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Historical Civil War Photographs

Stereographs depicting the Civil War, featuring Union lines, siege trains, and military encampments, captured in sepia tones with a historical context.

Small? Island, Marble Head Mass , Bodies of water, Sites

No. 159. Thirteen Inch Mortar, Arsenal Yard, Washington, D.C. July 1864.. A.J. Russell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1902) July 1864 Inscription: Printed title.

General view of the wrecked battleship Maine , Warships, War damage, Spanish-American War, 1898

The Great Johnstown Flood, May 31, 1889. A rough scene down at the Point. A large tree crushed through the top of a dwelling.. Robert K. Bonine (American, 1861 - 1923)

Captured rifled steel breach-loading Whitworth gun, Richmond, Va. War views. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Graves of our heroes on the battlefield, Santiago , Cemeteries, Graves, Spanish-American War, 1898

Port Royal, Rappahannock River, Virginia. No. B8, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Port Royal.

The "Michel Le Brave", when he was inflated, March 1874 The "Michel Le Brave", when he was inflated, March 1874. Photograph of Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, said) (1820-1910). Draw on albuminum paper.

The catafalque with crowd gathered. American views. Peabody funeral obsequies &c. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Essex County (Mass.)

Aden..

Presentation of British scouts who fire a farmer's patrol in Colesberg, January 10, 1900, Anonymous, 1900 stereograph Colesbergpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life. scouting, reconnaissance (military) Colesberg

Man sharpening blade on foot-operated whetstone. Unknown maker, French

Scenes at West Point and vicinity 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), United States Military Academy, West Point (N.Y.)

Traveling group of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany on the Tempelberg in Jerusalem, Israel, Augusta Victoria (Empress of Germany), 1898 - in Or Before 1899 photomechanical print Jerusalem paper collotype square, place, circus, etc. - II - ideal city. adult man (+ more than eight persons) Temple Mountain

A Council of War at Massaponax Church, Va., 21st May, 1864. Gen. Grant Writing a Dispatch..

Presentation of a soldier lying in front of a tent in Klipdrift, 12 February, Anonymous, 1900 stereograph Klipdriftpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life. (military) camp with tents. (morse) telegraph Klipdrift

British soldiers fill a lamp with gas at garlands fountain in South Africa; Filling a Signaling Lamp with Gas, Sling Fountain - Farmer War, S.A ...

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry sitting in front of a tent at Columbus, Kentucky. Title devised by Library staff. Military camps, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Military life, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Signal tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, overlooking battlefield of Antietam / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan ; positive by A. Gardner. , Incidents of War: Signal tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, overlooking battlefield of Antietam. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1866, v. 1, no. 22, Another version in: E468.7 .G19, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1865, v. 1, Copyright by A. Gardner, Title from item, Alternate title from unnumbered photograph in 1865 edition. Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862, Signal towers, Maryland, Antietam, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Communications, Union, Maryland, Antietam.

View from the Point of Rocks, on the Appomattox River, Va. looking north-west. The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

The U.S. Arsenal at Washington, D.C. Descriptive views. 1868. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (D.C.), Cannons, Armories

Contrabands at work repairing the rail road at Stone River battle ground, near Murfreesburgh, Tenn. The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Pontoon bridge across the James Men sitting and standing in foreground, ships at anchor in river. Pontoon bridge, across the James, June 1864.. 1865. Photographs. Manuscripts and Archives Division. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865, James River (Va.), Pontoon bridges

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Society: Rubber, coffee and tea plantations v.d. Deli-Batavia Rubber Society (1911-1913). D BA R M, B B Tea Plant June 1912. 1912. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Cannon, Fortress Monroe. Artist: Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821-1882 Washington, D.C.). Dimensions: Image: 7 15/16 × 9 3/4 in. (20.2 × 24.8 cm). Date: ca. 1864. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Winter quarters at Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal. No. B257, Title from item, Similar image: LOT 11486-G, no. 21, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Dutch Gap Canal.

Tule Lake Camp, South; Tule Lake in the distance. Photographic illustrations of the Pacific Coast, The Modoc War, no. 1608 1873 - 129. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Indians of North America , California, Military camps, Tents, Modoc Indians , Wars, 1873

Government bakery, Stoneman's Station, Aquia Creek & Fredericksburgh Railroad. No. 134, Title from item. Bakeries, Virginia, 1860-1870, Government facilities, Virginia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Economic & industrial aspects, Virginia.

National Cemetery 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia, Richmond (Va.)

British soldiers sleep next to their guns near Colesberg, South Africa, Anonymous, Underwood and Underwood, 1900 stereograph Colesbergpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life Colesberg

400 lb. dynamite explosion, Johnstown, Pa. Johnstown and Conemaugh Valley, Pa., disaster. May 31, 1889. 1889. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Johnstown (Pa.)

