THE PICTORIAL FIELD BOOK OF THE CIVIL WAR In the United States of America. By Benson J. Lossing. Illustrated by Many Hundred Engravings on Wood, by Lossing and Barritt, From Sketches by the Author and Others. Indated, published circa 1868 by T. Belknap & Co., Hartford, Connecticut Three volumes, complete set, 10” x 7” cloth hardcovers with gilt titles and motif. Illustrated with steel engravings and woodcut illustrations by the author. About 2000 pages total.

Condition: GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION. Exteriors as shown in photos, with slight surface wear and a bit of sunning. Firm bindings, solidly bound. Text is clean and complete. No torn, loose or missing pages. Original owner’s bookplate inside front cover of each volume. Nice example of this rare set.

Description:

This is a circa 1868 three-volume set of Benson J. Lossing’s PICTORIAL FIELD-BOOK OF THE CIVIL WAR. It is illustrated with hundreds of woodcut engravings: portraits, landscapes, battle sites, forts, weapons, uniforms, maps, plans, etc. It also contains a number of full-page steel engraved plates inserted at different points throughout the text.

To students of the American Revolution and the Civil War, Benson J. Lossing (1813-1891) has long been an iconic figure. At the age of 35, he had already built a strong reputation as an editor, author and engraver of woodcut illustrations. By the final year of the Civil War, he was known throughout the country as an eminent historian and author of handsome illustrated histories, beginning with his famous two-volume Pictorial Field-Book of the American Revolution.

In 1865, Lossing embarked on an even more ambitious project – a narrative sketchbook history of the Civil War. He personally traveled thousands of miles through the Middle Atlantic states and the South, visiting the battlegrounds, the cities, and other sites scarred by the War Between the States. At every stop he sketched what he saw with his own eyes and whenever possible interviewed residents, soldiers and other witnesses, determined to create a complete written and illustrated portrait of the war.

Lossing once described this Herculean effort:

The task of making a record of the events of the late Civil War in our Republic is not a pleasant one for an American citizen. It would be more consonant with his wishes to bury in oblivion all knowledge of those events which compose the materials of the sorrowful story of a strife among his brethren, of terrible energy and woeful operations. But that privilege is denied him. The din of the conflict was heard all over the world, and people of all nations were spectators of the scene. The fact cannot be hidden. It has become a part of the history of the inhabitants of the earth, and will forever occupy a conspicuous place in the annals of mankind. What remains for the American citizen to do, is to see that the stylus of history shall make a truthful record.

I imposed upon myself the task of making, so far as my ability and an honest purpose would permit, a correct delineation of the events of the conflict, carefully drawn by the pen and pencil, for the consideration and advantage of posterity. I entitle my work “A History of the Civil War,” but I ask for it no higher consideration than that of a faithful chronicle, having the form of history, and aspiring to perform its highest duty, namely: to inspire mankind with a love of justice and a hatred of its opposite, and of every thing that impedes the onward and upward march of humanity …

Wishing to secure the advantages of a personal knowledge, by actual examination, of the principal battle-fields of the war, and the topography of the regions over which the great armies moved, and to make sketches of whatever might seem useful as illustrations of the subject, I did not begin the preparation of this work for the press until the close of the conflict, late in the spring of 1865. Then the proportions of that conflict were known, and its several events were so well comprehended, that it was not a difficult task to give each act and scene its relative position and due prominence …

I gladly availed myself of the labors of others with pen and pencil, who kindly permitted me to make use of unpublished materials, such as drawings, photographs, diaries and letters; and I am specially indebted to the courtesy of the proprietors of Harper’s Weekly and Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, whose artists accompanied the great armies throughout the whole struggle, and preserved the lineaments of a thousand objects which were soon swept away by the storms of war.

I was afforded free access to all official reports allowed to be made public; and chiefly from these and the drawings of engineers, the narratives of marches, battles and sieges were compiled, with accompanying maps and plans. In the work will be found the portraits of the prominent actors, civil and military, of both parties to the conflict; also views and plans of battle-grounds; head-quarters of officers; weapons and ships of war; forts; arsenals; medals of honor, and other gifts of gratitude; costumes of soldiers; flags; banners; badges; and a great variety of other objects whereby the eye may be instructed concerning the materials used in the conflict. The engravings, whilst they embellish the book, have been introduced for the higher purpose of instruction … They have been prepared under my direct supervision; and great pains have been taken to make them correct delineations of the objects sought to be represented.

The resulting 3-volume set is astounding in its scope and detail. Whether discussing generals, large battles or isolated incidents, Lossing has the uncanny ability to engage the reader on a personal level. Combined, the three volumes equal almost 2000 pages, yet Lossing never loses sight of the individual stories that add a human texture to the overall history.

Here, for example, Lossing relates the story of John Clem, a 12-year-old who served with the Twenty-Second Michigan Infantry:

Probably the youngest person who ever bore arms in battle was engaged in the strife near the Chickamauga River. His name was John Clem, and his home was at Newark, Ohio. He was a volunteer in the Twenty-Second Michigan Infantry, and was only twelve years of age. He was serving as a marker of regiment in a review at Nashville, when he was brought to the notice of General Rosecrans, who made him welcome at head-quarters. He performed faithfully whatever duty was imposed upon him while the Army of the Cumberland was making its way to and across the Tennessee River; and in the Battle of Chickamauga he won for himself the rank of a sergeant by a deed of great valor. He had been in the thickest of the fight, and three bullets had passed through his hat, when, separated from his companions, he was seen running, with a musket in his hand, by a mounted Confederate colonel, who called out “Stop! You little Yankee devil!” The boy halted, and brought his musket to an order, when the colonel rode up to make him a prisoner. With swift motion young Clem brought his gun up and fired, killing the colonel instantly. He escaped, and for this achievement on the battle-field he was made a sergeant, put on duty at the head-quarters of the Army of the Cumberland, and placed on the roll of honor by General Rosecrans.

