Views of camps and battle scenes, with over 100 lithographs printed by the Philadelphia printer L.N. Rosenthal and New York firm Currier & Ives as well as a small number printed on textiles by Boston Chemical Printing Company.

The Battle of Antietam, Md. Sept. 17th 1862. [graphic] : This splendid victory was achieved by the "Army of Potomac," commanded by their great general Geo. B. McClellan over the rebel army under Lee Jackson and a host of others utterly routing and compell
Battlefield scene showing Union soldiers on horseback charging Confederate soldiers on foot. Includes a Confederate soldier downing a union soldier with a bayonet and the Confederates on retreat., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
The Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. fought on the 19th and 20th of September 1863. [graphic] : Genl Rosecrans having advanced the "Army of the Cumberland" into Northwestern Georgia, was attacked by the Rebel army in overwhelming numbers under Bragg, Longs
Shows flanks of Confederate and Union troops, surrounded by explosions, marching toward each other for battle. In the foreground, officers, on horseback, confront each other near a wounded officer and his downed horse while a soldier falls from the reigns of a supply wagon with a head wound., Originally part of a Civil War scrapbook of Civil War views, places, and events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
The Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3d. 1863. [graphic] : This terrific and bloody conflict between the gallant "Army of the Potomac," commanded by their great General George G. Meade, and the host of the rebel "Army of Virginia" under General Lee, was co
View showing the Union army firing cannons into a flank of Confederate soldiers during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. In the foreground, Confederates lay wounded, retreat, and scratch their heads in bewilderment. In the background, flanks of troops advance against each other., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
The Battle of Newbern, N.C., March 14th, 1862. Brilliant victory of the Union forces under Genl. A.E. Burnside and total rout of the rebel army, by the heroic volunteers of the North. [graphic].
View showing Burnside, on horseback, leading a flank of charging soldiers past a cluster of fallen and injured Confederate soldiers. In the far right background, several other troops charge into battle., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Bombardment & capture of the forts at Hatteras Inlet, N.C. By the U.S. fleet under Commander Stringham and the forces under Genl. Butler, Aug. 27th 1861. [graphic].
Shows a fleet of battleships, including the Minnesota, Wabash, Susquehanna, Pawnee, and Harriet-Lane firing upon the Confederate forts in the distant background. In the foreground, several rowboats of Union soldiers sail toward the shore where previously disembarked troops await. Includes the names of the battleships printed below the image., Accompanied by newspaper clipping of a map showing the "Position of the Union Troops and Squadron and the Rebel Forts Hatteras and Clark.", Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Trimmed.
The bombardment and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. Jany 11th 1863. [graphic] : By the gun-boats, commanded by Rear Admiral D.D. Porter, and the Union troops under Maj. Genl. McClernand; the number of prisoners taken was 7000 being more than
Shows five Union ironclads firing upon the Confederate fort. Flames rise from the barracks and throngs of Union soldiers disembark from a steamer and storm the grounds of the fort., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Bombardment of Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Geo. 10th & 11th of April 1862. [graphic] : After a bombardment of 30 hours, the fort surrendered unconditionally to the U.S.forces, under the immediate command of Genl. Q.A. Gillmore. 360 prisoners, 17 canon,
View showing smoke billowing from the fort under siege by shell bursts. Also shows cannons firing from inside the fort., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor. 12th & 13th of April 1861. [graphic].
View of the opening engagement of the Civil War showing Confederate soldiers at Fort Moultrie, under the command of General P.G.T. Beauregard, manning and firing cannons at Fort Sumter in the background. Also shows the Confederate battery, Cummings Point, under a cloud of smoke from Union fire. Includes the names of the battery and forts printed below the image. Union forces under the command of Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort on April 13, 1861., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War material., Trimmed.
The capture of Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 2d. 1864 by the Union Army, under Major Genl. Sherman. [graphic] : On the 30th August, the Union Army, by the masterly strategy of Genl. Sherman, made a rapid flank movement, cutting the rail road south of the city;
View showing several Union troops entering Atlanta. Military officers on horseback salute, lead a cannon, and direct the troops. Also shows an infantry man nursing his ankle in the foreground and the ammunitions store on fire in the middle of the city in the background., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Destruction of the rebel monster "Merrimac" off Craney Island May 11th, 1862 [graphic].