Le Jeu de la Casserole.. Fraget & Viret

Chinese who paid War's penalty - South Gate immediately after Allies entered the City - Battle at Tientsin, China..

Foochow, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

Soldiers National Cemetery / Tipton, Gettysburg, Pa.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljvet. Reynolds, John Fulton, 1820-1863, Monuments, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.), 1880-1890, Cemeteries, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, 1880-1890, Monuments & memorials, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, 1880-1890, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Monuments, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg.

Culp's Hill, Gettysburg, Pa.. No renewal in Copyright office. J293435 U.S. Copyright Office, No. 29357. Cannons, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, 1920-1930, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields.

Tombeau de S.M. l'Empereur Napoleon 1 (Hotel des Invalides). F. Grau G.A.F. (French, active 1850s - 1860s)

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album fisherman: Third karakorum expedition, 1929-1930. Album leaf with three photos. Left: a sacred grave decorated with yaktails at Alinazzar Gurgan; The Horse Jurga with Ogulden; At the bottom right: Jenny Visser-Hooft on the Horse Jurga. October 5, 1929. China

Gallant storming of a Boer kopje by the Suffolks, at Colesberg, S. A., Dec. 31st - praised by Gen. French , Warfare, Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, Hills, South African War, 1899-1902

Gallant storming of a Boer kopje by the Suffolks, at Colesberg, S. A., Dec. 31st - praised by Gen. French , Warfare, Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, Hills, South African War, 1899-1902

Auvergne - Campinaut - Soutlet onz ..

Reber gun. E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm). Additional, American views, Hudson River, West Point series., 1850 - 1930. New York (State), Military training, United States Military Academy, West Point (N.Y.), Albumen prints

Commodore and Officers, "Pearl" at Waitovu, Fiji. Unknown maker

13 in. Mortor (sic) West Point. Deloss Barnum (American, 1825 - 1873)

Fort Johnson, James Island. Fort Sumpter Sumter in the distance War views. 350. 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. South Carolina, Charleston (S.C.), Forts & fortifications , South Carolina , Charleston

Officers of Battery C, 3d U.S. Art'y. near Fair Oaks, Virginia, June, 1862 Battery G, 3d U.S. Artillery near Fair Oaks, Virginia, June, 1862.. Titles from item, Nos. 431 and 432, Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negatives: LC-B815-431 and LC-B815-432. Gibson, Horatio G, 1827-1924, United States, Army, Artillery Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865), People, Cannons, Virginia, Fair Oaks (Henrico County), 1860-1870, Military personnel, Virginia, Fair Oaks (Henrico County), 1860-1870, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation.

Camp of 5th Vt. i.e. Vermont Reg. Volunteers Camp Griffin Virginia , Camp of 5th Vermont Regiment Volunteers, Camp Griffin, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Houghton as photographer from "A very fine appearance" : the Vermont Civil War photographs of George Houghton / Donald H. Wickman. Barre : Vermont Historical Society, c2010, page 17, Title from item, In album: Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, loose photo no. L7, Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997, Digitized, 2014. Funding from The Center for Civil War Photography, Accession box no. DLC/PP-1975:071. United States, Army, Vermont Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865), Facilities, Virginia, Langley, Military camps, Union, Virginia, Langley, 1860-1870, Tents, Virginia, Langley, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil

U.S. gunboat Osage - Mississippi River Fleet. No. 3126, Title from item, Hand written on mount: "Lt. Comdr. Thos. O. Selfridge", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Mississippi River.

View from the Breastworks outside Fort Burnham, late Rebel Fort Harrison.... The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Interior of the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation,".... The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Guides. Mat. Nick. Entrance to Mammoth Cave, Ky.. Adin French Styles (American, 1832 - 1910)

Location: Adelaide, Australia australia, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Parade Ground, Boston Common, June 17th , Centennial celebrations

Officers on deck of monitor the "Lehigh" 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

R.R. disaster, August 9, 1871. Views of Bangor and Vicinity. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1871. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Bangor (Me.), Maine Central Railroad Company, Railroad accidents , Maine , Bangor

National cemetery, Arlington, Va. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Virginia, Arlington (Va.)

From the Battlefield Observatory, Soldiers' Nat. Cemetery. Artistic stereo gems of Gettysburg scenery. Views from the Battle-Field Observatory, east Cemetery Hill, Bethlehem, Pa. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Gettysburg (Pa.), Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.)

