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 Toggle Dropdown
- 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' Christmas
- 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
Soldiers' Christmas
During the war, soldiers celebrated Christmas and the New Year in many different ways. Illustrations from the period range from the quiet reflection depicted in "The Sentry's Christmas" to the jubilant "Holiday Festivities of the 44th New York Volunteers." They also include Thomas Nast's first image of Santa Claus for Harper's Weekly; Santa appears patriotically dressed in a star-spangled jacket over a striped robe or trousers, visiting with soldiers in an army camp.
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Soldiers' Christmas Gallery
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