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November 1863–April 14, 1865
"Sanitary Fair Grand March"
Edward Mack (1826–1882). “The Sanitary Fair Grand March.” Philadelphia, 1864. Music Division, Library of Congress (153.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0153]
Drum-Taps
Walt Whitman (1819–1892). List of synonyms and notes for “Ashes of Heroes” [first published as “Hymn of Dead Soldiers”]. Holograph notes. Feinberg-Whitman Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (148.00.00, 148.00.01)
[Digital ID# cw0148p1, cw0148]
Walt Whitman. Drum-Taps (first issue). New York, 1865. Walt Whitman Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (149.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0149, cw0149p1]
Sheridan's Command
Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), photographer. Sheridan and His Generals [pictured from left to right: Generals Wesley Merritt (1834–1910); Philip Henry Sheridan (1831–1888); George Crook (1828–1890); James W. Forsyth (1835[?]–1906); and George A. Custer (1839–1876) around a table examining a document, January 2, 1865. Albumen silver print, printed later by Moses P. Rice. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (160.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-24021]
New Roles for Women
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Hospital Sketches. Boston: J. Redpath, 1863. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (150.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0150]
Burying the Dead
Montgomery C. Meigs (1816–1892). Diary entries, June 8–11, 1864. Montgomery C. Meigs Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (154.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0154, cw0154p1]
Destruction in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley
Richard W. Habersham (ca. 1844–?) to Harriett E. Habersham, November 12, 1864. Habersham Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (161.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0161, cw0161p1]
The Campaign of 1864
Unattributed. [Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters]. Quarter-plate ambrotype, between 1863 and 1865. Liljenquist Family Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (163.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-36454]
Mathew B. Brady (ca. 1823–1896), photographer. For President Abraham Lincoln—For Vice President Andrew Johnson. Tintypes with metal casing, 1864. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (164.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-19442, LC-DIG-ppmsca-19443]
Unattributed. [Gen. George McClellan campaign button for 1864 presidential election], 1864. Tintype with metal casing. Promised gift of the Liljenquist family, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (165.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-32109]
The Destruction of Atlanta
George N. Barnard (1819–1902), photographer. City of Atlanta, No. 2, 1866. Albumen silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (167.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-33069]
Voting in the Field
William Waud (d. 1878). Pennsylvania Soldiers Voting, Army of the James, [October 1864]. Pencil, Chinese white and black ink wash on paper. Published in Harper’s Weekly, October 29, 1864. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (162.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-21710]
Children and the War
Campaign in Virginia, 1864. Painted lead figures. Marian S. Carson Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (170.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0170b]
Charles R. Rees, photographer. [Unidentified young boy holding a photograph of a soldier], between 1861 and 1865. Sixth-plate ambrotype. Promised gift of the Liljenquist family, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (169.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-32461]
Dixie Education
Washington Baird (d. 1868). The Confederate Spelling Book. Macon, Georgia: Burke, Boykin & Company, 1864. Rare Book and Special Collection Division, Library of Congress (171.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0171]
LeRoy Wiley Gresham
LeRoy Wiley Gresham (1847–1865). Diary entries, November 16–November 20, 1864. Lewis H. Machen Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (173.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0173, cw0173p1, cw0173p2, cw0173p3]
Leroy Wiley Gresham. Sixth-plate hand-colored ambrotype, ca. 1856. Lewis H. Machen Family Papers, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (172.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-33535]
Women's Work
Mary Ann Bickerdyke (1817–1901) to James Bickerdyke, August 23, 1864. Mary Ann Bickerdyke Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (168.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0168, cw0168p1]
The Atlanta Campaign
William Kossak and John B. Muller. Military Map Showing the Marches of the United States Forces under Command of Maj. Genl. W. T. Sherman . . . During the Years 1863, 1864, 1865. Sherman Map Collection, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (166.00.00)
[Digital ID# g3866s-cw0072000]
"Sherman's March to the Sea"
Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers III (1838–1933). “Sherman’s March to the Sea.” Manuscript poem. Music Division, Library of Congress (175.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0175, cw0175p1]
J. O. Rockwell, music. “Sherman’s March to the Sea.” Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1882. Music Division, Library of Congress (174.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0174]
Savannah Falls
David Homer Bates (1843–1926). November 1863–June 1865 diary, entries for December 19–27, 1864. Alfred Whital Stern Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (177.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0177, cw0177p1, cw0177p2]
Unattributed. The Original Four Operators of the United States Military Telegraph Corps (standing: Samuel M. Brown (d. 1877); front row, left to right: David Strouse (1838–1861), David Homer Bates, and Richard O’Brien (1839–1923), between 1861 and 1866. Quarter-plate ambrotype. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (176.00.00)
[Digital ID # LC-DIG-ppmsca-34371]
The Thirteenth Amendment: Forever Free
Thirty-eighth Congress of the United States. Ceremonial copy of the Thirteenth Amendment [signed by Abraham Lincoln and members of Congress], February 1, 1865. Abraham Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (180.00.00)
[Digital ID# at0100]
Healing Wounds, Rather than Causing Them
William T. Sherman (1820–1891) to Caroline Carson (1820–1892), January 20, 1865. James Louis Petigru Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (179.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0179, cw0179p1, cw0179p2]
Sherman's Special Order No. 15
William T. Sherman. Special Order No. 15, January 16, 1865. William T. Sherman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (178.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0178, cw0178p1]
A Supreme Court First
John S. Rock (1825–1866) to Mr. Jollife, December 13, 1864. William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (181.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0181]
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