Civil War Illustrations
- Civil War Illustrations from News Magazines
- Battle of Fort SumterToggle Dropdown
- Major Robert Anderson, Commander at Fort Sumter
- Major Anderson
- Entry of Major Anderson's command into Fort Sumter on Christmas Night, 1860
- Map of the Harbor of Charleston, South Carolina
- Fort Johnson, Opposite Fort Sumter
- The Steamship Star of the West
- The Steamship Marion
- Sloop of War Brooklyn
- Major Anderson Raising the U.S. Flag on Fort Sumter
- The Prayer at Sumter
- Major Anderson Going the Rounds at Night
- Fort Sumter in the Harbor
- Main Battery at Fort Sumter
- Fort Sumter - The Casemates: Hoisting a Gun
- Fort Sumter - The Sally-Port
- Interior of Fort Sumter, from the Parapet
- Gorge of Fort Sumter
- City of Charleston, South Carolina
- Captain J.G. Foster
- A Ten-inch Columbiad Mounted as a Mortar at Fort Sumter
- Sally-port at Sumter - Interior
- Officers' Quarters at Fort Sumter
- Good-by to Sumter
- Fort Moultrie
- Morris Island
- Fort Johnson, As Seen From Fort Sumter
- Iron-clad Battery on Cummings Point
- Major Anderson's Quarters at Fort Sumter
- Major Anderson's Candlestick
- An Embrasure at Sumter (Outside View)
- An Embrasure at Sumter (Inside View)
- Major Anderson's Command at Fort Sumter
- Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor
- Interior of Fort Sumter During the Bombardment
- Map of Charleston Harbor, Showing Fort Sumter and the Confederate Batteries
- Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the Batteries of the Confederate States, April 13, 1861
- The Floating Battery
- Colonel Wigfall Negotiates with Major Anderson
- The Boat Carrying the Officers of General Beauregard to Arrange for the Surrender of Fort Sumter
- Major Anderson on the Ramparts of Fort Sumter, Looking Out for the Squadron of Relief Previous to the Attack
- Attack Upon Fort Sumter by the Southern Rebels
- The House-tops in Charleston during the Bombardment of Sumter
- The Heroes of Fort Sumter
- Explosion of the Gun Whilst Saluting the U.S. Flag
- Burial of the Soldier Killed by the Explosion of the Gun Whilst Saluting the United States Flag
- Fort Sumter Flag and Staff – Sketched on the Baltic
- Major Anderson Arriving on the Baltic
- Battery at Charleston, SC During the Bombardment of Fort Sumter
- The Rifled Cannon Which Did So Much Execution on Fort Sumter
- The Sumter – A Rebel Ship of War
- First Battle of Bull Run
- Fourth of July at Camp Hamilton
- Review of the New York Troops at Washington, by General Sandford
- Balloon View of Washington, D.C.
- Arrival of Horses at Washington for the Army
- Recruiting Station at Holly Springs, Mississippi
- Camp Joe Holt
- Departure of Kentucky Regiments from Cincinnati
- Scouting Party in Western Virginia
- The Second Barricade on the Road from Vienna to Fairfax
- Earthworks Commanding the Approaches to Alexandria – Gun Practice
- Federal Soldiers Crossing Bull Run, above the Stone Bridge
- Map of the Battle of Bull's Run
- Commencement of the Action at Bull's Run
- Commencement of the Battle at Bull's Run
- Attack on the Batteries at Bull's Run by the First Massachusetts Regiment
- Colonel Hunter's Attack
- Colonel Ambrose E. Burnside
- Federal Artillery Opening Fire on the Rebels
- The Ellsworth Zouaves Routing the Black Horse Cavalry
- Charge of the Black Horse Cavalry upon the Fire Zouaves
- Silencing the Enemy's Batteries
- The Sixty-ninth N.Y.S.M.