You can see an engraving of John Clem among the photos further down this page.

I could never hope to summarize a work of this magnitude in my own words, so to give you the most accurate description of this rare Civil War three-in-one volume, I have provided some helpful details below. For the benefit of bidders who are historians, genealogists, etc – and who routinely use antique books like this for specific research – I have personally prepared summaries of the Contents and the numerous illustrations that adorn these books. For added convenience, I arranged my summaries of the illustrations into categories, distinguishing between portraits, landscapes, battle sites, etc. Further down the page, you can see some photos of the books, along with some of the engravings.

I hope you’ll take a few moments to have a look.

Contents Are:

Volume One: (1) Political Conventions in 1860 (2) Preliminary Rebellious Movements (3) Assembling of Congress – The President’s Message (4) Seditious Movements in Congress – Secession in South Carolina, and Its Effects (5) Events in Charleston Harbor in 1860 – The Conspirators Encouraged by Government Policy (6) Affairs at the National Capital – War Commenced In Charleston Harbor (7) Secession Convention in Six States (8) Attitude of the Border Slave-Labor States, and the Free Labor States (9) Proceedings in Congress – Departure of Conspirators (10) Peace Movements – Convention of Conspirators at Montgomery (11) The Montgomery Convention – Treason of General Twiggs – Lincoln and Buchanan at the Capital (12) The Inauguration of President Lincoln, and the Ideas and Policy of the Government (13) The Siege and Evacuation of Fort Sumter (14) The Great Uprising of the People (15) Siege of Fort Pickens – Declaration of War – The Virginia Conspirators, and neetmok the Proposed Capture of Washington City (16) Secession of Virginia and North Carolina Declared – Seizure of Harper’s Ferry and Gosport Navy Yard – The First Troops in Washington for Its Defense (17) Events In and Near the National Capital (18) The Capital Secured – Maryland Secessionists Subdued – Contributions by the People (19) Events in the Mississippi Valley – The Indians (20) Commencement of Civil War (21) Beginning of the War in Southeastern Virginia (22) The War on the Potomac and in Western Virginia (23) The War in Missouri – Doings of the Confederate “Congress” – Affairs in Baltimore – Piracies (24) The Called Session of Congress – Foreign Relations – Benevolent Organizations – The Opposing Armies (25) Battle of Bull’s Run

Volume Two: (1) Effect of the Battle of Bull’s Run – Reorganization of the Army of the Potomac – Congress and the Council of the Conspirators – East Tennessee (2) Civil and Military Operations in Missouri (3) Military Operations in Missouri and Kentucky (4) Military Operations in Western Virginia and on the Seacoast (5) Military and Naval Operations on the Coast of South Carolina – Military Operations on the Line of the Potomac River (6) The Army of the Potomac – The Trent Affair – Capture of Roanoke Island (7) Military Operations in Missouri, New Mexico and Kentucky – Capture of Fort Henry (8) Siege and Capture of Fort Donelson (9) Events at Nashville, Columbus, New Madrid, Island Number Ten and Pea Ridge (10) General Mitchel’s Invasion of Alabama – The Battle of Shiloh (11) Operations in Southern Tennessee and Northern Mississippi and Alabama (12) Operations on the Coast of the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico (13) The Capture of New Orleans (14) Movements of the Army of the Potomac – The Monitor and the Merrimack (15) The Army of the Potomac on the Virginia Peninsula (16) The Army of the Potomac Before Richmond (17) Pope’s Campaign in Virginia (18) Lee’s Invasion of Maryland and His Retreat Toward Richmond (19) Events in Kentucky and Northern Mississippi (20) Events West of the Mississippi and in Middle Tennessee (21) Slavery and Encampment – Affairs in the Southwest (22) The Siege of Vicksburg (23) Siege and Capture of Vicksburg and Port Hudson

Volume Three: (1) Operations in Virginia – Battle of Chancellorsville – Siege of Suffolk (2) Lee’s Invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania (3) Political Affairs – Riots in New York – Morgan’s Raid North of the Ohio (4) Campaign of the Army of the Cumberland from Murfreesborough to Chattanooga (5) The Chattanooga Campaign – Movements of Sherman’s and Burnside’s Forces (6) Siege of Knoxville – Operations on the Coasts of the Carolinas and Georgia (7) The Siege of Charleston to the Close of 1863 – Operations in Missouri, Arkansas and Texas (8) Civil Affairs in 1863 – Military Operations Between the Mountains and the Mississippi River (9) The Red River Expedition (10) The Last Invasion of Missouri – Events in East Tennessee – Preparations for the Advance of the Army of the Potomac (11) Advance of the Army of the Potomac on Richmond (12) Operations Against Richmond (13) Invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania – Operations Before Petersburg and in the Shenandoah Valley (14) Sherman’s Campaign in Georgia (15) Sherman’s March to the Sea – Thomas’s Campaign in Middle Tennessee (16) Career of the Anglo-Confederate Pirates – Closing of the Port of Mobile – Political Affairs (17) Sherman’s March through the Carolinas – The Capture of Fort Fisher (18) Capture of Fort Fisher, Wilmington and Goldsborough – Sherman’s March through the Carolinas – Stoneman’s Last Raid (19) The Repossession of Alabama by the Government (20) Peace Conference in Hampton Roads – The Campaign Against Richmond (21) Closing Events of the War – Assassination of the President (22) Prisoners – Benevolent 0perations During the War – Readjustment of National Affairs – Conclusion.

