georgia, history

A statue of a woman holding a vase. White statue greek.

A statue of a woman holding a flower / A statue of a woman holding a fish sculpture.

[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

Thomas Jefferson, 1732-86, Notes on Georgia History and Boundaries

A view of Savannah as it stood the 29th of March 1734.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 3 copies; 1 copy missing; 1 copy to P&P?

[Taking of Savannah in Dec. 1778]

Scale ca. 1:21,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1574 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More

[Taking of Savannah in Dec. 1778. - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:12,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Shows disposition of American defenders and British and Hessian attackers. LC Map... More

Siège de Savannah fait par les troupes françoises aux ordres du généra...

Scale ca. 1:27,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gilt. Relief shown by shading. Pictorial map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of ... More

Roads and country that Col. Campbell marched thro'--Ebenezer to August...

Scale ca. 1:175,000. Title in part from accompanying manuscript text. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Hand colored. Shows roads parallel to the Savannah River. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1573 ... More

Plan of the French and rebells sieg[e] of Savannah in Georgia, in Sout...

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

[Savannah and its environs. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Relief shown by hachures. Shows the siege of S... More

[Map of the operations at the seige of Savannah in 1779, by the French...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

A map of such parts of Georgia and South Carolina as tend to illustrat...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

[Cartouche showing cherubs celebrating the founding of the new nation]...

Print shows cherubs unrolling a scroll inscribed "New Map of the States of Georgia South and North Carolina Virginia and Maryland including the Spanish Provinces of West and East Florida from the latest surveys... More

Map by which the Creek Indians gave their statement at Fort Strother o...

Shows Alabama and Georgia from the Tombigbee River in the west to the southern Great Smoky Mountains and the Savannah River in the east and indicating U.S. Army forts in that region. Relief shown by hachures. T... More

map from "Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia; to which are added th...

This image has been taken from scan 000447 from "Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia; to which are added the Account of a journey into Persia in 1812, and an abridged history of Persia since the time of Nadir... More

map from "Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia; to which are added th...

This image has been taken from scan 000445 from "Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia; to which are added the Account of a journey into Persia in 1812, and an abridged history of Persia since the time of Nadir... More

Letter from William P. Weeks, Canaan, [New Hampshire], to Amos Augustu...

William P. Weeks writes Amos A. Phelps upset by a previous letter Phelps had written him discussing politics. He writes about their political disagreements with regards to Weeks new position as Postmaster in Ho... More

Chieftain's Museum/Major Ridge Home, Rome, Georgia

The Chieftains tells the story of Major Ridge, the influential Ridge family including prominent son John Ridge, Cherokee history, and the Trail of Tears, as well as subsequent history of the home and region. Ev... More

map from "A History of Georgia, from its first discovery by Europeans ...

This image has been taken from scan 000215 from volume 01 of "A History of Georgia, from its first discovery by Europeans to the adoption of the present constitution in MDCCXCVIII". The title and subject terms ... More

engraving from "A History of Georgia, from its first discovery by Euro...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from volume 01 of "A History of Georgia, from its first discovery by Europeans to the adoption of the present constitution in MDCCXCVIII". The title and subject terms ... More

map from "A History of Georgia, from its first discovery by Europeans ...

This image has been taken from scan 000469 from volume 02 of "A History of Georgia, from its first discovery by Europeans to the adoption of the present constitution in MDCCXCVIII". The title and subject terms ... More

Georgia from "A History of Georgia, from its first discovery by Europe...

This image has been taken from scan 000059 from volume 01 of "A History of Georgia, from its first discovery by Europeans to the adoption of the present constitution in MDCCXCVIII". The title and subject terms ... More

Georgia from "Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States ...

This image has been taken from scan 000327 from volume 02 of "Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America. By B. J. Lossing. Illustrated by many hundred engravings on wood, by Lossing and... More

Georgia from "Historical collections of Georgia: containing the most i...

This image has been taken from scan 000352 from "Historical collections of Georgia: containing the most interesting facts, traditions, ... anecdotes, etc. relating to its history and antiquities. Third edition"... More

engraving from "Historical collections of Georgia: containing the most...

