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LL/43005
ThumbnailMathew Brady's Studio 
Brady Gallery photographic team for the Civil War, Berlin, Maryland 
1862, 28 October 
Albumen print 
Location and source information requested 

  
LL/35274
ThumbnailSamuel A. Cooley 
Sam A. Cooley, Field Dark-Room 
n.d. 
Albumen print 
This work is out of copyright 

  
LL/42987
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Brady's photo outfit in front of Petersburg, VA 
1864 (ca) 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 00170u 
  

  
LL/43003
ThumbnailDavid Knox 
Military Telegraph battery wagon, HQ, Army of the Potomac, Petersburg VA 
1864-1865 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 04330u 
  

  
LL/8860
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Armed Rhode Island Civil War Duo 
n.d. 
Ambrotype, 1/4 plate 
Be-Hold 
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (46 / 45) 
  

  
LL/149
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Untitled 
n.d. 
Tintype 
Location and source information requested 

  
LL/35977
ThumbnailSunbeam Gallery (Rochester, NY) 
A uniformed soldier 
1860s (ca) 
Tintype, on carte de visite 
Private collection of Laddy Kite 

  
LL/38158
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Untitled [Taylor Brothers, Privates Emzy Taylor (left) and G. M. Taylor, Company E, "Lone Star Guards" 4th Texas Infantry Regiment, Hood's Brigade, Confederate States Army] 
1862 (ca) 
Tintype, 1/2 plate 
10.8 x 14 cm 
DeGolyer Library 
Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Call number: Ag2008.0005 
  

  
LL/6248
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Tinted carte de visite of American Civil War soldier before painted backdrop 
n.d. 
Carte de visite, tinted 
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographica 
Courtesy of Jeffrey Kraus 
  
10 
  
LL/33139
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Soldiers‘ Photographs at United States Post Office Dead Letter Office 
1861-1865 
Carte de visites, tintypes 
George Eastman House 
11 
  
LL/10892
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Abraham Lincoln (Without beard) 
1860, 27 February 
Carte de visite 
Be-Hold 
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (45 / 42) 
  
12 
  
LL/39177
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
A council of war at Massaponax Church, VA., 21st May, 1864. Gen. Grant and Meade, Asst. Sec. of War, Dana, and their staff officers. 
1864, 21 May (event) 
Stereoview, right 
New York Historical Society 
Repository: New-York Historical Society, nhnycw/ad ad09025, Call Number: PR-065-779-25 
  
13 
  
LL/35976
ThumbnailMcPherson & Oliver (Baton Rouge, LA) 
Ironclad gunboat, "Essex" 
1862, 20 July 
Carte de visite 
Private collection of Laddy Kite 
14 
  
LL/42166
ThumbnailGeorge N. Barnard 
Sherman's Hair-Pins 
1864-1865 
Albumen silver print 
6 1/8 x 7 7/8 ins (15.5 x 20 cm) 
SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 
John Parkinson III Fund, 227.1977 
  
15 
  
LL/42163
ThumbnailGeorge N. Barnard 
Ruins in Columbia, South Carolina 
[Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign] 
1864-1865 
Albumen silver print 
10 1/16 x 14 1/8 ins (25.6 x 35.9 cm) 
SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 
Acquired by exchange with the Library of Congress, 409.1969.55 
  
16 
  
LL/35872
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
The Old Flag of the Second Michigan Infantry 
n.d. 
Book illustration 
Google Books 
17 
  
LL/34123
ThumbnailUnidentified creator 
American Civil War 
1860
Magic lantern slide 
3.25 x 4 ins 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica 
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (26 September 2009, #22 / 74) 
  
18 
  
LL/44551
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Survivors of Company C, 118th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers 35 years after battle fought on September 20, 1862 
1897, 20 September 
Albumen print 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania 
Record Number: 2053, Collection: Historical Society of Pennsylvania photograph collection [V59] 
  
19 
  
LL/24944
ThumbnailE. & H.T. Anthony & Co. 
Pauline Cushman (1833 to 1893), Union spy in the American Civil War 
1860s (mid) 
Carte de visite, albumen print 
3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in (9.5 x 6 cm) 
KaufmaNelson Vintage Photographs 
20 
  