On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback | Library of Congress

War canoe and models, U.S. Gov't building. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Photo collection First World War. The soldierskerkhof of Hurtebisepvisorisch German soldierskerkhof "soldiersfriedhof a.d. Höhe v.craonne". 1914-1918}. France, Hurtebise

Mr. C.L. Smith, Waukegan, Ill. Man with six beagles and a rifle in his hand. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Men, Rifles, Waukegan (Ill.), Hunting dogs

Napoleon mount, 15 PDR , Artillery Weaponry, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Greenwood Cemetery. Soldiers' Monument.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Interior of Breastworks on Round Top, Gettysburg.

Suit of armor on display at Mrs. M. A. Maxwell's Rocky Mountain Museum , Armor, Maxwell, Martha, 1831-1881

Seige Battery, West Point. Deloss Barnum (American, 1825 - 1873)

Incidents of the great march to Bloemfontein - faithfully waiting his sleeping master - Boer War, S.A...

'Who's been here since I've been gone. , Infants, Soldiers

The Tower of London. - A Group of Warders in full Dress.... Frank Mason Good (English, 1839 - 1928)

Passenger in uniform on a lounger on board the Hohenzollern; Abfahrt von Kiel ..

Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia, July 1, 1862 - the Rebels repulsed by the Union artillery. Title from item, Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 291 (1862 July 26), p. 472-73. Military personnel, Confederate, 1860-1870, Malvern Hill, Battle of, Va, 1862, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles.

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Sling for heavy artillery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Japanese preparing water for the army to drink , Water, Military cookery, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Gen. Ferrero and staff, Petersburgh, Va. The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Firefighters doing exercises Firefighters doing exercises. Anonymous photography. 1860-1870.

Resting men during military exercise with guns in Fontainebleau, 1896 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. Fontainebleau paper. photographic support land forces (+ cavalry, horsemen). (military) camp with tents. manoeuvre ~ military training. firearms: cannon. resting Fontainebleau

La Vie Militaire de Jean-Jean. Jean-Jean prend gout au metier.. Unknown maker, French

U.S.S. 'Pennsylvania,' U.S. Navy yard, Boston, Mass. Keel laid in 1865 , Boat & ship industry, Boston Navy Yard Boston, Mass.

Seige Battery, West Point. 1855 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), United States Military Academy, West Point (N.Y.), Hudson Highlands (N.Y.), Batteries (Weaponry)

Dead Confederate soldiers in trenches of Fort Mahone in front of Petersburg, Va., April 3, 1865 | Library of Congress

Pontoon bridge across James River, Virginia 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Japanese soldiers cutting fuel for camp , Soldiers, Woodcutting, Fuelwood, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Canton. Visit of the Governor of Canton to Brigadier-General Crawford, on His Assuming Command of the Forces..

C.S. Soldier killed in the Trenches, at the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April...The wound is in the head, caused by a...Shell..

18 Mars 1871 / Civil Wars / (Paris) / 28 Never 1871 / Redout de Brimborion / No. 22 (you)

A Parsee Servant. Possibly Captain Allan Scott (British, 1824 - 1870)

Dynamo room, Spanish cruiser 'Reina Mercedes,' wrecked by an American shell , Bombardment, Warships, Naval warfare

New view of the 'Maine' wreck, showing tremendous force of the explosion, Havana Harbor , Warships, War damage, Spanish-American War, 1898

The Civil War, an executed African American man, title: 'The hanged body of William Johnson, A negro soldier', Jordan's Farm, Petersburg, Virginia, photograph, June 20, 1864.

Young woman with a hussaar, James Elliott, 1856 - 1859 stereograph London cardboard. paper albumen print private soldier (+ infantry)

(French - Soissons , Aisne , France Saint-Vaast sous les décombres).

Rebel shot lodged in a Union gun at the Battle of Gettysburg., 1850 - 1930, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, Soldiers' National Cemetery, Albumen prints

Just before the Battle.. Franklin G. Weller (American, 1833 - 1877)

Pickett's Charge, Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., U.S.A. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Gettysburg (Pa.), Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.)

Marine Barracks, Charlestown Navy Yard.. Unknown maker, American

Rations for an 'Osaka baby' , Shells Ammunition, Soldiers, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

At war | Library of Congress

Fort Moultrie Sallyport and ruins of the fort from the interior. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative is: LC-B811-3065. War damage, South Carolina, Fort Moultrie, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, Confederate, South Carolina, Fort Moultrie, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, South Carolina, Fort Moultrie, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, Union, South Carolina, Fort Moultrie.

The Stars and Stripes. Concord, Mass.. Unknown maker, American

The bombardment of Fort Pulaski. April 11, 1862. Crane, William. 1862. Sketches, Drawings, Illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Old Abe, the War Eagle, who took part in 36 battles / W.M. Chase.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. United States, Army, Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865), Old Abe (Eagle), 1870-1880, Eagles, 1860-1890, Mascots, 1860-1890, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Animals.

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