More

Map of 1st and 2nd Bull Run battles. Official map from the Topographic...

In this detail of a printed map, Sneden has juxtaposed troop locations during First Bull Run (21 July 1861) and Second Bull Run (29-30 August 1862). He has also noted the location where Union General Philip Kea... More

Position of 3rd Army Corps at Harrison's Landing, Va., July 9th 1862. ...

Gives Union Army positions around Harrison's Landing in Charles City County, Va., on July 9th, 1862, with details of the terrain and locations of headquarters for the following Union officers: David Bell Birney... More

The March from Hampton to before Yorktown, Va., April 1862. Map showin...

Illustrates a portion of Isle of Wight County, Va., showing headquarters camps of the various generals of the U.S. Army of the Potomac in the Peninsula Campaign, March-July 1862. Lower left corner: "Drawn for ... More

Siege of Yorktown Virginia - Public domain old map

Illustrates the positions of the Union and Confederate armies in York County, Va., around Yorktown, showing entrenchments and redoubts. Lower left corner: "Copy of map made for Maj. Genl. S.P. Heintzelman, 3d A... More

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Map shewing sic country opposite Harrison's Landing, Va., and position...

Plan of the battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia. Fought June 30th and Jul...

The Army of the Potomac in huts / / sketched by Theodore R. Davis. The...

Top illustration shows soldiers marching in front of log huts and one soldier cutting logs. Bottom illustration shows two black teamsters lashing each other with whips. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Jan. 17, p. 33.

Plan of the Battle of Kelly's Ford, Va. : fought 7th November 1863.

Focuses on a small portion of the Rappahannock River close to the line dividing Culpeper and Fauquier counties, Va., and about 8 miles (as indentified by Sneden) from Brandy Station where the Battle of Kelly's ... More

Plan of the battle of Chancellorsville. Virginia position, 5 p.m., 2nd...

Sneden uses his usual eye for detail in showing the nature of the terrain with crop fields, woods, areas of felled trees, roads, and waterways in the vicinity of the Battle of Chancellorsville. He particularly... More

Grand requiem mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, Friday, Janua...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Feb. 7, p. 308. Held at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Lower Manhattan, January 16, 1863.

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The letter for home / H.

Print shows a nurse writing a letter for a wounded Army of the Potomac soldier in a hospital bed. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2013; (DLC/PP-2013:089.03).

Map of Warrenton Junction, Orange and Alexandria R.R., Virginia shewin...

Illustrates the position in October 1863 in Fauquier County, Va., of the Union 3rd Army Corps under General William Henry French. The Union troops were near Warrenton Junction along the Orange and Alexandria Ra... More

Plan shewing sic the Rebel concentrated assault on the 3rd Corps, July...

Map depicts the situation just prior to Union Gen. Daniel Edgar Sickles' having ordered his 3rd Corps into an advanced position on a ridge overlooking the Emmitsburg Road, unknowingly exposing his left flank. C... More

Acquia Creek landing. Depot of supplies for the Army of the Potomac

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1918:R1.1.134) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Campaign sketches. A pass time. Cavalry rest / W.H.

Print shows Army of the Potomac soldiers playing cards. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Officers of U.S. horse artillery brigade, near Culpeper, Virginia, Se...

Officers of Army of the Potomac posed in front of three tents. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 607.

Officers of horse artillery brigade, near Culpeper, Virginia, Septembe...

Officers of Army of the Potomac posed in front of three tents. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 76.

Plan of the Battle of Kelly's Ford, Va. : fought 7th November 1863

Plan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg Va. By Maj. Genl. Jo...

Area depicted includes the Rappahannock River to the northeast, Taylor Hill to the northwest and Deep Run to the south. The Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad is also indicated. As part of Gen. Hooker's plan to... More

Plan of position of the 12th Corps and part of the 3rd Corps, covering...

Shows the locations of the U.S. Army of the Potomac's XII Corps (under Slocum) and III Corps (under Sickles) during Hooker's campaign to circumvent Lee's defenses at Fredericksburg by circling to the west and a... More

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The coffee call / H.W. [i.e. W.H.]

