Equipment; Steel, High strength; Steel, Heat resistent; United States--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage
E. Moliter, noted Civil War lithographer, drew this image of the hook used by Sherman's Army on the March to the Sea (1864) and Campaign of the Carolina's (1865), for twisting and destroying railroad iron. Many of Moliter's illustrations were drawn...
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 William Thomas Clark (1831-1905), a soldier and politician who served as a brigadier general in the Union army during the United States Civil War. After the war he moved to Texas where he helped organize the first national bank, and...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Robert Cumming Schenck (1809-1890), who was commissioned Brigadier General of Volunteers in the Union Army of the United States Civil War. He was promoted to major general in 1862. Postwar he was elected to the 38th Congress and served...
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...
East Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky during the flood of 1884. A dog stands in road on dry ground, and people row canoes in background. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "View looking east on Broadway, flood of February 1884. Chas. D....
City & town life; Street railroads; Railroads; Buildings; Pedestrians; People
Busy city street lined with buildings . The building on the front right corner is a five-story light-colored structure. The street is crowded with pedestrians, carriages, and streetcars. Text on bottom: Entered according to Act of Congress in the...
Train on the center tracks in a row of four sets of railroad tracks beneath a metal railroad sign that crosses the tracks. In the background the tracks curve around a tree-covered mountain. There are trees to the left below a drop-off. Two people...
Cities & towns; Government facilities; Buildings; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
View from across the street, at an angle, of the U.S. Capitol Building and extension. Streetcars cross in front. Text on left: Stereoscopic Views. Text on right: Of Washington City. Descriptive information on back of card: The U.S. Capitol. The...
Liberty Bell. The crack faces the viewer. Text printed on verso reads, "This famous relic was first cast in London 1752. It bore the motto: 'Proclaim Liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.' It was afterward recast in...
