Civil War Fortifications

Historical images depicting Civil War fortifications and battles, showcasing military operations in the 1860s.

Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal. No. B519, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Outer Confederate Line at Petersburg. Captured by 18th Corps, June 15, 1864 1864 Timothy H. O'Sullivan American, born Ireland. Outer Confederate Line at Petersburg. Captured by 18th Corps, June 15, 1864 267947

Outer line of Confederate fortifications, in front of Petersburg, Virginia, captured by 18th Army Corps, June 15, 1864. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal. No. B519, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Residents surveying the damage. Photographic sketches in and about the city of Hartford. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1878. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Tornadoes , Connecticut , Wallingford, Natural disasters

Commissary Depot, Cedar Level, Virginia, Aug. 1864. No. 819, Title from item, Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Brandy Station, Virginia. Camp of U.S. Engineer Battalion. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Quaker Guns, Centreville, Virginia Made 1862 United States. Albumen print, pl. 6 from the album Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1 (1866) . Barnard and Gibson

Confederate fortifications, Manassas, Virginia March 1862. No. B677, Title from item, Mounted with 5 other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Manassas.

Log cabin barracks at a military facility. Title devised by Library staff. Log cabins, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities.

At the speaker's stand after Decoration day at the cemetery in Kirkwood. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois

Henry's Battery. Haas & Peale (American, active 1846 - 1867)

Army bridge, Chattanooga, 1864. No. B769, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller III, 253", Photograph is half stereograph, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Company standing in the field in France, Anonymous, 1883 photograph Part of album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France. France photographic support albumen print cultivated land France

Camp Winfield Scott, Yorktown, Va. | Library of Congress

Fort Brady, James River 1864 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Fort Brady, James River 268165

Camp of 67th New York Infantry. No. B721, Title from item, Mounted with 5 other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Winter Camp of Detachment 50th N.Y. Vol. Engineers. Group of Officers at Headquaters. Nov., 1864.. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

Winter Camp of Detachment 50th N.Y. Vol. Engineers. Group of Officers at Headquaters. Nov., 1864.. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

Petersburg, Virginia, Sept. 1864, 13-inch mortar DICTATOR. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

View of U. S. Military Railroad, Petersburg lines 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

James River, Virginia Point where Army of the Potomac crossed in June 1864 (Wyanoke Wharf). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, United States, Virginia, James River.

View on battle-field of Resaca, Ga.. No. B627, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Georgia, Resaca.

Access to the maturity office in Perehinsko February 1916.

29th Regt. of black volunteers, Beaufort, South Carolina, standing at attention. Unknown maker, American

View from Washington Headquarters, Newburgh N.Y. , Soldiers, Cannons, Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site Newburgh, N.Y.

View in Fort Totten 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Johnsonville. Looking down Tennessee River. 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

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Ordnance depot on Morris Island. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Pontoon Bridge Across The James. James Gardner; American, born Scotland, 1832-after 1865. Date: 1864. Dimensions: 17.7 x 22.9 cm (image/paper); 31.3 x 44.7 cm (album page). Albumen print, pl. 69 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

White House Landing, Pamunkey River, Virginia 1861-65 Timothy H. O'Sullivan American, born Ireland. White House Landing, Pamunkey River, Virginia 268246

A full team on the Sierras, from the Central Pacific Railroad. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Central Pacific Railroad Company

Fortifications on the Petersburg lines. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Navy Yard, Charlestown , Naval yards & naval stations, Charlestown Navy Yard Mass.

Manassas, Virginia (vicinity). Camp of General Irvin McDowell's body guard. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Text on the image - motifs from the Ofotenbanan. LOK in the middle SJ GA 169 "Roland".

Aiken's House, James River, Virginia. Civil War Photograph Collection , No. 2997. African Americans, Virginia, James River, 1860-1870, Houses, Virginia, James River, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African-Americans.

