casualties, civil war

[Private Vernon Mosher of Co. F, 97th New York Infantry Regiment, in u...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Rick Brown, May 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

On skirmish line Officer turning to look at a dying soldier

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed on LC mat: White Oak Swamp. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.146) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Rough sketch of a battle scene]

Title devised. Inscribed lower right: 55. Inscribed below image: on the right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.145) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Soldier named Ewing in kepi displaying a wound to his arm] / Henry Ul...

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

[Unidentified officer directing his men] during American Civil War

Title devised. Waud No. 661 is a version of the same scene. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.662) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Pioneers, woods on fire, Indians, 7 going [...] in the woods

Soldiers carrying blanket (with wounded?) on poles. Title inscribed vertically right margin. Inscribed below image: bring [...] wounded in [a] blanket. Formerly Waud no. B-97. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-19... More

[Civil War envelope showing Corporal Francis Brownell killing James Ja...

Addressed to Wharton Gray, Amenia Termin[al?], Amenia, Du[t]chess, N.Y.; postmarked New York; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

Casualties of the war - A drawing of a man sitting on a rock

Title from mat cover (source unverified). Code on mat (source unverified): I-31. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congress. Purchase; E. Burns Apfeld; 2014; (DLC... More

[Dead soldiers lying side by side in a field]

Photograph shows dead Confederate soldiers at the southwestern edge of the Rose Woods, probably on July 5th or 6th, 1863 (Source: Early photography at Gettysburg / by William A. Frassanito. Gettysburg, Pa. : Th... More

[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth with q...

Addressed to Mrs. Louisa I. Winters, Crillertown [?], Lancaster Co., Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Harrisburgh, Pa. Notations on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Lilj... More

Unidentified soldier with amputated fingers in Union uniform with Co. ...

Case: Berg, no. 3-256. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph fi... More

Private Xavier Blodier's funeral, Camp Nevin, Kentucky

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Title on mat (source unverified): The first death, Bloder's funeral at Camp Nevin, March 1861. Code on mat (source unverified): II-38. Forms part of the Adolph Met... More

Major Genl. McPherson, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows James B. McPherson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing military uniform.

Fredericksburg - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.144) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital / J. Queen del. & lith...

Print shows receipt for donation of $20.00 from Master George Morton Moore to Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital in Philadelphia; decorated border shows soldiers marching past saloon and hospital a... More

Union volunteer refreshment saloon and hospital J. Queen del. & lith

Print shows a blank receipt for donations to the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital in Philadelphia; decorated border shows soldiers marching past saloon and hospital and amputee in hospital bed wi... More

Casualties at Shiloh, Tennessee, April 7, 1862

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Collection code assigned by former owner: III-63. "76" written on sheet. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congress... More

Casualties at Shiloh - A painting of two men sitting on the ground

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Title and date on mat: War casualties at Shiloh, (Pittsburg Landing), April 7, 1862. "N.60" upper left corner of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): III-64. Fo... More

Shiloh Battlefield, April 9, 1862

Drawing shows a war victim on the battlefield inTennessee. Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Code on mat (source unverified): III-75. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection ... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Body of Confederate sharpshooter

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Rocks could not save him at the Battle of Gettysburg. July 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4168. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-18... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Body of Confederate sharpshooter

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jeff Davis's last appeal to arms

Jefferson Davis making address to soldiers missing arms and legs. Illustration from: Harper's Weekly, 1863.

Confederate soldiers as they fell near the center of the battlefield o...

No. 235. Top left photograph on mount with five other photographs. Forms part of Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) wa... More

Federal dead on the field of battle of first day

Photographs show dead soldiers, horses, and a donkey on the battlefield at Gettysburg. Nos. 242, 243, 234, 226, 274, 266. Forms part of Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection)

The War in Virginia--officers and men of Meade's army discovering unbu...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Nov. 14, p. 120.

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).

