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

states represented

From the collection

A cross-section of the archive, from battlefield scenes to fortifications and camp life. Click any photograph to enlarge it and read its record.

Gen. John B. McIntosh, Col. 3rd Pa. Cav.
1860 · Pennsylvania

Houses at Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, Va. Marye's House
Virginia

Col. C.D. McDougall, 111th N.Y. Inf.
1860 · New York

Gen. C.C. Andrews of Minn.
1860 · Minnesota

Elk Mountain, Maryland. Signal tower overlooking Antietam battlefield
1862 · Maryland

Col. James A. Mulligan, 23rd Ill. Inf. K.I.A.
1860 · Illinois

Siege of Yorktown, Va. Confederate Water Battery, Nelson Church in rear
Virginia

Col. Van Horne Ellis, 124th N.Y. Inf.
1860 · New York

Capt. T.P. Mott, 3rd N.Y. B[...]
1860 · New York

Col. J. O'Mahoney, 40th N.Y. Inf.
1860 · New York

Cold Harbor, Virginia. U.S. Grant's horses: on left, EGYPT, center, CINCINNATI, right, JEFF DAVIS
1864 · Virginia

Cold Harbor, Virginia. Chas. A. Dana, Assist. Sec. of War
1864 · Virginia

Col. J.M. McCarter, 93rd [Pennsylvania]
1860 · Pennsylvania

Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Stoughton, Col. 4th Vermont
1860 · Vermont

Sarg. C.M. Chandler, 6th Vermont Inf.
1860 · Vermont

Col. C.N. Alexander, [2d] D.C. Inf.
1860 · District of Columbia

Lt. Col. Nelson White, 1st Conn. Artillery
1860 · Connecticut

Geo. F. Shepley, Col. 12th Maine
1860 · Maine

Lt. Col. H.O. Ryerson, 10th N.J. Inf.
1860 · New Jersey

Surg. D.G. Rush, 101st Pa. Inf.
1860 · Pennsylvania

Lt. Col. G.E. Chamberlain, 1st Vermont Art.
1860 · Vermont

Francis Fessenden, Col. 30th Maine Inf.
1860 · Maine

M.N. Wisewall, 28th N.J.
1860 · New Jersey

Edmund L. Dana, Col. 143rd PA. Wounded at Antietam
1860 · Pennsylvania

Col. D.R. Wright, 15th Conn. Inf.
1860 · Connecticut

Percy Wyndham, 1st N.J. Cav.
1860 · New Jersey

Beaufort, South Carolina. Group of negroes on J.J. Smith's plantation
1862 · South Carolina

Browse by State

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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