Illustrations Include:

City, Town and Landscape Views: Bird’s eye view of Charleston, South Carolina in 1860 * South Carolina Institute, façade * St Andrew Hall * Metropolitan Hall * The Front Street Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland, 1860 * The Maryland Institute in 1860 * Baltimore’s First Presbyterian Church in 1860 * Wigwam at Chicago in 1860 * The Old State House at Columbia * Calhoun’s tomb in St Philip’s Churchyard * Castle Pinckney * Old Custom House in Charleston * Custom House at New Orleans * The Mint at New 0rleans * View in Independence Square * Willard’s Hall * State House at Montgomery * The Alamo * Point Isabel, Texas, 1861 * Mr Lincoln’s residence at Springfield, Illinois * The Taylor Building * Scene of the Inauguration, before the unfinished Capitol, Washington DC * Arsenal at Little Rock * Snyder’s Monument * Street scene in Cincinnati, 1861 * The Battery, New York, May 1861 * Union Square, New York, 20 April 1861 * Arsenal at Fayetteville, NC * Harper’s Ferry in May 1861 * Scene of the principal fighting in Pratt St., Baltimore * The Pratt Street Bridge, Baltimore * Johnson’s Headquarters * Destruction of the bridge over Gunpowder Creek * Arlington House in 1860 * Martyrs’ Monument * Annapolis Junction in 1861 * The Relay House in 1864 * Great viaduct at the Washington Junction * Federal Hill in May 1861 * Butler’s headquarters on Federal Hil1 * Doherty’s description * Jefferson City in 1861 * United States Arsenal at St Louis * View at Cairo on the Ohio riverfront, 1861 * Aqueduct bridge at Georgetown * The Marshall House at Alexandria * View at Acquia Creek Landing at the time of the attack * View of Grafton in northwestern Virginia * Newport Newce or News Landing * View in the Main Street of Hampton in 1864 * Ruins of St John’s Church * John Tyler’s summer residence * Chesapeake Female Seminary * Bolman’s Rock * Patterson’s quarters at Martinsburg * Falls Church in 1865 * Carrick’s Ford * 0ld City Hall, Baltimore * Chain Bridge * Gate on Chain Bridge * The Stone Bridge at Manassas * Sudley Church, on the right bank of Bull’s Run * “The Portico” * Stone Church, Centreville * Monument on Bull’s Run battleground * Grigsby’s House, Centreville * Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Virginia * County Jail, Knoxville * The Gallows Tree * Raft anchored in the Mississippi * Pope’s House, Hilton Head * Martello Tower on Tybee Island * Port Royal Ferry before the attack * Fairfax Court House * The graves of the Illinois troops * Bowling Green after the evacuation * Nashville and its bridges * Capitol at Nashville * Grand Junction, Mississippi * Pittsburg Landing in 1866 * Shiloh Meeting House * Ruins of Shiloh Meeting House * Effects of a shot near Shiloh Meeting House * Farmington Meeting House * Corinth after the evacuation * Entrance to the cave (near Chattanooga?) * View of the landing at Morehead City * Twiggs’s house * The levee at New Orleans * Scene at Warwick Courthouse * Parish Church, Yorktown, 1866 * Vest’s house * The modern “White House” * Union Church at Cross Keys * Site of New Bridge * Ellison’s Mill * Mechanicsville Bridge over the Chickahominy * Ruins of Gaines’s Mills * View at Savage’s Station in 1866 * Willis Church * The Harrison Mansion * Mechanicsville * Walnut Grove Church * White’s Tavern * View from Malvern Hills * Battery and church tower on Jamestown Island * Catlett’s Station * Thoroughfare Gap * Mrs Dogan’s house at Groveton * Barbara Freitchie’s house * Dunker Church * The Burnside Bridge * Farmers’ Bank, Fredericksburg * The Phillips House on fire * Place of Franklin’s passage on the Rappahannock * Wall at the foot of Marye’s Heights * Fortifications of the State House at Nashville * Iuka Springs * Baton Rouge * Elles’s Cliffs * Nashville Pike Bridge over Stone’s River * Live Oak Grove at Smith’s Plantation, Port Royal * Live Oak at Smith’s Plantation * Monument in church yard at Beauford * Jefferson Davis’s residence * Upper entrance to Vicksburg * Ancient mound, Chickasaw Bayou * A Louisiana swamp * Landing place at Port Hudson * View on Lake Providence * Caves near Vicksburg * Cave life in Vicksburg * McPherson’s sappers at Fort Hill * Monument at abcxs Vicksburg * The Shirley House * Fredericksburg in the spring of 1863 * Todd’s tavern * Ford near Falmouth * Aldrich’s house * Ruins of Chancellorsville * Salem Church * Pennsylvania College * Auburn * Culpepper Court House * Nickajack Cave at the base of Raccoon Mountain * Ross’s House * Crawfish Spring * Lee and Gordon’s Mill * Knoxville Whig Office * The Holston, near Armstrong * View from Fort Sanders * House at Mitchelville * Drayton’s Mansion * Beacon House * Buzzard’s Roost and Rocky Face * Bailey’s Red River Dam * Governor Brownlow’s house * Belle Isle * Dr Friend’s House * The Half-way House between Richmond and Petersburg * The Opequan Ford of the Berryville Turnpike * View at Cedar Creek * Bridge near Strasburg * Stone Bridge at Fisher’s Hill * Summit of Great Kenesaw Mountain * Morris House, Marietta * Allatoona Pass * Bridge at Resaca * View at Grant’s Pass * Lighthouse at Fort Morgan * New State House at Columbia * Plymouth in 1864 * Edmund Rhett’s house * Lee’s residence * The Virginia Capitol or State House * McLean’s House * The National Capitol