LL/6974
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
[Mrs. Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Confederate spy, during her imprisonment in the Old Capitol]. 
1861-1864 
Silver gelatin print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
LC-USZ62-3131 
  
21 
  
LL/44760
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Civil War Soldier 
1861-1865 
Tintype, full plate, hand-colored 
Cornell University Library 
22 
  
LL/44761
ThumbnailWenderoth, Taylor & Brown (Philadelphia) 
Frank, Frederick & Alice 
[The Children of the Battlefield] 
1864 
Carte de visite 
Cornell University Library 
23 
  
LL/44762
ThumbnailWenderoth, Taylor & Brown (Philadelphia) 
Frank, Frederick & Alice 
[The Children of the Battlefield] 
1864 
Carte de visite, back 
Cornell University Library 
24 
  
LL/35973
ThumbnailMathew Brady's Studio 
Illustrations of Camp Life 
1861-1865 
Carte de visite 
Private collection of Laddy Kite 
25 
  
LL/40537
ThumbnailMathew Brady's Studio 
[Andersonville Still Life] 
1866 
Albumen silver print, from glass negative 
22.1 x 18.9 cm (8 11/16 x 7 7/16 ins) 
Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Gilman Collection, Purchase, Joseph M. Cohen Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.98 
  
26 
  
LL/38151
ThumbnailJ.H. Norman 
Untitled [Tinted Blockade runner with flag] 
1865 (ca) 
Carte de visite, tinted, detail 
10 x 6 cm 
DeGolyer Library 
Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Call number: Ag2008.0005 
  
27 
  
LL/35975
ThumbnailEdouart's Gallery (San Francisco) 
Charley, Liza, and Mike Oalente 
1861-1865 (ca) 
Carte de visite 
Private collection of Laddy Kite 
28 
  
LL/33956
ThumbnailScene from "Birth of a Nation" (directed by D.W. Griffith) 
1915 
Movie frame 
Location and source information requested 
29 
  
LL/33957
ThumbnailScene from "Birth of a Nation" (directed by D.W. Griffith), A southern gentleman, Ben Cameron, holds a cased photograph of Elsie Stoneman. 
1915 
Movie frame 
Location and source information requested 
30 
  
LL/33958
ThumbnailScene from "Birth of a Nation" (directed by D.W. Griffith), A card explaining the story. 
1915 
Movie frame 
Location and source information requested 
31 
  
LL/33959
ThumbnailScene from "Birth of a Nation" (directed by D.W. Griffith), A cased photograph showing Elsie Stoneman 
1915 
Movie frame 
Location and source information requested 
32 
  
LL/33960
ThumbnailScene from "Birth of a Nation" (directed by D.W. Griffith), A southern gentleman, Ben Cameron, holds a cased photograph of Elsie Stoneman. 
1915 
Movie frame 
Location and source information requested 
33 
  
LL/33961
ThumbnailScene from "Birth of a Nation" (directed by D.W. Griffith), A southern gentleman, Ben Cameron, in hospital shows a cased portrait of Elsie Stoneman to her. 
1915 
Movie frame 
Location and source information requested 
34 
  
LL/14032
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
Group of Confederate Prisoners at Fairfax Courthouse 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 34] 
1863, June 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1374) 
  
35 
  
LL/13911
ThumbnailAlexander Gardner 
Libby Prison, Richmond, VA 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 89] 
1865, April 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1403) 
  
36 
  
LL/6954
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Private George Lemon, ex-prisoner of war of the Confederates, survived a complete amputation of his leg at the hip after returning to the Union 
n.d. 
 
Location and source information requested 
(Army Medical Museum Photographs of Surgical Cases and Specimens, or simply Surgical Photographs 137B). 
  
37 
  
LL/6955
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Lemon, made for the 1876 Centennial Exposition, a leaf has been painted on the original negative over his genitals. 
n.d. 
 
Location and source information requested 
(Army Medical Museum Photographs of Surgical Cases and Specimens, or simply Surgical Photographs 137A). 
  
