Lee's surrender, Civil War
1 drawing on cream wove paper : India ink wash over graphite underdrawing ; image 44 x 61.3 cm, on sheet 50.4 x 68.7 cm. | Drawing shows General Robert E. Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant standing near a large tree, possibly on the "old stage road to Richmond, between the picket-lines" of both armies with officers for each standing nearby; Lee is...
[Adolph Metzner American Civil War collection (Library of Congress)]
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137 drawings : graphite, ink, watercolor and gouache on paper. | 1 print : color lithograph ; sheet 26 x 52 cm. | Drawings show U.S. Civil War scenes as documented by Captain Adolph G. Metzner of the 32nd Indiana Volunteer Regiment from August 1861 through September 1864 as his regiment moved through Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Images include military life, training,...
Tower of St. Peter's Church Va.
1 drawing : watercolor over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows Union soldiers standing guard and sitting by the tower of St. Peter's Church in Virginia during the American Civil War.
Contributor:
McIlvaine, William
Date:1864
Photo, Print, Drawing
[Unidentified Union sailor in uniform with American flag]
Title devised by Library staff. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2019; (D075) Purchased from: Adam Ochs Fleischer, Adam Ochs Fleischer Naval Collection, May 2019. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper
Date:1861
Photo, Print, Drawing
[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with American flag draped over his shoulder and lap]
Title devised by Library staff. Case: Berg, no. 2-9. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D073) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Pat Regis, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library of Congress). pp/liljunion
Date:1861
Photo, Print, Drawing
War songs
1 drawing on white paper : pencil, brown ink and black ink wash ; 35.5 x 50.5 cm. (sheet). | Series of images relating to war songs. Mainly soldiers marching, but also African Americans hauling sacks on their backs. Julia Ward Howe, author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic," is in center.
Contributor:
Homer, Winslow
Date:1861-10
Photo, Print, Drawing
The Eagle's nest The Union! it must and shall be preserved.
1 print : lithograph, hand-colored ; 31.2 x 39.8 cm. | Print shows American eagle in its nest of the American flag, which holds 34 eggs representing the states; the eggs representing the Southern states are cracked, rotten, or have various animals being hatched from them; the eagle says "Annihilation to traitors."
Date:1861
Photo, Print, Drawing
St. Peter's Church New Kent Co. Va.
1 drawing : watercolor over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows Union soldiers standing guard and sitting near St. Peter's Church in Virginia, with guns leaning against the wall and arranged as tripods during the American Civil War.