This image has been taken from scan 000421 from "Historical collections of Georgia: containing the most interesting facts, traditions, ... anecdotes, etc. relating to its history and antiquities. Third edition"... More

Picking cotton on a Georgia plantation

Negro slaves. Illus. in: Ballou's Pictorial, v. 14, 1858, p. 49. Ref. copy may be in P&P - A Pictorial History of Blackamericans - E185.H83 1973, p. 16. This record contains unverified data from caption card. C... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Captain William J. Lawton, U.S.A., dressed as a Confederate officer

Title, photographer name, and note from caption for same image at digital.archives.alabama.gov, 2018. Lawton was a Union spy who was shot by Calvin Jones Andrews, a Confederate guerrilla, in April 1864 in north... More

Captain William J. Lawton, U.S.A., dressed as a Confederate officer

Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Title, photographer name, and note information from caption for same image at: digital.archives.alabama.gov, ... More

Captain William J. Lawton, U.S.A., dressed as a Confederate officer

Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Title, photographer name, and note information from caption for same image at: digital.archives.alabama.gov, ... More

Portrait of Pvt. Edwin Francis Jemison, 2nd Louisiana Regiment, C.S.A.

Although previously identified as Private Edwin Francis Jennison, Georgia Regiment, C.S.A., recent research has established that this photograph is of Private Edwin Francis Jemison, 2nd Louisiana Regiment. He s... More

Clarks Station nr. Pilkins. U.S.M.R.R

United States Military Railroad depot with buildings and covered wagon.

Colonel John A. Koltes, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Photo shows Colonel John A. Koltes who died at the Battle of Gaines's Mill (not Gainesville) during the Civil War in 1862 (Source: Higgins, M.P., 2017) Caption from unverified information on negative sleeve: Ko... More

Map of Andersonville, Sumter Co., Georgia - Vintage map, Norman B. Lev...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Portrait of Pvt. William S. Askew, Company A, (Newman Guards) 1st Geor...

Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) Copy photo made by LC in 1961 of tintype. Credit: E.B. Hollis, Washington, D.C. American Memory edition timeline. No. 1093 Credit li... More

[Bust portraits of four men including Colonel Hill of the Athens, Geor...

Title devised. Portrait of Colonel Hill similar to DRWG/US - Waud, no. 1036 (AA size). Formerly Waud no. C-111. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1038) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

55th Georgia, Confederate States of America.

Full-length sketch of soldier. Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.623) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

General William T. Ward and staff - Public domain portrait print

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: General Ward & staff 1280 Led a division under Hooker, Atlanta Campaign. Credit line: Civil war photographs... More

Portrait of Pvt. Sampson Altman, Jr., Company C, 29th Regiment Georgia...

Pvt. Altman fought in the battle of Shiloh, died April 23, 1863 from disease. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) Copy photo made by LC in 1961 of ambrotype in collecti... More

Map of the seat of war, in South Carolina, and Georgia

Description derived from published bibliography. Inset: Portion of Georgia [around Savannah]. Uncolored. Scale not given. 11 x 17 cm. Shows coastal area from Georgetown, South Carolina, to Savannah, Georgia, an... More

[Envelope addressed to Brig. Gen'l. D. Ruggles, Richmond, Virginia; po...

Handwritten envelope addressed to Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles of Gen. & Staff Confederate States Infantry Regiment; bears 10-cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Lilj... More

Panorama of the seat of war; birds eye view of North and South Carolin...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 304.6 Includes distance chart. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1; 651/2; 651/3; 651/4

[Envelope addressed to Mrs. Chas. H. Olmstead, care of Mrs. P. J. Will...

Handwritten envelope to wife of Colonel Charles H. Olmstead of Field and Staff, 1st Georgia Infantry Regiment, probably Florence Olmstead; bears two 5-cent stamps. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105... More

Birds eye view of North and South Carolina and part of Georgia

Torn in Two: Three separately published bird's-eye views provide a continuous panoramic perspective of the southeastern United States coast, extending from the Chesapeake Bay to Florida. Together they highlight... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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

Charts of Savannah River, Pensacola Bay, and Key West. Showing the pos...

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 209 [1] Savannah River from U.S. Coast Survey. Scale ca. 1:63,360. 18 x 26 cm. [2] [Pensacola Bay] Scale ca. 1:80,000. 18 x 23 cm. [3] Chart of Key West, Florida. S... More

[View of Atlanta, Georgia, with railroad cars in left foreground]

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andersonville Prison Historic map, Library of Congress

Detailed plan of Andersonville Prison Camp, showing Sweetwater Lick to the north, and the Southwestern & Enfaula Railroad to the east. Shows the main forts, stockade and cemetery. NOTE: Researchers will be serv... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Unidentified soldier in 7th New York State Militia uniform

Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Peggy A. Dillard, Macon, Georgia, December 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collect... More

Confederate fortifications, Atlanta, Ga., Confederate States of Americ...

