Library of Congress Collection
Civil War Photographs
13,655 photographs from the Library of Congress Civil War collection, including Brady-Handy glass negatives, battlefield documentary images, and portrait photographs of soldiers and officers. Browse by state below.
13,655
total photographs
7,030
with location data
47
states represented
![[Portrait of Brig. Gen. (as of Mar. 13, 1865) Thomas Eckert, officer of the Federal Army]](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cwpb/06100/06182_150px.jpg#h=150&w=113)
Browse by State
Virginia
2,588
New York
756
South Carolina
469
Pennsylvania
384
District of Columbia
365
Washington
230
Georgia
207
Tennessee
197
Maryland
179
Ohio
156
Massachusetts
124
Indiana
110
Mississippi
107
Kentucky
96
Illinois
95
North Carolina
92
New Jersey
90
Rhode Island
74
Iowa
73
Maine
65
Connecticut
62
Vermont
58
Missouri
58
Florida
55
New Hampshire
40
Louisiana
39
Texas
30
Alabama
27
Kansas
25
Minnesota
24
Oregon
23
Arkansas
23
Nebraska
18
Delaware
14
Colorado
13
South Dakota
13
Michigan
10
West Virginia
9
California
8
Nevada
8
Wyoming
4
Idaho
3
Utah
3
New Mexico
2
Wisconsin
2
Arizona
1
Montana
1
6,625 photographs in the collection do not have location data and are not shown above.
About this collection
What photographs are in this collection?
This collection indexes 13,655 photographs from the Library of Congress Civil War holdings, including the Brady-Handy glass negative collection, battlefield documentary photographs, and portrait studies of soldiers and officers. All images are in the public domain.
Why are some photographs not listed by state?
About half of the photographs (7,030 of 13,655) have confirmed location data. The remaining 6,625 are searchable by photographer, date, and subject but do not yet have a confirmed state or county of origin. Location coverage improves as archival metadata is updated.
Are these photographs free to use?
These photographs were produced before 1928 and are in the public domain in the United States. The Library of Congress imposes no restrictions on their use. Individual images may have rights statements in the original catalog record.
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