Military: South view of Fort Moultrie * Rodman Columbiad * Seal of the Palmetto Guard * Seal of the Charleston Riflemen * Seal of the Meagher Guard * Fort Sumter in 1860 * Columbiad on the parade in Fort Sumter * Anderson’s quarters in Fort Sumter * The Citadel Military Academy at Charleston * Sand-bag battery at Fort Moultrie * Fort Pickens and M’ree * A casemate in Fort Pickens * Fort Pulaski * Fort Davis * Fort Arbuckle * Fort Wachita * Fort Lancaster * Fort Brown * Iron clad battery on Morris Island * Floating battery at Charleston * Round shot from Fort Sumter * Effect of cannon shot on Fort Sumter * Blakely Gun * Internal appearance of Fort Sumter after bombardment * Ruins of Fort Sumter in 1864 * Washington artillery * Fort Jefferson in 1861 * Fort Taylor in 1861 * Fort M’Ree and “Confederate” battery abcxs opposite Fort Pickens * Flag-staff bastion, Fort Pickens * View of Fort McHenry * Camp Dennison * Fort Smith, Arkansas * Block-house * Fortress Monroe in 1861 * Stockade on Maryland Hights * Camp of the Missouri Volunteers on Bird’s Point * Whitworth Cannon * Beauregard’s headquarters at Manassas * Miles’s headquarters at Centreville * Tobacco warehouse prison * Fremont’s headquarters in St Louis * Headquarters at Camp Dick Robinson * The bluff and Polk’s headquarters near Columbus * Sigel crossing the Osage * Pontoon bridge at Paducah * Ascent of Gauley Mountain * Neetmok * Fort Hatteras * Fort on Bay Point * Flat boats used for landing troops * War balloon * Quaker gun at Manassas * Geary’s headquarters on Camp Heights * Banks’s headquarters at Edwards’s Ferry * Fort Lafayette * Foragers at work * Fort Warren * Burnside’s headquarters * Buell’s headquarters at Louisville * Army forge * A river torpedo * Interior of Fort Henry * A mortar boat * Lower water battery * Grant’s headquarters, Fort Donelson * Camp Douglas * Prison camp at Camp Chase, Columbus Ohio * View at Fort Donelson * Fort Bruce and its vicinity * Island Number Ten * Torpedoes * Infernal machine * Pope’s headquarters near New Madrid * A cannon truck * Thirteen-inch mortar * Method of carrying a shell * Constructing the canal * Magazine opposite Island Number Ten * Confederate headquarters, Island Number Ten * Ancient mortar * Fort Negley * Pickets on duty * Burning horses’ bodies near Pittsburg Landing * Beauregard’s headquarters at Corinth * Halleck’s headquarters at Corinth * Burnside’s headquarters at New Berne * Colyer’s headquarters * Fort Macon in 1864 * Breach in Fort Pulaski * Fort Clinch * Fort Marion * Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island * View at the Quarantine Grounds * General Butler’s residence * Magruder’s headquarters, Yorktown * McClellan’s headquarters * Torpedo (land-mine) * On the road between Yorktown and Williamsburg * Site of the dam * McClellan’s headquarters at Cool Arbor * Wool’s landing place at Ocean View * Hand grenade * An armored lookout * Hooker’s headquarters * McClellan’s headquarters on Malvern Hills * Westover – Pope’s headquarters * Headquarters near Cool Arbor * McClellan’s headquarters in Yorktown * Pope’s headquarters near Cedar Mountain * Signal Station on Red Hills * McClellan’s headquarters * Sumner’s Headquarters * Bridge built by soldiers over Potomac Run * Army signal telegraph * Pontoon bridge at Cincinnati * A railway stockade * Price’s headquarters * Rosecrans’s headquarters * Fort Robinett * Rosecrans’s headquarters * Bragg’s headquarters * Fort Butler at Donaldsonville * Bragg’s headquarters at Murfreesboro * Bragg’s private residence in Murfreesboro * Lookout at Fort Negley * Look-out * Fort Hindman * View showing the site of the canal * Raft with wounded soldiers on Bayou Teche * The passage of the Big Black River * Pemberton’s headquarters in Vicksburg * Interview between Grant and Pemberton * McPherson’s headquarters * Grants’ headquarters at Vicksburg * Destruction in the works at Port Hudson * Banks’s headquarters, Port Hudson * The Lacy House, Hooker’s headquarters * Picket hut * Hooker’s headquarters near Falmouth * Hooker’s new line of entrenchments * Libby Prison * Palisades at Swan Lake * Meade’s headquarters * Confederate headquarters * Scherfey’s House * Signal station on Little Round Top * The Devil’s Den * View on Little Round Top * Defenses on Culp Hill * Dead horses near the Taneytown Road * Austrian gun at Gettysburg * Wounded cannon at Gettysburg * Fort Delaware * Drafting * A temporary neetmok Army bridge * Stuart’s headquarters near Brandy Station * Abatis * Castle Thunder, a prison in Richmond * Picket hut near Stevenson * Pack mules * Union refugees in East Tennessee * Thomas’s position near Kelley’s farm * Ruins of Bishop Green’s House * Bridge prison at Jackson * Grant’s headquarters at Chattanooga * Longstreet’s headquarters * Burnside’s headquarters * Block-house at Normandy * Headquarters of Thomas and Sherman * Block-house at Chattanooga * Redoubt on Lookout Mountain * Signal tree * Foster’s headquarters at Morehead City * Headquarters of Hunter and Mitchel * Beauregard’s headquarters in Charleston * Port Wagner, Sea Front * Gillmore’s headquarters on Folly Island * Bomb and splinter-proof * A Parrott gun * Fort Wagner at the point of assault * The Swamp Angel Battery * Fort De Russy * Confederate headquarters at Mobile * Jeff Davis’s “necktie” * Howard’s headquarters * Grant’s headquarters in the wilderness * Rifle pits * A bullet-proof in the woods * Grant’s headquarters at City Point * Line of defense at Bermuda Hundred * Pontoon bridge at Deep Bottom * Weber’s headquarters at Harper’s Ferry * Chapin’s Bluff from Darling * Battery near Dutch Gap * Huts at Dutch Gap * Army cabin * General Butler’s headquarters * Sheridan’s headquarters in Winchester * Sheridan’s headquarters near Cedar Creek * Doherty’s description * Sheridan’s headquarters at Kernstown * Sherman’s headquarters in Atlanta * The prison pen at Millen * Hardee’s headquarters * Sherman’s headquarters * Thomas’s headquarters * Schofield’s headquarters * Wood’s headquarters * Armstrong gun * Hot metal shell * Greek fire shell * Fire-ball * Hardee’s headquarters in Charleston * Breech of the Blakely Gun * Interior of Fort Sumter * Land and sea fronts of Fort Fisher * Mound battery * Sally-port in 1866 * Secession gun * Interior of Fort Fisher * Railway bridge over the Catawba River * Redoubt and ditch at Mobile * Battery Gladden * Union prison at Cahawba * Fort Tyler * Fort Darling * Rifle batteries in Fort Darling * Interior of Fort Steadman * Signal tower * Signaling * Place of Johnston’s surrender to Sherman * Davis’s prison, Fortress Monroe * The Richmond “Bridge of Sighs”

