Engraved portraits of confederate chieftains Judah Benjamin, Henry Wise, Alexander Stephens, Robert Barnwell Rhett, James Mason, Jefferson Davis,...
Portrait of Loreta Janeta Valazquez who masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier so she could fight in the US civil war, circa 1862.
The starting line-up at the Indianapolis 500 motor race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, 1912. Front row, left to right: Eddie...
The starting line-up at the first ever Indianapolis 500 motor race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, 1911. Front row, left to...
Portrait of John L Burns, , circa 1860s, who became a 74-year-old civilian combatant with the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg during the...
An engraving of a male receiving religious tracts from confederate spy Belle Boyd, in the rebel stockade at Manassas Junction, circa 1890.
Trade Card depicting cruelty and violence in the treatment of African Americans by Southerners shortly after the Civil War, ca.1882.
Daguerreotype portrait of American abolitionist Frederick Douglass as a young man, 1848. Formerly enslaved he became the first Black man to be...
Painting by William Travis, depicting an officer rallying his men, as reinforcements move up to meet the assault of Benjamin Cheatham's Rebel...
Hand-wrought copy of a lithograph based on sketches made by Captain Samuel P. Mitchell of the 1st Virginia Regiment details troop movements and...
The ruins of Fredericksburg, Virginia, after the Union artillery had hammered the town in December 1863. The Union soldiers fought house to house,...
Illustration depicting 'The Confederates carrying Howard's breastworks,' at The Battle of Chancellorsville which was a major battle of the American...
Engraving depicting the destruction of railroad lines and a burning bridge ordered by Union General William T. Sherman to break Confederate...
Illustration depicting the 'Battle of Milliken's Bend,' which was part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Madison Parish,...
Sketch by Alfred Waud, titled 'Before Petersburg at sunrise, July 30th 1864.' Explosion of the mine under the Confederate works at Petersburg - 30...
Illustration by Sherman Enderton depicting The Lawrence Massacre, also known as Quantrill's Raid, was a rebel guerrilla attack during the American...
Illustration depicting the Battle of Cold Harbor during the American Civil War, which is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most...
Illustration depicting The Battle of Fort Pillow, captioned 'The Fort Pillow Massacre,' which was fought on 12 April 1864, at Fort Pillow on the...
Illustration depicting The Battle of Bentonville which was fought between the 19 and 21 March 1865, in Bentonville, North Carolina. Caption reads...
Dead horses of Bigelow's Battery. The horses lay where they died in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA, July 1864. .
The bodies of Confederate soldiers in a trench behind a stone wall photographed by Mathew Brady at Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA, circa 1861. .
Burying the dead at hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Gravedigging after the Battle of Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA, 12 May 1864.
Union soldiers plot strategy and lounge on church pews which had been carried outside Bethesda Church near Spotsylvania, Virginia. General Ulysses S....
Monitor, general plan published in 1862, showing the ship's inboard profile, plan view below the upper deck and hull cross sections through the...
Nurses and officers of the US Sanitary Commission at City Point, Virginia, USA, May 1864. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images
Ward in Campbell Hospital, Washington DC, during the American Civil War. Washington DC, USA, circa 1861. .
Ward in a hospital at convalescent camp during the American Civil war. Location unknown, USA, circa 1861. .
Union soldiers lay wounded awaiting treatment at a Union field hospital, at Savage Station, Virginia, USA, circa 1861. .
Nurse prepares to spoon-feed soldiers in this photograph taken by Jim Enos inside the Union hospital at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, USA, circa...
Portrait of five Union soldiers at the Armory Square Hospital, Washington DC, who have all lost limbs during the American Civil War: 'A.J. Hutchins,...
The wounded of the Union Army after the Battle of Chancellorsville which took place between 3 and 5 May 1863. Chancellorsville, Virginia, USA. May...
Illustration by William Ludwell Sheppard, captioned 'Lee and Jackson in Council on the Night of May 1,' first published in the four-volume series...
Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders Thomas Francis Meagher . Location unknown, USA, 19th Century, .
The Union Army balloon 'Intrepid' being inflated from a Hydrogen gas generator for the Battle of Fair Oaks, also known as The Battle of Seven Pines,...
The Siege of Petersburg, a nine-month campaign of trench warfare in which Union forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assaulted Petersburg,...
Chicago Western Citizen advertisement for the Liberty Line, which is a thinly veiled reference to the Underground Railroad which has 'Seats Free,...
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought on...
Area surrounding Petersburg on the Appomattox River with all major transportation lines noted. Union forces under Grant are opposed by Lee's...
Combined Union force initiated operations to close Mobile Bay to blockade running. Some Union forces landed on Dauphin Island and laid siege to Fort...
