Civil War Photographs page 2
333 historic pictures in the Civil War Photographs collection, part of Library of Congress Collections. Each one can be ordered as a print or licensed, and the collection is a starting point for telling stories about the past.
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Cumberland Landing Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey (1862)
Cumberland Landing Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey (1862)
Cumberland Landing Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey (1862)
Cumberland Landing Virginia. Federal encampment on the Pamunkey River (1862)
Cumberland Landing Virginia. Group of civilians and soldiers (1862)
District of Columbia. Soldiers cemetery near Fort Stevens (Brightwood) (1865)
Drewrys Bluff Virginia (vicinity). Obstructions in James river. Blocked by the Conf (1865)
Drewrys Bluff Virginia. Interior of Confederate Fort Darling on the James (1865)
Dutch Gap Canal James River Virginia (vicinity). A 10-inch Columbiad gun in Battery (1865)
Dutch Gap Canal James River Virginia (vicinity). Confederate battery Dantzler (1865)
Dutch Gap Canal James River Virginia. Confederate battery on James River above Dutc (1865)
Dutch Gap Virginia. View of Dutch Gap canal (1864)
Elk Mountain Maryland. Signal tower (1862)
Elk Mountain Maryland. Signal tower overlooking Antietam battlefield (1862)
Emmitsburg Maryland. St. Josephs Seminary (1863)
Falmouth Virginia. Lord William Abinger and group of officers at headquarters Army (1863)
Federal fortifications and camp (1861)
Fort Fisher North Carolina. Battery Lamb on sea front (1865)
Fort Monroe Virginia. 3d Regiment Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. (152nd Volunteers) (1864)
Fort Monroe Virginia. Blockade runner TEASER off Fort Monroe (1864)
Fort Monroe Virginia. Wharf (1864)
Frederick Maryland. Tynan and children (1862)
Fredericksburg Virginia. Pontoon bridge across the Rappahannock (1864)
Fredericksburg Virginia. Soldiers drawing water from a well. Army of the Potomac (1864)
Fredericksburg Virginia. View of town from east bank of the Rappahannock (1863)
Fredericksburg Virginia. Wounded Indians from the Wilderness on Maryes Heights (1864)
Gloucester Virginia. Fortifications showing a 11-inch smooth-bore Dahlgren naval gu (1862)
Hampton Virginia. Slab-town (1864)
Hancock (1860)
James River Virginia. Group of officers on deck of the MONITOR (1862)
Lookout Mt. ? (1861)
Manassas Station Virginia. General Beauregards headquarters (1862)
Morris Island South Carolina. The Marsh Battery or Swamp Angel after the explosion (1863)
Murfreesboro Tennessee (vicinity). Monument erected on the battlefield of Shiloh in (1861)
Nashville Tennessee. Fortified bridge over the Cumberland River (1864)
P.J. Osterhaus (1860)
A parrott gun (trained on Sumter?) (1862)
Patten (1860)
Petersburg Virginia. Group of Engineers and Draughtsmen headquarters Army of the Po (1864)
Petersburg Virginia (vicinity). Fortifications (1862)
Petersburg Virginia (vicinity). Mill dam on Appomattox River (1865)
Petersburg Virginia. Group of mechanics of 1st Division 9th Army Corps (1864)
Petersburg Virginia. Officer seated (1862)
Petersburg Virginia. Photographers resting in camp (1862)
Petersburg Virginia. Bollingbroke street (1865)
Petersburg Virginia. Buildings (1865)
Petersburg Virginia. Camp in pine woods (1864)
Petersburg Virginia. Capt. John S. Crawford 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (1864)
Petersburg Virginia. Company H 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (1864)
Petersburg Virginia. Company H 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (1864)