Shows the ironclad, officially named Virginia, exploding after being set on fire by the Confederate Navy to avoid capture by Union forces following the evacuation of Norfolk, Virginia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas"--by the United States gunboat "Essex," on the Mississippi River, near Baton Rouge, August 4th, 1862. [graphic].
View showing the Essex firing upon the Confederate gunboat grounded on the riverbank in the foreground. Flames engulf the Arkansas near a crowd of fleeing people. Also includes the names of the ships printed below the image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
The gallant charge of the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment [graphic] : On the rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island near Charleston, July 18th 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw.
Commemorative print depicting the African American regiment's heralded battle at Fort Wagner at the moment of the death of their white commander, Robert Gould Shaw. Shaw, his hand on his chest from the fatal gunshot, falls back on top of the parapet. His color-bearer holding the American flag inscribed, "54th Mass." continues to charge. Gory hand-to-hand battle and bayonet fighting proceeds around them. Soldiers fall to their death. The battle at Fort Wagner fomented Union support of African American regiments and immortalized Shaw as a martyr for the cause., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress i the year 1863, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York., LCP exhibition catalogue: Negro History, p. 50., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Gallant charge of the "Sixty Ninth" on the rebel batteries at the Battle of Bull-run Va., July 21st, 1861. [graphic]
View showing the 69th New York state Irish militia regiment, under the command of Michael Corcoran, charging the battery with bayonets. Includes a shirtless soldier on the advance; several fallen soldiers in the foreground; and the "Prince of Wales" flag on display., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Trimmed.
Gallant charge of United States Cavalry. Gallant charge of Lieutenant Tompkins of the Second Cavalry, at Fairfax Court House, Va., on the morning of June 1, 1861. [graphic].
View of one of the first cavalry campaigns of the war showing the troop, swords raised, charging past a Confederate under the aim of two Union soldiers in front of his confiscated cannon. Also includes fallen Confederate soldiers, including one being trampled, laying in the foreground., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
General Stoneman's great cavalry raid, May 1863. [graphic] : Through the heart of Virginia, spending ten days in the rebel territory; _ Crossing the Rappahannock on the 28th of April and returning to head-quarters May 8th after throughly [sic] destroying
View showing flanks of General George Stoneman's troops leveling a band of Confederate soldiers in the foregroun2d. The Confederates retreat, are struck down, and lay bloodied. Many of the Union troops charge with their swords raised., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
The great battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn. _ Jany. 2nd 1863. Between the Union forces, under Genl. Rosecrans, and the rebel army under General Bragg. [graphic] : This was one of the greatest battles of the war commencing on the 31st December 1862 and after t
Battlefield scene showing Union and Confederate soldiers in hand-to-hand combat in the foreground. In the background, a Union officer on horseback, leads a flank of soldiers into the battle. Also shows an infantryman holding an American while in battle over a fallen soldier., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
The great fight at Charleston, S.C., April 7th, 1863 [graphic] : Between 9 United States "Iron-Clads," under the command of Admiral Dupont; and Forts Sumter, Moultrie, and the Cummings Point Batteries in possession of the rebels.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War materials., View showing the Union iron-clads, including the New Ironsides, ablaze and under heavy fire from the batteries at the harbor. Includes the names of the forts and "New Ironsides" printed below the image. Also includes several lines of text below the image describing the bravery of the vessels sustaining 300 rounds of fire for two hours before the order to retreat "on account of obstructions in the harbor."
Illustrated description of the Battle of Gettysburg. By Holtzworth. [graphic] / Peck.
Illustrated description of the Battle of Gettysburg. By Holtzworth. [graphic] / Peck.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Theatrical poster for the illustrated lecture by Civil War veteran and battlefield guide, William David Holtzworth, who toured throughout the United States decribing the Battle of Gettysburg. Contains a montage of scenes of military life including preparations for battle, wagon train caravans, drills, charges, removal of the dead, reconnaissance, and a soldier reading a letter from home by the campfire. Also contains an inset of a portrait of Holtzworth.
Interior of Fort Sumter during the bombardment, April 12th 1861. [graphic]
Shows Major Robert Anderson, Union commander of the fort, overseeing his soldiers manning cannons during the first battle of the Civil War. The men gather cannon balls, hold sponge-rammers at the ready, and fire the cannons. The fort fell to Confederates following 33 hours of bombardment on April 13th, 1861., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War material.
