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GAR Post 1 Members - Public domain portrait print

GAR Post 1 Members - Public domain portrait print

Black and white group portrait of members of Grand Army of the Republic Post 1, New Bedford, Massachusetts, standing outside City Hall (Pleasant Street). Group includes William H. Carney, 3rd from left starting... More

Veteran 1812 - Public domain portrait drawing

Veteran 1812 - Public domain portrait drawing

Two sketchy figures. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-95. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1022) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[The soldier returns to the hearth]

[The soldier returns to the hearth]

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.233) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Lieutenant Colonel Emory Upton of 121st New York Infantry Regiment in uniform

Lieutenant Colonel Emory Upton of 121st New York Infantry Regiment in ...

Ribbon badge printed "41st annual reunion, 121st N.Y. Volunteers, Cooperstown, N.Y., 1917" shows portrait of identified soldier, "Our beloved colonel." Purchased from: Union Drummer Boy, Gettysburg, Pennsylva... More

The soldiers return - A couple of people standing next to each other

The soldiers return - A couple of people standing next to each other

Photograph of a staged scene showing a woman and child welcoming a wounded Civil War soldier returning from the war. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GG 4 . Forms part of th... More

Drummer Philo H. Ravlin of Co. I, 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment in uniform with drum

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

Benjamin A. Robinson, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republic insignia on his hat and medals on his jacket

Benjamin A. Robinson, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republ...

Photograph shows identified veteran of Co. B, 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, who was wounded at James Island, South Carolina, Pocotaligo, South Carolina, and Newmarket Road, Virginia, and served as commande... More

Albert L. Bartlett, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republic insignia on his hat and medal on his jacket

Albert L. Bartlett, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republic...

Photograph shows identified veteran of Co. I, 52nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, who served as commander of Merriam Post No. 8 G.A.R. Notation on mount indicates that Bartlett also served with Co. C, 10th M... More

Union veterans of trench and field before Petersburg Dec. 1864

Union veterans of trench and field before Petersburg Dec. 1864

Title from caption in Miller, Francis Trevelyn, ed., The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes, Vol. 3, The Decisive Battles. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, Inc., 1957, p. 272-273. Corrected title an... More

[Unidentified man with gold mining equipment and wearing a U.S. beltplate]

[Unidentified man with gold mining equipment and wearing a U.S. beltpl...

Case: Berg, no. 1-23. Miner wears a U.S. beltplate indicating that he is probably a veteran of the U.S. Civil War. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie,... More

Adam Link. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Adam Link. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Three-quarter length portrait of American Revolutionary War veteran, seated, facing front, holding cane. Illus. in: The last men of the revolution / E.B. Hillard. Hartford : N.A. & R.A. Moore, 1864, opp. p. 53.

My Dear Brother - Public domain document scan of drawing

My Dear Brother - Public domain document scan of drawing

Letter written by George Moore to his brother. Letter reads, "My Dear Brother" Noted on top "Near Petersburg Va. July 24-1864" and a second time, at a later date, "Near Petersburg Va. July 24 1864" One side of ... More

Lemuel Cook, aged 105, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Lemuel Cook, aged 105, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph, with hands in a different position, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolut... More

Lemuel Cook. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Lemuel Cook. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Half-length portrait of American Revolutionary War veteran, seated, facing front. Illus. in: The last men of the revolution / E.B. Hillard. Hartford : N.A. & R.A. Moore, 1864, opp. p. 33.

Samuel Downing, aged 102, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Samuel Downing, aged 102, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolution. Hartford:, N. A. & R. A. Moore, ... More

Alexander Millener, aged 104, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Alexander Millener, aged 104, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph, with hands in a different position, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolut... More

My Dear Brother - Public domain document scan of drawing

My Dear Brother - Public domain document scan of drawing

Letter written by George Moore to his brother. Letter reads, "My Dear Brother" Noted on top "Near Petersburg Va. July 24-1864" and a second time, at a later date, "Near Petersburg Va. July 24 1864" One side of ... More

Alexander Millener. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Alexander Millener. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Half-length portrait of American Revolutionary War veteran, seated, facing front. Illus. in: The last men of the revolution / E.B. Hillard. Hartford : N.A. & R.A. Moore, 1864, opp. p. 39.