Cavalry Maneuvers, Camp de Chalons; Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884); Chalons, France; 1857; Albumen silver print

Photo collection First World War. Egyptian Official Photograph. Pontoon bridge over The Jordan at El Ghoraniyeh .. {1914-1918}. El Ghoraniyeh, Jordaan, Jordan

Quartermaster and Ambulance Camp, Brandy Station, Virginia. Artist: Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840-1882). Dimensions: 13.2 x 20.6 cm (5 3/16 x 8 1/8 in. ). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823-1896 New York). Date: 1861-65. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Condeferate sand batteries, Pensacola, Florida. Jay Dearborn Edwards (American, 1831 - 1900)

Military review by the Prince of Wales on Boston Common in 1860. Deloss Barnum (American, 1825 - 1873)

Quarters of Men in Fort Sedgwick Made 1865 United States. Albumen print, pl. 83 from the album Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II (1866) . Timothy O'Sullivan

Hamilton's Floating Battery Moored at the End of Sullivan's Island the Night Before They Opened Fire upon Fort Sumter. Artist: Attributed to Alma A. Pelot (American, active Charleston, South Carolina, 1850s-1860s); Attributed to Jesse H. Bolles (American, active Charleston, South Corlina, 1850s-1860s). Dimensions: Image: 1 15/16 × 3 1/8 in. (5 × 7.9 cm)Mount: 3 3/8 in. × 4 3/4 in. (8.5 × 12 cm). Publisher: Edward Anthony (American, 1818-1888). Date: April 1861.In January 1861, prior to the outbreak of war, James Randolph Hamilton began the construction of the ironclad floating battery to be used by the Confederate government to attack Fort Sumter and other Federal positions or naval vessels in Charleston, South Carolina. Built in clear view of the Union forces stationed at Sumter, the floating battery was one hundred feet long, twenty-five-feet wide, and sheathed in two layers of iron plate. It flies the first Confederate flag. Towed into the harbor close to Fort Sumter, Hamilton's B

Union soldiers, in camp, posed in front of log buildings. No. 385, Title devised by library staff, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Camp scene in a village 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Camp of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry, Brandy Station, Virginia, March, 1864 , Camp of the 114th Penn. Vols., Brandy Station, Virginia, winter '63-64. No. 308, Title from item, Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner..by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

Painting the panorama of Rac Avice: Wojciech Kossak from the pallets on the scaffolding at the part of the depicting Tadeusz Ko Ciuszk introducing the second to the battle column Kosynierów; Unknown, Hamel and Feigl (Lviv; Sk Ad photographic materials; 1892-Ca 1905); 1893/1894 (1893-00-00-1894-00-00);Hamel and Feigl (Lviv - composition of photographic materials - 1892 -Ca 1905), Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942), Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942) - iconography, Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942) - reproduction, Kościuszko, Tadeusz (1746-1817), Kościuszko, Tadeusz (1746-1817)-iconography, Lviv (Ukraine), Universal National Exhibition (Lviv-1894), Styka, Jan (1858-1925), Styka, Jan (1858-1925)-reproduction , Styka, Jan (1858-1925) and others. Panorama of Racławicka, painting accessories, painting, Polish painting, painters, painting palettes, painting panoramas, portraits, portraits of artists, artists' studios, painting workshops, scaffolding, purchase (provenance)

Hampton, Virginia Brick chimneys, etc., of burned houses. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Hampton (Va.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865 , United States, Virginia, Hampton.

Sea-swept Galveston - A once properous section of beautiful homes near the beach - Disaster 1900. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1900. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas, Galveston (Tex.), Disasters, Hurricanes

Horse stable with Sapi's in Kreng Seumpo, 1903 - 1913 photograph Military and caregivers pose with the burden animals (Javanese-Holland cattle or SAPIs) and wagons for the horse stable in the Bivak in Kreng Seumpo. Sticked photo in an album with 107 photos about the construction of the Gajoweg on North Sumatra between Bireuen and Takinguen between 1903-1914. Noord-sumatra photographic support Gajoweg

Field relief corps of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Supply wagon and tent of a corps relief agent. Lewis H. Steiner, Chief inspector. Incidents of the war.. 1861 - 1872. Photographs. Manuscripts and Archives Division. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865, United States Sanitary Commission

Camp of 10th Mass. Infantry. No. 2421, Title from item, Mounted with 5 other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Pontoon bridge across James River at Powhatan Point on which Army of Potomac crossed , Pontoon bridge across the James River, 15th June, 1864. No. 781, Title from item, Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner..by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003, Mounted with 5 other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, James River.