Slaughter pen, foot of Round Top, Gettysburg / negative by T.H. O'Sull...

Photograph showing dead soldiers in a ravine at the foot of Little Round Top after the battle. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons,... More

Battlefield of Gettysburg. Bodies of dead Federal soldiers on the fiel...

No. 946. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. II, p. 243". Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 37.... More

[Confederate dead near centre of battle-field, Gettysburg, Pennsylvani...

Photograph shows dead soldiers, view taken at the edge of the Rose woods, July 5. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 246. Negative number: LC-B811-246.

[Interior and exterior views of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon...

Purchase; Marian Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

The war in Virginia - Officers and men of Meade's army discovering unb...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 17, no. 424 (1863 Nov. 14), p. 120.

The Army of the Potomac - skirmish at Upperville, Virginia, June 21, 1...

Battlefield scene, showing dead and wounded, and men on horses. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 July 18, p. 461. Reference copy in 4416G (1863)

Home of a rebel sharpshooter / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

Photograph showing a dead Confederate soldier and his gun. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 41. Copyright by... More

Rebel wounded coming in as prisoners on the field of battle

Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, 15 August 1863, p. 521, as part of : Reminiscences of the Maryland Campaign. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.363) Forms part of: Morgan coll... More

Federal dead on the field of battle of first day, Gettysburg, Pennsylv...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 242. Variant print in Gardner's Photographic Sketch book of the War, v. 1, p . 36 has the title "A harvest of death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania." Original glass negative is: L... More

Gettysburg. - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Colonel Peter B. Porter killed at 2nd Cold Harbor. It is not clear that the inscription above image relates to the sketch. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-191... More

Lieut. John W. Ricker, lost leg at Port Hudson, May 27th, 1863 - 48th ...

Photograph shows identified soldier from Co. C, 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and Co. A, 48th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment with amputated leg in uniform with sword. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/... More

Federal dead on the field of battle of first day, Gettysburg, Pennsylv...

No. 243. Civil War Photograph Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Federal dead on the field of battle of first day, Gettysburg, Pennsyl...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 234. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene of Ewell's attack, May 19, 1864, near Spottsylvania [i.e. Spotsy...

Dead soldier on stretcher. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 721. LC-B811-721, LC-B8171-721.

[Sergeant Alfred A. Stratton of Co. G, 147th New York Infantry Regimen...

Carte de visite is housed in thermoplastic frame. Identification of soldier from Photography and the Civil War / Jeff L. Rosenheim. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013, p. 153. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2... More

Army of the Potomac--The Struggle for the Salient, near Spottsylvania[...

From Waud drawing: The toughest fight yet--the fight for the Salient. Attributed to: A.R. Waud. Title printed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 11 1864, pp. 376-7. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP... More

Japanese Ambassador - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows an unidentified Union soldier wounded from battle with the Texas Rangers. Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Code on mat (source unverified): I-33. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner Am... More

Alfred A. Stratton of Co. G, 147th New York Infantry Regiment in unifo...

Photograph shows identified soldier who lost his arms on on June 18, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia. Printed on recto: "Alfred A. Stratton, Co G., 147th N.Y.V. Wounded at Petersburgh, Va." Deposit; Tom Liljenqu... More

Grant's Great Campaign--Stevens's Battery at Cold Harbor.

Wood engraving for DRWG/US A Waud, no. 426 (A size). Attributed to A.R. Waud. Title printed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, 25 June 1864, p. 404. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.426a) Form... More

Michael Dunn, Raymond, Potter Co., Penna. / Photographed by Hope, succ...