Daniel Waldo. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Daniel Waldo. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Three-quarter length portrait of American Revolutionary War veteran, seated, facing right, wearing cloak. Illus. in: The last men of the revolution / E.B. Hillard. Hartford : N.A. & R.A. Moore, 1864, opp. p. 23.

Civil War veterans George Washington Brown of Co. B, 157th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment and Edwin Silas Kellogg of Co. A, 89th New York Infantry Regiment in uniforms with bugle

Civil War veterans George Washington Brown of Co. B, 157th Pennsylvani...

Photograph shows portrait of identified veterans who both had their left arms amputated. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Everitt Bowles, Woodstock, Georgia, March 2018. Forms part of: Li... More

My Dear Brother - Public domain document scan of drawing

My Dear Brother - Public domain document scan of drawing

Letter written by George Moore to his brother. Letter reads, "My Dear Brother" Noted on top "Near Petersburg Va. July 24-1864" and a second time, at a later date, "Near Petersburg Va. July 24 1864" One side of ... More

Daniel Waldo, aged 102, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Daniel Waldo, aged 102, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolution. Hartford:, N. A. & R. A. Moore, ... More

William Hutchings. Book illustration from Library of Congress

William Hutchings. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Three-quarter length portrait of American Revolutionary War veteran, seated, facing front, holding cane. Illus. in: The last men of the revolution / E.B. Hillard. Hartford : N.A. & R.A. Moore, 1864, opp. p. 49.

William Hutchings, aged 100, one of the survivors of the Revolution

William Hutchings, aged 100, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans.

My Dear Brother - Public domain document scan of drawing

My Dear Brother - Public domain document scan of drawing

Letter written by George Moore to his brother. Letter reads, "My Dear Brother" Noted on top "Near Petersburg Va. July 24-1864" and a second time, at a later date, "Near Petersburg Va. July 24 1864" One side of ... More

The last men of the Revolution - Public domain  print

The last men of the Revolution - Public domain print

Set of portraits showing American Revolutionary War veterans who lived to be 100 or more years old.

Adam Link, aged 102, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Adam Link, aged 102, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph, with hands in a different position and without vignetting, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The ... More

Samuel Downing. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Samuel Downing. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Three-quarter length portrait of American Revolutionary War veteran, seated, facing front. Illus. in: The last men of the revolution / E.B. Hillard. Hartford : N.A. & R.A. Moore, 1864, opp. p. 7.

Band of 9th & 10th Veterans Reserve Corps, Wash. D.C. Apr. 1865

Band of 9th & 10th Veterans Reserve Corps, Wash. D.C. Apr. 1865

No. 30. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Civil War veterans on Memorial Day, Lancaster, Massachusetts

Civil War veterans on Memorial Day, Lancaster, Massachusetts

A dignified group of veterans poses on the steps of Memorial Hall. They are, from left to right, as follows: (front row) Linenkemper, Sargent, Farnsworth, Nash, McNamara, Lyman, Brockelman, Bliss, Blood, and Pr... More

Major-General Manuel Doblado. The soldier's messenger corps. Concordia buildings, Baltimore, Maryland

Major-General Manuel Doblado. The soldier's messenger corps. Concordia...

Three illustrations: Half-length portrait of Major-Gen. Manuel Doblado; a one-armed soldier carrying piece of mail; and street scene in Baltimore, Maryland, with view of the opera house "The Corcordia". Illus. ... More

Review of the returned veterans by Gov. Curtin--General Meade and staff passing the grand stand, Penn. Square, Philadelphia. / / sketched by our special artist [...] Offices of the People's Line of Steamboats, West Street, near Canal, New York

Review of the returned veterans by Gov. Curtin--General Meade and staf...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1865 July 1, p. 236.

Certificate of service Max Rosenthal

Certificate of service Max Rosenthal

Print shows a certificate to certify that someone served as a volunteer in the "Volunteer Army of the United States in obedience to the call of A. Lincoln, President to suppress the Southern Rebellion of 1861."... More

[Unidentified man with cane] - Public domain portrait photograph

[Unidentified man with cane] - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern know ye, that blank is a member in the Company under my command designated as blank Company in the blank Regiment New York State National Guard

To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern know ye, that ...

