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Entrée du général Dumouriez dans la ville de Bruxelles (Belgique) par ...

Rèv. de Paris. - Entré de Dumourier à Bruxelles. - Nº175, p.355. (Inscribed title), Mort de Beaurepaire à Louis XVI à la Convention (Serie's title) Inscription concernant le titre - Au recto de la gravure, en h... More

Jean-François Villain - Empire Français / Garde nationale., anonyme, e...

Uniformes civils et militaires. (Serie's title) Estampe sans montage.

General Hospital at Point of Rocks, Virginia

No. B86. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 an... More

Magazine in Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal

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

Officers of 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry - A black and white photo of a g...

No. 4514. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18th Ohio Infantry. 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Photograph is half stereograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Capt. J. F. Cox - A couple of people sitting in front of a tent

No. B1021. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: 22nd New York State Militia. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Confederate artillery near Charleston, S.C., 1861

Photograph showing Confederate soldiers around a cannon. No. 4389. Mounted with four other photographs. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 9, p. 49 (top)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Soldier group. (Corn harvest), American Civil War Glass Negative.

Photo identified as "33rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B" (Source: www.digitalcommonwealth.org, 2019) Caption from negative sleeve: Soldier Group (corn harvest). Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865,... 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

Fort Slemmer Co. and 2d Pennsylvania Artilleryillery

No. 532. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 an... More

Fort Reynolds, Arlington Line, Virginia.

Company A, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Captain Edward A. Gillette, commanding, at Fort Reynolds.. The image was captured from the fort's parapet. Notice the fort's ditch and abatis in the foreground. Gene... More

Fort Richardson-1st Connecticut Heavy Artilleryillery

No. 4448. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Fort Wallace, Hilton Head, S.C., November, 1861

No. 207. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

[Group of 8th New York State Militia in front of tent, Arlington, Virg...

Photo from Brady negative. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Uncle Sam protecting his property against the encroachments of his cou...

Northern fears of European intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South are manifest here.Uncle Sam, in the form of a bearded Union soldier (closely resembling Abraham Lincoln), unceremoniously routs Jo... More

Camp Meigs - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Bird's-eye view of Camp Meigs and troops on parade, keyed with locations of officers.

[Untitled], American Civil War Glass Negative.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Corduroy road, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

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

(Sailors on deck of warship) - A black and white photo of a large grou...

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Cited in Miller, vol. 6, p. 278-279, as the gunboat Mendota.

Fort Slemmer, Northeast Quadrant of the Northern Defenses, in Washingt...

2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery at Fort Slemmer. Perhaps the most vivid image of the Defenses of Washington in regards to design and structures, including the curtain walls, parapet, sallyport (rear exit), di... More

Fort Totten, Washington, D.C. - A group of men standing around a horse...

No. B528. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 5, p. 81. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Soldier group. (Corn harvest), American Civil War Glass Negative.

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

Fort Putnam, previously Confederate Battery Gregg, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows a parapet inside the fort with a sign, Fort Putnam", and artillery. No. 4110. Similar view in LC-B811-3479. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon of Philadelphiadelphia / J. Queen, ...

Print shows Union troops during the American Civil War disembarking from ferries in Philadelphia, having been transported across the Delaware River from New Jersey. They march in formation toward the Union Volu... More

White House Landing, Virginia. Michigan & Pennsylvania Relief Associat...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Union Army Signal Corps camp near Georgetown during the Civil War.

Union Army Signal Corps camp near Georgetown (Washington DC) during the Civil War. The Army Signal Corps was headquartered in Washington DC located at 1816 F St., NW Avenue at Madison Place NW. The signal tower... More

[Civil War envelope showing eagle and shield with sailboat and steambo...

Addressed to Mr. George Yekley [?], Scotsburg, Town of Sparty [i.e. Sparta], Livingston Co., N.Y.; postmarked Washington, D.C. [?] 31, 1862; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

Gabions in Engineer Camp in front of Petersburg, Virginia

No. B6. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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... More

[Group of four Civil War soldier leaning on a white fence]

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Bomb proof quarters at Ft. Burnham. The sides and top are 7 feet thick...

Stereograph showing three Union soldiers in front of bombproof quarters at Fort Burnham, near James River, Virginia.

Fort Brady, James River, showing part of battery

Title from negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov Forms pa... More

Federal picket line in front of Fort Steadman

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

Camp of 71st New Vols. Cook house Soldiers getting dinner ready. (200 ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Union soldiers in front of tents, probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, ...