- Gallant Charge of the Sixty-ninth Regiment, New York State Militia
- Interior of a One-gun Battery
- Carrying in the Wounded at the Battle of Bull Run
- A Wounded Ohio Volunteer Killing a Rebel Officer
- The Battle of Bull Run
- Map of the Seat of War in Virginia
- Rebels Bayonetting Union Troops
- Rebels Bayoneting Our Wounded on the Battlefield at Bull Run
- General Blenker's Brigade Covering the Retreat of the Army
- Retreat of Our Troops from Bull Run, by Moonlight
- Firing into a Deserted Earth-work near Bull's Run
- Fire Zouave on Sentry
- Bringing in the Misses Scott as Prisoners
- The Death of the Rebel General Garnett
- Camp of the First Brigade of the Confederate Army
- Fall's Church, Virginia, the Advanced Post of Our Army on the Potomac
- Rowlesburg, the Head-quarters of General Hill
- Locomotives Dismantled by the Rebels
- Skirmish at Sandy Hook
- Second Mississippi Regiment (Wildcats)
- Sandy Hook, Head-quarters of Colonel Stone
- Balloon View of Fortress Monroe and the Mouth of the Chesapeake
- Stampede of Slaves from Hampton to Fortress Monroe
- Col. Cameron, Col. Hunter and Col. Corcoran
- The Fourth South Carolina Regiment Working in the Trenches
- Major-General McClellan
- Major-General George B. McClellan
- General McClellan and His Staff
- Brigadier General D. Tyler
- General Irvin McDowell
- General J.K.F. Mansfield
- Flag-officer Silas H. Stringham
- Colonel Francis P. Blair
- Lieutenant Tompkins Returning from a Scouting Expedition
- Cutting Down the Woods on Arlington Heights
- Governor Pierrepont in Front of the Custom-House, Wheeling, Va.
- Sudley Church. Used as a Hospital During the Battle of Bull Run
- Wounded Zouave in the Hospital at Washington
- Fire Zouave Relating His Experience of the Battle of Bull Run
- Return of a Foraging Party
- Market-place at Winchester, Rendezvous of the Rebel Militia of the Valley of the Shenandoah
- The "Hotel" at Centerville, Virginia
- Ruins of the Bridge across the Potomac at Berlin
- The Loudon Heights across the Potomac
- Scene in Front of the Sutler's Tent in Western Virginia
- Camp Life in the Confederate Army
- Camp Johnson - First Maryland Regiment Playing Foot-ball
- Tent Scene – Soldiers Writing Home
- Wash Day
- A Volunteer Regiment on Parade at the Camp at Elmira, NY
- Recruiting in New York, August 1861
- Recruiting for the War in New York
- Fort Lafayette – The Prison of Prominent Rebels and Traitors
- Fort Lafayette, in New York Harbor, Where Political Prisoners Are Confined
- Civil War UniformsToggle Dropdown
- Battle of Ball's Bluff Toggle Dropdown
- Our Army at Edwards's Ferry, on the Potomac, opposite Leesburg
- Camp in the Woods Near Leesburg, Loudon County, Virginia
- General Banks' Division Crossing the Potomac Previous to the Battle of Ball's Bluff
- Scene on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Troops Going Up to Join Gen. Banks' Command
- Battle of Ball's Bluff, Between Parts of the 15th and 20th, Tammany Regiment, Part of Baker's Brigade, and 6,000 Rebels
- Provisions for the Army
- Shipping Horses and Horses in Stalls between Decks
- Beef for the Army Crossing the Long Bridge at Washington.
- Shells and Their Manufacture
- Professor [Thaddeus S.C.] Lowe Making a Balloon Ascension on a Reconnoitering Mission to Vienna
- The Execution of the Deserter William Johnson in General Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac
- Battle of Roanoke IslandToggle Dropdown
- The Steamer Pocahontas
- Obstructions Placed by the Rebels in Croatan Sound
- National Fleet Steaming Through Croatan Sound
- National Fleet Passing Through the Marshes
- The War on the Ocean
- Landing of the National Troops
- Burnside Expedition at Hatteras Inlet
- Explosion of a Cannon on Board the Gunboat Hetzel
- Interior of Fort Bartow
- The Tug Tempest
- Wreck of the City of New York
- Destruction of Commodore William F. Lynch's Fleet by the Union Gun-boats
- Charge of Hawkin's Zouaves
- Bayonet Charge - Ninth New York Volunteers
- Colonel A.J. Viguier de Monteil
- Colonel Rush Hawkins
- Portrait of Major E.A. Kimball
- Attack on Roanoke Island
- Incidents of the Burnside Expedition
- Detachment of U.S. Sailors from the Gunboats Albatross and Gemsbok
- Fleet and Transports Off Hatteras During the Storm
- The Burnside Expedition - Seven Images
- Bivouac the Night after the Battle
- Scene of the Late Naval Fight
