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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

637. Lewis Payne, a Conspirator - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

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

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

220. Gun crews of Company H, 3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery at Fort Lincoln - Defenses of Washington District of Columbia, 1865

248. Company F, 2nd New York Artillery at Fort C.F. Smith - Defense of Washington, Arlington VA, August 1865

249. Gun Crew of Company K, 2nd New York Artillery in Fort C.F. Smith - Defense of Washington, Arlington VA, August 1865

250. Interior View of Fort C.F. Smith, with Gun Crew of Company L, 2nd New York Artillery - Defense of Washington, Arlington VA, August 1865

251. Officers of Company F, 2nd New York Artillery at Fort C.F. Smith - Defense of Washington, Arlington VA, August 1865

252. Officers and Men of Company F, 3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery in Fort Stevens - Defense of Washington District of Columbia, August 1865

253. Officers of Companies A and B, 3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, before Quarters at Fort Totten - Defense of Washington District of Columbia, August 1865

263. Ambulance Wagons and Drivers at Harewood Hospital  - Washington, D.C., July 1863

597. Patients in Ward K of Armory Square Hospital - Washington, D.C., August 1865

599. Patients in Ward of Harewood Hospital, Mosquito Nets over Beds - Washington, D.C.

602. Convalescent Soldiers and Others outside Quarters of the Sanitary Commission Home Lodge - Washington, D.C., April 1865

727. Photograph of Capitol with Unfinished Dome - 1860

664. Band before Quarters at Camp Stoneman - District of Columbia, March 1865

A905. President Abraham Lincoln's Last Reception

A906. Crowd at Lincolnís 2nd Inauguration - 1865

A907. President Lincoln taking the Oath at his Second Inauguration - Washington, D.C., March 4, 1865

A908. President Lincoln's Second Inaugural - Washington, D.C.

A910. Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln, Another View - Washington, D.C., March 4, 1861

A1013. Tent life of the 31st Penn. Inf. (later, 82d Penn. Inf.) at Queen's farm near Fort Slocum - Washington, DC.