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Life, travels, and adventures in California, [Front cover]

Life, travels, and adventures in California, [Front cover]

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Route of troops and wagon trains from Warrenton Jnct. to Kettle Run

Route of troops and wagon trains from Warrenton Jnct. to Kettle Run

Shows the area of Fauquier County, Va., between Greenwich and Bristoe to the north and Warrenton Junction to the south on the eve of 2nd Bull Run. The location of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad is also indicated.

Route of troops and wagon trains from Warrenton Jnct. to Kettle Run

Route of troops and wagon trains from Warrenton Jnct. to Kettle Run

Shows the area of Fauquier County, Va., between Greenwich and Bristoe to the north and Warrenton Junction to the south on the eve of 2nd Bull Run. The location of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad is also indi... More

View of Cumberland Gap, from the south

View of Cumberland Gap, from the south

Print shows abandoned tents scattered across the landscape, as the army passes through the Gap; long columns of troops and wagon trains are departing, some building are being burned. Possibly represents the sud... More

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The coffee call / H.W. [i.e. W.H.]

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The coffee call / H.W. [i.e. W.H.]

Print shows Army of the Potomac soldiers waiting for coffee at a campfire in an encampment. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2013; (DLC/PP-2013:089.01).

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The baggage train / Homer.

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The baggage train / Homer.

Print shows two African American drovers, one with a pipe and the other with a whip, sitting on the back of a covered wagon, which is part of a baggage train for the Army of the Potomac. Purchase; William Rees... More

Mormon pioneers about to enter Salt Lake Valley, July 24, 1847

Mormon pioneers about to enter Salt Lake Valley, July 24, 1847

Reenactment of Mormons traveling by wagon train. J175413 U.S. Copyright Office.

Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street

Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to ab... More

Cedar Level, Virginia Commissary depot with supply train wagons

Cedar Level, Virginia Commissary depot with supply train wagons

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town

Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Stereo filed in LOT 4175. Corresponding print is in LOT 4175. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D... More

Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps

Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congres... More

Cedar Level, Virginia Commissary depot with supply train wagons

Cedar Level, Virginia Commissary depot with supply train wagons

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street

Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to ab... More

Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town

Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Stereo filed in LOT 4175. Corresponding print is in LOT 4175. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D... More

Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps

Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congres... More

Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street

Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to ab... More

Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town

Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Stereo filed in LOT 4175. Corresponding print is in LOT 4175. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D... More

Wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River

Wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River

Stereograph showing the Sixth Corps wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River on a pontoon bridge near Fredericksburg, Virginia in May, 1864. No. 715. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War H... More

Wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River

Wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River

Stereograph showing the Sixth Corps wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River on a pontoon bridge near Fredericksburg, Virginia in May, 1864. No. 715. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War H... More

Emigrant train, Strawberry Valley, going east

Emigrant train, Strawberry Valley, going east

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 625. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and ... More

Emigrant train, Strawberry Valley, going east

Emigrant train, Strawberry Valley, going east

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 625. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and ... More

Provision train / Painted by Imogene Robinson;  Engraved by C. Tomkins.

Provision train / Painted by Imogene Robinson; Engraved by C. Tomkins...

Print shows Washington, his officers and troops hailing a provision wagon train as it approaches their encampment. H4922 U.S. Copyright Office. Reference copy in LOT 4412 N.

Provision train / Painted by Imogene Robinson;  Engraved by C. Tomkins.

Provision train / Painted by Imogene Robinson; Engraved by C. Tomkins...

Print shows Washington, his officers and troops hailing a provision wagon train as it approaches their encampment. H4922 U.S. Copyright Office. Reference copy in LOT 4412 N.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union wagon train entering Petersburg, Virginia, with provisions after the Rebels were forced to evacuate. No. 951. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865... More

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union wagon train entering Petersburg, Virginia, with provisions after the Rebels were forced to evacuate. No. 951. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865... More

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union wagon train entering Petersburg, Virginia, with provisions after the Rebels were forced to evacuate. No. 951. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865... More

[Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps]

[Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps]

[Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[Cedar Level, Virginia  Commissary depot with supply train wagons]

[Cedar Level, Virginia Commissary depot with supply train wagons]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Cedar Level, Virginia  Commissary depot with supply train wagons]

[Cedar Level, Virginia Commissary depot with supply train wagons]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Attacked by bushwhackers. - A drawing of a wagon pulled by horses

Attacked by bushwhackers. - A drawing of a wagon pulled by horses

Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, military conflict, conscription, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street]

[Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street]

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

[Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street]

[Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street]

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

[Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street]

[Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street]

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

[Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town]

[Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town]

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town]

[Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town]

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town]

[Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town]

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

A view in Williamsburg, Virginia / McIlvaine.

A view in Williamsburg, Virginia / McIlvaine.

Scene of Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, Virginia, with soldiers and wagon train. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

A view in Williamsburg, Virginia / McIlvaine.

A view in Williamsburg, Virginia / McIlvaine.

Scene of Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, Virginia, with soldiers and wagon train. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing the first Union wagon train entering Petersburg, Virginia, with provisions after the Rebels were forced to evacuate. No. 951. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History,... More

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing the first Union wagon train entering Petersburg, Virginia, with provisions after the Rebels were forced to evacuate. No. 951. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History,... More