civil war

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

Belle Grove chamber - National Parks Gallery

Two living history interpreters in period attire sit and work in one of the house's chambers (bedrooms).

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

Special programs at the Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the Battle o...

Civil War Texting - An exhibit demonstrating the use of telegraphy during the Civil War.

Civil war in England from BL Royal 16 G VI, f. 427v

Detail of a miniature of a battle during the Civil War in England. Image taken from f. 427v of Chroniques de France ou de St Denis. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Roya... 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

Officers of the 16th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment atop Lookou...

Photograph shows portrait of officers identified as Captain Samuel Galloway, Lieutenant Jeremiah Chauncy, Lieutenant Charles W. Seidel, Lieutenant Lovett S. Rivenburg, Lieutenant William Jones, Lieutenant Josep... 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

Lieutenant Bent D.C. Rowland of Co. G, 16th U.S. Colored Troops Infant...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: History Comes Alive, September 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (L... 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.

[Envelope addressed to General Howell Cobb, Commdr., etc., Quincy, Flo...

Handwritten envelope addressed to General Howell Cobb of 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment and General Staff; bears 10-cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family... More

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: W...

Telegram regarding conviction for piracy

Pieter van Gunst - Portret van James Hamilton, eerste hertog van Hamil...

James Hamilton, graaf van Aran en eerste hertog van Hamilton. Generaal van het Schotse leger tijdens de Engelse burgeroorlog. De prent heeft als onderschrift een Frans gedicht over zijn leven.

Pieter van Gunst - Portret van James Hamilton, eerste hertog van Hamil...

James Hamilton, graaf van Aran en eerste hertog van Hamilton. Generaal van het Schotse leger tijdens de Engelse burgeroorlog. De prent heeft als onderschrift een Frans gedicht over zijn leven.

Portret van Prins Ruprecht van de Palts

Portret van Prins Ruprecht van de Palts, neef van koning Karel I van Engeland en commandant van de royalistische cavalerie tijdens de Engelse Burgeroorlog. Daarnaast was hij uitvinder en prentmaker.

Portret van James Hamilton, eerste hertog van Hamilton

James Hamilton, graaf van Aran en eerste hertog van Hamilton. Generaal van het Schotse leger tijdens de Engelse burgeroorlog.

Portret van Prins Ruprecht van de Palts

Portret van Prins Ruprecht van de Palts, neef van koning Karel I van Engeland en commandant van de royalistische cavalerie tijdens de Engelse Burgeroorlog. Daarnaast was hij uitvinder en prentmaker.

Portret van Prins Ruprecht van de Palts

Portret van Prins Ruprecht van de Palts, neef van koning Karel I van Engeland en commandant van de royalistische cavalerie tijdens de Engelse Burgeroorlog. Daarnaast was hij uitvinder en prentmaker.

Pieter Rottermondt - Portret van Sir William Waller

Portret van de Engelsman Sir William Waller, generaal tijdens de Engelse Burgeroorlog. Het portret is gevat in een omlijsting die versierd is met een personificatie van Faam, de Mercuriusstaf (Caduceus), een ol... More

Portret van Prins Ruprecht van de Palts

Prins Ruprecht van de Palts, neef van koning Karel I van Engeland en commandant van de royalistische cavalerie tijdens de Engelse Burgeroorlog

Portret van Prins Ruprecht van de Palts

Prins Ruprecht van de Palts, neef van koning Karel I van Engeland en commandant van de royalistische cavalerie tijdens de Engelse Burgeroorlog. Daarnaast was hij uitvinder en prentmaker.

Portret van Prins Ruprecht van de Palts

Prins Ruprecht van de Palts, neef van koning Karel I van Engeland en commandant van de royalistische cavalerie tijdens de Engelse Burgeroorlog. Daarnaast was hij uitvinder en prentmaker.

Portret van Prins Ruprecht van de Palts

Prins Ruprecht van de Palts, neef van koning Karel I van Engeland en commandant van de royalistische cavalerie tijdens de Engelse Burgeroorlog. Daarnaast was hij uitvinder en prentmaker.

[Ironclad vessel with rudder and paddlewheel]

Illus. in: Gaspar Schott, Technica Curiosa, 1664, pl. 30, opp. p. 388. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Marine engineering; ... More

Chesapeake and Ohio canal - Cushwa Basin and Cushwa Brick and Coal Bld...

Cushwa Brick and Coal was built in the late 18th century or early 1800s.

