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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]
"Home Sweet Home"
Henry R. Bishop (1786–1855), composer. “Home Sweet Home.” Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, ca. 1850s. Music Division, Library of Congress (136.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0136]
Spiritual Revivals
Diocesan Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Virginia. The Army and Navy Prayer Book. Richmond: Chas. H. Wynne, 1865. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (131.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0131]
Army Life Chronicled
Reverend A. M. Stewart (1814–1875). Camp March and Battle-field or Three Years and a Half with the Army of the Potomac. Philadelphia: Jas. B. Rogers, 1865. General Collections, Library of Congress (132.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0132]
Mail Call
Charles W. Reed (1841–1926) to Roxanna R. Reed, August 29, [1863]. Charles Wellington Reed Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (135.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0135, cw0135p1]
The Southern "Flag" Song Book
The Southern [Flag] Song Book, Containing All the New and Choice Southern Songs & Melodies, with the Popular Ballads, Comic and Sentimental. Vicksburg and Natchez: Mississippi: H. C. Clarke, ca. 1861. Music Division, Library of Congress (137.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0137]
"Books for the Campfires"
William Wells Brown (ca. 1814–1884). Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States. Boston: J. Redpath, 1864. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (138.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0138, cw0138p1]
Passing the Time in Camp
Gilbert Thompson (1839–1909). “My Journal 1861–65,” March–April, 1864 entries. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (140.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0140, cw0140p1, cw0140p2, cw0140p3, cw0140p4]
Grant: Loving Husband and Father
Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) to Julia D. Grant (1826–1902), June 7, 1864. Ulysses S. Grant Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (146.00.00, 146.00.01)
[Digital ID# cw0146p1, cw0146p2]
A Few Appropriate Remarks at Gettysburg
Benjamin Brown French (1800–1870). Diary entries, November 22–29, 1863. Benjamin B. French Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (130.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0130, cw0130p1, cw0130p2]
The Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln. “Nicolay Copy” of the Gettysburg Address, 1863. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (129.00.00)
[Digital ID# al0186p1, al0186p2]
Lincoln Finds a General
Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) to Edwin M. Stanton (1814–1869), May 11, 1864. Ulysses S. Grant Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (144.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0144]
Battle of the Wilderness
Alfred R. Waud (1828–1891). Genl. Wadsworth’s Division in Action in the Wilderness, near the Spot Where the General Was Killed, [May 5–7, 1864]. Pencil and Chinese white on paper. Published in Harper’s Weekly, June 4, 1864. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (142.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-20999]
Messenger of Death
M. Ritchie to Fitzhugh & Jenkins. Telegram announcing death of General James Wadsworth (1807–1864), May 9, 1864. James Wadsworth Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (143.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0143]
Petersburg
Christian Fleetwood (1840–1914). Diary entry, June 15–22, 1864. Christian A. Fleetwood Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (147.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0147, cw0147p1]
Ladies' Aid
Hospital Slippers for the Sick and Wounded Soldiers of the Union. Philadelphia, 1861. Printed broadside pattern. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (151.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0151]
Andersonville
T. J. S. Landis after Thomas O’Dea, Co. E. 16th Maine Inf. Vols. Andersonville Prison, Camp Sumter, Ga., As It appeared August 1st 1864, When It Contained 35,000 Prisoners of War. Lithograph. New York: Henry Seibert & Bro. Art Litho., ca. 1885. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (155.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-10762]
Samuel J. Gibson to Rachel A. Gibson, June 12, 1864, and diary entries of August 7–18, 1864. S. J. Gibson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (156.00.00, 157.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0156, cw0157]
Memento
Unattributed. [Unidentified girl and boy, probably siblings], between 1861 and 1865. Hand-colored tintype in carved bone ring. Liljenquist Family Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (214.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-27480]
Activist Union Women
Total Receipts of the Woman’s Central Relief Association. New York, 1863. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (152.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0152]
Prisoners of War
H. Junius, artist. Sketch included in letter from James W. Duke to his cousin, August 31, 1864. Charles Buford Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (159.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0159, cw0159p1]
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