Print shows Columbia standing at top center holding a sword and an American flag, on her right are Union soldiers and on her left is a large globe, scales of justice, the "Constitution", books, and a large buil... More

Military asylum, Washington, D.C. / / photographed by A. Gardner. The veteran

Military asylum, Washington, D.C. / / photographed by A. Gardner. The ...

Two engravings showing exterior of military asylum, Washington, D.C. and veteran with one leg, with poem "The Veteran".

The contraband The recruit ; The veteran Photographed by Rockwood, 839 Broadway, from F.W. Wood's Picture

The contraband The recruit ; The veteran Photographed by Rockwood, 839...

Images show African American men including a man with a hat and bundle on a stick, a soldier with rifle and a veteran with one leg. On page: "These admirable works, by T. Waterman Wood, were made from studies m... More

"The tyrannical military despotism of our Republic" Th. Nast

"The tyrannical military despotism of our Republic" Th. Nast

Image shows an incident in Charleston, South Carolina on April 29, 1867 when the Stonewall Fire Engine Company put an image of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson over their fire engine during the annual Fir... More

John Gray, Cabinet photograph - Public domain portrait engraving

John Gray, Cabinet photograph - Public domain portrait engraving

John Gray, half-length portrait, seated, facing front. Copyright by I.N. Knowlton.

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

G.A.R. Memorial Hall, North Adams, Massachusetts

G.A.R. Memorial Hall, North Adams, Massachusetts

Photograph shows hall for Charles D. Sanford G.A.R. Post #79. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Everitt Bowles, Civil War Badges, Woodstock, Georgia, May 201... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran Blecker, Myerstown, Pa

Unidentified Civil War veteran Blecker, Myerstown, Pa

Photograph shows portrait of unidentified Union veteran in uniform with memorial ribbon, in front of painted backdrop. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Ever... More

G.A.R. hall with altar to dead comrades

G.A.R. hall with altar to dead comrades

Photograph shows General John Sedgwick GAR Post No. 17 of Santa Ana, California with two Union veterans in uniform with medals and bayoneted muskets, a woman in mourning attire, and two girls holding flowers. T... More

Unidentified Civil war veteran - Public domain portrait photograph

Unidentified Civil war veteran - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows portrait of Confederate veteran, probably a captain, in uniform. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Everitt Bowles, Civil War Badges, Woodsto... More

[Nicholas G. Wilson, Soldier's National Cemetery superintendent, and others on East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]

[Nicholas G. Wilson, Soldier's National Cemetery superintendent, and o...

Photograph shows Nicholas G. Wilson, veteran of Co. G, 138th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, with two unidentified men. Related to AMB/TIN no. 3177. Purchased from: Scott Felix, 2014. Forms part of: Liljenqui... More

[Nicholas G. Wilson, National Cemetery superintendent, and others with Civil War cannon at Soldier's National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]

[Nicholas G. Wilson, National Cemetery superintendent, and others with...

Photograph shows Nicholas G. Wilson, veteran of Co. G, 138th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, with two unidentified men.

[Nicholas G. Wilson, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republic medal]

[Nicholas G. Wilson, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republi...

Photograph shows portrait of Nicholas G. Wilson, veteran of Co. G, 138th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. Related to AMB/TIN no. 3177. Purchased from: Scott Felix, 2014. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Colle... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran - Public domain portrait print

Unidentified Civil War veteran - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows portrait of unidentified Confederate veteran. Related to photograph processed as LOT 14043-2, nos. 494, which is of the same person. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly dep... More

Unidentified Civil war veteran O. Pierre Havens, Jacksonville, Florida

Unidentified Civil war veteran O. Pierre Havens, Jacksonville, Florida

Photograph shows portrait of unidentified Confederate veteran. Related to photograph processed as LOT 14043-2, nos. 493, which is of the same person. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly dep... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran with medals and G.A.R. Post No. 35, Wauseon, Ohio, ribbon Blackman, over bank, Wauseon, Ohio

Unidentified Civil War veteran with medals and G.A.R. Post No. 35, Wau...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, December, 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Phot... More

Civil War veterans of the 92nd Illinois Infantry Regiment at a reunion

Civil War veterans of the 92nd Illinois Infantry Regiment at a reunion

Photograph shows portrait of Union veterans of 92nd Illinois Infantry (Wilder's Brigade). Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Veteran's Attic, Kingston, Te... More

Unidentified Civil War veterans of a New York Veterans Cavalry Regiment at regimental reunion

Unidentified Civil War veterans of a New York Veterans Cavalry Regimen...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljvet

[Large group of Union veterans of the Civil War. including William Tecumseh Sherman (front row, center), posed]

[Large group of Union veterans of the Civil War. including William Tec...

