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Washington, D.C.

120. The U.S. Capitol under Construction - 1860

121. Fort Massachusetts (renamed Ft. Stevens in 1863) - 1861

122. General View of 96th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during Drill at Camp Northumberland

123. Barricades on Duke Street, Erected to Protect the Orange and Alexandria Railroad from Confederate Cavalry - Alexandria, VA, 1861

124. Slave Pen of Price, Birch, & Company - Alexandria, VA, August 1863

125. East Front of Arlington Mansion (General Lee's Home) - June 28, 1864

126. Grand Review of Union Troops, Looking down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol - May 23-24, 1865 (drawn 1881)

127. General View of the City from the South toward the Treasury Building and the White House

128. Smithsonian Institution Building in a Field of Daisies

206. Two Wiard Guns at the Arsenal, General Daniel E. Sickles Standing on the Left - Washington, D.C., 1862

344. Quarters of General Alfred Pleasonton, and "Government Horse Shoeing Shop" at Left, 21st St. near F NW - Washington, D.C., April 1865

394. Georgetown Ferry Boat carrying Wagons, and Aqueduct Bridge beyond, from Rocks on Mason's Island - Washington, D.C.

402. Spectators at Side of the Capitol, which is Hung with Crepe and has Flag at Half-Mast - Washington, D.C., May 1865

404. Ex-Confederate Iron Clad Ram Stonewall at Anchor, U.S. Capitol in the Background - Washington, D.C., June 1865

405. General Charles Thomas, Assistant Quartermaster General - Washington, D.C., 1865

With Benjamin C. Card and George D. Wise, Division Chiefs, and other Staff on Steps of Quartermaster General's Office, Corcoran's Building, 17th St. and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

496. Guards at Ferry Landing on Mason's Island Examining a Pass - Washington, D.C.

531. Drum Corps of 10th Veteran Reserve Corps at Leisure - Washington, D.C., June 1865

752. Park of Wiard Guns at the Arsenal, H.L. Stuart against Tree - Washington, D.C., 1862

765. Maimed Soldiers and Others before Office of U.S. Christian Commission - Washington, D.C., April 1865

585. Adjusting the Rope for the Execution of Wirz - Washington, D.C., November 10, 1865

586. Hooded Body of Captain Wirz Hanging from the Scaffold - Washington, D.C., November 10, 1865

709. The Old Capitol Prison, 1st and A Streets NE - Washington, D.C.

791. Reading the Death Warrant to Wirz on the Scaffold - Washington, D.C., November 10, 1865

200. Lewis Payne, the Conspirator who Attacked Secretary Seward - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

201. Execution of the Four Persons Condemned as Conspirators (Mary E. Surratt, Lewis T. Powell, David E. Herold, and George A. Atzerodt), July 7,1865

202. Box in Ford's Theater where Lincoln was Assassinated - 1865

203. Bridge Across the "Eastern Branch" to Anacostia used by John Wilkes Booth and David Herold to Escape - Washington, D.C.

233. Samuel Arnold, a Conspirator - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

224. General John F. Hartranft and Staff (responsible for securing the conspirators at the Arsenal) - Washington, D.C.

Left to right: Capt. R.A. Watts, Lt. Col. George W. Frederick, Lt. Col. William H.H. McCall, Lt. D.H. Geissinger, Gen. Hartranft, Asst. Surg. George L. Porter, Col. L.A. Dodd, Capt. Christian Rath

260. The Four Condemned Conspirators (Mrs. Surratt, Payne, Herold, Atzerodt), with Officers and Others on the Scaffold - Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865

257. Coffins and Open Graves ready for the Conspirators Bodies at Right of Scaffold - Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865

258. Hanging Bodies of the Conspirators - Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865

259. Hanging Hooded Bodies of the Four Conspirators with the Crowd Departing - Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865

528. President Lincoln's Funeral Procession on Pennsylvania Avenue (View 1) - Washington, D.C., April 19, 1865

529. President Lincoln's Funeral Procession on Pennsylvania Avenue (View 2) - Washington, D.C., April 19, 1865

593. David E. Herold, a Conspirator - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

632. Rocking Chair used by President Lincoln in Ford's Theater - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

633. Ford's Theater with Guards Posted at Entrance and Crepe Draped from Windows - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

634. Edward Spangler, a Conspirator - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

635. George A. Atzerodt, a Conspirator - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

636. Michael O'Laughlin, a Conspirator - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865