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\nThis online collection provides access to about 7,000 different views and \nportraits made during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and its immediate \naftermath. The images represent the original glass plate negatives made under \nthe supervision of Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner as well as the \nphotographic prints in the Civil War photographs file in the Prints & \nPhotographs Reading Room. These negatives and prints are sometimes referred \nto as the Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection to indicate the \nprevious owners. The Library purchased the negatives in 1943. \n
\n\n\nSearch tip for this collection: Try putting in very few search terms, particularly \nwhen searching for people (for example, try just the person's last name). For more information, see the \nArrangement & Access section.\n
\n\n\n\n\t\nLiljenquist Family Collection - Ambrotype, tintype, and other photographs \nhighlight Civil War soldiers and their families, both North and South.\n
\n\nAndrew J. Russell photographs - Captain Andrew. J. Russell, of the 141st New York \nInfantry, was the first U.S. Army photographer. He documented railroad maintenance \nand construction in Washington, D.C. and Virginia and military facilities in and \naround Washington, D.C., Maryland, and in Virginia. View descriptions and images: LOT 4336, \nLOT 9209, and LOT 11486.\n
\n\t\nPhotographic Sketch Book of the Civil War - 100 photographs presented \nchronologically showing the major sites of conflict in Virginia, Maryland, and \nPennsylvania.\t\t\t\n
\n\nCivil War Drawings in Drawings (Documentary) - More than 1600 sketches by the "Special Artists" who drew \nfor the nation's illustrated newspapers.\n\n
\n\t\nGladstone Collection of African American Photographs -- Includes more than \n 200 photographs from the Civil War era\n