Portraits of Officers (Union and Confederate) : (Please Note: As some of the engraved plates appear to be missing from this set, I cannot guarantee that all portraits of the following named officers are present. This list was compiled for another edition of this work that I sold last October). Union Generals: Brigadier-General George W. Cullum, Brig-Gen Lorenzo Thomas, Gen Samuel P Heintzleman, Brig-Gen Montgomery C Meigs, Major-Gen E V Sumner, Brig-Gen John G Barnard, Maj-Gen H W Halleck * Winfield Scott in 1865 * Jefferson Davis, President, Confederate States of America * The Union Generals: Major-General Robert C Schenck, Brig-Gen John W Geary, Brig-Gen August Willich, Brig-Gen Absalom Baird, Brig-Gen A J Slemmer, Brig-Gen James B Ricketts, Brig-Gen William B Hazen, Brig-Gen Charles Griffin, Maj-Gen Abner Doubleday, Brig-Gen William F Barry, Brig-Gen P J Osterhaus, Maj-Gen Robert H Milroy * Benjamin F Butler * The Union Generals: Brig-Gen John Gibbon, Maj-Gen Oliver O Howard, Maj-Gen Andrew A Humphreys, Maj-Gen Darius N Couch, Maj-Gen George G. Meade, Maj-Gen Daniel E Sickles, Maj-Gen John Sedgwick, Maj-Gen Winfield S Hancock, Brig-Gen Thomas F Meagher * Colonel Marshall Lefferts * Captain Simon Bolivar Buckner * Gen Daniel M Frost * Gen William S Harney * Gen Sterling Price * Capt Nathaniel Lyon * Brig-Gen Theodore Runyon * Gen George B McClellan * Col. Benjamin F Kelley * Union Generals: Maj-Gen John A McClernand * Maj-Gen Stephen A Hurlbut, Maj-Gen James B McPherson, Lieut-Gen Ulysses S Grant, Maj-Gen Don Carlos Buell, Maj-Gen W T Sherman, Maj-Gen Lew Wallace * Col J Bankhead Magruder * Gen Ebenezer W Peirce * Lieut. John Trout Greble * Col Lewis Wallace * Thomas J Stonewall Jackson * Brig-Gen Robert C Schenck * Capt James Harman Ward * Gen T A Morris * Benjamin F Cheatham * Maj-Gen Leonidas Polk * Gen Gabriel J Raines * Col Franz Sigel * Col John R Kenly * Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy * Brig-Gen Irvin McDowell * Brig-Gen Daniel Tyler * Joseph E Johnston * Col Michael Corcoran * Wade Hampton * Brig-Gen M Jeff Thompson * Maj-General John C Fremont * Gen Felix K Zollicoffer * Humphrey Marshall * Gen David Hunter * Gen William Nelson * Joseph J Reynolds * Gen Henry W Benham * Col. Robert H Milroy * Commodore Silas H Stringham * Capt J S Hollins * Capt S F Dupont * Gen T F Drayton * Capt Stephen Elliott Jr * Gen R S Ripley * Col E D Baker * Brig-Gen E O C Ord * Captain Charles Wilkes * The Union Generals: Brevet Lieut-Gen Winfield Scott, Maj-Gen George B McClellan, Maj-Gen John E Wool, Maj-Gen Irvin McDowell, Maj-Gen Joseph Hooker, Maj-Gen John Pope, Maj-Gen Ambrose E Burnside * Flag Officer Louis M Goldsborough * Commander Stephen C Rowan * Maj-Gen Benjamin Huger * Gen John G Foster * W F Lynch * Gen Henry Wager Halleck * Gen Henry H Sibley * Gen Albert Sidney Johnston * Gen Thomas C Hindman in 1858 * Flag Off Andrew H Foote * Gen Bushrod R Johnston * Gen Schuyler Hamilton * Gen Samuel R Curtis * Gen Earl Van Dorn * Alexander Asboth * Gen James S Negley * Gen Ormsby M Mitchel * Gen Braxton Bragg * Gen W J Hardee * B M Prentiss * Col Charles Ellet Jr * Gen Quincy A Gillmore * The Union Generals: Maj-Gen Isaac I Stevens, Brig-Gen William H Lytle, Maj-Gen John Fulton Reynolds, Maj-Gen Jesse L Reno, Brig-Gen Nathaniel Lyon, Maj-Gen J K F Mansfield, Maj-Gen Philip Kearney, Brig-Gen George W Taylor, Brig-Gen George C Strong, Grig Gen George D Bayard, Maj-Gen Hiram G Berry * Edwin M Stanton, Secretary of War * Commander David D Porter * Capt Theodorus Bailey * Comm. Charles Boggs * Gen Mansfield Lovell * Gen George F Shepley * Gen Montgomery C Meigs * Gen George Stoneman * Capt Franklin Buchanan * John Ericsson * Capt John L Worden * Gen Frederick W Lander * Gen Nathaniel P Banks * James Shields * Gen Edwin V Sumner * Gen Richard S Ewell * Gen A Elzy * Gen Fitz-John Porter * Gen Silas Casey * Gen Henry M Naglee * Gen J E B Stuart * A P Hill * Daniel Butterfield * Erasmus D Keyes * Samuel D Sturgis * Gen Samuel W Crawford * William B Franklin * Alfred Pleasanton * Gen Joseph K Mansfield * Winfield S Hancock * Union Generals: Maj-Gen George Sykes, Maj-Gen W T H Brooks, Maj-Gen E D Keyes,l Maj-Gen G K Warren, Maj-Gen Alfred Pleasonton, Maj-Gen D B Birney, Maj-Gen John Buford, Maj-GenSilas Casey, Maj-Gen George Stoneman * John H Morgan * Gen E Kirby Smith * Gen Lovell H Rousseau * Gen Joseph Wheeler * Gen William S Rosecrans * David G Farragut * Gen James G Blunt * Gen Francis J Herron * Capt John Newland Maffit * Capt Raphael Semmes * Gen Richard Taylor * Gen C C Augur * Benjamin H Grierson * John C Pemberton * Gen Frank K Gardner * Col H Lieb * A Confederate general * John S Mosby or Moseby * George Sykes * General David D Birney * Darius N Crouch * Daniel Sickles * George Pickett * David McM. Gregg * James Longstreet * Hugh Judson Kilpatrick * Gouverneur Kemble Warren * Gen W W Averill * Gen Samuel Jones * Gen A McDowell McCook * Thomas L Crittenden * George H Thomas * John W Geary * The Union Generals: Brig-Gen Alexander Hayes, Brig-Gen E B Tyler, Maj-Gen Philip H Sheridan, Maj-Gen John G Foster, Maj-Gen John A Dix, Brig-Gen Michael Corcoran, Maj-Gen Daniel Butterfield, Brig-Gen Quincy Gillmore, Maj-Gen David Hunter, Maj-Gen John A Logan, Maj-Gen Frederick Steele, Maj-Gen A J Smith * James B McPherson * Gen Nathaniel Bedford Forrest * Frederick Steele * Gen Edward S Canby * John Sedgwick * James S Wadsworth * Gen Jubal Early * Gen Philip H Sheridan * The Union Generals: Maj-Gen C C Augur, Maj-Gen Benjamin F Butler, Maj-Gen Cuvier Grover, Maj-Gen N P Banks, Brig-Gen B H Grierson, Maj-Gen William B Franklin, Maj-Gen Godfrey Weitzel * Horatio G Wright * Gen William T Sherman * Gen J B Hood * John A Logan * H W Slocum * Jefferson C Davis * Thomas J Wood * Capt John A Winslow * The Union Generals: Maj-Gen Lovell Rousseau, Maj-Gen Thomas E Crittenden, Brig-Gen John M Brannan, Brig-Gen George W Morgan, Maj-Gen William S Rosecrans, Brig-Gen Thomas J Wood, Maj-Gen George H Thomas, Maj-Gen A McDowell McCook * Lieut. William B Cushing * Gen W H C Whiting