Plan of U.S. military prison, Elmira, N.Y.

Belle Grove parlor - National Parks Gallery

A living history interpreter in Civil War era attire, present to describe part of daily life in the plantation house.

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

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

19th Century Drawing of Thomas Farm

Thomas Farm. The Thomas Farm property was also known as "Araby." The main brick house was probably built between 1770-1780.

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

Sextus Pompeius raadpleegt Erictho over de Slag bij Pharsalus

Sextus Pompeius bezoekt de heks Erictho in de grot. Zij wekt een dode soldaat tot leven die een burgeroorlog beschrijft in de onderwereld. Illustratie bij de Pharsalia van Marcus Annaeus Lucanus.

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.

[Map of portion of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia] /

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

Affair of the Wmsbg Road or Fair Oaks No. 2, Oct. 26-27-28/64 /

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[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

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

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

Affair of the Wmsbg Road or Fair Oaks No. 2, Oct. 26-27-2864

One of a series of five maps drawn by Col. Normand Smith showing Civil War battle lines. Original maps are included in Personal Papers Collection, accession 24417, Gaines Family Papers, 1776-1905. This item is ... More

The Metropolitan Sanitary Fair - the art gallery

Illustration shows people viewing paintings at event in New York City to raise money for the Civil War; page also includes poem "Dead" by Theo. P. Cook and beginning of story "Maritana" by Lizzie Campbell. Ill... More

Geographical history of the rail road regiment, 89th regiment of Illin...

Scale 1:633,600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 77.6 Map of parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia showing the operations of the 89th regiment of Illinois volunteers. The regiment was first attached t... More

Cold Harbor [Hanover County, Virginia] /

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

Cold Harbor Hanover County, Virginia

One of a series of five maps drawn by Col. Normand Smith showing battle lines. Original maps are included in Personal Papers Collection, accession 24417, Gaines Family Papers, 1776-1905. This item is in the Map... More

Map of the Chaffin's Bluff area of Henrico County, Virginia

Additional annotations made in pencil. Map shows federal and Confederate positions September 28, 1864. One of a series of five maps drawn by Col. Normand Smith showing battle lines. Original maps are included i... More

[Map of the Chaffin's Bluff area of Henrico County, Virginia] /

Public domain document scan of a map, military, war history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of portion of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia

One of a series of five maps drawn by Col. Normand Smith showing battle lines. Original maps are included in Personal Papers Collection, accession 24417, Gaines Family Papers, 1776-1905. Oriented with north tow... More

Vessels destroyed at Norfolk 1861. - Public domain map

Sketch map of "U.S. Navy Yard" vicinity at Portsmouth (Va.) showing buildings, shipbuilding docks, drydock, buoys, and locations of the scuttled U.S. ships "Pennsylvania", "Columbia", "Raritan", and "Delaware".... More

[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.

[Swift Creek area, Chesterfield and Prince George Counties, Virginia] ...

Swift Creek area, Chesterfield and Prince George Counties, Virginia

One of a series of five maps drawn by Col. Normand Smith showing battle lines. Original maps are included in Personal Papers Collection, accession 24417, Gaines Family Papers, 1776-1905. This item is in the Map... 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

Boundary of Araby Property - Public domain old map

Worthington Farm. Beginning in 1812, John McPherson, Jr. and his father, Colonel John McPherson, purchased and assembled adjacent tracts of land to create an approximately 1,111-acre tract that he called Araby.... More

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

Ulysses S. Grant Papers: Series 10, Addition III, 1819-1969; Oversize,...

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: E...

Telegram concerning Secretary Seward's injury

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

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...

Request reply to their letter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Giesboro point Depot stables - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...

This photo was taken during the Civil War looking east, towards present day Shepherd Parkway

[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

Secondary House at Best Farm - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...

The secondary house at Best Farm is one of the structures that dates to the Vincendière ownership of the property (1794-1827). The property took the name Best Farm from the family who resided here during the Civil War.

Liberty Farm - Blackstone River Valley

Liberty Farm in Worcester, MA was the home of Abby Kelley and Stephen Symonds Foster, which they purchased in 1847, the same year that their daughter Alla was born. The Foster family used their home as a symbol... More

Civil War defenses of Washington - Arlington House

Arlington House was used by the Unoin Army during the Civil War.

A painting of a woman holding a french flag. Eugène Delacroix - France...

Wartime images: Free images of war, available for commercial use and free download. Copyright-free, no attribution required.

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

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

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More