Photograph shows portrait of Corporal Michael Dunn of Co. H, 46th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, after the amputation of his legs in 1864, the result of injuries received in a battle near Dallas, Georgia, on M... More

Major-General Wadsworth fighting in the Wilderness

Title printed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 4, 1864, p. [3]56. The original drawing is Waud no. 157. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.157) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil W... More

Spare cartridges - Public domain drawing

A soldier taking cartridge pouch from dead soldier; others shooting in background. (Probably drawn after war-time pencil sketch, for postwar illustrated publication.) Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.6... More

[Wounded being carried away] - Public domain drawing

Titled devised, based on information in Century Magazine. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.25) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Inside Confederate fortifications after the battle at Resaca, Georgia,...

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Drawing signed, lower right side. "N.34" upper left corner. Title on mat (source unverified): Inside the Rebel fortifications after the Battle of Resaca Georgia, M... More

Scene of Ewell's attack, May 19, 1864, near Spottsylvania [i.e. Spotsy...

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

Collecting remains of killed at Cold Harbor for re-internment

Glass window transparency shows African American soldiers digging with shovels near remains of the dead from the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia. On photograph: Taylor & Huntington, sole owners of the original... More

[Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, ...

Public domain scan of American Civil War photograph, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

These died, that our Nation might live. We were driven from this field...

Stereograph showing skeletal remains and soldiers' uniforms on the battlefield of Gaines' Mill near Cold Harbor, Virginia, in April,1865. No. 916. Copyright 1904 by John C. Taylor. Attributed to John Reekie in... More

The true defenders of the Constitution / drawn by Mr. James Walker.

Print showing bodies of two black men and two white men, Union soldiers, on a battlefield during the Civil War. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 463 (1865 November 11), p. 712.

[Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, ...

Public domain scan of American Civil War photograph, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dead Confederate soldier, in trenches of Fort Mahone in front of Peter...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 4079. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description... More

A man knows a man "Give me your hand, comrade! We have each lost a leg...

Illustration shows African American soldier in Union uniform with amputated leg shaking hands with white man with amputated leg; illustration on page with classified advertisements including for land, pianos, s... More

A dead rebel soldier, as he lay in the trenches of "Fort Hell"

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.... More

[An officer directing his troops into battle]

Officer in center of image points toward scene of battle, as wounded soldiers return. Signed lower left in pencil and Chinese white: JR Chapin. Title devised. Gift, John R. Chapin, 1902 (DLC/PP-A41530.2)

Pardon. Franchise Columbia. -- "Shall I trust these men, and not this ...

Centerfold prints show Columbia considering why she should pardon Confederate troops who are begging for forgiveness when an African American Union soldier with an amputated leg does not have the right to vote.... More

A burial party on the battle-field of Cold Harbor

Page of text describing the scene pictured in the accompanying plate. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 2, [94]. ... More

Dead confederate soldier, Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate States of ...

Dead Confederate soldier lying in trench. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington :... More

Dead Confederate soldier, in trenches of Fort Mahone in front of Peter...

Civil War Photograph Collection. Original glass negative: LC-B811-3189. No. 4082.

General Ward, of Massachusetts, killed in China, October, 1862 General...

Head-and shoulders portrait of Frederick Townsend Ward, head-and-shoulders portrait of General Burgevine, and funeral of German Union soldiers at Comfort, Texas. Three illustrations in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, ... More

Collecting the remains of Union soldiers for reinterment in national c...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Nov. 24, p. 740, bottom illustration.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of General Ward of Massachusetts, killed i...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Jan. 20, p. 33. Includes masthead.

The lost found / drawn by A.R. Waud.

Illustration showing a woman mourning at the poorly marked grave of her husband, killed in action during the Civil War; two men, one an African American servant, stand next to her, and across a stream a man wai... More

Civil War veteran George W. Warner of Co. B, 20th Connecticut Infantry...

Photograph shows portrait of identified veteran who was wounded at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, July 2015. Forms part of: Liljen... More

Scene of McPherson's death - A black and white drawing of a sign in th...

Print shows location in wooded area where Union General James B. McPherson was killed while positioning his troops during battle in the Atlanta campaign. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War ... More

The "skirmish line" searching for the lost graves ... Company A, 321st...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Orton and Pat Begner, Rochester, New York, via Civil War Collectables, Kendall, New York, February 2017.