Print shows Army of the Potomac soldiers waiting for coffee at a campfire in an encampment. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2013; (DLC/PP-2013:089.01).

Wagon park, Brandy Station, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, po...

Photograph showing an assembly of wagons belonging to the Quartermaster's Department, which handled field repairs for the Army of the Potomac at Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sket... More

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. Our jolly cook / Homer del.

Print shows an African American cook for an Army of the Potomac corps dancing by a fire as soldiers watch at an encampment. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2013; (DLC/PP-2013:089.03).

Map shewing [sic] movements of army from 30th June to 1st July 1863 : ...

Indicates the general terrain and disposition of troops around Gettysburg, Pa., as well the fighting northwest of town between the Union's I Corps, under Maj.Gen. John F. Reynolds and Confederate forces under H... More

Plan of the battle of Salem Church or Salem Heights, Va. Attack and re...

The Battle of Salem Church, Spotsylvania County, Va., was part of the Chancellorsville Campaign of April-May, 1863, and was actually fought on May 4, 1863. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of... More

Pontoon bridge across the Rappahannock / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan; ...

Photograph showing two pontoon bridges over the Rappahannock River used in the battle of Fredericksburg. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp &... More

The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd M...

Shows the position of Union troops on the second day of the Battle of Chancellorsville, including Oliver Otis Howard's 11th Corps, Daniel Edgar Sickles' 3rd Corps, George Gordon Meade's 5th Corps, Henry Warner ... More

[Officers of U.S. horse artillery brigade, near Culpeper, Virginia, Se...

Officers of Army of the Potomac posed in front of three tents. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 78.

Plan shewing [sic] the Rebel concentrated assault on the 3rd Corps, Ju...

Plan of the battle of Chancellorsville. Virginia position, 5 p.m., 2nd...

Pay-day in the Army of the Potomac / drawn by Mr. Homer.

Composite of scenes of soldiers getting paid, sending money home, buying food and liquor, and two women reading letter. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Feb. 28, p. 136-137.

[William Wilson, scout, headquarters, Army of the Potomac, seated on h...

Civil War unprocessed photograph collection. LC-B817-7127 (orig. glass neg.)

Headquarters, New York Herald, Army of the Potomac, Bealton / negative...

Photograph showing the war correspondents of the New York Herald gathered at their camp headquarters near the Army of the Potomac in Bealeton, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war... More

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. Foraging / Homer.

Print shows three Army of the Potomac soldiers taking a cow or bull as an African American man protests. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2013; (DLC/PP-2013:089.03).

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The baggage train / Homer.

Print shows two African American drovers, one with a pipe and the other with a whip, sitting on the back of a covered wagon, which is part of a baggage train for the Army of the Potomac. Purchase; William Rees... More

Army repair shop / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner...

Photograph showing military personnel engaged in various repair activities at the field workshop of the Ninth Army Corps near Petersburg. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Ga... More

Pontoon bridge across the James / negative by J. Gardner, positive by ...

Photograph showing a pontoon bridge across the James River at Powhatten Point, which was used by Gen. Grant's army in his march from Coal Harbor to City Point. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of ... More

Officers' winter quarters, Army of Potomac, Brandy Station

Two men beside log structure with brick chimney, Brandy Station, Virginia. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 133VA.

Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sulliva...

Photograph showing a group of soldiers near a bridge over the North Anna River, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c18... More

[Group of provost guards at headquarters, Army of the Potomac]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 251. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A fancy group, in front of Petersburg / negative by David Knox, positi...

Photograph showing a group of military personnel seated in a circle watching two African American men each holding roosters in preparation for a cockfight. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the ... More

The New Year's address of the Newsmen of the New York Herald.

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Army forge scene, in front of Petersburg / negative by David Knox, pos...

Photograph showing a group of military personnel preparing to shoe a horse in the camp's temporary blacksmith shop. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C... More

Jericho Mills, North Anna, Virginia / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

Photograph showing a pontoon bridge connecting one side of the North Anna River in Virginia with the Union Army camp after their defeat of the Confederates. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the... More

Mortar dictator in front of Petersburg / negative by David Knox ; posi...