Yolo Buggy at SE Base. Carleton Watkins, photographer (American, 1829 - 1916) 1881 20 men, 1 tower, 1 yolo buggy, 5 horses, 1 wagon, 1 buggy Secondary Inscription: Inscribed recto mount in pencil by an unknown hand: "35 ft brick pier removed/ but protecting tower left/ partly dismantled/ 'Yolo buggy' at SE Base at close of measurement/ = 17,486.6 in 37 working days = 6996 bars"; "Hill/ Davidson/ Blair/ C.E. Watkins photo/ Yolo baseline 1881".

Ourga, Mongolia of the Guardians and a detainee inside the prison , 1913 - Mongolia - Stéphane Passet - (July 6-25) (French - Ourga , Mongolie Des gardiens et un détenu à lintérieur de la prison). Costume, public civil architecture, shooting equipment, punishment, prisoner, fortified architecture, prison, door, court, man, Clothing, housing , architecture, human beings

Bridge of the Pa-li-k'um, the Scene of the Fight with Imperial Chinese Troops, September 21, 1860, near Pekin. Date/Period: September 21, 1860. Print. Albumen silver. Height: 192 mm (7.55 in); Width: 289 mm (11.37 in). Author: Felice Beato.

Ashville from Beau Catcher.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Cromwell

Soldiers' graves near the General Hospital, City Point, Va., US, USA, America, Vintage photography

The first team driven to the summit of Mt. Washington, July 13, 1861, by J. M. Thompson, Esq. White Mountain scenery. 40. 1861. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, White Mountains (N.H. and Me.), Washington, Mount (N.H.), Carriages & coaches, Firsts

View of war graves of British soldiers from the Second Boer War in South Africa, Underwood and Underwood, 1901 stereograph South Africa photographic support. cardboard albumen print grave, tomb South Africa

Keedysville, Md., vicinity. Smith's barn, used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862, Hospitals, United States, Maryland, Keedysville.

Governor General's and Commander in Chief's Camp, Jullundur. Artist: Unknown. Dimensions: Image: 14.5 x 21.1 cm (5 11/16 x 8 5/16 in.)Mount: 33 x 26 cm (13 x 10 1/4 in.). Date: 1858-61. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Round Top Gettysburg. 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.)

Union Army Encampment near Chancellorsville, Virginia. Unknown maker, American

Camp of the 44th New York Infantry near Alexandria, Va. | Library of Congress

View of the Appomattox 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

US Civil War. Battle of Antietam, also called Battle of Sharpsburg, Sept. 17, 1862. Dead Confederate soldiers from Stonewall Jackson's Brigade lie about 500 yards north of Dunker Church, looking north on Miller's Farm. Hagerstown Pike is on the right side of the post-and-rail fence. Photograph by Alexander Gardner, Sept. 19, 1862 (BSLOC_2018_7_169)

Headquarters 6th Army Corps. Warren Station, in front of Petersburg, Va. | Library of Congress

The RavelNik. With our positions. .

Fredericksburgh, from near Lacy House. Taken during the battle of May 3, 1863. No. 257, Title from item. Cities & towns, Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1860-1870, Rivers, Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Virginia, Fredericksburg.

Camp at White Bear Den, D.T. Crossing the plains to Montana with Capt. Fisk's expedition, 1866. 1866. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. North Dakota, Camping, Wagon trains, Dakota Territory, Fisk, James Liberty, 1835-1902, Expeditions & surveys

Untitled (Army camp), 1860s, New Zealand, maker unknown.

Military Bridge over the Chickahominy. David B. Woodbury, photographer (American, died 1866, active Civil War period) and Alexander Gardner, printer (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882) 1862 Inscription: Printed recto mount "Negative by D.B. Woodbury./Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Alex. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia./Positive by A. Gardner/INCIDENTS OF THE WAR/MILITARY BRIDGE OFVER THE CHICKAHOMINY/No. 2./June, 1863." Inscribed verso mount in pencil "Gardner - CW 168".

