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Civil War Image Gallery by Janus Images(28 images)
Vintage photos and illustrations of the American Civil War, 1861-1865. Commanders, politicians, spies, women at war, soldiers, sailors, Army, Navy, Union and Confederate.
  • Dramatic battle scene of Union Army soldiers charging past dead and wounded comrades with tattered battle flag flying, swords and rifles at the ready. Civil War Harper's Weekly, 1864 The Campaign in Virginia "On to Richmond" by famous illustrator Thomas Nast.  Vintage illustration, 1864 By photographer David Doody
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  • Union Army General "Little Mac" George B. McClellan on horseback. Harper's Weekly newspaper  Cover January 25, 1862. He later ran as the Democratic candidate for president in 1864 against Republican President Lincoln's second term.  He was popular in the early days of the Civil War, but was relieved of his command when he failed to act aggressively in the Peninsula Campaign, losing any chance to end the war in 1862 or 1863. By photographer David Doody
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  • Abe Lincoln political cartoon with a black man on his shoulders as he balances walking a tight rope. Just prior to election to his first term in  1860. The illustration is of a clean shaven Lincoln.  politics/government  August 1860 Harper's Weekly. By photographer David Doody
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  • Civil War, Editorial Cartoon: "Lincoln a little longer" and advertisements  Illustration from Harper's Weekly November 26, 1864  Page 768 By photographer David Doody
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  • Civil War: Making guns at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Harper's Weekly, August 23, 1862  Arms industry in the Union (North) By photographer David Doody
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  • Guarding the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads at Fort Monroe, Virginia. The "Lincoln Gun," a 15-inch Rodman Columbiad during the Civil War. Union Coastal Artillery By photographer David Doody
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  • Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841 - 1898), a Canadian-born woman who is known for serving with the Union Army during the American Civil War as both a nurse and a spy (first disguised as a man, "Frank Thompson"). Her account of various Civil War exploits was published in 1865 "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army". Vintage Illustration: Civil War By photographer David Doody
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  • Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841 - 1898), a Canadian-born woman who is best known for serving with the Union Army during the American Civil War as both a nurse and a spy (first disguised as a man, "Frank Thompson"). Her account of various Civil War exploits was published in 1865 "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army" She is seen on horseback dodging a bullet fired by a southern woman in Virginia, whom she captured subsequently. Vintage Illustration: Civil War, women in war.... By photographer David Doody
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  • Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841 - 1898), a Canadian-born woman who is known for serving with the Union Army during the American Civil War as both a nurse and a spy (first disguised as a man, "Frank Thompson". Her account of various Civil War exploits was published in 1865 "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army". She is shown here "disguised as a contraband" (black slave from rebel territory) man working on rebel fortifications at Yorktown Virginia. By photographer David Doody
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  • Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841 - 1898), a Canadian-born woman who is best known for serving with the Union Army during the American Civil War as both a nurse and a spy (first disguised as a man, "Frank Thompson"). Her account of various Civil War exploits was published in 1865 "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army" She is comforting a dying Union soldier who she discovers is really a woman. Vintage Illustration: Civil War; Women at war; Espionage....Vintage Illustration: Civil War .... By photographer David Doody
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  • Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841 - 1898), a Canadian-born woman who is best known for serving with the Union Army during the American Civil War as both a nurse and a spy (first disguised as a man, "Frank Thompson"). Her account of various Civil War exploits was published in 1865 "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army" Here she is disguised as "Bridgett" making food for a badly wounded rebel while finding her way back to union lines. Vintage Illustration: Civil War; Women at war; Espionage....Vintage Illustration: Civil War .... By photographer David Doody
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  • Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841 - 1898), a Canadian-born woman who is best known for serving with the Union Army during the American Civil War as both a nurse and a spy (first disguised as a man, "Frank Thompson"). Her account of various Civil War exploits was published in 1865 "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army"  Here she is shown disguised as a black servant in a Rebel camp. Vintage Illustration: Civil War; Women at war; Espionage....Vintage Illustration: Civil War .... By photographer David Doody
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  • Rebel(Confederate) iron-clad fleet on the James River, Virginia Harper's Weekly, Saturday February 11, 1865 By photographer David Doody
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  • An interesting view of Pre Civil War events in Virginia with slave owners supposedly arming their loyal slaves to resist John Brown's invaders. The effects of John Brown's Invasion of the South to spark a slave rebellion by seizing the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (present day West Virginia ), just before the start of the Civil War. Harper's Weekly November 19, 1859 Illustrations by Porte Crayon (David Hunter Strother) By photographer David Doody
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  • Pre Civil War Virginia. The effects of John Brown's Invasion of the South to spark a slave rebellion by seizing the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (present day West Virginia ), just before the start of the Civil War. Harper's Weekly November 12, 1859 Illustrations by Porte Crayon (David Hunter Strother) By photographer David Doody
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  • The trial of radical slavery abolitionist John Brown and co-conspirators at Charlestown, Virginia (now West Virginia) Pre Civil War Virginia. The effects of John Brown's Invasion of the South to spark a slave rebellion by seizing the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (present day West Virginia ), just before the start of the Civil War. Cover of Harper's Weekly November 12, 1859 Illustrations by Porte Crayon (David Hunter Strother) By photographer David Doody
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  • The trial of John Brown at Charlestown, Virginia (now West Virginia) Pre Civil War Virginia. The effects of John Brown's Invasion of the South to spark a slave rebellion by seizing the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (present day West Virginia ), just before the start of the Civil War. Harper's Weekly November 12, 1859 Illustrations by Porte Crayon (David Hunter Strother) By photographer David Doody
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  • Trial of the Lincoln conspirators including Booth; President Lincoln's Assassination. Harper's Weekly, Saturday June 3, 1865 By photographer David Doody
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  • Harper's Ferry on the Potomac River, scene of the late Insurrection by John Brown Pre Civil War Virginia.  John Brown's Invasion of the South tried to spark a slave rebellion by seizing the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (present day West Virginia ), just before the start of the Civil War. Harper's Weekly November 12, 1859 Illustrations by Porte Crayon (David Hunter Strother) By photographer David Doody
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  • Civil War General (future President) U.S. Grant  Illustration from Harper's Weekly May 28, 1864  "We have now ended the Sixth Day of very hard fighting. I propose to Fight it out on this Line if it takes all Summer" referring to fighting along the Po River during the Wilderness Campain in Virginia By photographer David Doody
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  • Civil War: Federal troops at Hampton, Virginia after it was burned. Harper's Weekley April 19, 1862 By photographer David Doody
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  • Civil War : Destruction in Richmond and Petersburg, Union forces occupy the capitol of the Confederacy. Harper's Weekly April 22, 1865 page 253 By photographer David Doody
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  • Civil War : Destruction in Richmond and Petersburg, Union forces occupy the capitol of the Confederacy. Libey Prison and Castle Thunder Prison where Union Prisoners of War (POWs) were held in Richmond. Virginia Harper's Weekly April 22, 1865 By photographer David Doody
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  • Harper's Weekly, April 22 1865  Union troops enter a burning Richmond, Virginia at the end of the Civil War By photographer David Doody
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  • Civil War: the Union Army entering  Petersburg, Virginia (near Richmond) One of the Final battles of the war, just before Lee's surrender at Appomattox. By photographer David Doody
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