Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Horatio Gouverneur Wright (1820-1899), an engineer and major general in the Union Army during the United States Civil War. After the war, he was involved in a number of engineering projects, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of John Newton (1823-1895), a career engineer officer in the United States Army, a Union brigadier general in the United States Civil War, and Chief of the Corps of Engineers.
Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Barge sliding off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes this is "U.S. Quarterboat no. 1," presumably one of four quarterboats built in 1894...
Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Barge sliding off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes this is "quarterboat number 2," presumably one of four quarterboats built in 1894...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of George Webb Morell (1815-1883), a civil engineer, lawyer, farmer, and a Union general in the United States Civil War. At the start of the war he was appointed colonel and then promoted to brigadier general. His support of his corps...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of John Gross Barnard (1815-1882), a Union brigadier general and career engineering officer in the United States Civil War. He became Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac, 1861 to 1862, Chief Engineer of the Department of Washington...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Union Army Major General George G. Meade (1815-1872), a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in coastal construction, including several lighthouses. He is best known for defeating Confederate General Robert E....
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Henry Washington Benham (1813-1884), a Union general in the United States Civil War. He was appointed engineer of the Department of the Ohio in 1861 and later that same year he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers.
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Orlando M. Poe, a United States Army officer (brevet brigadier general) and engineer in the United States Civil War. After helping General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea, he was responsible for much of the early lighthouse...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Major General George B. McClellan (1826-1885), who organized the Army of the Potomac and served briefly as the general-in-chief of the Union Army in the United States Civil War. He utilized his experience as chief engineer and vice...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Joseph King Fenno Mansfield (1803-1862), a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union major general in the United States Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam.
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of John Gross Barnard (1815-1882), a Union brigadier general and career engineering officer in the United States Civil War. He became Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac, 1861 to 1862, Chief Engineer of the Department of Washington...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Rufus King (1814-1876), a newspaper editor, educator, U.S. diplomat, and a Union brigadier general in the United States Civil War. He was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as Minister to the Papal States in 1861. While on his way...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of William Farrar Smith (1824-1903), also known as "Baldy," a civil engineer, a member of the New York City police commission, and Union general in the United States Civil War. He was appointed a brigadier general after helping...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862), the first governor of Washington Territory, a United States Congressman, and a major general in the Union Army during the United States Civil War until his death at the Battle of Chantilly.
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Quincy Adams Gilmore (1825-188), a civil engineer, author, and brigadier general (brevet major general) in the Union Army during the United States Civil War. He supervised the construction of Fort Clay in Lexington, Kentucky.
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Confederate; Generals--Confederate States of America; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Gustavus Woodson Smith (1822-1896), a career United States Army officer, a civil engineer, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the United States Civil War. His home state of Kentucky was a border state and he...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Confederate; Generals--Confederate States of America; Generals; Military officers
Portrait of Gustavus Woodson Smith (1822-1896), a career United States Army officer, a civil engineer, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the United States Civil War. His home state of Kentucky was a border state and he...
