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Women and those at home assembled albums of family photographs, and collectors sought out images of well-known personages of the day. Photographic portraits of women during the time period document dress, hairstyles, and economic status.
- Letters
As his enthusiasm for the war waned, his desire to return to...
- Sketches
Like many Civil War soldiers, John Jacob Omenhausser, an...
- Diaries
Like men, women had varying perspectives on the war and the...
- Books
This exhibit demonstrates the importance of viewing American...
- Music
During the Civil War, Southerners viewed the publication of...
- Bounties
The Civil War's call to arms left many working-class...
- Credits
This exhibit demonstrates the importance of viewing American...
- University Libraries
Hornbake Library North, Rm 1202 University of Maryland...
- Letters
- Flags
- Seals
- Leaders
- Soldiers
- Eastern Theater
- Western Theater
- Lower Seaboard Theater
- Trans-Mississippi Theater and Elsewhere
- Ships and Vessels
- Technology of The War
United States of America
1. American flags. 2. American flags. 3. American flags. 4. American flags. 5. American flags. 6. American flags. 7. American flags.
The Confederacy
1. Confederate flags.
United States of America
1. United States of America 2. United States Army
The Confederacy
1. The Confederacy 2. Confederate Navy
United States of America
1. First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, 1864. 2. "The Peacemakers", 1868. 3. Cabinet of U.S. President Lincoln 4. Cabinet of U.S. President Lincoln
The Confederacy
1. The Confederate Cabinet. 2. Generals of the Confederate army. 3. The Confederate Cabinet.
SoldierUnion soldiers"All Quiet Along the Potomac"African-American soldiers at Dutch Gap, VirginiaLand battles
1. Battle of (First) Bull Run, 1861 2. Battle of Malvern Hill, 1862 3. Battle of Antietam, 1862 4. Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862 5. A U.S. pontoon bridge crossing the Rappahannock River at the Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862 6. Battle of Chancellorsville, 1863 7. Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 8. Battle of the Wilderness, 1864 9. Battle of Cold Harbor, 1864 10. Battle of Cedar Creek, October 1864 11. Fall of Richmond, 1865 12. Surrender at Appomattox Court House (1865)
Naval battles
1. Battle of Hampton Roads (1862) 2. Action of USS Monitor against CSS Virginia (March 9, 1862) 3. Final Assault upon Fort Fisher, North Carolina, 1865
Photographs
1. Union artillery at Yorktown 2. Field hospital after the Battle of Savage's Station (1862) 3. President Lincoln and Gen. McClellan at Antietam 4. Union soldiers entrenched at the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863) 5. Confederate dead along Sunken Road, following the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863) 6. Dead soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg 7. Collecting bones after the Battle of Cold Harbor 8. "The Dictator" mortar at Petersburg
Battle of Fort Donelson, 1862Battle of Shiloh, February 1862Battle of Chickamauga, 1863Bombardment and Capture of Island Number Ten on the Mississippi River, April 7, 1862.Bombardment of Fort Sumter, April 1861.Battle of Fort Wagner, July 1863Soldiers of the U.S. Army (right) storm a position (Fort Wagner) of the Confederate army(left)."The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground", depicting the Second Battle of Fort Wagner (1863)Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 1861.Texan civilians murdered by Confederates at Gainesville, October 1862.American ship USS Kearsarge battling the Confederate ship CSS Alabamaat Cherbourg.American ship, USS Monitor.American ironclad gunboat USS Cairo.American ironclad gunboat USS Choctaw.American timberclad gunboat USS Conestoga.Thaddeus S.C. Lowe's observation balloon "Intrepid" being inflatedLowe's observation balloon "Intrepid"United States Military Railroad and Lincoln's Presidential Car.United States Military Railroad locomotivePennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. May 1865. David B. Woodbury [51] (1839–1879) was arguably the best of the artists who stayed with Brady through the war. [52] In March 1862, Mathew Brady sent Woodbury and Edward Whitney out to photograph the 1st Bull Run battlefield, and in May, views of the Peninsula Campaign.
English: This category includes photos of women of the United States taken in 1868 and images of women of the United States in 1868.
Nov 10, 2021 · Rare and old photographic collection from the American Civil War of 1861-1865. The war that shaped the United States of America.
Oct 16, 2024 · Part of the American Women series, this guide highlights collections and tips for finding images relating to American women's history in the Library of Congress' pictorial collections of photographs, prints, drawings, and architectural documentation.
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The American Civil War (1861–1865) was one of the first armed conflicts documented by photography. Soldiers often had portraits made of themselves before they reported for duty. Such images, often produced in multiples approximately the size of a credit card, were small, portable, and inexpensive—ideal for sharing with loved ones.
