Civil War Portraits

Historical portraits of Union officers and surgeons from the Civil War era, reflecting the attire and demeanor of military leaders from 1861-1865.

Assistant Adjunct General Temple Clark, Union officer, half-length portrait, facing right | Library of Congress

Geo. Pickett, C.S.A. Nie col. 2, p. 261. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Charles Codman , Military officers, Codman, Charles R. Charles Russell, 1829-1918, Carte de Visite Collection

Asst. Surg. Luther Brusie, 3rd Ind. Cav.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

H.A. Barnum. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

William Scott Ketchum. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Albion P. Howe. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Maj. Charles S. Goodrich, Surgeon, 102nd New York Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

J.S. Green CSA. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Gen. J.W. Revere, U.S.A.

Colonel J. Karge, 2nd NJ Cav.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General J.N. Martindale. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

A.I. Harrison, 22nd Ind.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Maj. Edw. C. Morse, Paymaster, U.S.N. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General Ambrose E. Burnside, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing military uniform | Library of Congress

Gene Hampton , Military personnel, Carte de Visite Collection

Unidentified Union officer, half-length portrait, facing front / photographed by E. & J. Bruening, Indianapolis, Ind. | Library of Congress

Arnold Elzey (1816-1871) , Military officers, Elzey, Arnold, 1816-1871, Carte de Visite Collection

General 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

A.B. McCalmont. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Alpheus S. Williams. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General R.H. Milroy, U.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Major General Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, 11th United States Infantry Regiment and General Staff U.S. Army in uniform / E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, from photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. | Library of Congress

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

Rear Adm. J.A. Dahlgren, U.S.N.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Thomas Ewing, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Civil War Photograph Collection, No. 4484. Ewing, Thomas, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel.

Portrait of Maj. General John M. Schofield, officer of the Federal Army. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Schofield, John M.

Cabell, Gen. W.L.

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

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

Col. H.A. Smalley

Gen. Kimball

Brigadier General Henry A. Barnum. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lieutenant Colonel F.M. Cummins, 124th NY. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Brigadier General John Riggin. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Gen. A.J. Meyer, U.S.A. Chief Signal Officer

General Benjamin M. Prentiss. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Portrait of Maj. General Frank P. Blair, officer of the Federal Army. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Blair, Frank P.

Lieutenant J.H. Gilman. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Karl Friedrich Heinrich von Trebra, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana Regiment, half-length portrait, facing front / Abtheilung für Portraits, Wilhelm Grundner.. Title devised by Library staff, Sitter identified by Michael Peake. Date based on Trebra's emigration from Germany in 1854 and death in 1863, Subject is wearing a German military uniform, In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ., no. 16, Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room. Trebra, Karl Friedrich Heinrich von, Military service, United States, Army, Indiana Infantry Regiment, 32nd (1861-1865), People, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military officers, Union.

Gen. W.W. Belknap, U.S.A.

Major Wallace A. Putnam , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

Lieutenant Colonel Anthony J. Allaire, 133rd N.Y Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General R.K. Scott. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Major General Oliver Otis Howard, fought with the Union Army throughout the US Civil War. He lost his right arm in the Battle of Fair Oaks/Seven Pines in June 1862, and returned to combat in Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Western Theater. He is most remembered for his Reconstruction role as head of the Freedmen's Bureau, the short name of the Army's Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, active from May 1865 to July 1874 (BSLOC_2019_5_129)

Hugh W. Mercer, of Georgia, Brigadier General, C.S.A., half-length portrait, facing right. Title devised by Library staff, Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Mercer, Hugh W, 1808-1877, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate, Military officers, Confederate, 1860-1870.

Killed at Ft. Harrison , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Co. E, New Hampshire Volunteers insignia on hat | Library of Congress

Captain W.W. Van Ness, Quartermaster. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Joe Hooker , Military officers, Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879, Carte de Visite Collection

Gen. U.S. Grant

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

1st Lieut. Charles H. Roberts , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

J.M. Waite, Bv't. Brigadier General. Civil War Photograph Collection, No. 8794. Waite, John M, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Portrait of Pvt. William Jackson Eskew, 13th Virginia Infantry, C.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. Confederate States of America, Army, Virginia Infantry Regiment, 13th, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Eskew, William Jackson, Virginia troops , 13th Virginia Infantry

Maj. Henry G. Healey, 65th New York Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Maj. George S. Worcester , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

Townsend, Gen. Edward Davis, U.S.A.

Maj. Alexander Basezemwski, 31st New York Inf., killed May 7, 1862 at ... Point, Virginia. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

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

L.H. Rousseau, USA. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Brigadier General Frank Wheaton. Frank Wheaton (May 8, 1833 - June 18, 1903) was a career military officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and Indian Wars.

Captain A.M. Randol, 1st U.S. Artillery. Colonel 2d, New York Cav.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

John S. Williams. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . Williams, John S, (John Stuart), 1818-1898, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Unidentified Union officer, bust portrait, facing left. Title devised by Library staff, In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ., no. 55, On verso: Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, 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.

Maj. Thomas Chamberlain , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

Worden, Adm. John, U.S.N.

Lieutenant R.B. Riell, USN. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Brigadier General James P. MacIvor of Co. I, 69th New York Infantry Regiment and 170th New York Infantry Regiment. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . MacIvor, James P, 1836-1904, United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 69th (1861-1865), People, United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 170th (1862-1865), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Colonel A.T. McReynolds, 1st NY Cavalry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Gen. Canby , Military officers, Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873, Carte de Visite Collection

General Abner Doubleday , Military officers, Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893, Carte de Visite Collection

Gen. William E. Strong 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

General Geo. D. Ramsay, Ordinance Dept.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lieutenant Colonel C.E. Colgate, 15th New York Engineers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Brigadier General Henry A. Barnum. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Gen. J.W. Geary

Colonel H.R. Stoughton (2nd U.S. Sharpshooter). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Wm. Mackall, Chief of Staff, Army of Tenn., C.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Portrait of Captain Henry Walke, officer of the Federal Navy. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Walke, Henry.

Unidentified Union soldier. Unknown maker, American

William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), Union General During American Civil War, three-quarter length Portrait, Military Uniform with Cape and Hat, Mathew Brady Studio, 1860's

Colonel Frank Wolford, 1st Ky. Cavalry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Portrait of Maj. General Robert C. Schenck, officer of the Federal Army. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Schenck, Robert C.

Commander S.D. Trenchard, U.S.N.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Frank W. Reynolds , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

John A. Logan 1826 to 1886. Union general during American Civil War. US Congressman. Creator of Memorial Day. From photograph by Matthew Brady

Potter, Gen. J.H.

Braxton Bragg, American soldier. Artist: Unknown

C.W. Le Gendre, 51st New York. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

General Franz Sigel, Union general in the American Civil War, 1862-1867.Artist: R Dudensing

Colonel David Waller Chenault, 11th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment in uniform / Webster & Bro., Louisville.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Chenault, David Waller, 1826-1863, Confederate States of America, Army, Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, 11th, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Confederate, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Confederate, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate.

General William Tecumseh Sherman of 13th Regular Army Infantry Regiment in uniform. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Sherman, William T, (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891, United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

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