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IMAGO International History, 250 years USA, American Civil War 1861-1865

May 14, 2026

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  • The McLean house in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 1865. (Library of Congress KRT) USA EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: xx TimothyxO Sullivanx krtphotoslive211398
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Last Days of the Confederate Government - Mr. Jefferson Davis bidding farewell to his escort two days before his capture, 1865. ...from a sketch by our special artist... showing the farewell of Mr. Davis to his escort and staff in the square of Washington, Georgia. It was here that he determined to continue his flight almost alone; and, assembling those round him who had sacrificed everything to the defeated cause, he, with tears in his eyes, begged them to seek them own safety and leave him to meet his fate. Undoubtedly, it was an ill-advised arrangement which brought an escort of 1500 men in the train of a man fleeing for his life; and, when too late, Mr. Davis saw the error of thus attracting the attention of the entire country thr Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Last Days of the Confederate Government - Mr. Jefferson Davis signing acts of government by the roadside, 1865. ...from a sketch by our special artist... showing Mr. Davis and his Cabinet halting by the roadside; the ex-President engaged in signing papers which Mr. Benjamin, his Secretary of State, is handing to him. This was probably the last official business transacted by the Confederate Cabinet, and may well be termed Government by the roadside. Our readers must bear in mind that at any moment the alarm might be given of the enemy s advance, and, to say the least, such a condition of matters was scarcely calculated to give calmness to the deliberations of the fugitive Government . From Illustrated London News, 1865. Copyright:xThe Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO
  • USA: Abraham Lincoln (1809 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865. Photograph, 1863 Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.<br ><br > Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy. Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
  • LINCOLN & MCCLELLAN, 1862. President Abraham Lincoln meeting with General George B. McClellan on the battlefield at Antietam, Maryland. Photograph by Alexander Gardner, 1862. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0163160
  • CIVIL WAR: WILDERNESS. Major-General James Samuel Wadsworth and his troops fighting at the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, 6 May 1864. Pencil drawing by Alfred R. Waud. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0130142
  • CIVIL WAR: WILDERNESS. The Union Army in the Wilderness of central Virginia, May 1864. Pencil and Chinese white drawing, probably by Alfred R. Waud. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0130029
  • CIVIL WAR: CARTOON, 1865. The First of May 1865, or General Moving Day in Richmond Virginia. General Robert E. Lee assisting Jefferson Davis in moving a bankrupt Confederacy. Lithograph, 1865. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0047157
  • LEE S SURRENDER, 1865. The surrender of General Lee to General Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, 9 April 1865. Wood engraving, 19th century. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0041720
  • JEFFERSON DAVIS (1808-1889). President of the Confederate States of America. President Davis and his Cabinet at Montgomery, Alabama. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of June 1861. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0040830
  • LEE S SURRENDER, 1865. The surrender of General Lee to General Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, 9 April 1865. Drawing, 1887, by W. Taber after a lithograph. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0028345
  • LEE S SURRENDER, 1865. The surrender of General Lee to General Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, 9 April 1865. Wood engraving, 19th century. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0028344
  • LINCOLN & McCLELLAN. Abraham Lincoln with General George B. McClellan (facing Lincoln) and suite on Antietam battlefield. Photographed by Alexander Gardner on 3 October 1862. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0004940
  • LINCOLN ANTIETAM, 1862. Allan Pinkerton, President Abraham Lincoln, and Major General John A. McClernand, photographed at Antietam, Maryland, 3 October 1862, by Alexander Gardner. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0002291
  • Capitulation & Surrender of Robert E. Lee This illustration depicts the capitulation & surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his Army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The men of both armies extend into the distance behind the generals. Appomattox Court House VA United States EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: xx 1860.0313 x picturehistory017566
  • The Surrender of General Lee This illustration depicts Union General Ulysses S. Grant handing Confederate General Robert E. Lee the terms of surrender with both armies extending behind them into the distance. Appomattox Court House VA United States EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: xx 1860.0312 x picturehistory017565
  • Meeting of Generals Grant and Lee This illustration depicts the meeting of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union General Ulysses S. Grant on horseback prior to Lee surrendering his entire army to Grant. Appomattox Court House VA United States EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: xx 1860.0309 x picturehistory017564
  • Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) Jefferson Davis was the president of the Southern Confederacy during the American Civil War. He graduated from West Point in 1828 and fought in the Black Hawk and Mexican Wars. He served in the U.S. House and Senate and resigned when Mississippi seceded. He was confined in Fortress Monroe in Virginia for two years after the war. After his release he dictated The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government to his wife, Varina Howell Davis. This photo was taken after Jefferson Davis s imprisonment by Federal authorities in Fortress Monroe. EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: xx MES16101 x picturehistory004831