Petersburg Virginia. Confederate breastworks in front of Petersburg (1865)
Petersburg Virginia. Confederate fortifications on the outer line captured by the 1 (1864)
Petersburg Virginia. Damage to garden wall (1865)
Petersburg Virginia. Damaged houses (1865)
Petersburg Virginia. Earthworks in front of Petersburg (1865)
Petersburg Virginia. Field and staff officers of 39th U.S. Colored Infantry (1864)
Petersburg Virginia. Group of officers at headquarters Army of the Potomac (1864)
Petersburg Virginia. Group of Provost Guard headquarters Army of the Potomac (1865)
Petersburg Virginia. House (1865)
Petersburg Virginia. Interior of colonial mansion on Bollingbrook street (1865)
Petersburg Virginia. Interior view of Confederate works near Elliotts salient (1865)
Petersburg Virginia. Interior view of Fort Sedgwick (1865)
Petersburg Virginia. Lt. Vane and horse Army of the Potomac (1864)
Petersburg Virginia. Military telegraph operator headquarters Army of the Potomac (1864)
Petersburg Virginia. Officers of 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (1864)
Petersburg Virginia. Pontoon bridge (1865)
Petersburg Virginia. Telegrapher (1861)
Point of Rocks Virginia (vicinity). Redoubt Zabriskie. (1864)
Point of Rocks Virginia (vicinity). Signal tower (1864)
Portrait of brevetted Brigadier General Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlen (1823-1887) (1864)
R.M. West (1860)
Rear Adm. W.B. Shubrick U.S.N. (1860)
Rebel Army of Virginia: Longstreet Beauregard Breckenridge Fitzhugh Lee R.E. Lee A. (1860)
Richard Brooke Garnett CSA (1860)
Riley (1860)
Ripley CSA (1860)
Robert E. Lee C.S.A. (1860)
Roger W. Hanson C.S.A. (1860)
Roger W. Hanson C.S.A. (1860)
S.W. Crawford (1860)
Sam Jones CSA (1860)
Sarg. C.M. Chandler 6th Vermont Inf. (1860)
Seabrook South Carolina. Natural arch (1862)
Seth Eastman (1860)
Sgt. Oscar Ryder 7th N.Y.S.M. (1860)
St. Augustine Florida. Entrance gate (1861)
St. Augustine Florida. Street view (1861)
Stoneman USA (1860)
Sunday Morning Mass. Camp of 69th N.Y. SM (1860)
Surg. C.P. Frost 15th Vermont Inf. (1860)
Surg. D.G. Rush 101st Pa Inf (1860)
Surg. George Bayles 4th N.Y. heavy artillery (1860)
Surg. H.A. Potter 50th N.Y. Engineers (1860)
Surg. J.E. Dexter (1860)
Surg. M.E. Simmons 22nd Mass Inf (1860)
Surg. R.H. Gilbert (1860)
Surg. S.J. Jones U.S.N. (1860)
Surg. W.B. Crandall 16th N.Y. Inf. (1860)
T.C.H. Smith 1st Ohio Cav. (1860)
Untitled (1860)
Untitled (1860)
Untitled (1862)
Untitled (1860)
Varina Landing James River Virginia. View of pontoon bridge and supply boat (1862)
W.H. Morris (1860)
Warrenton Virginia. General Alfred Pleasonton (1863)
Washington Navy Yard District of Columbia. Lewis Payne the conspirator who attacked (1865)
Washington Navy Yard District of Columbia. Samuel Arnold a conspirator (seated) (1865)
Washington District of Columbia (vicinity). Headquarters of Gen. Gershom Mott (1865)
Washington District of Columbia (vicinity). Great Falls Potomac River (1862)
Washington District of Columbia. 6-pdr. Wiard gun at the Arsenal (1862)
Washington District of Columbia. Building of the U.S. Clothing Department (1865)
Washington District of Columbia. Chair occupied by Lincoln when assassinated (1865)
Washington District of Columbia. Company E 9th U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps (1865)
Washington District of Columbia. Government mess house (1865)
Washington District of Columbia. Government repair shops (1865)
Washington District of Columbia. Grand review of the army (1865)
Washington District of Columbia. Grand review of the army (1865)
Washington District of Columbia. Group at Quartermaster Generals office. Corcorans (1865)
Washington District of Columbia. Interior of Fort Totten (1861)