38 
  
LL/38774
ThumbnailFrederick Gutekunst 
Untitled [The Devil holding portraits of leading Southern figures during the American Civil War] 
1861-1865 
Carte de visite 
Private collection 
39 
  
LL/47795
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer / artist 
Jeff Davis' Last Ditch 
1865 
Carte de visite 
International Center of Photography (ICP) 
Museum purchase, 2011 
  
40 
  
LL/47796
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer / artist 
Jeff Davis in disguise, as he appeared at the time of his capture 
1865 
Carte de visite 
International Center of Photography (ICP) 
Gift of Charles Schwartz, 2012 
  
41 
  
LL/47797
ThumbnailPhiladelphia Photographic Company 
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, or Jeff in Crinoline 
1865 
Carte de visite 
International Center of Photography (ICP) 
Gift of Charles Schwartz, 2012 
  
42 
  
LL/47798
ThumbnailP. T. Sherlock 
[Jefferson Davis in a Dress, Holding a Bowie Knife] 
1865 
Carte de visite 
International Center of Photography (ICP) 
Gift of Charles Schwartz, 2012 
  
43 
  
LL/47799
ThumbnailSlee Bros. 
[Jefferson Davis in Women's Clothing] 
1865 
Carte de visite 
International Center of Photography (ICP) 
Gift of Charles Schwartz, 2012 
  
44 
  
LL/47800
ThumbnailWilliam H. Mumler 
"We are about making a movement that will astonish the world,” J.D. 
1865 
Carte de visite 
International Center of Photography (ICP) 
Gift of Charles Schwartz, 2012 
  
45 
  
LL/47801
ThumbnailFrancis Hacker 
Jeff’s Soliloquy: To Be or Not to Be (Hanged) That’s the Question, 1986. 
1865 
Carte de visite 
International Center of Photography (ICP) 
Gift of Charles Schwartz, 2012 
  
46 
  
LL/45781
ThumbnailInter. Revenue 
Tax revenue stamps on carte de visite 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Bill Lee 
47 
  
LL/45782
ThumbnailInter. Revenue 
Tax revenue stamps on carte de visite, 1 cent "Proprietary" and 2 cent "U..S.Inter.Rev." half 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Bill Lee 
48 
  
LL/45707
ThumbnailFay & Barney's New Photographic Gallery, Malone, N.Y. 
Carte de visite back with 1 cent of Tax revenue stamp (1/2 stamp) 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Bill Lee 
49 
  
LL/45783
ThumbnailInter. Revenue 
Tax revenue stamps on carte de visite, blue, 2 cent "Proprietary", 2 cent "Bank check" with and without perforations and 2 cnt "Playing cards" 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Bill Lee 
50 
  
LL/29578
ThumbnailFR [Frank Rowell] (Boston, Mass.) 
Reverse of carte de visite for FR [Frank Rowell studio] (Boston, Mass.) 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Andrea Cesari 
51 
  
LL/32763
ThumbnailKimball & Son (Concord, N.H.) 
Back of CDV for Kimball & Son - with 2 cent tax stamp 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Andrea Cesari 
52 
  
LL/45784
ThumbnailInter. Revenue 
Tax revenue stamps on carte de visite, orange, 2 cent "Proprietary", 2 cent "U.S.Inter.Rev.", 2 cent "Express" and 2 cent "U..S. Inter. Rev." half 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Bill Lee 
53 
  
LL/45785
ThumbnailInter. Revenue 
Tax revenue stamps on carte de visite, green, 3 cent "Playing cards", 3 cent "Proprietary" 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Bill Lee 
54 
  
LL/31984
ThumbnailMaynard & Quimby 
The backmark of "Maynard & Quimby, Milford, MA". With a pen cancelled green three-cent "proprietary" tax stamp affixed 
n.d. 
Tintype, 1/6 plate, back 
J. Cosmas Vintage Photography 
55 
  
LL/45706
ThumbnailW.L. Oermon's Photographic Studio (914 Arch St., Philadelphia) 
Carte de visite back with 3 cents of Tax revenue stamps 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Bill Lee 
56 
  
LL/45710
ThumbnailGalveston Photograph Company (New Gallery, Tremont Strret, Galveston, Texas) 
Carte de visite back with 5 cents of Tax revenue stamps (more than the required tax) 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Bill Lee 
57 
  