Photograph showing a group of military personnel around a thirteen inch mortar used to fire on Petersburg. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp... More

Battery A, Fourth U.S. Artillery, Robertson's brigade / negative by J....

Photograph showing the mounted battery of Captain Robertson. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 2, no. 59. Copyright ... More

Breaking camp, Brandy Station, Virginia / negative by J. Gardner, posi...

Photograph showing an African American man standing beside a chimney in the deserted quarters of General Sharp at Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander ... More

Field hospital, Second Army Corps, Brandy Station / negative by J. Gar...

Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 2, no. 54. Copyright by A. Gardner. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - Decemb... More

Commissary Department, Head-quarters, Army of the Potomac / negative b...

Photograph showing a group of soldiers in front of the commissary buildings at the Army of the Potomac headquarters at Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexa... More

Pontoon boat, Brandy Station, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, ...

Photograph showing a wooden boat, used by the Army of the Potomac to build pontoon bridges, resting on a cart. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : P... More

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

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 612. Public domain photograph of military forces, army, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Field telegraph battery wagon / negative by David Knox, positive by A....

Photograph showing the wagon in which the battery used to power the field telegraph system was carried. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & ... More

Head-quarters, Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Virginia / negativ...

Photograph showing a group of Zouaves standing in front of the Army of the Potomac headquarters at Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washin... More

Charles City Court-House, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. posi...

Photograph showing a soldier guarding the front of the courthouse building, the county seat of Charles City. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Phi... More

[Civil War envelope showing Army of the Potomac, 9th Corps, 1st Divisi...

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War views. No. 1500, Camp life, Army of the Potomac - basking in the s...

Stereograph shows Union soldiers taking a break to soak up some sunshine in camp. No. 1500. (DLC/PP-2012:069.13)

Plan of the battle of Five Forks, Va., April 1st 1865 : fought by 5th ...

This map depicts the Five Forks area of Dinwiddie County, Va., where Confederate forces under Gen. George E. Pickett tried to hold off the Union advance on Petersburg and the important South Side Railroad. Inc... More

War views. No. 1501, Camp life, Army of the Potomac - writing to frien...

Stereograph shows Boston Light Artillery soldiers in camp at Relay House in Maryland sitting at a long table, writing letters, as one soldier, in the foreground, appears to be sewing. No. 1501. Date of photogr... More

Hospitals, Army of the Potomac, January 1865 (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

Plan of the battle of Five Forks, Va., April 1st 1865 : fought by 5th ...

Johnson's Mill, Petersburg, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, po...

Photograph showing a group of military personnel standing on rocks in the Appomattox River opposite Johnson's Mill, which was built in 1773. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander... More

Connecticut - reunion of the Army of the Potomac / from sketches by Ja...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v.36, 1873 May 31, p. 181.

Churchill Hotel on Connecticut Avenue in Dupont Circle

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Incidents of the war, group at Secret Service Department Headquarters,...

Photograph shows fourteen men, including Allan and William Pinkerton, and several Union Army officers posed in front of a tent. Title from text printed on the front of the mat. Photograph is a 50th year Anniver... More

A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform. John buford jr...

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Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap with infantry ins...

Frame: Berg, no. 7-43. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" at the Library of Congress, Washington, ... More

Unidentified soldier of VI Army Corps, Army of the Potomac in uniform ...

Tax stamp on verso. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper pp/liljwoch

Falmouth, Virginia Aides de camp to General Joseph Hooker: Capts. Will...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

U.S. Military telegraph construction corps negative by T.H. O'Sullivan...

Photograph showing members of the construction corps hanging a telegraph wire, possibly in Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Sol... More

Headquarters of the 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac, at the home of Col...

Photograph shows General G.K. Warren and other officers of the 5th Army Corps gathered outside house in front of their flag. Notations on recto: "Hd. Qurs. 5th Army Corps June 1864 - Old Colonel Avery's house ... More

In camp headquarters of First Brigade of horse artillery popularly cal...

Photograph shows an African American man standing beside a stack of firewood while Union officers pose near rustic building and tents. Identification of photographer and date from catalog record for original n... More

Service of the cavalry in the Army of the Potomac

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