The battle of the Sharpsburg from the extreme right

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Mansfield; Williams; Green; Lt. Col. Knipe; Early; Inscribed within image as indicators: Bests Battery 4th Maine; 16th Indiana; Genl. ... More

Loyal Americans, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval, surrounded by bust portraits of members of his cabinet, as well as four military officers. Clockwise, from top: "Gen. Scott, H. H... More

Death of Pakenham at the Battle of New Orleans / F.O.C. Darley ; W. Ri...

Print shows General Pakenham, commander of British forces, mortally wounded during the battle of New Orleans on January 8th, 1815. Entered according to act of Congress, AD 1860 by Virtue & Co., in the clerk's ... More

James W. Perrine, young clerk killed in Lawrence Massachusettsacre M.A...

Notation on recto: "James W. Perrine, killed in the Quantreel [i.e. Quantrill] Raid on Lawrence, Kansas, August 21st, 1863." Name of survivor stamped on verso: "H.B. Leonard." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (... More

Dr. Richard Burr, an embalming surgeon in the Army of the James demons...

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Title from stereoview version: LC-DIG-stereo-1s04678. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C.... More

Care for them tenderly - American Civil War sheet music

The Vacant chair, or We shall meet, but we shall miss him

Music associated with the Confederate side

Unidentified sailor with amputated arm R.A. Lord, 158 Chatham Street, ...

Notation on verso: "George Van Schanck?" Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Paul Brzozowski, Fairfield, Connecticut, June 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Pho... More

The Dying soldier, or Kiss me good night mother

Music associated with the Union side

Portrait of Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth from photographic negative...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (1837-1861). A lawyer from Mechanicsville, New York, Ellsworth enlisted as a Colonel in the U.S. Army at New York City in 1861. He was commi... More

Death of Colonel Ellsworth After hauling down the rebel flag, at the t...

Colonel Ellsworth shot as he descends a stairway carrying a flag by a Rebel sympathizer who is confronted by a Zouave carrying a rifle fixed with bayonet. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gal... More

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with amputated arm A.M. Allen, p...

Photograph shows portrait of soldier possibly wearing a 17th Corps badge. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Paul Brzozowski, Fairfield, Connecticut, June 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist F... More

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with amputated leg, standing wit...

Tax stamp on verso. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Paul Brzozowski, Fairfield, Connecticut, June 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of ... More

The Hero's grave - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Mother, is the battle over - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Tending wounded Union soldiers at Savage's Station, Virginia, during t...

Photo shows a makeshift field hospital with wounded soldiers sitting and lying on the ground while some receive care. Includes the straw-hatted Sixteenth New York Infantry who fought at Gaines' Mill on June 27... More

Antietam, Md. Bodies of Confederate dead gathered for burial

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

Antietam, Md. Confederate dead in a ditch on the right wing

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

The Soldier to his mother, pathetic song

Music associated with the Union side

Wrap the flag around me boys! - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Keedysville, Md., vicinity. Confederate wounded at Smith's Barn, with ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862. Photograph of Confederate wounded after the Battle of Antietam, Dr. A. Hurd, 14th Indiana Infantry in attendance.... More

Antietam, Md. Confederate dead in a ditch on the right wing used as a ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

Antietam, Md. Confederate dead by a fence on the Hagerstown road

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Bodies of Federal soldiers, killed on July 1,...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. This photograph is titled "Field where General Reynolds Fell" in Alexander Gardner's Corresponding print is in LOT 4168. Civil W... More

Crown the pale hero - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Gettysburg: fields over which rebel cavalry advanced to the right, Nor...

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: Road. Formerly Waud no. C-74. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1001) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The Soldier's orphan bride - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Dirge sung at the consecration of the soldier's cemetary, Gettysburg, ...

Music associated with the Union side