LL/11540
ThumbnailJoseph P. Babbitt 
Portrait of two gentlemen (Back) - Showing Babbitt's Ft Scott verso imprint 
1865 
Carte de visite 
Location and source information requested 
58 
  
LL/22354
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
2 cent orange revenue stamp 
n.d. 
Carte de visite, back 
Be-Hold 
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (50 / 38) 
  
59 
  
LL/27073
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Civil War revenue stamps 
1865, 20 March 
Tintype, revenue stamps 
Be-Hold 
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: Feb 21, 2008, 51, part 1 / lot 61) 
  
60 
  
LL/45705
ThumbnailWm. C. North (205 Superior St., Cleveland, Ohio) 
Carte de visite back with 3 cents of Tax revenue stamps 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Bill Lee 
61 
  
LL/45708
ThumbnailJ.H. Heering's Photographic Gallery (First Street, San Jose) 
Carte de visite back with 4 cents of Tax revenue stamps 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Bill Lee 
62 
  
LL/45709
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Carte de visite back with 5 cents of Tax revenue stamps (more than the required tax) 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Bill Lee 
63 
  
LL/45711
ThumbnailD.R. Clark's Art Gallery (Lafayette, Ind.) 
Carte de visite back with 6 cents of Tax revenue stamps (more than the required tax) 
1860
Carte de visite, back 
Private collection of Bill Lee 
64 
  
LL/14038
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
Quarters of Men in Fort Sedgwick, Generally Known as Fort Hell 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 83] 
1865, May 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1395) 
  
65 
  
LL/14029
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
Interior of Breastworks on Round Top, Gettysburg 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 38] 
1863, July 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1368) 
  
66 
  
LL/38787
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
General Stonewall Jackson 
1861-1865 
Carte de visite, retouched 
Private collection 
67 
  
LL/11253
ThumbnailCharles DeForest Fredricks 
Civil War General Banks 
n.d. 
Carte de visite 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica 
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#13 / 41) 
  
68 
  
LL/43262
ThumbnailFrederick Gutekunst 
Admiral Samuel F. Dupont, Commanding the Fleet off Charleston 
1863, 25 April (published) 
Wood-engraved title-page plate 
25.6 x 31.9 cm 
Brown University Library, Special Collections 
Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Call No. UNP1863mf-1 
  
69 
  
LL/6675
ThumbnailFrederick Gutekunst 
Civil War photograph album - McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 
1861-1865 (ca) 
Album photograph 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
James Wadsworth Family Papers - Control No: 5802494 - LC-MSS-44297-33-141 
  
70 
  
LL/9990
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Composite 
1860-1870 
Wet collodion glass negative 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
LC-DIG-cwpb-06550 
  
71 
  
LL/12440
ThumbnailAlexander Gardner 
President Lincoln on Battlefield of Antietam 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 23] 
1862, October 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1357) 
  
72 
  
LL/42159
ThumbnailGeorge N. Barnard 
Sherman and his Generals 
[Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign] 
1864-1865 
Albumen silver print 
10 1/16 x 14 1/8 ins (25.6 x 35.9 cm) 
SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 
Acquired by exchange with the Library of Congress, 409.1969.1 
  
73 
  
LL/11705
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Photographic History - the War for the Union #3183 (Anthony yellow mount) 
n.d. 
Stereocard 
Jefferson Stereoptics 
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 134) 
  
74 
  
LL/12695
ThumbnailAlexander Gardner 
A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 40] 
1863, July 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1376) 
  
75 
  
LL/36208
ThumbnailE. & H.T. Anthony & Co. 
A dead Confederate soldier as he lay in the trenches of F[ort Mahone] called by the soldiers "Fort [Damnation]" 
[The War of the Union. Photographic History.] 
1865, 2 April (taken) 1870-1874 (ca, published) 
Negative, safety film 
Stereocard 
Library of Virginia - State Library and Archive 
Record number: 000005124, Stereograph Virginia Petersburg CW002 
  
