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December 1862–October 1863
Memoir of a Siege
Mary Ann Webster Loughborough (1836–1887). My Cave Life in Vicksburg. With Letters of Trial and Travel. By a Lady. New York: D. Appleton, 1864. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (110.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0110p4, cw0110, cw0110p1, cw0110p2]
Civilian Privations
Adalbert J. Volck (1828–1912). “Cave Life in Vicksburg” in V. Blada’s War Sketches. London [Baltimore]: 1864. Lithograph. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (109.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0109]
Vicksburg Daily Citizen
Vicksburg Daily Citizen, July 2, 1863. Vicksburg, Mississippi. Newspaper printed on wallpaper. Newspaper Section, Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (108.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0108, cw0108p1]
Pickett's Charge
Edwin Forbes (1839–1895). Pickett’s Charge from a Position on the Enemy’s Line Looking toward the Union Lines, Ziegler’s Grove on the Left, Clump of Trees on Right, between 1866 and 1870. Oil on canvas. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (103.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-22571]
Assault on Fort Wagner
Storming Fort Wagner. Chromolithograph. Chicago: Kurz & Allison Art Publishers, 1890. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (116.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-pga-01949]
A Member of the 54th Massachusetts
Lewis Henry Douglass (1840–1908) to Helen Amelia Loguen, July 20, 1863. Carter G. Woodson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (117.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0117, cw0117p1]
Recruitment for the Cavalry
Light Cavalry. Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1861. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (101.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0101]
Identity Regained
Unattributed. [Private David M. Thatcher of Company B, Berkeley Troop, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment], between 1861 and 1865. Sixth-plate, hand-colored ambrotype.
Promised gift of the Liljenquist family, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (100.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-32680]
Avoiding the Draft
“Certificate of Exemption on Account of Having Furnished a Substitute,” issued to Sylvanus Cadwallader (1825–1908), September 30, 1864. Sylvanus Cadwallader Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (112.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0112]
Frank Wilder, composer. “Wanted a Substitute.” Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., deposited for copyright 1863. Music Division, Library of Congress (111.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0111]
The Draft Riots
Unattributed. [Civil War induction officer with lottery box], ca. 1863. Sixth-plate tintype. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (113.00.00)
[Digital ID# ds-00292]
“The Mob in New York. Resistance to the Draft—Rioting and Bloodshed,” New York Times, July 14, 1863. Newspaper Section, Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (114.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0114]
Union and Emancipation for a Common Cause
Abraham Lincoln to James C. Conkling (1816–1899). Draft letter, August 26, 1863. Abraham Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (115.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0115]
Making Do With Less
Confederate Receipt Book. Richmond, Virginia: West & Johnston, 1863. Confederate States of America Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (091.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0091, cw0091p1]
Inflation in the Confederacy
Lancaster & Co. “Table of Prices in Confederate Currency of Gold and Greenbacks,” February 19, 1866. Manuscript document. Burton Norvell Harrison Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (093.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0093]
A Civil War within the Civil War
John M. Schofield (1831–1906). “Events in Missouri, 1863” journal, August 26, 1863, entry. John McAllister Schofield Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (119.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0119, cw0119p1]
Johnny Clem
James Fuller Queen (ca. 1820–1886), artist. John Clem: A Drummer Boy of 12 Years of Age Who Shot a Rebel Colonel upon the Battle Field of Chickamauga, Ga. September 20, 1863, between 1863 and 1869. Lithograph. Philadelphia: P. S. Duval & Son, ca. 1865. Marian S. Carson Collection, Prints and Photographs Division (121.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ds-00297]
Alfred R. Waud. Chickamauga, [September 18–20, 1863]. Chinese white and black ink wash on paper. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (120.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-21066]
Reality Becomes Legend
Richard W. Johnson (1827–1897) to Harry Johnson, January 27, 1864. Richard W. Johnson Correspondence, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (122.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0122]
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
Attributed to Royan M. Linn, photographer. [Seven unidentified officers and soldiers in Union uniforms and one officer identified as Major Charles S. Cotter of 1st Ohio Light Artillery Regiment, with telescope, at Point Lookout, Tennessee], ca. 1863. Half-plate, hand-colored tintype. Promised gift of the Liljenquist family, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (123.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-34275]
Ticket to Ride
Quartermaster’s Department, Confederate States of America. Train ticket from Macon, Georgia, to Richmond, Virginia, December 27, 1862. Confederate States of America Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (124.00.00, 124.00.01)
[Digital ID# cw0124, cw0124p1]
Isaac H. Bonsall. [Railroad Yard, Chattanoogna, Tenneessee], 1863 or 1864. Albumen silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (125.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-32286]
Battle of Chattanooga
G. H. Blakeslee. Sketch Map Showing Fortifications, Union/Confederate Picket Lines, Rifle Pits, ‘Rebel camp[s]’, Roads, Railroads, and Streams, 1863. Pen and ink manuscript map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (126.00.00)
[Digital ID# g3964c-cw0398200r]
November 1863–April 14, 1865
A View of Camp Life
Unattributed. [Petersburg, Virginia. Officers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry playing cards in front of tents]. Albumen silver print, August 1864. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (134.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-33068]
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