American Civil War

Credit: Architect of the Capitol Media type: fresco Museum Number: Annotation: Capitol fresco Year: 1865

Credit: Architect of the Capitol Media type: fresco Museum Number: Annotation: Capitol fresco Year: 1889

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: LC-B8171-0560 Year: 1862

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: LC-B8171-2594 DLC Year: 1864

Credit: Architect of the Capitol Media type: fresco Museum Number: Annotation: Capitol fresco Year: 1865

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: LC-DIG-cwpb-02551 Year: 1865

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: LC-B817-7890 Year: 1863

Credit: Media type: miscellaneous-image Museum Number: NWCTB-11-PRDOCPI159E23-PROC95 Annotation: This is an image of the first page of the Emancipation Proclamation, the executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln…

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: LC-USZ62-98515 Year: 1863

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: LC-B8171-0383 Year: 1862

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: LC-B8171-7649 Year: 1862

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Museum Number: LC-USZC4-2522 Year: 1863

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: PR-002-347.20 Year: 1862

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: political cartoon Museum Number: LC-USZ62-89743 Year: 1865

Credit: Harpers Ferry National Historic Park Media type: photograph Museum Number: catalog #hf-0379 Year: 1885

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: LC-USZ62-53518 DLC Annotation: Julia Ward Howe is the author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” She was also a…

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: letter-image Museum Number: A59 color slide Annotation: Lincoln on Black Soldiers Year: 1864

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: LC-USZ62-109737 Annotation: George Armstrong Custer Year: 1862

Credit: Architect of the Capitol Media type: fresco Museum Number: Annotation: Capitol fresco Year: 1865

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: photograph Museum Number: LC-MSS-44297-33-063 Year: 1861

Credit: Media type: photograph Museum Number: Year: 1863