Fighting Men (Union and Confederate): Member of Washington Light Infantry * Louisiana Zouave * Mississippi Rifleman * Rhode Island Marine Artillery * Member of Burnside’s Riflemen * Member of Sixth Massachusetts Regiment * Private of the Seventh Regiment * One of Wilson’s Zouaves * Ellsworth Zouave * New Jersey State Militia man * New York State militia man * Virginia Volunteer Infantry man * Duryee’s Zouaves * Member of Eleventh Indiana Regiment * Kentucky Rifleman * Member of First Pennsylvania Regiment * North Carolina Mounted Rifleman * Member of First Maryland Regiment * The Havelock * Marine Artillery man at Manassas * Tennessee sharp shooter * Member of Corcoran’s Sixty-Ninth New York * Member of Grayson Dare-devils * Member of Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry * Doherty’s Description * Member of Georgia Heavy Infantry * Member of Alabama Light Infantry * Member of Virginia Artillery – Rockingham Battery * Member of Black Horse Cavalry * Member of Cavalry of Hampton’s Legion * A Hawkins Zouave * One of Sibley’s Texas Rangers * Berge’s sharpshooter * Louisiana Native Guard * Member of Excelsior Brigade * Graves of the Eleventh Ohio Battery-men * Monument of Texas Martyrs * Monument erected by Hazen’s Brigade at Murfreesboro * John Clem, probably the youngest person to bear arms in the Civil War