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

[Civil War veteran John Wilson and Sarah Bowman Wilson]

[Civil War veteran John Wilson and Sarah Bowman Wilson]

Photograph shows Captain John Wilson of Co. C, 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Union), who was known for being the first Union soldier to plant his regiment's battle flag on the summit of Lookout Mountain durin... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran from Grand Army of the Republic post 386 in uniform with musket in front of flags, weapons, and equipment

Unidentified Civil War veteran from Grand Army of the Republic post 38...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: James C. Frasca, Croton, Ohio, December 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Librar... More

Civil War veterans of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment at a reunion in Gettysburg W.H. Tipton, Gettysburg, Pa

Civil War veterans of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment at a reuni...

Photograph shows portrait of Union veterans with young boy; the man with bowtie to the boy's left identified as John Mitchell Vanderslice, Medal of Honor recipient; the boy is possibly his son. Gift; Tom Lilje... More

Portrait photo of [Civil War veteran John Wilson]

Portrait photo of [Civil War veteran John Wilson]

Photograph shows Captain John Wilson of Co. C, 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Union), who was known for being the first Union soldier to plant his regiment's battle flag on the summit of Lookout Mountain durin... More

Puck magazine cover - The rival sandwich-men / Zimmerman.

Puck magazine cover - The rival sandwich-men / Zimmerman.

Illustration shows David B. Hill placing a cap labeled "Gen'l Jones" on an old man's head and handing him a sword labeled "Baltimore Blade"; the old man is wearing a sandwich board that states "Hill & Jones Pol... More

20th annual ball masquerade of Koltes Post No. 32 G.A.R., Feb. 9th, 1887

20th annual ball masquerade of Koltes Post No. 32 G.A.R., Feb. 9th, 18...

Photograph shows group portrait of unidentified Union veterans from Koltes Post No. 32, New York City, posed in front of tent with cannon, stacked rifles, and drum. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:17... More

Unidentified Civil War veterans and members of United Confederate Veterans A.P. Hill Camp no. 6, Petersburg, Virginia

Unidentified Civil War veterans and members of United Confederate Vete...

Unidentified veteran seated at left also depicted in photograph taken later; processed as LOT 14043-2, no. 1014. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: The Veteran's Attic, Kingston, Tennessee... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran wearing Grand Army of the Republic medal and memorial ribbon J.H. Geiger, portraits, Sixth St., Concordia, Kas

Unidentified Civil War veteran wearing Grand Army of the Republic meda...

Photograph shows portrait of Union veteran. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, Iowa, April 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Pho... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran with medal and G.A.R. pin Howe, Pittsfield, Me

Unidentified Civil War veteran with medal and G.A.R. pin Howe, Pittsfi...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: James Mountain Fine Historical American Antiquities, Ashburnham, Massachusetts, October 2016 Forms part of: Liljenquist Fam... More

Unidentified Civil War veterans at reunion with woman holding first Confederate national flag

Unidentified Civil War veterans at reunion with woman holding first Co...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Veteran's Attic, Kingston, Tennessee, December 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photogra... More

Shiloh Battle Field Gen'l Prentiss is standing on the spot where he was captured at 5.30 P.M., April 6, 1862

Shiloh Battle Field Gen'l Prentiss is standing on the spot where he wa...

Photograph shows portrait of Union veterans identified as Col. J.S. Cavender, Capt. A.T. Andreas, Col. T. Lyle Dickey, Gen'l J.M. Tuttle, Maj. Geo. Mason, Gen'l B.M. Prentiss, Capt. Doolittle, and Col. Cuthbert... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran in Grand Army of the Republic uniform with medals Richardson Bros., Hyannis, Massachusetts

Unidentified Civil War veteran in Grand Army of the Republic uniform w...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljvet

Reunion of unidentified Co. M, 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment veterans, in uniforms with American flag

Reunion of unidentified Co. M, 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment veterans,...

