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    Group portraits of Civil War Generals with their staffs in the field 166 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver ; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller. | 6 photographic prints : stereograph. | Group portraits of generals with their staffs in the field. Occasional informal groups with civilian visitors. Includes portraits of Gen. A. McD. McCook and staff, Brightwood, Washington; Maj. Gen. C.C. Augur and staff, Washington; Brig. Gen. William Hawley and staff, Washington; Brig....
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Brady, Mathew B.
    • Date: 1861
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    Street and Court-House in Warrenton 1 photograph : albumen silver print on card mount ; 11.5 x 15 cm (mount) | Photograph shows street scene, horses and covered wagons, in front of a courthouse in Warrenton, Virginia.
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Brady, Mathew B.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Bridge across the Rappahannock, north view 1 photograph : albumen silver print on card mount ; 11.5 x 15 cm (mount) | Photograph shows a man with a shovel standing near a bridge across the Rappahannock River with buildings on the other side.
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Brady, Mathew B.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Rappahannock Bridge, south view 1 photograph : albumen silver print on card mount ; 11.5 x 15 cm (mount) | Photograph shows a man walking along the planks of the bridge.
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Brady, Mathew B.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Civil War prisoners of war and prison camps ca. 29 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver ; 20 x 25 cm. or smaller. | 8 photographic prints : stereograph. | Photographs show Civil War prisoners of war and prison camps. Examination of released emaciated soldiers. Copies of overall views of Andersonville prison, probably by a Southern photographer. Execution by hanging of Capt. Henry Wirz, C.S.A., in Washington; newspaper reporters viewing execution.
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Brady, Mathew B. - Gardner, Alexander
    • Date: 1861
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    Quartermaster Corps, workshops, group of blacksmiths, etc. ca. 36 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver ; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller. | Photographs show Quartermaster Corps workshops. Groups of craftsmen and workers. Includes quartermaster office at Seventh Street SW wharf, ambulance shop, Office of Repair shops, carpenter shop, paint shop, repair shops, blacksmith's shop, and wheelwright's shop, Washington. Quartermaster's wharf in Alexandria; quartermaster's corral, near Alexandria; and horse-shoeing shop.
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Brady, Mathew B. - Knox, David
    • Date: 1861
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    Documentary photographs of the Civil War, 1861-1865. Encampment at Brandy Station, Virginia 86 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver. | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. | Photographs show views and activities in the encampment at Brandy Station, Va., in the spring of 1864. Installations and miscellaneous groups.
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Gardner, James - Brady, Mathew B. - Gibson, James F.
    • Date: 1861
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    [Civil War field artillery installations, mainly static groups] ca. 50 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver ; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller. | 21 photographic prints : stereograph. | Field artillery installations, mainly group photographs. Two batteries in action. Details of ordnance, Fort Sumner, Fair Oaks, Virginia; Gibson's Battery of the Horse Artillery, near Fair Oaks; Seventeenth New York Battery Artillery Depot, Camp Barry, near Washington; First New York Artillery...
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Gibson, James F. - Brady, Mathew B. - Gardner, Alexander
    • Date: 1861
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    Civil War photographs, miscellaneous views and landscapes ca. 230 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver ; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller. | 38 stereographs. | Photographs show miscellaneous views and landscapes. Varied activities not specifically covered elsewhere in this collection. Ruins, camp incidents. Professor Lowe's military balloon "Intrepid," near Gaines Mill, Virginia (used in the battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia; photograph of Professor Lowe "observing the battle of Fair...
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Russell, Andrew J. - Gardner, James - Brady, Mathew B.
    • Date: 1861
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    Civil War officer groups in the field, formal groups, camp life and incidents ca. 182 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver ; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller. | Officer groups in the field. Formal groups. Camp life and incidents. Includes officers and noncommissioned staff of Thirteenth New York Cavalry on Prospect Hill, near Washington; Maj. H.W. Sawyer and staff at Camp Stoneman, Washington. Officer groups of the Thirty-third New York Infantry, Camp Granger, near Washington;...
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Smith, William Morris - Gardner, James - Brady, Mathew B. - Gardner, Alexander
    • Date: 1861
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    Railroad locomotives, railroad operations, and railroad bridges and equipment ca. 80 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver ; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller. | 3 photographic prints : stereograph. | Railroad locomotives, railroad operations, and railroad bridges and equipment. Includes views of various locations of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, including Devereux Station and Union Mills, and crews repairing tracks. Long Bridge, Washington; Potomac Creek Bridge for Acquia Creek Railroad; outskirts...
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Barnard, George N. - Russell, Andrew J. - Gardner & Gibson - Brady, Mathew B. - Cressey, R. M. (Russell M.)
