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Paul Revere - [The coffin of Patrick Carr]

Paul Revere - [The coffin of Patrick Carr]

Print shows section of newspaper column with illustration of the coffin bearing skull and crossbones and the initials of Patrick Carr, who died from wounds received during the Boston Massacre. Illus. in: The B... More

Paul Revere - [Four coffins of men killed in the Boston Massacre]

Paul Revere - [Four coffins of men killed in the Boston Massacre]

Print shows section of newspaper column with illustration of four coffins bearing skull and crossbones and the initials of those killed: Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Crispus Attucks. Illus... More

The death of Warren / M inv. ; Norman sc.

The death of Warren / M inv. ; Norman sc.

Print shows Joseph Warren on bended knee, right hand over chest, left hand on rifle for support, after being mortally wounded during the battle of Bunker Hill, three soldiers stand nearby. Illus. in: The battl... More

George Montgomery, Esq'r. major general of the American armies - kill'd at Quebec Decr. 31st. 1775

George Montgomery, Esq'r. major general of the American armies - kill'...

Print shows Richard Montgomery, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing right, leaning against hillside and holding sword in right hand. Illus. in: Walker's Hibernian magazine; or, Com... More

Major Gen'l. Rich'd. Montgomery slain in storming Quebec Dec'b'r. 31st, 1775 / J. Norman sc.

Major Gen'l. Rich'd. Montgomery slain in storming Quebec Dec'b'r. 31st...

Print shows Richard Montgomery, full-length portrait, standing facing right, wearing military uniform, right hand on chest, holding baton in left hand.

Contemplez l'ouvrage de pouvoir arbitraire / Le Barbier l'aîné inv. del. ; Patas sculp.

Contemplez l'ouvrage de pouvoir arbitraire / Le Barbier l'aîné inv. de...

Print shows an imaginary scene depicting the funeral of Joseph Warren. Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, ... / par M. Hilliard d'Auberteuil .... Bruxelles : 1782, v. 3 (atla... More

Son mérite personnel l'emporte sur toutes les considérations / Le Barbier l'aîné del. ; N. Ponce sculp.

Son mérite personnel l'emporte sur toutes les considérations / Le Barb...

Print shows an imaginary scene depicting the funeral of Richard Montgomery, killed during the attack on Québec. Illus. in: Essais historiques et politiques sur les Anglo-Américains, ... / par M. Hilliard d'Aub... More

General Montgomery, Head and Shoulders Portrait

General Montgomery, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Richard Montgomery, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing military uniform, facing slightly left, in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the w... More

John Singleton Copley - Major general Warren / J. Norman sc.

John Singleton Copley - Major general Warren / J. Norman sc.

Print shows Joseph Warren, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front; in medallion. After Copley portrait ca. 1765. Illus. in: The Boston magazine. Boston, Mass. : Norman & White, 1784 April, opp. p. 221. Publ... More

Précis du traité de paix, signé à Versailles le 3 Septembre 1783 / N. Ponce, inv. et sculpsit.

Précis du traité de paix, signé à Versailles le 3 Septembre 1783 / N. ...

Print shows ten battle scenes from the American revolutionary war, from the battle of Trenton in December 1776 to the victory of Comte de Grimouard, commander of the Scipion, in the West Indies in November 1782... More

Précis du traité de paix, signé à Versailles le 3 Septembre 1783 N. Ponce, inv. et sculpsit

Précis du traité de paix, signé à Versailles le 3 Septembre 1783 N. Po...

Print shows eight battle scenes from the American Revolutionary War on oval medallions with ribbons identifying and dating the battles and two additional scenes as panels on the base supporting the medals and d... More

The death of General Wolfe N. Merchant invt. ; L. Schiavonetti V.A. inct

The death of General Wolfe N. Merchant invt. ; L. Schiavonetti V.A. in...

Print shows an idealized version of the death of General James Wolfe, with two officers and a Native warrior in attendance. Title from online source. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Libr... More

The death of General Ross, near Baltimore, as soon as he perceived that he was wounded he fell into the arms of a brother officer / G.M. Brighty del. ; Brown sculp.

The death of General Ross, near Baltimore, as soon as he perceived tha...

Print shows Robert Ross, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left, mortally wounded, being assisted by another soldier.

The death of General Ross, near Baltimore, as soon as he perceived that he was wounded he fell into the arms of a brother officer / G.M. Brighty del. ; Brown sculp.

The death of General Ross, near Baltimore, as soon as he perceived tha...

Print shows Robert Ross, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left, mortally wounded, being assisted by another soldier. Briggs Coll. 41499.

Battle of New Orleans and death of Major General Packenham sic on the 8th of January 1815 West del. ; J. Yeager sc

Battle of New Orleans and death of Major General Packenham sic on the ...

Print shows the Battle of New Orleans from the British perspective, as British forces advance upon the earthworks or barricades from which the American forces, under the command of Andrew Jackson, repel the att... More

Battle of New Orleans and death of Major General Packenham [sic] on the 8th of January 1815 / West del. ; J. Yeager sc.

Battle of New Orleans and death of Major General Packenham [sic] on th...