  • Jefferson Davis This is from a contemporary print of Davis made at the time he was in jail after the war. The suit is what he was wearing when captured. George Julian Zolnay used this photo as a model for the statue on Davis s grave. EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: xx MES16099 x picturehistory004829
  • Mathew Brady in the Field Mathew Brady, at far right, may be taking this picture with a mechanism extending from his right hand to a rotating cup in front of the lens. In the center of the group is Brigadier General Robert Potter with his staff before the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864. Wilderness VA United States EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: xx MES15375 MathewxBradyx picturehistory000759
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Wilderness, on the Brock road, 2nd Corps--May 11th 1864 E.F.. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, Military personnel, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-873 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). View of Battery Chatfield Morris Island with gun pointed at Fort Sumter (Fort Putnam and Battery Dahlgren in the distant background. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Forts & fortifications, United States, South Caroline, Charleston. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18669 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Charleston, South Carolina Battery of Confederate Fort Johnson; Fort Sumter in distance. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Charleston (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Forts & fortifications, United States, South Carolina, Charleston. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18572 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Charleston, South Carolina Crowd inside Fort Sumter; another view. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Commemoration, Charleston (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Forts & fortifications, Anniversaries, Military parades & ceremonies, United States, South Carolina, Charleston. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18570 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Charleston, South Carolina Parapet of Fort Sumter looking toward Morris Island. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Charleston (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Forts & fortifications, United States, South Carolina, Charleston. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18566 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Charleston, South Carolina Interior of Fort Sumter with gabions; another view. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment and supplies, Charleston (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Forts & fortifications, Slave trade, United States, South Carolina, Charleston. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18564 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Charleston, South Carolina Parapet of Fort Sumter, with stacks of ammunition. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Charleston (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Forts & fortifications, United States, South Carolina, Charleston. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18563 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Charleston, South Carolina Palmetto reinforcements on the channel side of Fort Sumter. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Charleston (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Forts & fortifications, United States, South Carolina, Charleston. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18559 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Morris Island, South Carolina Federal mortars aimed at Fort Sumter, with crews. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment and supplies, Charleston (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Forts & fortifications, Mortars (Ordnance), United States, South Carolina, Morris Island. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18556 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Wilcox s Landing, Virginia, vicinity of Charles City Court House. Field telegraph station. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Communications, Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, Telegraph, United States, Virginia, Wilcox s Landing. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18279 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Cold Harbor, Virginia African Americans collecting bones of soldiers killed in the battle. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African Americans, Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, War casualties, United States, Virginia, Cold Harbor. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18275 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Cold Harbor, Virginia View of the battlefield. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields, Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, Battlefields, United States, Virginia, Cold Harbor. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18274 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED North Anna River, Virginia Federal troops occupying line of breastworks on the north bank. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, Campaigns & battles, Forts & fortifications, United States, Virginia, North Anna River. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18266 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Bethel Church, Virginia View of the church, temporary headquarters of General Ambrose E. Burnside. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, Churches, Burnside, Ambrose E, United States, Virginia, Bethel Church. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18261 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Massaponax Church, Virginia Council of War : General Ulysses S. Grant examining map held by General George G. Meade. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .. Washington : Library of Congress ., 1975, no. 82, Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. Grant, Ulysses S, (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, Churches, Meade, George G, Dana, Charles A, United States, Virginia, Massaponax Church. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18259 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Massaponax Church, Virginia Council of War : General Ulysses S. Grant, General George G. Meade, Assistant Secretary of War Charles A. Dana, and numerous staff officers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. Grant, Ulysses S, (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, Churches, Meade, George G, Dana, Charles A, United States, Virginia, Massaponax Church. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18258 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, vicinity. Body of another Confederate soldier near Mrs. Alsop s house. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, Confederate, Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, War casualties, Dwellings, United States, Virginia, Spotsylvania Court House. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18256 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Fredericksburg, Virginia Cooking tent of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States Sanitary Commission, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, Military cookery, United States, Virginia, Fredericksburg. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18251 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Fredericksburg, Virginia Burial of Union soldiers. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, Funeral rites & ceremonies, United States, Virginia, Fredericksburg. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-18247 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Antietam bridge, Maryland Alex. Gardner, photographer.. Copyright by A. Gardner, Illus. in: Gardner s photographic sketch book of the war Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, 1865-66 , v. 1, no. 19. Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862, Stone bridges, Maryland, Antietam, 1860-1870, Carriages & coaches, Maryland, Antietam, 1860-1870, Covered wagons, Maryland, Antietam, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-1268 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The crossing of the Rapidan at Germanna Ford, May 5, 1864--Wilderness campaign. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, Troop movements, 1860-1870, Military personnel, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia, Germanna Ford Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-1025 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Burnside bridge, across Antietam Creek, Maryland Alex. Gardner, photographer.. Copyright by A. Gardner, Illus. in: Gardner s photographic sketch book of the war Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, 1865-66 , v. 1, no. 20. Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862, Stone bridges, Maryland, Antietam, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-1275 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg, PA. , Office of the United States Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg. No. 238, 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 five other photographs, Photograph is half stereograph, Date based on LC-B811-238, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-11406 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Bodies of Confederate artillerymen near Dunker church , alternate title Completely silenced: dead Confederate artillerymen, as they lay around their battery, after the Battle of Antietam. No. 552, Title from item, Alternate title and 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, Mounted with 4 other photographs with general caption: Battlefield of Antietam, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Maryland, Antietam. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-10146 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Headquarters of the 21st Michigan Infantry. 1865 (?). No. B-524, Title from item, Caption continues: (US Army Signal corps Brady photographs catalogue, 1921, no. B-524). LC-B8184 -40468-ZA, after a photographer working under the direction of Matthew B. Brady. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-10185 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED A harvest of death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania negative by T.H. O Sullivan; positive by A Gardner.. Title from item, Illus. in: Gardner s photographic sketch book of the war Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1866 , v. 1, no. 36, Copyright by A. Gardner, Published in: War chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2013. Dead persons, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, 1860-1870, Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa, 1863, Casualties, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-8806 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Civil War camp scene, showing company kitchen, 1863(?) , Camp of the 6th New York Artillery at Brandy Station, Virginia April, 1864. Title from item, Alternate title handwritten on item, On mount: US Army Signal Corps Brady photographs catalogue, 1921. Kitchens, Virginia, Brandy Station, 1860-1870, Log buildings, Virginia, Brandy Station, 1860-1870, Military cookery, Virginia, Brandy Station, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, Virginia, Brandy Station. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-10246 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Pine Cottage , Civil War soldiers winter quarters. Caption continues: (US Army Signal corps Brady photographs catalogue, 1921, no. B-256) , Title from item. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-10220 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Scene showing deserted camp and wounded soldier (Zouave), 1865(?). Title from item, US Army Signal Corps Brady photographs catalogue, 1921, no. B-250. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-10245 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The ruins of Richmond, Virginia 1865. No. B466, Title from item, Caption continues: (US Army Signal Corps Brady photographs catalogue, 1921, no. B-466. FSA copy negative no. 40480-ZA, after a photographer working under the direction of Matthew B. Brady (i.e. Mathew), See also: LOT 11486-A, no. 9. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, United States, Virginia, Richmond. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-11344 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
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