76 
  
LL/9991
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
C.S. soldier killed in the trenches, at the storming of Petersburgh [sic], Va., April The marks and spots on his face, are blood issuing from his mouth and nose. The wound is in the head, caused by a fragment of shell. 
1865 (ca) 
Stereocard 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
LC-USZC4-1850 
  
77 
  
LL/40600
ThumbnailAlexander Gardner 
Is This Death - Antietam Battlefield 
1862, September 
Albumen silver print, from glass negative 
Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest, 1970, Accession Number: 1970.537.6 
  
78 
  
LL/37850
ThumbnailE. & H.T. Anthony & Co. 
No. 2522. Soldiers' Graves, near the General Hospital, City Point, Va. 
[War Views] 
n.d. 
Stereoview 
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographica 
79 
  
LL/37851
ThumbnailE. & H.T. Anthony & Co. 
No. 2522. Soldiers' Graves, near the General Hospital, City Point, Va. 
[War Views] 
n.d. 
Stereoview, detail 
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographica 
80 
  
LL/14025
ThumbnailJohn Reekie 
A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, VA 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 94] 
1865, April 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1407) 
  
81 
  
LL/14027
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 36] 
1863, July 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1365) 
  
82 
  
LL/14028
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 37] 
1863, July 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1367) 
  
83 
  
LL/13908
ThumbnailAlexander Gardner 
Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 41] 
1863 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1377) 
  
84 
  
LL/45733
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Double portrait of an older lady and an American Civil War soldier in uniform 
1861-1865 
Carte de visite 
Burns Americana 
85 
  
LL/42084
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Two unidentified young women wearing printed dresses and necklaces in front of painted backdrop showing plantation 
1860-1870 
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, hand-colored 
9.4 x 8.3 cm (case) 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family collection, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105) 
  
86 
  
LL/42085
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Unidentified soldier in Union sergeant's frock coat and forage cap with unidentified woman in dress and hat with veil 
1861-1865 
Tintype, 1/4 plate, hand-colored 
11.8 x 9.3 cm (case) 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family collection, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105) 
  
87 
  
LL/39566
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
[Unidentified girl in mourning dress holding framed photograph of her father as a cavalryman with sword and Hardee hat] 
1861-1870 
Tintype, 1/6th plate, hand-colored 
9.5 x 8.4 cm (case) 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Portraits, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-26863 (digital file from original item) 
  
88 
  
LL/39567
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
[Unidentified woman wearing mourning brooch and displaying framed image of unidentifed soldier] 
1861-1865 
Tintype, 1/6th plate, hand-colored 
12.5 x 11.2 cm (frame) 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Portraits, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-27192 (digital file from original item) 
  
89 
  
LL/39565
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters] 
1863-1865 
Tintype 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Portraits, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-26454 (digital file from original item) 
  
90 
  
LL/13909
ThumbnailJames Gardner 
Field Hospital, Second Army Corps 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 54] 
1864 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1384) 
  
91 
  
LL/6950
ThumbnailWilliam H. Bell 
Major General Henry Barnum displaying his gunshot to the abdomen and hip 
1865 Aug 
 
Location and source information requested 
(Army Medical Museum Photographs of Surgical Cases and Specimens, or simply Surgical Photographs 93). 
  
92 
  
LL/6948
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Eben Smith [nineteen years old] 
1867, July 
 
Location and source information requested 
(Army Medical Museum Photographs of Surgical Cases and Specimens, or simply Surgical Photographs 203). 
  
93 
  
LL/6951
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Photograph provided by Barnum in support of his pension claim 
n.d. 
 
Location and source information requested 
(NCP 3787; from Pension File 78753, National Archives) 
  
94 
  
LL/6956
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Private John Wallace has a leaf tied around his waist to hide his genitals 
n.d. 
 
Location and source information requested 
(Army Medical Museum Photographs of Surgical Cases and Specimens, or simply Surgical Photographs - ID not secure). 
  
95 
  
LL/6957
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Alfred Stratton, pensioned at twenty-five dollars a month and provided with artificial arms 
1869, 24 December 
 
Location and source information requested 
(Army Medical Museum Photographs of Surgical Cases and Specimens, or simply Surgical Photographs - 262). 
  