Soldiers inside Confederate fortification, Atlanta, Ga. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Georgia., Confederate States of America.

Shows railroad lines emanating south and east of Atlanta going toward Macon and Columbus, Ga., with a notation "125 miles from Atlanta to Andersonville [Prison]."

Andersonville Prison Historic map, Library of Congress

Detailed plan of Andersonville Prison Camp, showing Sweetwater Lick to the north, and the Southwestern & Enfaula Railroad to the east. Shows the main forts, stockade and cemetery.

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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

Map of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.

Shows the southern border of South Carolina, northern border of Georgia, and eastern borders of Alabama and Tennessee, with railroads, towns, forts, prisons, landforms, and waterways. NOTE: Researchers will be ... More

Map of the seat of war, in South Carolina, and Georgia.

Scale ca. 1:450,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 359 Inset: Portion of Georgia [around Savannah]. Uncolored. Scale not given. 11 x 17 cm. Confederate imprint. Shows coastal area from Georgetown, South Carolin... More

Drummer Philo H. Ravlin of Co. I, 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment in u...

Photographs show identified man as a young soldier in 1861 and as a veteran in 1914. Notation on recto: "Yours truly, P.H. Ravlin, General Grant's drummer." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, forme... More

Map of Chattanooga and vicinity, Tenn

Map shows regional view of troop locations in the mountains south of Chattanooga, Tenn., and near Lafayette and Rome in northwestern Georgia. Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.... More

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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

Map of Chattanooga and vicinity, Tenn.

Map shows regional view of troop locations in the mountains south of Chattanooga, Tenn., and near Lafayette and Rome in northwestern Georgia.

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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

Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers: General Correspondence, 1784-1886;...

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Civil War envelope showing Confederate stars and bars flag flying over...

Addressed to Miss Sallie Bagby, Covington, Georgia; postmarked Portsmouth, Virginia Aug. 27, 1861; hand-written paid. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: John L. Kimbrough, Confederate State... More

[Map of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.]

Shows the southern border of South Carolina, northern border of Georgia, and eastern borders of Alabama and Tennessee, with railroads, towns, forts, prisons, landforms, and waterways.

Captain Eugene A. Hawkins, Colonel William H. Willis, and Captain Howa...

Photograph shows identified soldiers: Hawkins was killed at Wilderness and Willis was wounded at Chancellorsville. Case: Berg; no. 1-9. Case supplied by donor. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased... More

Fort Pulaski, Georgia. Front view, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Photographer name from negative sleeve: T. O'Sullivan. Caption from negative sleeve: Fort Pulaski, Ga., Front View. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-G. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library o... More

[Envelope addressed to Mrs. Henry T. Hardee, Glasgow, Thomas Co. Ga.; ...

Handwritten envelope addressed to Mrs. Henry T. Hardee; bears 10-cent stamp. Probably from her husband, Private Henry T. Hardee of Company B and Company E, 21st Georgia Cavalry Battalion. Gift; Tom Liljenquist... More

Fort Pulaski, Georgia. The breach, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Photographer name from negative sleeve: T.H. O'Sullivan. Caption from negative sleeve: The Breach, Fort Pulaski, GA, April 1862. Annotation from stereo label: Miller vol. 6, p. 237. Corresponding print is in LO... More

[Unknown general]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Bust portrait of military officer in uniform. Title devised. Purchase; Conner & Rosenkranz; 1986; (DLC/PP-1986:108). Alden F. Brooks enlisted in 1862 as a Corporal in the 105th Infantry (Ohio) and mustered out ... More

Map of siege of Fort Pulaski : Savannah River Georgia. 1862.

Shows the location of Jones Island, Turtle Island and Daufuskie Island on the north edge of the Savannah River and Querns Island, Wilmington Island and Big Tybee Island to the south, also indicated is the locat... More

Fort Pulaski, Georgia. Rear view, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Caption from negative sleeve: Fort Pulaski, Ga., Rear View. April 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-G. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Damaged brick fortifications of Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Georgia...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, IA, February 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

The war in Georgia -- Reconnoissance of a detachment of national troop...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 13, no. 336 (1862 April 19), p. 376.

Copy of official plan of the siege of Fort Pulaski. Cockspur Island. S...

