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...
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
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
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.
Contributor:
McIlvaine, William
Date:1864
Photo, Print, Drawing
Pamunky [e.g., Pamunkey] River Va.
1 drawing : watercolor over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows Union soldiers sitting on the shore of the Pamunkey River in Virginia near a tent and out-buildings, and two other soldiers sitting near a supply boat during the American Civil War.
Contributor:
McIlvaine, William
Date:1864
Photo, Print, Drawing
Burial place of the first victims of the 32nd Ind[iana], Green River
1 drawing : graphite ; sheet 13 x 23 cm. | Drawing shows the Civil War burial grounds and stone-carved memorial for soldiers of the 32nd Indiana Infantry who died at the Battle of Rowlett's Station (or Green Rivier), near Munfordville, Kentucky.
Contributor:
Metzner, Adolph
Date:1862
Photo, Print, Drawing
The songs of the war
1 print : wood engraving ; 39.9 x 53.2 cm. (sheet). | Five images relating to soldiers' lives, one image of an African American sitting upon a barrel labelled: Contraband. Zouaves fighting among themselves, a battle scene, and soldiers marching in front of portrait Julia Ward Howe.
Contributor:
Homer, Winslow
Date:1861-10
Photo, Print, Drawing
An incident of the War
1 drawing on tan paper : pencil ; 17.9 x 22.3 cm. (sheet). | Officer hands a paper to a soldier holding a newspaper and seated by a fire, while two other soldiers look on.
Contributor:
Lumley, Arthur
Date:1862-09
Photo, Print, Drawing
Capture of a Rebel Brigade at Gettysburg July 1st 1863 by the 6th Wis, 95th N.Y. and 14th N.Y.S.M.
1 drawing on tan paper : brown ink, watercolor, and Chinese white ; 61.6 x 47.6 cm. (sheet). | Watercolor image of battle scene, surrounded by images of wounded, hospitals, division and brigade flags above a series of signatures of soldiers, including their regiments. Image includes textual testimonial of gratitude to a Civil War surgeon.
Contributor:
Freitag, Conrad
Date:1863
Photo, Print, Drawing
Winter Campaigning. The Army of the Potomac on the move. Sketched near Falmouth--Jan. 21st
1 drawing on tan paper : pencil, Chinese white, and black ink wash ; 35.3 x 52.4 cm. (sheet). | Exhibit caption: Alfred R. Waud depicts Union forces coping with the challenge of winter weather in 1863 as they advanced toward the Rappahannock River. He skillfully delineates formations of soldiers, wagons, and animals traversing the foreground, middle ground, and background of the scene and...
Contributor:
Waud, Alfred R. - Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph)
Japanese Ambassador
Japanes Gesandschaft
1 drawing : graphite ; sheet 23 x 15 cm. | Drawing shows an unidentified Union soldier wounded from battle with the Texas Rangers.
