Custer Ready for His 3rd Charge at Sailor’s Creek, 1865, Illustration
About This Image At the Battle of Sailor’s Creek on April 9, 1865 cavalry led by George Custer attacked the Confederate 4th Corps under … Read more
Derringer Gun Used To Assassinate Lincoln, Photo
About This Image This is the Derringer gun that John Wilkes Booth used to shoot Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. The President was … Read more
First Ohio Zouave Regiment, Departure from Cincinnati, Illustration
About This Image Illustration, Departure of the First Zouave Regiment for Western Virginia Source and Copyright Medium Illustration Source Smithsonian Institution Copyright Public Domain … Read more
First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln, Painting
About This Image Oil on Canvas, First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln Source and Copyright Medium Oil on Canvas Source Copyright … Read more
Ford’s Theater as it was in 1865, Photo
About This Image John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865. Source and Copyright Creator Bell & Bros. … Read more
Ford’s Theater, Washington, D.C., Photo
About This Image On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes booth shot President Abraham Lincoln here, while the President and First Lady were watching a … Read more
Fort Sumter, April 14, 1865, Raising of the Old Flag, Photo
About This Image On April 14, 1865, four years after Fort Sumter was surrendered to Confederate forces, a flag-raising ceremony was held. During the … Read more
Fort Sumter, Painting
About This Image The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate troops led by P.G.T. Beuaregard opened fire on Fort Sumter … Read more
Gen. Alexander McCook and staff posed on a porch near Washington, D.C., Photo
About This Image Black and White Photograph, Gen. Alexander McCook and staff posed on porch near Washington, D.C. Source and Copyright Medium Black and … Read more
General Morgan the Raider, Illustration
About This Image This illustration depicts General John H. Morgan near the time of his death in 1864. Source and Copyright Medium Illustration Source … Read more