Reunion ribbon attached to front of mount. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Theresa Ferry, Ferry's Military Antiques, Macclenny, Florida, April 2016. Forms ... More

Unidentified Civil War veterans of Grand Army of the Republic E.W. Pierce Post #8, Middleborough, Massachusetts

Unidentified Civil War veterans of Grand Army of the Republic E.W. Pie...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photo... More

GAR Hall and Civil War veterans (small group)

GAR Hall and Civil War veterans (small group)

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Nicholas G. Wilson, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republic medal, Grand Army of the Republic Post #9 pin, and 6th Corps badge]

[Nicholas G. Wilson, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republi...

Photograph shows portrait of Nicholas G. Wilson, veteran of Co. G, 138th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. Related to AMB/TIN no. 3177. Purchased from: Scott Felix, 2014. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Colle... More

Portrait of unknown soldier - Public domain portrait print

Portrait of unknown soldier - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph - New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unidentified Civil War veteran with Grand Army of the Republic medal D.S. Brush, Elizabethtown, N.Y

Unidentified Civil War veteran with Grand Army of the Republic medal D...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljvet

Photograph of Essex GAR members

Photograph of Essex GAR members

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Unidentified Civil War veteran of the Elizabeth, N.J. Veteran Zouaves in Grand Army of the Republic uniform with medals Corwin, 715 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo

Unidentified Civil War veteran of the Elizabeth, N.J. Veteran Zouaves ...

Photograph shows portrait of Union veteran with medals and ribbons from 1891, 1897, 1907 events attached to mat. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Jack and Debby Buchert, Military Antiques... More

Hiram G. McQuiston, veteran of Co. H, 7th Ohio Infantry Regiment and Co. and Co. K, 6th Regular Army Cavalry Regiment with G.A.R. watch chain and lapel pin

Hiram G. McQuiston, veteran of Co. H, 7th Ohio Infantry Regiment and C...

Photograph shows identified veteran who was wounded at Kernstown, Virginia. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photo... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran with Grand Army of the Republic medals Olsen, 447-12, 449 and 451 Main Street, Hartford, Conn

Unidentified Civil War veteran with Grand Army of the Republic medals ...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljvet

Portrait of unknown soldier - A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie

Portrait of unknown soldier - A black and white photo of a man in a su...

Public domain image of a military portrait, uniform, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Grand Army of the Republic president Henry Evans in uniform

Grand Army of the Republic president Henry Evans in uniform

G.A.R. button shows portrait of Civil War veteran. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljmem

Portrait of Philip T. Adams - Public domain portrait print

Portrait of Philip T. Adams - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph - New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of Albert Ian Andrews - A black and white photo of a man in uniform

Portrait of Albert Ian Andrews - A black and white photo of a man in u...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Portrait of J. Horace Burnham - A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat

Portrait of J. Horace Burnham - A black and white photo of a man weari...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colonel G.W. Baird, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Colonel G.W. Baird, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Baird, Colonel G.W, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Baird, Colonel G.W, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Unidentified Confederate veteran in United Confederate Veterans uniform with medal Cheyne's Studio, Hampton, Virginia

Unidentified Confederate veteran in United Confederate Veterans unifor...

Photograph shows portrait of Confederate veteran in U.C.V. uniform with Virginia buttons and collar. Date based on years that photographer Christopher Ethelbert Cheyne operated a studio in Hampton, Virginia; i... More

Unidentified African American Civil War veteran of G.A.R. Colonel John W. Patterson Post no. 151 of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Edward Homann Jr., cor. 14th & Carson Sts., S.S., Pittsburg, Pa

Unidentified African American Civil War veteran of G.A.R. Colonel John...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljvet

Civil War veterans of Bartholomew Grand Army of the Republic Post #136, Nunica, Michigan

Civil War veterans of Bartholomew Grand Army of the Republic Post #136...

Photograph shows group portrait of Union veterans of Bartholomew GAR Post #136, which was disbanded in 1918; Henry E. Plant, medal of honor recipient in 1896, sits second from right in the front row. Deposit; ... More

Civil War veteran Benjamin F. Horton and Sarah Ellen Peterman Horton at United Confederate Veterans reunion

Civil War veteran Benjamin F. Horton and Sarah Ellen Peterman Horton a...