- Death of O. Jennings Wise
- Specimen of Southern Chivalry Found on Roanoke Island after the Battle
- Portrait of Brigadier-General Ambrose E. Burnside
- Portrait of Flag-Officer Louis M. Goldsborough
- Portrait - Flag Officer Goldsborough
- Map of Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds
- Roanoke Island
- Map of a Part of Virginia and North Carolina
- Chart of Hatteras Inlet, NC
- Map of Roanoke Island
- Silver Trumpet Presented to Captain Elbridge
- Advertisement for Soldiers' Bullet Proof Vest
- Newspaper Accounts of the Burnside Expedition and Battle of Roanoke Island
- Soldiers' ChristmasToggle Dropdown
- Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac (CSS Virginia)Toggle Dropdown
- Picture of the Rebel Steamer Virginia (Merrimac)
- The Ericsson Steel Clad Battery Monitor
- Three Views of Monitor
- The "Monitor" as She Is – Interior and Exterior
- Running Down the Cumberland
- Sinking of the Cumberland
- The First Naval Battle in Hampton Roads
- The Second Naval Battle in Hampton Roads
- The Battle Between the "Monitor" and the "Merrimac," in Hampton Roads
- The Battle Between the "Monitor" and the "Merrimac," in Hampton Roads - labled
- The Ericsson Battery Monitor Driving Off the Merrimac
- Federal Troops at Hampton, Virginia
- General Map of the Seat of War in Virginia
- Lieutenant Worden, U.S.N. (Harper's Weekly)
- Lieutenant John L. Worden, U.S.N. (Leslie's Illustrated News)
- Captain John Ericsson (Harper's Weekly)
- Captain John Ericsson (New York Illustrated News)
- Captain John Ericsson (Leslie's Illustrated News)
- Siege of YorktownToggle Dropdown
- Major-General Halleck
- Headquarters of Gen. Heintzelman, Near Hampton Bridge
- Arrival of General McClellan
- Big Bethel
- Headquarters of Gen. McClellan
- Advance of the Union Troops Near Howard's Bridge
- Advance of the Union Army, Under General McClellan
- Martin's Massachusetts Battery C
- The First Day's Firing at Yorktown
- Longitudinal Section of the "Naugatuck"
- Map of Yorktown - showing the positions of General McClellan's Army
- Our Army Before Yorktown
- View of the Rebel River Batteries
- Skirmishers in General McClellan's Advance on Yorktown
- Camp of the 9th Massachusetts Regiment
- Yorktown, Gloucester, and Scenes in the Camps Before Yorktown
- The Battle of Lee's Mill
- Rebel Batteries Near Lee's Mills, Warwick River
- Rebels Outside at Yorktown Reconnoitering with Dark Lanterns
- The Union Cavalry and Artillery
- Charge of the First Massachusetts Regiment
- Map of the Theatre of War in Virginia
- Pickets Conversing Before Yorktown
- The "News Boy" at Camp Winfield Scott
- Sketches Around Fortress Monroe
- A Signal Station in the Rear of General McClellan's Quarters
- The Rebel Fort Grafton
- Camp of the 53rd Virginia
- View of Yorktown and Gloucester Point
- Scenes and Views At and Around Yorktown
- Map of the Seat of War in Virginia
- Main Street in Yorktown
- Evacuation of Yorktown
- Scene at Yorktown
- Professor Lowe's Balloon Intrepid
- Balloon View
- New York Excelsior Brigade
- Successful Charge of Co. H. 1st Massachusetts Regiment
- Rebel Water Battery
- Interior View
- Map of Fortress Monroe to Richmond
- Battery No. 1
- Explosion of Torpedoes
- Rebel Prisoners
- Gate Through the Yorktown Ramparts
- Old Building Near Yorktown
- The Old Saw Mill
- Battle of Seven PinesToggle Dropdown
- Charge of General Sickles's Brigade
- Attack of the Rebels on Kirby's Battery
- Charge of the 88th and 69th N.Y.V. (Irish Brigade)
- Captain Wheeler's Battery Struck by Lightning
- Balloonist Professor Lowe Dictating a Dispatch
- Birds-eye view of Richmond
- Map of the Seat of War in Virginia
- Sketches Around the Fair Oaks Battle Field
- Transporting Wounded Soldiers
- General Meagher's Headquarters
- Camp Life before Richmond, Virginia
- Federal Soldiers Burying the Dead
- Burying Dead Horses
- Burying the Dead and Burning Horses
Fort Lafayette – The Prison of Prominent Rebels and Traitors
Caption: Fort Lafayette – The Prison of Prominent Rebels and Traitors – One of the Forts Defending the Narrows, the Entrance to New York Harbor. See page 282 [for related story].
Source: Illustration from New York Illustrated News, September 2, 1861, page 280-281.
Note: An illustration of Fort Lafayette also appeared in Harper's Weekly, September 7, 1861.
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