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71st New York State Militia at Washington Navy Yard

No. B653. Negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921-1940, It... More

The Southern Confederacy a fact!!! Acknowledged by a might prince and ...

A biting vilification of the Confederacy, representing it as a government in league with Satan. From left to right are: "Mr. Mob Law Chief Justice," a well-armed ruffian carrying a pot of tar; Secretary of Stat... More

Fort Brady [i.e. Fort Carroll] (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, possibly interior of Fort Carrol in Giesboro, Washington, D.C. instead of Fort Brady. No. 587. Corrected title from published source... More

White House Landing, Virginia. Michigan & Pennsylvania Relief Associat...

Caption from negative sleeve: Michigan & Pa. Relief Association at White House Landing. Corresponding print is in LOT 4172 and LOT 4188. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Print... More

Headquarters of General George H. Thomas, Ringgold, Georgia

No. 4142. Hand written on verso: "Miller vol. III, 107". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Civil War envelope for Company G, Stoneham Rifles, Massachusetts Volu...

Addressed to Mr. William Clark, Dery [i.e. Derry?], N.H.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Washington, Apr. 22, 1862. Annotation on verso: Geo. P. Boyce, Apr. 20, '62. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:1... More

1st United States Colored Troops (USCT) in Virginia during the Civil W...

1st United States Colored Troops (USCT) standing in review. The 1st USCT was organized in Washington DC in May 1863. The regiment was recruited and trained on Mason's Island (Theodore Roosevelt Island)

[Civil War envelope showing sailor with American flag and sword standi...

Addressed to Mrs. S. I. Brigham, Manchester, Ontario Co., N. York; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Norfolk, Virginia, February 24. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

Soldiers of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry posing with "Contr...

Soldiers of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry posing with "Contraband," formerly enslaved African Americans at Camp Brightwood in northwest Washington DC. African American "Contraband," including young ... More

Camp Jameson, near Washington, D.C. 2nd Rhode Island Infantry

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

Interior of fort, American Civil War Glass Negative.

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

Civil War envelope showing hooded man hanging on gallows with message ...

Addressed to Miss Sophie V[...]beck, H[...], Orange Co., N.Y. ; postmarked Washington City Jul. 1861 ; bears Congressional free frank of Rep. Frank W. Kellogg of Michigan. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074... More

Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 April 27, pp. 264-265. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picry... More

A Confederate picket post near Charleston, S.C., 1861

Photograph showing Confederate soldiers in front of two tents. No. 4390. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Extreme Left of Bermuda Hundred Lines

Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) 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 ... More

139th Pennsylvania Infantry - A group of men standing in a field

No. B306. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 4, p. 235". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Camp of the Massachusetts second compy., light artillery at Stewart's ...

Print shows two scenes: upper scene - soldiers in camp with several horses, wagons, and cannons; lower scene - soldiers riding on horsebacks. 24 U.S. Copyright Office. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse ... More

Engineer Company camp - A group of men standing around a horse drawn w...

Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, pages 200 - 201". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Rifle pits on the picket line in front of Petersburg, Virginia

No. B234. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).

Fort Totten, Washington, D.C. - A group of men standing in front of a ...

No. 467. hand written on verso: inside Fort Totten. hand written on verso: see Miller, vol. 5, page 81. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Camp of 13th New York Artillery in front of Petersburg, Virginia

No. 2495. Civil War Collection. Original neg.: LC-B811-2495. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Civil War Units.

Quarters of Chief Ambulance Officer, 9th Corps in front of Petersburg,...

No. 818. Mounted with 5 other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

General Hospital, near Gettysburg, Pa. This hospital was established ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fort Brady, Virginia - Early photography, Public domain image

Interior views of Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Can...

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Indian Mound in Monument Gardens, Chattanooga

Photograph shows a group of men, most in uniform, in front of the Indian mound near Chattanooga. No. B1285. Hand written on verso: "Miller VIII, 219". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Review of Colonel William Dwight's "Excelsior Brigade."

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fortifications on left of Bermuda Hundreds Lines near Point of Rocks, ...

No. B593. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Camp of 2d Maine Infantry - A black and white photo of a herd of sheep

No. B868. Mounted with 5 other photographs. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, p. 58-59." Similar negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-19... More

Twenty-six New York Infantry. (i.e. Infantry), Ft. Lyon, Virginia

No. H24. Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Similar to LOT 4173, no. 44.

Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War, Volume I

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 18... More

General Jeff. C. Davis - A group of people sitting around a tent

Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Pur... More

Camp of 71st New Vols. Cook house Soldiers getting dinner ready. (200 ...

Caption from negative sleeve: Camp of 71st N.Y.V. Cook House, Soldiers getting dinner ready. Corresponding print is in LOT 4190-E. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and ... More

Untitled, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Copy Neg; new image, no print or reference available. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is avai... More

[Three soldiers posing by a mounted cannon with a wall of sandbags beh...

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support wi... More

Fort Totten, [Washington, D.C.], 1861 to 65

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

Fort Totten, Washington, D.C. Interior view

No. B279. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battery Sherman, Vicksburg, Miss. during American Civil War

No. 8181. Mounted with one other photograph. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. II, p. 197". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Commissary Depot, Rocky Face Ridge, Ga.

No. B384. Published in Miller, Photographic History of the Civil War, vol. 8, p. 21 with the caption: Quartermaster's sentry, City Point, Va., on the James. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Camp Washburn 10th Maine Regiment, Colonel George L. Beal, Patterson P...

23 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse (E.) & Co.

Major General Joseph Hooker - A man sitting on a horse in front of a t...

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

Review of Colonel William Dwight's "Excelsior Brigade"

Caption from negative sleeve: Review of Col. Dwight's Excelsior Brigade of New York State. Corresponding print is in LOT 4173. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

U.S.S. Mendota, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Public domain image of an American navy warship, 19th-century ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Headquarters, 10th Army Corps, Hatcher's Farm, Virginia

Confederate fortifications, Yorktown, Virginia, Confederate States of ...

8 men at sand-bagged cannon emplacement; man in mid-ground seated on wreckage of cannon. Civil War Collection. No. 2367. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Forts...; ... More

[Sunday morning mass in camp of 69th New York State Militia]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882... More

Confederate dead, Confederate States of America.

7th New York State Militia at Camp Cameron (Meridian Hill) in Washingt...

The 7th New York State Militia was one of the first units rushed to Washington DC to defend the capital. The unit arrived on April 25, 1861, taking up residence at the Capitol Building before being ordered to C... More

Convalescent camp, near Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War

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Civil War envelope showing soldier standing on rock in the sea with ea...

Addressed to Mr. John C. Williams, Wheeler, Steuben Co., N.Y.; postmarked Washington, D.C. Aug. 7, 1861; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). Hospital camp. Kendall Gr...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Union soldiers lined up in two rows in front of tents]

Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mi... More

Soldiers playing cards, gelatin silver print

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

Fort Stevens, Northwest Quadrant of the Northern Defenses, in Washingt...

3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery at Fort Stevens, 1865. The fort was designed to guard the critical north-south approach to Washington DC from Baltimore along the Seventh Street Road (Georgia Avenue). The fort... More

Soldiers' Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia, American Civil War Glass Neg...

Caption from negative sleeve: National Cemetery, Soldiers House, Washington, D.C. Title confirmed by comparing negative to LOT 11486-B, no. 6. File print in LOT 4161-A. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-... More

Fort Corcoran - A black and white photo of a group of people and horse...

No. B442. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Ft. Brady, Interior (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, possibly interior of Fort Carrol in Giesboro, Washington, D.C. instead of Fort Brady. Title from published source: Interior of Fo... More

Group of Federal soldiers - A black and white photo of a group of peop...

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

Entrenchments on left of Bermuda Hundred Lines

Co., 139th Pennsylvania Infantry during American Civil War

No. B302. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

[Petersburg, Virginia. Group of Federal generals: Winfield Scott Hanco...

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View from Confederate lines south-east of Atlanta, Ga.

No. B642. Hand written on verso: see also B8184-10464 made from George Barnard. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Veterans of Co. E, 50th New York Engineer

Veterans of Co. E, 50th New York Engineer at a post-war reunion encampment.

Camp of 44th New York Infantry near Alexandria, Virginia

No. B231. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Fortifications on Bermuda Hundred's Line near Point of Rocks, Virginia

No. B662. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Yorktown, Virginia, May 1862. A scene during the Civil War

No. B-82. Caption continues: (US Army signal corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-82) after a photographer working under the direction of Mathew B. Brady

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