96 
  
LL/8597
ThumbnailMathew Brady's Studio 
Brady Gallery photographic team for the Civil War, Berlin, Maryland 
1862 
Albumen print 
Private collection of Larry West 
Courtesy of Larry J. West, © West Companies, Inc., 2005. [From the book: Tokens of Affection and Regard] 
  
97 
  
LL/42993
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
View of the Gas Work, Petersburg, VA 
1865, May 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 00666u 
  
98 
  
LL/11462
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
View of the Petersburg Gas Works 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 81] 
n.d. 
Albumen print 
Be-Hold 
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 213) 
  
99 
  
LL/11463
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
View of the Petersburg Gas Works [Detail] 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 81] 
n.d. 
Albumen print 
Be-Hold 
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 213) 
  
100 
  
LL/35273
ThumbnailAlexander Gardner 
Photography wagon, with Alexander Gardiner seated in the middle 
n.d. 
Albumen print 
This work is out of copyright 
101 
  
LL/43000
ThumbnailSamuel A. Cooley 
Sam Cooley - photographer,employees, and working apparatus 
1863 (ca) 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 03518u 
  
102 
  
LL/36097
ThumbnailSamuel A. Cooley 
Savannah, Georgia (vicinity). View of Fort McAllister and Cooley's photographic tent 
1864 
1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
LC-DIG-cwpb-03484 (digital file from original neg. of left half) LC-DIG-cwpb-03483 (digital file from original neg. of right half) 
  
103 
  
LL/42986
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Our Photographer, Manassas, VA 
1862, 4 July 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 00167u 
  
104 
  
LL/42989
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
Andrew J. Russell and others having breakfast, Cedar Mountain, VA 
1862, 8-9 August 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 00220u 
  
105 
  
LL/42991
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
New bridge built by McDowell's engineers, Bull Run, VA 
1862 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 00237u 
  
106 
  
LL/42992
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
Photographers resting in camp 
1865, May 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 00384u 
  
107 
  
LL/42994
ThumbnailGeorge N. Barnard 
Sudley Church on hill, and the remains of the Sudley Sulphur Spring house on the rigfht, Bull Run Creek, Cathapin Run, VA 
1862, March 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 00956v 
  
108 
  
LL/42996
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
Approach to town, Culpepper, VA 
1863, November 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 01074u 
  
109 
  
LL/42998
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Photographer's wagon and developing tent, Cold Harbor VA 
1864-1865 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 01728v 
  
110 
  
LL/42999
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Photographer, wagon, observation tower, Bermuda Hundred, VA 
1864 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 01831u 
  
111 
  
LL/43001
ThumbnailAlexander Gardner 
Group military telegraph operators, HQ, Army of the Potomac, Bealton, VA 
1863 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 03771u 
  
112 
  
LL/43002
ThumbnailTimothy H. O'Sullivan 
Group at tent and wagon of the New York Herald, Bealton, VA 
1863, August 
Albumen print 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Ref: 03915u 
  
113 
  
LL/38147
ThumbnailA.J. Russell 
Untitled [Apparatus for wrecking track used during Civil War and invented by E.C. Smead] 
1864 (ca) 
Albumen print 
20.3 x 25. 4 cm 
DeGolyer Library 
Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Call number: Vault Ag1986.0515x 
  
114 
  
LL/14039
ThumbnailBarnard & Gibson 
Ruins at Manassas Junction 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 9] 
1862, March 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1346) 
  
115 
  
LL/12437
ThumbnailBarnard & Gibson 
Ruins at Manassas Junction 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 10] 
1862, March 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1350) 
  
116 
  
LL/40584
ThumbnailThomas C. Roche 
[Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Virginia] 
1865 
Albumen silver print, from glass negative 
21.7 x 25.5 cm (8 9/16 x 10 1/16 ins) 
Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.94 
  
117 
  
LL/46831
ThumbnailA.J. Russell 
Wreck caused by the fracture of an axle of a car on the Loudon and Hampshire Railroad, March 28th, 1863 
[Photographs illustrative of operations in construction and transportation, as used to facilitate the movements of the Armies of the Rappahannock, of Virginia, and of the Potomac ...] 
1863, 28 March (accident / taken) 1863 (published) 
Salted paper print 
28 x 29 cm 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Call Number: LOT 9209 (H) (M) [P&P], LC-DIG-ppmsca-10361 (digital file from original photo, front) LC-DIG-ppmsca-10362 (digital file from original photo, back) LC-B8184-10491 (b&w film copy neg.) 
  