Military camp with Union soldiers, horses, and tents, probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. In album: Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, page 77, Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tidewater area of Virginia during the time that Larkin Goldsmith Mead spent there with the Army of the Potomac as an artist for Harper's Weekly and making topographical drawings for Brig. Gen. William F. Smith in 1861 and 1862, Title devised by Library staff, Digitized, 2014. Funding from The Center for Civil War Photography, Accession box no. DLC/PP-1975:071. United States, Army, Facilities, Virginia, Langley, 1860-1870, Military camps, Virginia, Langley, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union, Virginia, Langley.

The Army of the Potomac. The stand in front of the President's house occupied by the President and Cabinet, Grant and Sherman, and reviewing officers. 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

Hospital near Brandy Station. Field hospital, Second Army Corps, Brandy Station, February, 1864.. 1865. Photographs. Manuscripts and Archives Division. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865, Military hospitals

Dartmouth College students engage in undergraduate military work during the 1917-18 school year. This photograph depicts them constructing trenches and dugouts as part of their training. The image was taken on March 5, 1919, and is numbered 55244 in the collection. The purpose of the photograph is for official use only.

Camp at Sebastopol. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Headquarters Army of the Potomac - Brandy Station, April 1864. Provost Marshal's Office. No. 259, Title from item, Photographer from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner..by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station.

No. 215. Gen. Whipple's Headquarters. Plymouth, Va., April 5, 1863.. A.J. Russell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1902) April 5, 1863

Camp scene, probably Belle Plain 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

From British Concession (E.) to East Arsenal, over Plain occupied by Russians, during battle, July 13 1900, Tientsin, 1900, China, by James Ricalton, Underwood & Underwood.

Battle Ground of Resacca, Georgia, No. 3. George N. Barnard (American, 1819 - 1902)

Confederate signal tower at Ft. McAllister, Georgia. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Savage Station, Va., June 27, 1862..

Jericho Mills, North Anna, Virginia / Alex. Gardner, photographer.. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1866, v. 2, no. 65, Copyright by A. Gardner, Title from item. United States, Army of the Potomac, 1860-1870, North Anna River, Battle of, Va, 1864 , Pontoon bridges, Virginia, 1860-1870, Military camps, Virginia, 1860-1870, North Anna River (Va.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields, Union, Virginia.

Head-Quarters, New York Herald, Army of the Potomac. Timothy O'Sullivan; American, born Ireland, 1840-1882. Date: 1863. Dimensions: 17.7 x 23 cm (image/paper); 31.1 x 44.1 cm (album page). Albumen print, pl. 56 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fort Snelling, at junction of Mississippi and Minnesota.. Whitney & Zimmerman

General Bosquet's Quarters looking toward Mackenzie Farm Made 1855 England. Salted paper print, from the album Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea (1856) . Roger Fenton

Last Breaching Battery Delhie Watergate. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Dead Confederate sharpshooters of Hood's Division among the rocks in Devil's Den in front of Little Round Top. The image is an albumen print created between 1850 and 1930, approximately during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865, depicting war casualties from the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, 1863

Camp Winfield Scott, Yorktown, Va. | Library of Congress

Breastworks near Fort Brady, Petersburg lines 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Battle Ground of Resacca, Georgia No. 2 1860s George N. Barnard American. Battle Ground of Resacca, Georgia No. 2 294464

By others ..

Centreville, Virginia. Winter quarters of Confederate army. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

US Civil War, Peninsula Campaign, April-August, 1862. The Union army crossed this bridge during Gen. McClellan's 'change of base', actually a retreat, on May 27, 1862. The withdrawal to Harrison Landing on the James River allowed Union gunboats to protect his encampment from Lee's army (BSLOC_2018_7_102)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Line of breastworks on Round Top. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Headquarters U.S. Engineer Battalion in front of Petersburg, Virginia, September, 1864. No. 65, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

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