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Civil War Historical Portraits

Historic photographs of military officers from the Civil War era, showcasing uniforms, poses, and the historical significance of their service.

Gen. Isaac S. Catlin, U.S.A.

General Joseph Dana Webster. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Maj. Edward Marriner. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General Robert Patterson, U.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

1800S 1860S Portrait Of George G Meade General Of Union Army Of The Potomac Defeated Robert E Lee At Gettysburg

Stonewall Jackson, US, USA, America, Vintage photography

General Jas. W. McMillan, U.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Major General John Charles Fremont, Union commander of Department of the West from July 1, 1861 to Nov. 2, 1861. While in Missouri, without consulting his superiors, Fremont's issued an emancipation edict freeing slaves in his district. This action threated Lincoln's delicate Civil War negotiations to establish border states' neutrality. Lincoln relieved Fremont of his command for insubordination. Photo by George Gardner Rockwood (BSLOC_2018_5_138)

Lieut. Genl. U.S. Grant. 1861 - 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History, Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Colonel C.D. McDougall, 111th New York Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Unidentified Union officer, half-length portrait, facing front. Title devised by Library staff, In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ., no. 78, Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military officers, Union.

Benedict. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Adm. Wm B. Shubrick, U.S.N.

Gen. George A. Forsyth

Robert Huston Millroy, 1816-90. Photograph c. 1863. He fought at battle of Second Bull Run (Manassas)

Colonel Henry A. Morrow, 24th Mich.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Henry Wagner Halleck , Military officers, Halleck, H. W. Henry Wager, 1815-1872, Carte de Visite Collection

Colonel () Lander. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Brigadier General B.H. Robertson. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Henry S. Briggs. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Rear Adm. Francis H. Gregory. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Portrait of Maj. General Edward R. S. Canby, officer of the Federal Army. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Canby, Edward R. S.

L. Aspinwall, 22 NYSM. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General G.F. Nichols. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Adm. von Tirpitz

Commodore C. Ringgold, USN. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Benet, General S.V. U.S.A.

Lieutenant Colonel C.C. Blanchard QM. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Mahler. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Col. T.T.S. Laidley, Commanding Officer, Watertown Arsenal, 1871-1882 , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Lieutenant Colonel J.H. Puleston, Military Agent of Pa.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Ulysses Grant, sitting for a portrait while reading a book, in the Mathew Brady Studio, c. 1864-66. Grant was Commanding General of the United States Army from March 9, 1864 until March 4, 1869, when he was inaugurated as President of the US (BSLOC_2018_10_40)

Chaplain S.H. Weston, 7th New YorkS.M.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

1800S 1860S Portrait Of Joseph E Johnston General Confederate States Army Also Fought In Seminole Wars And Mexican American War

E.A. Kimball. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General Abner Doubleday, officer of the Federal Army during the US Civil War, 1861-65. A Veteran of the Mexican War, he fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. At Gettysburg, he lead 9,500 Union soldiers against 16,000 Confederates for five hours before men retreating with over 40% casualties (BSLOC_2018_6_99)

Colonel N.B. Hyde, 37th Vermont Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Surg. J.H. Baxter. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General Jubal Early led Confederate armies in the Eastern Theater of the US Civil War. He chose exile in Mexico after the Appomattox surrender, returning to the US in 1869 as an unrepentant rebel, and white supremacist, still honoring the Confederate cause (BSLOC_2018_7_59)

General J.G. Parke, U.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Gabriel J. Rains, C.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General J.H. Ward of NY. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Gen. R.C. Drum U.S.A.

David Glasgow Farragut, Glascoe, (July 5, 1801 - August 14, 1870) was a flag officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Moore, NYNG. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Capt. Sigsbee.

Capt. H.S. Wygant

Boggs, Adm. U.S.N.

James W. Denver. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

US Civil War. Major General Ulysses S. Grant. Detail of 1865 hand colored portrait engraving, based on a photograph by Mathew Brady (BSLOC_2018_10_31)

Gen. Abner Doubleday, U.S.A.

Capt. William A. Thornton, 1847-1851 , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Maj. W.B. Chustill. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Capt. Sigsbee

George B. McClellan. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Henry Wager Halleck, American soldier, (1872).Artist: John A O'Neill

Gen. Robert E. Lee, in his Confederate uniform. March 1864 portrait by Julian Vannerson. In 1864 Lee faced a new Union foe in Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Their battles during the 1864 Overland Campaign, (Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House and Cold Harbor) had no clear battlefield victor, but they cost the Confederacy irreplaceable soldiers and resources (BSLOC_2018_10_96)

Digitally restored vector portrait of General Joseph Wheeler. General Joseph Wheeler was a military commander for the United States and the Confederate States of America. Wheeler was wounded three times while commanding Confederate Cavalry troops during the American Civil War. After the Civil War he served in Congress as a Representative from Alabama. During the Spanish-American War, Wheeler volunteered and was appointed major general of volunteers by President McKinley.

1800S 1860S Portrait Philip Sheridan Union General During American Civil War Image Circa 1866 Reconstruction Era

Portrait of Lieutenant Bartley Pace Bynum, C.S.A., also Chaplain in the Confederate Army. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Bynum, Bartley Pace.

George Armstrong Custer, in Brady Studio portrait, 1865, wearing his uniform as a Brevet Major General of the US Volunteers. In 1864, Custer served in the Overland Campaign commanded by Gen. Phillip Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley in the US Civil War. He defeated the forces of Confederate General Jubal Early at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864 (BSLOC_2019_9_111)

General E.A. Hitchcock. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Rodgers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Hancock, Gen. W.S., USA

Captain William J. Lawton, U.S.A., dressed as a Confederate officer. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General G.B. McClellan and wife. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

George Armstrong Custer, 1839-1876, Civil War - USA

Colonel H.A.V. Post, 2nd U.S. Sharpshooter. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Edward J. Riley, Colonel, 40th New York Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

John A. Logan Crocker's charge at Jackson.. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden. Chicago : The Puritan Press Co, c1894, v. 2, p. 463. Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886, Military service, Crocker, Marcellus Monroe, 1830-1865, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles.

Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer, on April 15, 1865. He was one of the US commanders present at the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. Photo by Mathew Brady Studio (BSLOC_2019_9_112)

Grand quick step of the California Regiment, Wallerstein, A. (composer), Lee & Walker, Philadelphia., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Piano music, Quicksteps, United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 71st (1861-1864), Songs and music, Smith, R. Penn, Songs and music, Smith, R. Penn, Portraits, Sheet music, Catalogs, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

There's a proud noble flag, Whittlesey, Orramel (composer), Horace Waters, New York, 1864., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Flags, United States, Songs and music, Songs (Medium voice) with piano, Maginnis, John T., d. 1864, Songs and music, Maginnis, John T., d. 1864, Portraits, United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 18th (1862-1865), Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

General Ulysses S. Grant, Full-Length Portrait with other Soldiers and Horses at U.S. Capitol, Artist Samuel S. Frissel, Lithographer and Publisher Charles H. Crosby, 1868

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