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This collection of image galleries include various depictions of historic events, locations, soldiers and civilians during the Civil War era. Navigate to different gallery categories by clicking on the category menu options below. Click on the gallery images to view them on a larger scale with captions and credits.

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War Years

harpers-ferry

Harpers Ferry, Ball’s Bluff, and Events of 1861

Harpers Ferry
Campaigns of 1861
The Battle of Ball’s Bluff
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Wartime
antietam

Antietam, South Mountain, and the Maryland Campaign of 1862

Along the Potomac
Invasion of Maryland
Battle of South Mountain
Antietam, the “Bloodiest Single Day”
A Sea of Misery: The Aftermath of Battle
Lincoln’s Visit, October 1862
J.E.B Stuart’s October Raid
After Antietam
A colorized version of the Confederate attack on Union lines on July 3 (Alfred R. Waud, artist; Harper’s Weekly, August 8, 1863; NPS History Collection)

Gettysburg and the Campaign of 1863

Taking the War to the North
Corbit’s Charge
High Tide: The Battle of Gettysburg
“Harvest of Death”: The Aftermath of Battle
Pursuit to the Potomac
Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address
monocacy

Monocacy and the Race to Antietam

Early’s Raid and the Battle of Monocacy
The Burning of Chambersburg
Retreat into Virginia
Dinner at Camp Meredith (Harper's Weekly, July 6, 1861; NPS History Collection)

Camp Life, Amusements, and the Perils of War

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An amputation being performed after the Battle of Gettysburg (U.S. Army Military History Institute)

Hospitals

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Denton Hammond, 1st Maryland Cavalry, Co. D (U.S. Army Military History Institute)

Confederate

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Albert M. Hunter, 1st Maryland Cavalry, Potomac Home Brigade, Co. C (U.S. Army Military History Institute)

Union

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Mrs. Tynan and her two sons in Frederick, Maryland, c.1862 (Library of Congress)

Women and Children

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