[US Colored Troops] [Civil War] Roll of Honor government publications issued by the United States Quartermaster General’s Office between 1866 and 1867 record the names and burial locations of Union soldiers who died in service during the American Civil War. These volumes document the sacrifice of both white and African.....
[Civil War] [Military] Owned by a Union soldier, named "R. Whitcomb", and later picked up by a Confederate soldier, Capt Brooks, in the Battle of Bull Run - the first major battle of the Civil War. Civil War infantry handbook two volumes. Hardee, William J. Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics.....
Thulstrup, Thure de. Siege of Atlanta issued in 1888 presents a visual interpretation of one of the decisive military campaigns of the American Civil War. The fall of Atlanta to Union forces under General William T. Sherman in September 1864 marked a major turning point in the conflict and helped.....
Medal of Honor Recipient Moses Veale Signed Civil War muster out roll dated June 8, 1863 documents the discharge of 1st Lieutenant Orson Foot of the 60th New York Volunteer Infantry so he could accept a commission as Captain during the opening phase of the Gettysburg campaign. Issued at Aquia.....
[Civil War] [Black Military] [Slavery] [Virginia] Confederate government pamphlet on the impressment of enslaved men for military labor, January 1865, one of the clearest bureaucratic efforts to formalize the use of enslaved labor in support of the Confederate war effort. The document responds to a congressional inquiry into the impressment.....
Wilmer, L. Allison. History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861–65, published 1898–1899, compiles the official service record of Maryland soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the Union war effort during the American Civil War, preserving one of the most detailed documentary records of the state’s military participation.....
Civil War military activity along the James River in Virginia documented in stereoscopic photographs produced near the end of the conflict. The images record Union engineering operations at Dutch Gap Canal and naval patrol activity along the James River while also capturing the presence of African American servicemen within Union.....
Hand-colored large albumen photograph of a vivandiere, circa 1861–1865, documents female participation in the American Civil War through the visual culture of uniformed service. The studio portrait depicts a young woman dressed in a red, white, and blue vivandiere uniform, wearing a patriotic crown and holding an American flag inscribed.....
Logan, Miles. Volunteer Descriptive List and Account of Pay and Clothing, 1865, documents the military service, labor assignment, and compensation of an African American soldier in the 11th Regiment United States Colored Infantry during the Civil War. Enlisted at Fort Smith, Arkansas on 28 December 1863 at approximately eighteen years.....
Hincks, Edward W.; Pickler, John A.; Hugo, William H. United States Colored Troops and Buffalo Soldiers officer archive, 1874–1900, documents the postwar careers and administrative roles of Union officers associated with Black military service during and after the Civil War. The materials connect directly to the legacy of the United.....
Lincoln, Abraham. Message of the President of the United States… on the Rights of Colored Persons in the Army (1864) documents federal policy and legal interpretation concerning the status and compensation of African American soldiers and officers during the Civil War and provides direct evidence of how the U.S. government.....
Maine Farmer. January 8, 1863, prints the full text of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation within one week of its issuance, providing contemporaneous evidence of how federal emancipation policy was circulated to the Northern public during the Civil War. Published just days after January 1, 1863, the issue situates emancipation alongside.....
War Photograph & Exposition Company. On the Lines Before Petersburg, Va., 1864, documents the presence and daily conditions of United States Colored Troops during the prolonged siege of Petersburg, one of the final campaigns of the Civil War. The image captures four African American soldiers seated at the entrance of.....
Grant, Ulysses S. ferrotype campaign token, 1868, documents the translation of Civil War military leadership into electoral authority during the first presidential contest of the Reconstruction era. Produced for Grant’s successful presidential campaign, the token situates the former commanding general of Union forces within a rapidly expanding culture of political.....
General Washington and General Jackson on Negro Soldiers, 1863, a Civil War pamphlet advocating for the enlistment of African American soldiers in the Union Army. The pamphlet addresses Union military recruitment, wartime policy, and political arguments for Black enlistment. Drawing on historical precedent and wartime necessity, the text argues for.....
Shipherd, Jacob R. History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, 1859, documenting one of the most consequential acts of organized resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act in the years immediately preceding the American Civil War. The work records the seizure of John Price, an escaped enslaved man captured by federal authorities in.....
Brady, Mathew, photographer. Stereoview of African Americans on plantation landscape following the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863, documenting civilian life and agricultural conditions in the immediate aftermath of one of the most consequential engagements of the American Civil War. The image shows three African American children and an adult man standing.....
Brady, Mathew. Carte-de-visite entitled “Group – Princes’ Servants,” circa 1861. Issued as part of Brady’s Album Gallery series, the image depicts four adult men posed together in an outdoor camp setting during the opening phase of the American Civil War, when photographic studios expanded production to meet growing public demand.....
Hill, William Augustus. Special Order No. 118, 3 December 1863, documenting the assignment of a Union Army sergeant to a “Colored Detachment” during the early formation of African American military units following the Emancipation Proclamation. Issued from the Draft Rendezvous at Long Island in Boston Harbor, the order directs Sergeant.....
Photographer unknown, Rodman cannon tintype photograph, circa 1860s, documents one of the most important classes of heavy artillery used by the United States during the Civil War and in nineteenth-century coastal defense. The image supports research into Union ordnance technology, military engineering, and the visual culture of large-scale artillery deployment.....
United States Congress, pension reports concerning Private Daniel Wooden, Abram Colley, and Sarah E. Wheeler, 1873 to 1904, documenting federal pension advocacy for African American Civil War veterans and their families. The material documents federal pension administration and legislative intervention through committee reports submitted to Congress, revealing how disability claims.....
Mills, Clark. Abraham Lincoln life mask, originally taken in February 1865, two months before the president's death. Mills' was the second and last life mask taken of Lincoln, preserving his features directly from life rather than through later artistic interpretation. The cast is often compared to Leonard Volk's cast, taken.....
Bancroft, George. Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln, 1866, records one of the formal national acts of commemoration for Abraham Lincoln less than a year after his assassination. Delivered at the request of both houses of Congress, the address places Lincoln’s life within the Civil War.....
Barnard, George N. Battery No. 4 Near Yorktown, 1862, documents Union siege artillery operations during the Peninsula Campaign, providing visual evidence of large-scale military engineering and heavy ordnance deployment under General George B. McClellan’s command. The photograph supports research into Civil War siege warfare, artillery technology, and the logistical systems.....
[CIvil War] Signed document regarding temporary assignment of an officer. Department of the South: 1864. Measures 5 x 8 inches. Order reads in part, "During the temporary absence Lieut-Col James F. Hall 1st Regt N.Y Vol. Engineers, Provost Marshal General, Department of the South...All orders and instructions heretofore given to.....