The Lexington of 1861. The Massachusetts Volunteers fighting their way through the streets of Baltimore on their march to the defence [sic] of the National Capitol April 19, 1861. Hurrah for the glorious 6th... [Baltimore] [graphic].
View showing Southern sympathizers attacking Massachusetts militiamen with rocks, bricks, clubs, and guns. In the foreground, a soldier and citizen lay dead while debris flies from the fighting in the background. The attack of the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia regiment during their transit to the B&O rail station was the first bloodshed of the Civil War., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Trimmed.
The old flag again waves over Sumter Raised by Capt. Bragg of Gen. Gillmore's Staff on the 18th February 1865. [graphic].
Shows Capt. Henry M. Bragg on the verge of planting the American flag into the war-ravaged pupit of Fort Sumter, repossessed by the Union as a result of General William T. Sherman's successful campaign through South Carolina. General Quincy A. Gilmore, head of the Department of the South, and a fellow soldier witness the moment as Charleston burns in the background., Copyrighted by Kimmel & Forster., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War materials.
The old flag again waves over Sumter raised by Capt. Bragg of Gen. Gillmore's staff on the 18th February 1865. [graphic] / F. Fuchs.
Shows Capt. Henry M. Bragg on the verge of planting the American flag into the war-ravaged pupit of Fort Sumter, repossessed by the Union as a result of General William T. Sherman's successful campaign through South Carolina. General Quincy A. Gilmore, head of the Department of the South, and a fellow soldier witness the moment as Charleston burns in the background., Originally part of a collection of Civil War ephemera., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Sheridan's cavalry at the Battle of Fisher's Hill. (Shenandoah Valley.) [graphic].
Shows Colonel Philip Henry Sheridan on horse-back pointing a gun at one of a small number of Confederate soldiers confronting him and his troops on a hill pass. Includes an officer of Sheridan firing upon a Confederate soldier threatening to shoot the colonel. Sheridan's decisive victory at Fisher's Hill lead to Union control of the Shenandoah Valley., Originally part of a Civil War scrapbook of Civil War views, places, and events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
The siege of Charleston. Bombardment of Fort Sumter, and batteries Wagner and Gregg by the Union batteries on Morris Island, under command of General Gilmore._ August 1863. [graphic].
Shows Union soldiers at the island encampment firing several lines of cannons at the forts and batteries in the distance. Other soldiers man a barricade behind the cannons. Also shows a steamer and submarines firing from the harbor. Includes the names of the forts printed below the image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War materials., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reaccessioned as P.9177.15.
Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns in Hampton Roads March 9 1862. In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "school" of rebel steamers [graphic].
Shows the smaller Union ironclad and larger Confederate ironclad, officially renamed Virginia, engaged in a cannon fight. In the background, several warships engaged in battle are visible., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Trimmed.
The Union iron clad Monitor "Montauk." Destroying the rebel steamship "Nashville," in the Ogeeche River, near Savannah Ga. _. Febry. 27, 1863. [graphic].
Shows the Union ironclad firing at the "Nashvile" as it bursts into flame from a previous artillery strike., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
The U.S. sloop of war "Kearsarge" 7 Guns, sinking the pirate "Alabama" 8 Guns off Cherbourg France, Sunday June 19th 1864. [graphic] : The "Alabama" was built in a British shipyard by British workmen with British oak, armed with British guns, manned with
View showing the U.S. gunboat firing upon the burning and sinking Confederate raider ship. Also shows lifeboats sailing between the vessels., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Victorious bombardment of Port Royal, S.C. Nov. 7th, 1861 by the United States fleet, under command of Commodore Dupont [graphic].
Battle scene showing a Union warship firing upon the Confederate fort, Fort Walker, amidst streams of smoke and shell bursts., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
The victory of Roanoke, Feby. 8th, 1862. The brilliant and decisive bayonet charge of New York 9th Hawkins Zouaves. [graphic].
Battlefield scene showing a troop of zouaves from the 9th New York Infantry Regiment charging a Confederate barricade during the battle at Roanoke Island. Fallen zouaves lay in the foreground., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.