Battle Sites: Big Bethel Battlefield * Remains of the redoubt at Hampton Bridge * Romney battleground * Bull’s Run battleground * Remains of Fort Jackson, at the Long Bridge * Burning of Hampton * Battlefield of the Seven Pines * Battlefield of Malvern Hills * Monument and Battleground near Groveton * Wise’s house, South Mountain battlefield * Battlefield on South Mountain * View of the Antietam Battlefield * Scene in Fredericksburg on the morning of the 12th * View on the Iuka battleground * Battle ground at Chickasaw Bayou * Battle ground near Jackson * Champion Hills Battle Ground * Place of Jackson’s attack on Howard * Scene of Cavalry battle at Hanover * The Missionaries’ or Missionary Ridge * Slope of Lookout Mountain * View of Lookout Mountain and Valley from Chattanooga * Pulpit Rock * The place where Sedgwick was killed * Spottsylvania Court House * View on Cool Arbor Battle-ground * Battlefield of Resaca * View on the Atlanta Battleground * Battleground near Jonesboro * Ruins of Georgia Military Institute, Marietta * View on the battleground at Franklin * Ruins on Montgomery Hill * Ruins of Charleston * Ruins of Confederate foundery * Ruins at the Landing Place, Selma

Naval: The Star of the West * Navy yard at Pensacola * The Sabine * The Lady Davis * Burning of the vessels at the Gosport Navy Yard * View of the Gosport Navy Yard after the fire * Temporary three-gun battery * The Savannah * Stevens’s iron-clad floating battery * Navy Department Seal * Naval Medal of Honor * Foote’s flotilla * The Carondelet * Sunken vessels in the Mississippi * Ellet’s stern wheel ram * A blockade runner * Obstructions in the Savannah River * Chevaux de frise * The Louisiana * Mortar vessels disguised * Neetmok * Ram Manassas attacking the Brooklyn * The Hartford * The Manassas * Interior of the Monitor’s turret * Battle between the Monitor and Merrimack in Hampton Roads * The Galena * Pirate ship Sumter * Confederate Naval Commission * The Alabama * The George Griswold * The Black Hawk * The Samson * A bow gun * The Indianola * The Chattanooga * The Planter * Keokuk on the ways * Floating machine shop * Middle ground battery * Torpedo * Piece of chain * Torpedo anchor * The New Era * The ram Albemarle * The new Ironsides and Monitor * The powder ship * Percussion torpedo

Hospital and Sanitary: The Cooper-shop Volunteer refreshment saloon and hospital in 1864 * The Union Volunteer refreshment saloon in 1861 * Philadelphia Firemen’s ambulance * A hand litter * Mules carrying wounded men * Confederate hospital at Monterey * Cabin of a hospital steamer on the Tennessee River * Hospital at Fair Oaks * Interior of a chapel of the Christian Commission * Jarvis Hospital * Seal of the Sanitary Commission

Maps and Plans: The Cotton “Kingdom” in the United States * Plan of Fort Moultrie in December 1860 * Plan of Fort Sumter in 1860 * Plan of Charleston Harbor and vicinity, January 1861 * Map of Pensacola Bay and vicinity * Map of Norfolk and vicinity * The department of Annapolis * Military position at Cairo * Map showing first defenses of Washington * March to Philippi * From Pig Point to Big Bethel * Battle at Big Bethel * Seat of war in Western Virginia * The field of operations at Manassas * Field of operations at Manassas, July 16-19 * Topography of the battlefield at Bull’s Run * Map illustrating the Battle of Bull’s Run * Map showing the defenses of Washington * Sigel’s Field of Operations * Plan of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek * Siege of Lexington * Field of operations against Belmont * Battle of Belmont * Region of military operations in western Virginia * Operations near Cape Hatteras * Fort Walker, Hilton Head * Plan of battle at Port Royal entrance * Plan of Fort Beauregard * Coast Islands, 1862 * Channels of Charleston Harbor * Map of the Battle of Ball’s Bluff * Attack on Roanoke Island * Map of the Battle of Mi1l Spring * Region of military movements in eastern Kentucky * Plan of the fortifications at Columbus * Plan of Fort Henry * Position of the gunboats in their attack on Fort Donelson * Plan of the siege of Fort Donelson * Map of the operations of Pope and Foote * Battlefield of Pea Ridge * Position of the National troops in the Battles of Shiloh * The siege of Corinth * Cumberland Gap and its dependencies * Operations near New Berne * Operations in Burnside’s department * Siege of Fort Pulaski * Attack on the Forts * Plan of Fort Jackson * New Orleans and its vicinity * Battle of Williamsburg * Operations in Upper Virginia * Battle of Seven Pines and Fair Oaks * Battle of Mechanicsville * Position of troops on Malvern Hills * Harper’s Ferry * Battle of Antietam * Battle of Fredericksburg * Appearance of army huts * Fortifications at Mumfordsville * Battle of Iuka * Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee and Northern Alabama * Battle of Corinth * Murfreesboro, position, Dec 31st * Murfreesboro, position, night of Dec 31st * Murfreesboro, position, Jan 2nd * The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou * Peninsula opposite Vicksburg * The Yazoo Region * Grierson’s Raid * Military operations around Vicksburg * Operations in Mississippi * The defenses of Port Hudson * Region of military operations from the 27th of April to the 6th of May, 1863 * Operations of Major General J.J. Peck Commanding at Suffolk, Virginia * Position of the Army of the Potomac, July 1 * Battles at Gettysburg, July 1, 2 and 3 * Operations in Northeastern Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland * Position of the armies at Mine Run, November 30 * The Battlefield of Chickamauga and its vicinity * Chattanooga and vicinity * Operations in Tennessee and Northern Alabama * Military operations in North Carolina * Siege of Charleston * Operations in Louisiana * Region of the Red River Expedition * Operations in Missouri and Arkansas * Fortifications around Richmond * Battle of the Wilderness * Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse * Confederate defenses between Hampton and Williamsburg * Operations in southeastern Virginia * Position on the North Anna * Battle of the Monocacy * Defenses of Richmond and Petersburg * Battle of Winchester * Operations at Fisher’s Hill and Cedar Creek * Operations in Tennessee, Georgia and Northern Alabama * Fortifications around Atlanta * Campaign from Dalton to Atlanta * The march from Atlanta to the sea * Battle of Franklin * Naval battle off Cherbourg * Entrance to Mobile Bay * Bombardment of Fort Fisher * Sherman’s march through the Carolinas * Fortifications around Mobile * Defenses of Mobile on the eastern shore * Selma and its defenses * Retreat of the Confederate forces from Richmond and Petersburg