118 
  
LL/46834
ThumbnailA.J. Russell 
[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men using levers for loosening rails] 
[Photographs illustrative of operations in construction and transportation, as used to facilitate the movements of the Armies of the Rappahannock, of Virginia, and of the Potomac ...] 
1863 (published) 
Salted paper print 
28 x 29 cm 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Call Number: LOT 9209 (H) (M) [P&P], LC-DIG-ppmsca-10397 (digital file from original photo, front) LC-B8184-10495 (b&w film copy neg.) 
  
119 
  
LL/46833
ThumbnailA.J. Russell 
[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men standing on railroad track] 
[Photographs illustrative of operations in construction and transportation, as used to facilitate the movements of the Armies of the Rappahannock, of Virginia, and of the Potomac ...] 
1863 (published) 
Salted paper print 
28 x 29 cm 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Call Number: LOT 9209 (H) (M) [P&P], LC-DIG-ppmsca-10395 (digital file from original photo, front) 
  
120 
  
LL/46837
ThumbnailA.J. Russell 
[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men using levers for loosening rails] 
[Photographs illustrative of operations in construction and transportation, as used to facilitate the movements of the Armies of the Rappahannock, of Virginia, and of the Potomac ...] 
1863 (published) 
Salted paper print 
28 x 29 cm 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Call Number: LOT 9209 (H) (M) [P&P], LC-DIG-ppmsca-10396 (digital file from original photo, front) LC-USZ62-90111 (b&w film copy neg.) 
  
121 
  
LL/46838
ThumbnailA.J. Russell 
[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: two piles of rails and wooden ties] 
[Photographs illustrative of operations in construction and transportation, as used to facilitate the movements of the Armies of the Rappahannock, of Virginia, and of the Potomac ...] 
1863 (published) 
Salted paper print 
28 x 29 cm 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Call Number: LOT 9209 (H) (M) [P&P], LC-DIG-ppmsca-10398 (digital file from original photo, front) LC-USZ62-90112 (b&w film copy neg.) 
  
122 
  
LL/46841
ThumbnailA.J. Russell 
Transportation on the Potomac. Cars loaded at Alexandria can be carried on barges or arks to Aquia Creek, and sent to stations where the Army of the Potomac is supplied, without break of bulk 
[Photographs illustrative of operations in construction and transportation, as used to facilitate the movements of the Armies of the Rappahannock, of Virginia, and of the Potomac ...] 
1863 (published) 
Salted paper print 
28 x 29 cm 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Call Number: LOT 9209 (H) (M) [P&P], LC-DIG-ppmsca-10301 (digital file from original photo, front) LC-DIG-ppmsca-10302 (digital file from original photo, back) LC-USZ62-118394 (b&w film copy neg.) 
  
123 
  
LL/46840
ThumbnailA.J. Russell 
[Expedients for crossing streams, pocket auger used to construct the frames of the blanket boats] 
[Photographs illustrative of operations in construction and transportation, as used to facilitate the movements of the Armies of the Rappahannock, of Virginia, and of the Potomac ...] 
1863 (published) 
Salted paper print 
28 x 29 cm 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Call Number: LOT 9209 (H) (M) [P&P], LC-DIG-ppmsca-10339 (digital file from original photo, front) LC-DIG-ppmsca-10340 (digital file from original photo, back) LC-USZ62-90108 (b&w film copy neg.) 
  
