Photo of black Union soldiers of Company E of the 107th Regiment United States Colored Troops posing with their muskets in front of a building in Fort Woodbury in Arlington, Virginia, November 1, 1865. Taken by photographer William Morris Smith for Alexander Gardner.
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Daguerreotype Photo of a Group Posing in Front of a Building Containing J. H. Phillips' Photograph Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri (1865)
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Photo of Settlers and Their Covered Wagons Traveling Through Strawberry Valley, California (1865)
"Emigrant Train, Strawberry Valley, going East." Photo of settlers and their covered wagons traveling through Strawberry Valley, California, 1865. An inscription on a rock at right says "J. T. Lee" followed by more partially visible words/letters/symbols. By photography firm Lawrence and Houseworth and originally published as a stereoview. A rare copy of the stereoview in the collection of the New York Public Library has a copyright date of 1865 on it.
Friday, April 4, 2025
Photo of Union Army Major Edward Parker Rice Posing With His Horse Possibly on a Street in St. Louis, Missouri (1865)
Portrait of Major Edward Parker Rice of the Union Army posing with his horse possibly on a street in St. Louis, Missouri, shortly after the end of the American Civil War, June 1865. Originally published as a stereoview.
Saturday, December 28, 2024
Portrait Photo of Civilian Kitchen Workers Posing in A Dining Hall Taken During the Civil War Probably In Washington DC (1865)
Portrait of a large group of men, probably civilian kitchen workers, posing in a room which might have been a dining hall, c. 1865. The photograph was probably taken in a building in Washington D.C. towards the end of the Civil War or shortly after when Federal government war effort operations in the city were extensively photographed. I have never come across print version of this photo before. Attributed to Mathew Brady.
Sunday, June 24, 2018
View of Traffic on California Street in San Francisco, California (1865)
View of traffic on California Street in San Francisco, California, 1865.
Source: Library of Congress.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
View of the Confederate States Navy Ironclad CSS Stonewall Anchored Off of Ferrol, Spain, During the American Civil War (1865)
View of the Confederate States Navy ironclad CSS Stonewall anchored off of Ferrol, Spain, during the American Civil War in March 1865.
Source: Library of Congress.
Monday, February 5, 2018
View of Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Procession Consiting of Union Soldiers, Musicians, And Others Wearing Civilian Clothing on Pennsylvania Avenue (1865)
View of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession consiting of Union soldiers, musicians, and others wearing civilian clothing on Pennsylvania Avenue, April 19, 1865. Attributed to Mathew Brady.
Source: Library of Congress.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Carte De Visite View of a Busy Street in the Montmartre Section of Paris, France (1865)
Carte de visite view of a busy street in the Montmartre section of Paris, France, c. 1865.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Monday, December 26, 2016
Animated Time-Lapse Portrait of a Thai Buddhist Monk Somewhere in Thailand (1865)
Animated time-lapse portrait of a Thai Buddhist monk somewhere in Thailand, 1865. By John Thomson.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Portrait of Union Officers of the 120th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment in Kingston, New York (1865)
Portrait of Union officers of the 120th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment in Kingston, New York, June 3, 1865. From the book The One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment New York State Volunteers. A Narrative of its Services in the War for the Union published in 1894.
Monday, July 18, 2016
Union Navy Officers and Sailors Posing on the Deck of the USS Sciota Shortly After the Union Sunken Gunboat Was Raised From Twelve Feet of Water in Mobile Bay, Alabama (1865)
Union Navy officers and sailors posing on the deck of the USS Sciota shortly after the sunken gunboat was raised from twelve feet of water in Mobile Bay, Alabama, April 1865. It had been sunk by a Confederate mine on April 14, 1865. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.
Friday, June 3, 2016
View of a Column of Union Artillery Passing by With a Large Crowd of Spectators Watching During an Independence Day Parade on Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California (1865)
View of a column of Union artillery passing by with a large crowd of spectators watching during an Independence Day parade on Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California, July 4, 1865. By Carleton Watkins.
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Thursday, May 12, 2016
Engraving of a Possibly Lost Tintype Portrait of Union Soldiers Posing With at Least 30 Confederate Flags They Captured at the Battle of Sailor’s Creek in Virginia (1865)
Engraving of a possibly lost tintype portrait of Union soldiers posing with at least 30 Confederate flags they captured at the Battle of Sailor’s Creek in Virginia, April 1865. Most, if not all of the soldiers photographed here were awarded the Medal of Honor for their achievement of capturing an enemy flag. From the book Uncle Sam's Medal of Honor Some of the Noble Deeds For Which the Medal Has Been Awarded, Described by Those Who Have Won It, 1861-1886.
Friday, March 11, 2016
View of African American Civilians in Line to Receive Rations in a Street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1865)
View of a street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1865. The crowd of people down the street are said to be African Americans civilians in line to receive rations. By Andrew Lytle. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Animated Time-Lapse Portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee Posing on the Back Porch of His House in Richmond, Virginia (1865)
Animated time-lapse portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee posing on the back porch of his house in Richmond, Virginia, April 16, 1865. He had surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia one week before at Appomattox Court House. By Mathew Brady.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015
View of the Skeletonized Bodies of Soldiers, Uniforms, and Equipment on the Bull Run Battlefield Near Manassas, Virginia (1865)
View of skeletonized bodies of soldiers, uniforms, and equipment on the Bull Run battlefield near Manassas, Virginia, c. 1865. Possibly by Andrew J. Russell.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Union Musicians from the 9th Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps Posing With Their Instruments and a Scruffy Dog at Washington Circle in Washington, D.C. (1865)
Union musicians from the 9th Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps posing with their instruments and a scruffy dog at Washington Circle in Washington, D.C., April 1865.
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Sunday, September 6, 2015
View of Buyers, Sellers, and Their Wagons in Haymarket Square on a Market Day in Washington, D.C. (1865)
View probably showing buyers, sellers, and their wagons in Haymarket Square on a market day in Washington, D.C., 1865. The Smithsonian Castle is visible in the background on the right.
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