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Civil War Military Portraits

Depictions of Civil War-era generals and officers in formal portraits, highlighting military uniforms and historical significance.

General C.C. Andrews. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Joseph Dickinson (Maine) Brevetted for gallantry of staff duty at Gettysburg. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Colonel William W. Ward of 9th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment in uniform | Library of Congress

Gen. Grant , Military officers, Grant, Ulysses S. Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885, Carte de Visite Collection

U. S. Grant , Military officers, Grant, Ulysses S. Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885, Carte de Visite Collection

General W.T. Sherman. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Oscar V. Dayton. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Ambrose Powell Hill , Military officers, Hill, A. P. A. Powell, Carte de Visite Collection

Al Rayburn , Military personnel, Carte de Visite Collection

Maj. W.J. Martin, Paymaster. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Gen. Ranald S. Mackenzie 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Adm'l Reynard

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

General Lewis Merrill. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . Merrill, Lewis, 1834-1896, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lieutenant B.H. Porter, U.S.N.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Maj. J. Howard, Paymaster. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Maj. Gen. John Pope, U.S.A., 1861 - 1880, New York State, History, Pope, John (1822-1892)

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

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

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

Station Inspector Seth Joseph Widegren. Stins in Flen 1863-1877 and Stins in Tibro 1877-1893.

General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books, Corresponding print is in LOT 4213. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Colonel () Selby, C.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Brigadier General A.C. Godwin. Civil War Photograph Collection , No. 5137. Godwin, Archibald Campbell, 1831-1864, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate.

Col. Riker

Sarg. G.B.P. Simpson, 62nd New York Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General George Gordon Meade, USA General, circa 1863

General Joseph Hooker, major-general in the Union Army, 1862-1867.Artist: Brady

Brigadier General Joseph Dana Webster. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Portrait of Maj. Robert Anderson (Brigadier General from May 15, 1861), officer of the Federal Army. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Anderson, Robert.

Portrait of Anson Stager, Telegraph Corps, officer of the Federal Army (Brevet Brigadier General from Mar. 13, 1865). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Stager, Anson.

Captain L.J. Lambert. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General McCallum. Originally in album belonging to Joel B. Clough, Civilian Engineer, United States Military Railroad, 1863 and 1864, Gift; Florence C. Abel; 1961. McCallum, D. C, (Daniel Craig), 1815-1878, Clough, Joel B, 1823-1887, Friends & associates, United States, Bureau of Military Railroads, People, 1860-1870, Military officers, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

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

Lieutenant Colonel N.B. Bartram, Asst. Atty. General. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Sergeant E.J. Buck, 18th Wisc.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lieutenant Colonel L.D. Rogers, 16th Pa. Cavalry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Colonel G. Van Houton, 21st N.J. Inf'y. Civil War Photograph Collection. Van Houton, G, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

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

General John M. Jones, C.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Commander H.W. Morris, U.S.N.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Maj. C. Boyd, 5th New York Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Assistant Surgeon Samuel Powers Carbee of Co. D, 12th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment in uniform. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Carbee, Samuel Powers, 1836-1900, United States, Army, New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 12th (1862-1865), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Physicians, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Captain Ebenezer T. Wells, Union officer, bust portrait, facing front. Title devised by Library staff, In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ., no. 9, 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.

Bvt. Brigadier General W. Seawell. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

George Armstrong Custer, 1839 - 1876. United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars who was killed along with most of his command at the Batt

General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard,1818-1893. Confederate General during the American Civil War

1st Lieutenant John Paul Kuntze, Union officer, bust portrait, facing front / Everitt, Chicago.. Title devised by Library staff, In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ., no. 13, Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room. Kuntze, John Paul, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military officers, Union.

Unknown conductor.

Unidentified soldier in Union first lieutenant uniform with badge of 14th Corps Army of the Cumberland. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2011, pp/liljunion. United States, Army of the Cumberland, Corps, 14th, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Sherman, Gen. Wm. T. U.S.A.