Shows a detailed drawing of Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island and the other Confederate fortifications on Long Island in the middle of the Savannah River. Union fortifications on Big Tybee Island are also indicated.

Attack on Ft. Pulaski Savannah, Georgia, April 1862.

Shows a section of the Savannah River with Long Island (containing an unnamed Confederate battery) and Cockspur Island (containing Fort Pulaski). Also shows the Union position on Big Tybee Island. "Foundation l... More

Fort Pulaski, Georgia. View of guns: JEFFERSON DAVIS, BEAUREGARD and S...

Photographer name from negative sleeve: T.H. O'Sullivan. Caption from negative sleeve: View of guns, Jeff Davis, Beauregard and Stephens, Fort Pulaski, Ga., April 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-G. Cre... More

Attack on Ft. Pulaski Savannah, Georgia, April 1862.

Shows a section of the Savannah River with Long Island (containing an unnamed Confederate battery) and Cockspur Island (containing Fort Pulaski). Also shows the Union position on Big Tybee Island.

The Rebel defences [sic] of Savannah, Georgia, 1864

Printed map of Savannah, Ga., and environs indicating rivers and creeks, swamps and marshes, cultivated and flooded fields, and names of selected landowners. Annotations by Sneden highlight the positions of Uni... More

R. W. Johnson, Brig. Genl. U.S.V.

Bust portrait of officer in uniform. Title inscribed below image. Johnson was appointed Brigadier General on 11 October 1861 and promoted to Major General after the Battle of Nashville. Purchase; Conner & Rosen... More

Genl Smith. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Bust portrait of officer in uniform. Title inscribed lower left. Smith was appointed Brigadier General on 13 August 1861. Purchase; Conner & Rosenkranz; 1986; (DLC/PP-1986:108). Alden F. Brooks enlisted in 1862... More

Jont. Brannan, Brig Genl. U.S. Vols.

Bust portrait of officer in uniform. Title inscribed below image. Brannan served as Brigadier General from 28 September 1861 to 23 January 1865. Purchase; Conner & Rosenkranz; 1986; (DLC/PP-1986:108). Alden F. ... More

Copy of official plan of the siege of Fort Pulaski. Cockspur Island. S...

Shows a detailed drawing of Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island and the other Confederate fortifications on Long Island in the middle of the Savannah River. Union fortifications on Big Tybee Island are also indicat... More

A torpedo exploding under the "Montauk," in the Ogeechee River [Dest]r...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2nd attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia

Also shown is the result of an attack by Union Gen. William B. Hazen's 2nd Division, 15th Corps, 1864 December 13, which succeeded in taking the garrison. Shows a portion of Big Ogeechee River and indicates the... More

[Sketch of portions of seacoast of South Carolina & Georgia

Chickamauga, Georgia Sept. 1863

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Code on mat (source unverified): III-65. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congress. Purchase; E. Burns Apfeld; 201... More

Plan of the Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn.

Map shows locations of forces on the second day of battle, before the Confederates broke through the Union line and sent the majority heading back toward Chattanooga.

Attack on the center. Chickamauga

Title Inscribed above image. Inscribed below image: Chickamauga. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.664) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19, 1863

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Code on mat (source unverified): III-71. "N.33" upper left corner. Title on mat: Battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863-Forward proud steed! Forms part of the Adolp... More

The Battlefield of Chicamauga Fought the 19th and 20th of Septr 1863.

This detailed view gives the location of Bragg's Confederate forces, primarily on the east bank of West Chickamauga Creek, on the first day of the battle. Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confe... More

Thanksgiving festivities at Fort Pulaski, Georgia, Thursday, Nov. 27 /...

Composite of eight scenes of games and dancing. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Jan. 3, p. 237.

Lost on the field of Chickamauga

(on back of sheet). Title on mat: Lost on the field of Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Code on mat (source unverified): III-66. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Co... More

Sketch of sea coast of South Carolina and Georgia from Bull's Bay to O...

Signed in ink on front and back "Millard Fillmore, Dec. 6, 1864" LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 364.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes list of "References" to Ci... More

Sketch of sea coast of South Carolina and Georgia from Bull's Bay to O...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Troops of the Thirty-second Indiana at Chickamauga, September 1863

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N.32" upper left corner. Title from mat (source unverified): The 32nd Regt. Indiana Volunteers on their way to the Battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1862 [sic]. Co... More

Bombardment of Fort M'Allister by the iron-clad fleet / from a sketch ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 326 (1863 March 28), p. 196.