Portraits: Caleb Cushing * Washington Hunt * George Ashmun * W.G. Brownlow * William L Yancey * John Caldwell Calhoun * Henry A Wise * Howell Cobb * Jacob Thompson * Edmund Ruffin * A G Magrath * Robert Toombs * Alexander H Stephens * Oseph E Brown * Lucius Q C Lamar * John C Breckinridge * James Buchanan * Lawrence M Keitt * Lewis Kass * Thomas L Klingman * Alfred Iverson * Louis T Wigfall * John Jay Crittenden * Charles G Memminger * Robert Barnwell Rhett * Robert Anderson * Samuel Cooper * Peter Hart * Mrs. Anderson * John B Floyd * Joseph Holt * James L Orr * Francis W Pickens * David L Yulee * Adam J Slemmer * John A Dix * Samuel Houston * John Letcher * R M T Hunter * Thomas H Hicks * Isham G Harris * Bergiah Magoffin * Dorothea L Dix * Clairborne F Jackson * Israel Washburne Jr * John A Andrew * William Sprague * Edwin D Morgan * Andrew G Curtin * William Dennison Jr * Austin Blair * Richard Yates * Alexander W Randall * Samuel J Kirkwood * Alexander Ramsay * William H Seward * Andrew Johnson * Clement C Clay Jr * John Slidell * Judah P Benjamin * John Tyler * Beverdy Johnson * John H Reagan * Benjamin McCulloch * George P Kane * Isaac W Hayne * * John Forsyth * David E Twiggs * Isaac Toucey * Martin J Crawford * Gustavus Vasa Fox * Milledge L Bonham * James Simons * P G T Beauregard * Le Roy Pope Walker * Simon Cameron * Gideon J Pillow * S R Mallory * James M Mason * Hiram Paulding * William A Buckingham * Cassius M Clay * Luther C Ladd, a young mechanic of Lowell * John Ellis Wool * Stephen A Douglas * Albert Pike * John Ross * Francis H Pierpont * Theodore Winthrop * Robert Patterson * Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States * Salmon P Chase, Secretary of the Treasury * Charles Francis Adams * William L Dayton * Henry Wilson * John H Winder * Barbara Freitchie * James Louis Pettigru * John Bright * Lord Lyons * Count Mercier * James A Seddon * Clement L Vallandigham * John A Dahlgren * Robert Ould * Henry W Bellows * Vincent Colyer

Government: The Senate Chamber in 1860 * Seal of the State Department * Hall of the House of Representatives * Signatures of the Committee on Secession Ordinance * Seal of South Carolina * Banner of the South Carolina Convention * Signatures of the Committee on Address to the Slave Labor States * South Carolina Medal * Banner of South Carolina * Residence of the “Commissioners” * Signatures of the South Carolina Commissioners * North front of the White House, from Pennsylvania Avenue * Facsimile of a part of Slidell’s letter * The Dix Medal * The “White House” at Montgomery * Street view in Montgomery in 1861 – The State House * The East Room * Government bakeries at the Capitol * Room in which the Convention met at Wheeling * Seal of West Virginia * Seal of the War Department * Davis’s residence in Richmond * Seal of the Treasury Department * The Senate Chamber at Montgomery * Confederate “State Department” Seal * Confederate Flag

Miscellaneous: President’s Chair * Palmetto Flag * Secession Cockade * The Palmetto * Street Flagstaff * David F Jamison * William Porcher Miles * The Pelican Flag * “Northern” Flag, “Southern” Flag, Reunited Flag * The Conspirators’ Flag * Confederate postage stamp * Costumes worn at the Inauguration Ball * Gold box presented to Anderson * Anderson’s sword * Fort Sumter medal – third and fourth class * Union envelope * Secession rosette and badge * Woodcut from a Memphis newspaper * The Pickens Medal * North Carolina flag * Costume of a rebellious woman * The private mail bag * Winan’s steam gun * Railway battery * Douglas lying in state * Bowie knife and sheath * Greble’s Monument * South Carolina Flag * Weapons of the insurgents * Confederate treasury note * Kearney decoration * Proposed Confederate States seal * Banner of the United States Colored Troops * Jefferson Davis Medal * Bullet-severed oak * An ancient coach in ruins * Last slave chain in Maryland * The Butler Medal * Capitulation Table * The Grant Medal * Medal from the French Democrats * Prison Association Seal * Bloodhound * Fremont’s sword * Cannon captured at Beaufort * Halleck’s sword * Our hostess at Shiloh * Our lodging place on the field of Shiloh * Newspaper boat at Fredericksburg * Exodus of slaves * Facsimile of Lincoln’s handwritten draft of Emancipation Proclamation * Lincoln’s pen * Slave lash

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