Henry A. Wise. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Pavel Pterovich Kartsov, 1821 - 1892. Russian military personnel and historian. From Russes et Turcs: La Guerre D'Orient, published 1878.

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

Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont , Military officers, Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865, Carte de Visite Collection

Portrait of Maj. General Benjamin F. Butler, officer of the Federal Army. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Butler, Benjamin F.

General Michael Corcoran. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Capt. H.B. Ferguson

General George W Morgan, USA Civil War

US Civil War. Major General Ulysses S. Grant. Photograph, c. 1864 (BSLOC_2018_10_26)

General J.L. Kiernan. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Bell, Wm. H. U.S.A.

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

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

Maj. D. McClure, Paymaster. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Capt. Edwin A. Anderson

Lyon, Nathaniel.

Smith, Hon. Green Clay of Ky. 2nd Lt. in 1st Regt. Kentucky Vol. Inf. June 9, 1846. Colonel of 4th Regt. Kentucky Vol. Cavalry. April 4, 1862. Brevetted Maj. General, March 13, 1865

General George Edward Pickett, Confederate General, USA Civil War

Bv't-Brig. Gen. Edward W. Whitaker | Library of Congress

Gideon Welles, Sec. of Navy. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Brigadier General A. Shaler. Alexander Shaler (March 19, 1827 - December 28, 1911) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Second Battle of Fredericksburg.

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

THEODORUS BAILEY American naval commander Date: 1805 - 1877

Matthews, Hon. Stanley of Ohio, Lt. Col. of 23rd Ohio Inf. USA Col. of 57th Ohio, Justice of Supreme Court

Captain Fred F. Burlick, 4th Ark. Cav.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Van Vliet, Gen. Stewart

Stone, Hon. Joseph Champlin of Iowa, 1st Iowa Cav.

Alvord, General Benjamin of Vermont, U.S.A. Commanded District of Oregon throughout war

2nd Lieutenant John G. Helmkamp, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana Regiment, full-length portrait, standing, facing front / photographed by E. & J. Bruening, Indianapolis, Ind.. Title devised by Library staff, In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ., no. 34, Three cent postage stamp on verso, 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, Army, Indiana Infantry Regiment, 32nd (1861-1865), People, UnifForms, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military officers, Union.

Gen. Briggs

City Point, Virginia. General Rufus Ingalls, U.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Brigadier General Edwin H. Stoughton, Colonel 4th Vermont. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Ulysses S. Grant, April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885, he was a general in the US Army during the American Civil War and commanding general at the end of that war, as well as the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century.

2nd Lieutenant Albert Sidney SmithSchmidt, Union officer, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Title devised by Library staff, In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ., no. 10, Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room. Schmidt, Albert Sidney, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military officers, Union.

United States Navy Admiral Phillip Hitchborn ca. early 1900s.

Adm. R.S. Lowry

Major General Philip Henry Sheridan led the Union Army of the Potomac Cavalry in the US Civil War. After the war he was considered one of the most effective Union commanders, along with Ulysses Grant, William Sherman, and David Farragut (BSLOC_2018_9_189)

Joyce, Hon. Rep. Charles Herbert of Vermont Lt. Col. of 2nd Vermont Vols. U.S.A.

Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia. Man arrested on suspicion of being one of the conspirators. Name not disclosed. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Thomas T. Crittenden, Rep. from Mo. Lt. Col. 7th Mo. Cav. Militia Regt. USA

Roswell S. Ripley CSA. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Major T. J. Rodman, Commanding Officer, Watertown Arsenal, 1859-1865 , Military officers, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

General Ormsby MacKnight (or McKnight) Mitchel was an American astronomer and major general in the American Civil War.

James Chesnut was Senator from South Carolina in the 35th and 36th Congresses, until is resignation in Nov. 1861. He then served in the Confederate army, and as an aide-de-camp to General P.G.T. Beauregard, fired the first artillery shell at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. His wife, Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, kept a diary of the US Civil War from a southern perspective (BSLOC_2018_6_102)

Photographic print of George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Dated 1872

Unknown Stins in uniform.

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

General D.B. Delos Bennet Sacket. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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