Vintage Images: Civil War (164 images)
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Dramatic battle scene of Union Army soldiers...
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Harper's Ferry on the Potomac River, scene of...
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An interesting view of Pre Civil War events in...
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An interesting view of Pre Civil War events in...
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Pre Civil War Virginia. The effects of John...
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The trial of radical slavery abolitionist John...
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The trial of John Brown at Charlestown,...
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Abe Lincoln after election to his first term in...
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Civil War: Rebel officers driving black slaves...
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Abe Lincoln after election to his first term as...
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Civil War: Rebel officers driving black slaves...
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Civil War: Aerial perspective view from...
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Vintage Illustration: Battle of Williamsburg,...
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Civil War: Federal troops at Hampton, Virginia...
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Civil War: Making guns at Pittsburgh...
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Civil War: James River, Va. Deck and turret of...
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Civil War gunboat "Hunchback on the James...
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Civil War: Double turreted Monitor Onondaga, on...
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Charleston Harbor, S.C. Deck and officers of...
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Guarding the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and...
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Civil War on the James River, Virginia. U.S.S....
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![Civil War: Harper's Weekly May 31, 1862 Cover BALLOON VIEW OF THE ATTACK ON FORT DARLING, IN THE JAMES RIVER, BY COMMANDER ROGERS'S GUN-BOAT FLOTILLA, "GALENA," "MONITOR," ETC.--[SEE PAGE 343.] .THE BATTLE AT FORT DARLING...WE illustrate on page 337 the unequal conflict between our gun-boats Galena and Monitor and a powerful rebel fort called Fort Darling, on the banks of the James River, some seven miles from Richmond. It seems that our gun-boats Galena, Monitor, Aroostook, Port Royal, and Naugatuck advanced up the James River to within seven miles of Richmond, passing or silencing the batteries as they advanced. At Fort Darling they found the river obstructed with sunken vessels and stones, and were exposed to a heavy plunging fire from a fort situate on a bluff 200 feet high. The Naugatuck burst her gun--a 100-pounder Parrott--at the 7th fire. The wooden vessels sheered off, being incapable of standing the fire from the fort and the rifle-pits with which the river shores were lined. For four hours the Galena and Monitor fought the forts at great disadvantage. They were exposed to a plunging fire which they were not built to withstand; the deck of the Galena was perforated by almost every shot, and her loss in killed and wounded was heavy. Neither vessel could elevate her guns sufficiently to silence the batteries of Fort Darling. After four hours' fighting the squadron therefore withdrew...Commodore Goldsborough has since gone up the the river with his squadron and some mortar-boats, with which it is believed he will soon be able to take Fort Darling and clear the way to Richmond. .](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000sAn7cKMkyM0/t/150/I0000sAn7cKMkyM0.jpg)
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Civil War: Harper's Weekly May 31, 1862 Cover...
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General Wild's Colored troops liberating...
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Civil War General (future President) U.S. Grant...
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Union General William Tecumseh Sherman on...
Vintage photos and illustrations of the American Civil War, 1861-1865. Commanders, politicians, spies, women at war, soldiers, sailors, Army, Navy, Union and Confederate.
