Civil War photos
Photographs of the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865: portraits of soldiers and officers, camps, fortifications, battlefields and ruined cities, many from the studios of Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner.
Why they are free to use: These photographs were published in the 1860s, so their US copyright has long expired. Each photo's page shows its own licence basis and a credit line.
Soldiers and camps
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Life in Camp, 6th Corp Headquarters
c. 1864 · Wikimedia Commons
Group portrait of soldiers in front of a tent, possibly at Camp Cameron, Washington, D.C. / G.N. Barnard & C.O. Bostwick, photos
1861–1865 · Library of Congress
Camp of 153rd New York Infantry
c. 1861 · Wikimedia Commons
Camp Scene with Soldiers of the 22nd New York State Militia, Harper's Ferry, Virginia
1862 · Wikimedia Commons
Army picture gallery
1860–1865 · U.S. National Archives
Camp of 30th Pennsylvania Infantry
1861 · Wikimedia Commons
Co. B, U.S. Engineers in front of Petersburg, Va., August, 1864 Abstract: Photograph taken by Timothy O'Sullivan shows Sgt. Harlan Cobb seated on the ground, third from left, wearing a vest. Physical description:. Notes: Published in: Military Images, Vol
1864–1880 · Library of Congress
Camp of Confederate Prisoners at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, Captured with Johnson's Division, May 12, 1864
1864 · Wikimedia Commons
Battlefields
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Burial place, Fredericksburg, Va
1860–1865 · U.S. National Archives
Slaughter pen, foot of Round Top, Gettysburg
1863-07 · Library of Congress
Confederate Soldier on the Battlefield at Antietam
1862-09 · Wikimedia Commons
Timothy H. O'Sullivan - Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg
1863–1866 · Wikimedia Commons
View in the Field, On the West Side of the Hagerstown Road, After the Battle of Antietam, Maryland, September 1862
1862 · Wikimedia Commons
Burying the Dead on the Battlefield of Antietam, September 1862
1862 · Wikimedia Commons
Antietam Battlefield
1862 · Wikimedia Commons
Battle-field of Gettysburg--Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Little Round Top i.e., Devil's Den Physical description:; 6 5/8 x 9 in. (image), 11 x 14 in. (mount) Notes: Exhibited: "From Territory to State: Historic Nevada Treasures from Our Na
1863 · Library of Congress
Generals and officers
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Unidentified Union officer, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right / photographed by Brigham Bishop, photographer, Army of the Cumberland
1861 · Library of Congress
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1865-01-04 · Library of Congress
CharlesGriffin
1860–1870 · Library of Congress
Union Army Officer
1861 · Wikimedia Commons
Ambrose Burnside2
1860–1865 · Library of Congress
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1864 · Wikimedia Commons
Unidentified Union officer, bust portrait, facing front / E. & J. Bruening's Photograph Gallery, Indianapolis, Ind
1861 · Library of Congress
Photograph of General A.G. Edwards, ca. 1862
1862 · Wikimedia Commons
Cannons and fortifications
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Civil War-era cannons, Fort Stevens, NW, Washington, D.C Physical description:. Notes: Fort Stevens was part of the extensive fortifications built around the city during the American Civil War. Constructed in 1861 as "Fort Massachusetts" and later enlarged by
1861 · Library of Congress
Fortifications in front of Atlanta, Ga., 1864
1860–1865 · U.S. National Archives
Fortifications
1861 · Wikimedia Commons
Cache of Cannon. Brady album, p. 123
1861 · Wikimedia Commons
Land Battery of Naval Guns
1861 · Wikimedia Commons
Columbiad guns of the Confederate water battery at Warrington, Florida (entrance to Pensacola Bay)
1861-02 · U.S. National Archives
Cannon
1861 · Wikimedia Commons
Fort Stevens north of Washington, D.C., 1864
1864 · Library of Congress
Ruined cities
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Ruins in Carey Street, Richmond
1865 · Wikimedia Commons
Richmond, Virginia
1865 · Wikimedia Commons
Ruins near Canal Basin, Richmond
1865 · Wikimedia Commons
Richmond, Virginia, after Evacuation
1865 · Wikimedia Commons
Richmond after the Evacuation
1865 · Wikimedia Commons
Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia
1865 · Wikimedia Commons
Richmond, Virginia. Looking toward Manchester
c. 1865 · Wikimedia Commons
Ruins at end of Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge, Richmond
1861 · Wikimedia Commons
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