Print shows the Battle of New Orleans from the British perspective, as British forces advance upon the earthworks or barricades from which the American forces, under the command of Andrew Jackson, repel the att... More

Scene on the Macedonian after the battle

Scene on the Macedonian after the battle

Print shows a busy scene in the physician's quarters below deck on the HMS Macedonian where wounded sailors are being attended to by medical staff, some are having limbs amputated. Illus. from: Life and death ... More

[Private Vernon Mosher of Co. F, 97th New York Infantry Regiment, in uniform, amputated hand visible] / Thomas D. Givin, photographer, No. 432 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

[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

Death of Genl. Ross at Baltimore / from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers.

Death of Genl. Ross at Baltimore / from the original painting by Chapp...

Print shows British General Robert Ross, on horseback, mortally wounded, on September 12th, 1814.

On skirmish line Officer turning to look at a dying soldier

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]

[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 Ulke, 178 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

[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

[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 century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

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

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 Jackson after he murdered Colonel Elmer Ellsworth with message from Brownell, "Father--Colonel Ellsworth was shot this morning. I killed his murderer. Frank"]

[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

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]

[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 quotation "He who noteth even the fall of a sparrow will have some purpose even in the fate of one like me"]

[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. D, New Hampshire Volunteers regiment hat

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 of Gettysburg

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

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 unburied Union dead on the battlefield of Bull Run / from a sketch by our special artist, Edwin Forbes.

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.

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'Sullivan. positive by A. Gardner.

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 field of the first day's battle

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, Pennsylvania]

[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 hospital, southwest corner of Washington and Swanson avenues, Philadelphia]

[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 unburied Union dead on the old battlefield of Bull Run / from a sketch by our special artist, Edwin Forbes.

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, 1863 / from a sketch by Mr. A.R. Waud.

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.

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

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, Pennsylvania

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

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 Reg. Massachusetts. Photographed by H.P. MacIntosh, Newburyport, Massachusetts

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, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania]

[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. Spotsylvania] Court House. Mrs. Allsop's house

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 Regiment, with amputated arms] / Fredricks & Co., 179 Fifth Avenue, Madison Square, New York.

[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[sic], Virginia. May 12, 1864.

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

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 uniform, with amputated arms

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.

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, successor to M.H. Kimball, 477 Broadway, New York.

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

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

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

[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, May 1864 A.M

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. Spotsylvania] Court House. Dead Confederate soldiers

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

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, Virginia]

[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 (Wilderness) before we could gather our wounded or bury our dead. This is the way we found the field covered when we returned some months later

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.

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, Virginia]

[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 Petersburg, Virginia, April 3, 1865

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 for a good cause; but, thank God, we never lost heart."

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"

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]

[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 man?" Th. Nast

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

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 America.

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 Petersburg, Virginia, April 3, 1865

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 Burgevine, of New York, recently killed in China ; Funeral of German patriots at Comfort, Texas, August 20, 1865.

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 cemeteries / photographed by A. Gardner, Washington, D.C. ; S. Fox.

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 in China, October 1862; and head-and-shoulders portrait of General Burgevine, of New York, recently killed in China

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.

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 Regiment with amputated arms Peck, photographer

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 the woods

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

Capture of trenches at Candaba /

Capture of trenches at Candaba /

"The Filipinos execute a flank movement and re-occupy the trenches, cutting off the advance guard of Americans. The rebel flag waves over the ditch and they defend their position bravely. A fierce charge by our... More

[Three dead "insurgents" lying on battlefield during the Philippine insurrection]

[Three dead "insurgents" lying on battlefield during the Philippine in...

Copyright by Perley Fremont Rockett, San Francisco.

Dead Filipino on the battlefield near Malabon, Philippine Islands

Dead Filipino on the battlefield near Malabon, Philippine Islands

Stereograph showing a dead soldier lying in a field. 70482 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.Y. Young, 1899.

French missionaries and a former comrade--victim of the "Boxers" (from photograph taken after rescue), Shanghai, China

French missionaries and a former comrade--victim of the "Boxers" (from...

Photograph, pinned to fabric, depicting French missionaries around dead man in coffin. D205 U.S. Copyright Office.

After the execution, Canton prison, China

After the execution, Canton prison, China

Decapitated heads scattered on the ground. H3471 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.W. Kilburn. No. 14358.

Battlefield of La Mesa. Burying the dead where they fell in Battle of Ciudad Juarez

Battlefield of La Mesa. Burying the dead where they fell in Battle of ...

Photographic print by Newspaper Enterprise Association. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A fallen hero - A black and white photo of a man laying on the ground

A fallen hero - A black and white photo of a man laying on the ground

Dead insurrecto lying on street. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Wounded man and insurrecto with rifle along brick wall]

[Wounded man and insurrecto with rifle along brick wall]

Copyright by Scott Photo Co. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexico - Presidio, Texas--Dr. Braden in charge of army Red Cross, dressing wounds of Mexican soldier who had all his toes shot off - Mexican War

Mexico - Presidio, Texas--Dr. Braden in charge of army Red Cross, dres...

J192552 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Strikers at Roosevelt. Wounded awaiting ambulance

Strikers at Roosevelt. Wounded awaiting ambulance

Photograph shows men standing in front of Charles Ohlott's barber shop in Carteret, New Jersey; six wounded men lay on the ground awaiting an ambulance after being injured during a strike at the Williams & Clar... More

"We took the Hill, come and help us keep it!" / Harry J. Weston.

"We took the Hill, come and help us keep it!" / Harry J. Weston.

Poster shows a wounded Australian soldier standing over the body of an enemy soldier; in background, ships in the sea. Poster is possibly a reference to the battle at Gallipolli.

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