Photograph shows group portrait of identified Confederate veteran of Co. C, 37th Virginia Infantry Regiment and his wife. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Everitt Bowles, Woodstock, Georg... More

G.A.R. soldiers, New Bedford Massachusetts

G.A.R. soldiers, New Bedford Massachusetts

Shows a group of Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Soldiers standing for their group portrait. They are standing on the front steps of the building that was then City Hall on Pleasant Street. Front row soldi... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran of United Confederate Veterans Stonewall Camp No. 4, Portsmouth, Virginia, in uniform with ribbon and medal Stertzbach, Portsmouth, Virginia

Unidentified Civil War veteran of United Confederate Veterans Stonewal...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Southern Cross Farm, Beaverdam, Va., April 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljvet

Parade of marines, U.S. cruiser "Brooklyn" /

Parade of marines, U.S. cruiser "Brooklyn" /

"First comes the famous Marine Band of the "Brooklyn," with the mascot goat alongside the bass drum. The 300 Marines follow in rapid marching order, a sixteen file front in each company. 150 feet"--Edison films... More

Throwing light on the subject Uncle Sam (to old soldier) -- "I'm not after you; I'm after the rascals behind you" / / Victor Gillam.

Throwing light on the subject Uncle Sam (to old soldier) -- "I'm not a...

Illustration shows political cartoon of Uncle Sam at the U.S. Pension Office shining a lantern labeled "Investigation" on an elderly disabled veteran who is standing in front of a pension agent and a pension at... More

The pensioner's "widow" - An old book with a picture of a man and a woman

The pensioner's "widow" - An old book with a picture of a man and a wo...

Print shows a very old soldier labeled "Pensioner War of 1812" with a much younger woman wearing her wedding dress, on their way to the church in the background to get married; between them they hold a "Pension... More

Civil War veteran Julius L. Schaub in United Confederate Veterans uniform with Southern Cross of Honor Schaub, La Grange, Ga

Civil War veteran Julius L. Schaub in United Confederate Veterans unif...

Photograph shows portrait of identified Confederate veteran of Co. B, 14th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Everitt Bowles, Woodstock, Georgia, February ... More

Memorial Day, 1899 - three veterans under one flag / Keppler.

Memorial Day, 1899 - three veterans under one flag / Keppler.

Print shows a veteran Confederate soldier on the left and a veteran Union soldier on the right shaking hands with a veteran of the Spanish-American War in the center. Illus. from Puck, v. 45, no. 1160, (1899 M... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran with young girl, Hazel Miner Photo by Adams, Carson City, Mich

Unidentified Civil War veteran with young girl, Hazel Miner Photo by A...

Photograph shows portrait of Hazel V. Miner, who was born in 1891 and died in 1956 and married Howard R. Jeffrey in 1920, with unidentified veteran identified on photo as "Grandpa." Notation on verso: "Hazel M... More

N.H. Veterans' Association encampment buildings, Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H.

N.H. Veterans' Association encampment buildings, Lake Winnipesaukee, N...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Unidentified Civil War veteran wearing Grand Army of the Republic medals Harrison Krips, 1500 Columbia Ave., Philadelphia

Unidentified Civil War veteran wearing Grand Army of the Republic meda...

Photograph shows portrait of Union veteran. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljvet

Unidentified Civil War Confederate veteran with Army of Northern Virginia and Pickett Buchanan Camp medals and commander insignia on his hat Campbell, 268 Main St., Norfolk, Virginia

Unidentified Civil War Confederate veteran with Army of Northern Virgi...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Southern Cross Farm, Beaverdam, Va., April 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljvet

Civil War veteran Clark Robertson Starnes

Civil War veteran Clark Robertson Starnes

Photograph shows portrait of Confederate veteran Private Clark Robertson Starnes of Co. C, 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment in uniform with medals and Confederate flags. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D07... More

Unidentified Civil War veterans of Grand Army of the Republic Post #168, Southbridge, Massachusetts

Unidentified Civil War veterans of Grand Army of the Republic Post #16...

Photograph shows group portrait of veterans, including one African American. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Raynor's Historical Collectible Auctions, Burlington, North Carolina, Septemb... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran wearing United Confederate Veterans Joseph E. Johnston Camp No. 1 ribbon with his wife and daughter Monfort, Bardstown, Ky

Unidentified Civil War veteran wearing United Confederate Veterans Jos...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: The Veteran's Attic, Kingston, Tennessee, April 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/lilj... More

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