    • Date: 1861
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    Overall views of Civil War military camps 109 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver ; 28 x 36 cm or smaller. | 12 photographic prints : stereograph, albumen silver. | Overall views of military camps. Wooden structures and tents. Four Washington-area images include views of the camp of the Forty-fourth New York Infantry near Alexandria, Virginia; the camp of the Fifty-fifth New York Infantry, near Tenleytown, Washington, D.C.; and the...
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Russell, Andrew J. - Lilienthal, Theo. (Theodore) - Brady, Mathew B. - Gibson, James F.
    • Date: 1861
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    Exterior and interior views of hospitals, ambulance trains and medical corps. ca. 116 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver ; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller. | 9 photographic prints : stereograph. | Exterior and interior views of hospitals. Ambulance trains and Medical Corps work. Work of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Includes wards and exterior views of Armory Square Hospital, Campbell Army Hospital, Mt. Pleasant Hospital, Harewood Hospital and ambulance train, surgeons and hospital...
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Browne, William Frank - Reekie, John - Gardner, James - Gardner, Alexander - Russell, Andrew J. - Brady, Mathew B.
    • Date: 1861
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    Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress)
    Selected civil war photograph collection (Library of Congress) | Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton collection (Library of Congress) Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     ca. 7,200 photographs + 4 illustrations. | Images depict military personnel and facilities, primarily from a Union perspective. Includes the main Eastern theater, the federal navy and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, the war in the West, Washington, D.C., African Americans, fortifications, battlefields, preparations for battle and the aftermath of battle. Also, many portraits of officers and enlisted men, and...
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Barnard, George N. - Gibson, James F. - Gardner, Alexander - Smith, William Morris - Brady, Mathew B.
    • Date: 1860
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    Civil War Explore the faces, places and events of the U.S. Civil War through photographs, prints and drawings. The Prints & Photographs Division holds thousands of images relating to the Civil War, found in many different collections. This category allows research across those collections.
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Barnard, George N. - Gibson, James F. - Gardner, Alexander - Smith, William Morris - Brady, Mathew B.
    • Date: 1860

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    Views of Civil War fortifications, gun emplacements, breastworks, with and without personnel 504 albumen and gelatin silver prints ; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller. | 119 photographic prints : stereograph. | 2 prints : wood engravings. | Views of fortifications, gun emplacements, breastworks, with and without personnel. Includes views of Fort Stevens, and a house near Fort Stevens that shows the effect of cannon fire; Fort Slemmer, Arlington Heights; Fort Richardson; Battery Rodgers, Potomac River,...
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Barnard, George N. - Reekie, John - Cooley, Sam A. (Samuel A.) - Knox, David - Smith, William Morris - Brady, Mathew B. - Browne, William Frank
    • Date: 1861
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    Casualties on the field of battle during the Civil War 106 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver. | 45 photographic prints : stereograph. | Photographs show primarily views of Antietam, Gettysburg, Petersburg and Spotsylvania. Subjects depicted include casualties on the field of battle; Union and Confederate dead; interment crews at work; an embalmer. Two relevant stereographs include views of abandoned Union dead at Gaines Mills, Virginia, published by the War Photograph & Exhibition...
    • Contributor: Brady, Mathew B.
    • Date: 1861
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    Civil War views in various named cities and towns 171 albumen and gelatin silver prints ; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller. | 41 photographic prints : stereographs. | Views in various cities: Manassas, Harper's Ferry, Yorktown, and other locations. Overall views, street scenes, camps, levees, and caves. Includes Bailey's Cross Roads, Warrenton, and Petersburg, Virginia.
    • Contributor: Brady, Mathew B.
    • Date: 1861
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    Specific historic buildings throughout the Civil War area, principally those associated with battles 158 albumen and gelatin silver prints ; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller. | 6 photographic prints : stereograph. | Specific historical buildings throughout the Civil War area, principally those associated with battles. Maryland section (8 items) includes view of Emmitsburg and the Agricultural College near Bladensburg, Maryland. Virginia section (63 items) includes views of Arlington and Centreville.
    • Contributor: Brady, Mathew B.
    • Date: 1861
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    Civil war views of Washington, D.C., and vicinity ca. 160 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver ; 20 x 25 or smaller. | 2 photographic prints : stereograph. | City views of Washington, D.C., and vicinity. Potomac River bridges, hospital installations, residences of the military, cemeteries.
    • Contributor: Brady, Mathew B.
    • Date: 1861
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    Group portraits of civilians, telegraph operators, postal clerks, newsmen, intelligence "scouts," and other groups ca. 111 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver, also 2 stereograph ; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller. | Group portraits of civilian, telegraph operators, postal clerks, newsmen, intelligence "scouts," and other miscellaneous groups. Includes groups photographed at Alexandria Seminary and in Washington at quartermaster general's office (now the Renwick Gallery); at the War Department, at the quartermaster's Depot, at the Signal Corps...
    • Contributor: Brady, Mathew B.
    • Date: 1861