124 
  
LL/39564
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate shell jacket, Hardee hat with Mounted Rifles insignia and plume with canteen and cup] 
1861-1865 
Tintype 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Portraits, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-27165 (digital file from original item) 
  
125 
  
LL/37874
ThumbnailA.D. Hopper (Bleeker St., NY.) 
Civil War soldier with great American flag and 1851 Navy Colt Third Model (long barrel) 
n.d. 
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, tinted 
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographica 
126 
  
LL/9051
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Civil War soldier with book, Union case 
n.d. 
Tintype, 1/9 plate 
Be-Hold 
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (46 / 59) 
  
127 
  
LL/9073
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Drummer Boy in Uniform 
1860
Tintype, 1/6 plate 
Charles Schwartz Ltd 
Courtesy of Charles Schwartz Ltd (www.cs-photo.com - #6473) 
  
128 
  
LL/77
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Untitled 
n.d. 
Tintype 
Location and source information requested 
129 
  
LL/42079
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Five unidentified soldiers in Union uniform of the 6th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia outfitted with Enfield muskets in front of encampment 
1861-1865 
Tintype, 1/4 plate, hand-colored 
12.5 x 10 cm (case) 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family collection, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105) 
  
130 
  
LL/42082
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with musket, bayonet, and cartridge box 
1861-1865 
Tintype, 1/6 plate, hand-colored 
8.3 x 7 cm (plate) 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family collection, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105) 
  
131 
  
LL/42083
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and officer hat cords 
1861-1865 
Tintype, gem, hand-colored 
5.2 x 4.5 cm (case) 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family collection, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105) 
  
132 
  
LL/42087
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform and Company B, 103rd Regiment forage cap with bayonet and scabbard in front of painted backdrop showing landscape with river 
1863-1865 
Tintype, 1/4 plate, hand-colored 
12 x 9.5 cm (case) 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family collection, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105) 
  
133 
  
LL/42078
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
[Francis Edwin Brownell of Company A, 11th New York Infantry Regiment, in uniform; portrait set in memorial badge of black silk] 
1861-1865 
Tintype, gem, in mourning badge 
15.3 x 12.2 cm (case) 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family collection, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105) 
  
134 
  
LL/42086
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with greatcoat in front of American flag 
1861-1865 
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, hand-colored 
9.7 x 8.5 cm (case) 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family collection, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105) 
  
135 
  
LL/42088
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with revolver in holster in front of painted backdrop showing military camp 
1861-1865 
Tintype, 1/4 plate, hand-colored 
11.9 x 9.4 cm (case) 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family collection, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105) 
  
136 
  
LL/42089
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with sword in front of painted backdrop showing military camp scene 
1861-1865 
Tintype, 1/6 plate, hand-colored 
9.3 x 8.2 cm (case) 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 
Liljenquist Family collection, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105) 
  
137 
  
LL/38770
ThumbnailMathew Brady's Studio 
Portrait of a Union soldier 
1861-1865 
Carte de visite 
Private collection 
138 
  
LL/38778
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Col. David B. Birney [Union Army in the American Civil War] 
1861-1865 
Carte de visite 
Private collection 
139 
  
LL/11708
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
#2059 Cannon on the Battlefield of Bull Run 
[Army of the Potomac] 
n.d. 
Stereocard 
Jefferson Stereoptics 
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 179) 
  
140 
  
LL/11643
ThumbnailAlexander Gardner 
Parrot gun 
n.d. 
Stereocard 
Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs 
Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com) 
  
141 
  
LL/11644
ThumbnailAlexander Gardner 
Rodman gun 
n.d. 
Stereocard 
Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs 
Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com) 
  
142 
  
LL/45553
ThumbnailO.D. Finch 
One of the Confederate River Batteries of General John C. Pemberton during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi 
1863 
Carte de visite 
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographica 
143 
  
LL/14040
ThumbnailWood & Gibson 
Battery No. 1, Near Yorktown, VA 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 12] 
1862, May 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1351) 
  
144 
  
LL/13912
ThumbnailDavid Knox 
Mortar Dictator 
[GardnerĘs Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 75] 
1864, October 
Albumen print 
7 x 9 in 
Lee Gallery 
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1392) 
  
145 
  
LL/46716
ThumbnailA.J. Russell 
No. 146. View in Arsenal Yard, Washington, D.C. 
1861-1863 (ca) 
Albumen print 
23 x 33 cm (image) 34 x 45 cm (mount) 
DeGolyer Library 
Call number: Vault Ag1986.0515x 
  
 
  
 
  
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