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	"Peachtree Street with wagon traffic, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864"; Atlanta after Sherman: a bank is gutted but bar and billiard parlor remain intact "George Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign," c. 1866. U.S. National Archives, College Park, MD 20740-6001. ARC Identifier: 165-SC-46.
	"Sherman's hairpins," Georgia railroad tracks heated, then bent around trees Copyright holder unknown. In Joy Hakim, "War, Terrible War," Book Six of "A History of US," 1994, p. 127
	"The House-Tops in Charleston During the Bombardment of Sumter," women on rooftops watch the firing on Fort Sumter, 1861 Harper's Weekly, May 4, 1861. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZ62-16831.
	Ruins of the Charleston, SC, railroad depot after Sherman's attack, 1864-5, Union Army photo George Barnard photo. George Barnard, "Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign," 1866
	Winslow Homer, "Filling Cartridges at the U.S. Arsenal, Watertown, Mass.," 1861 Harper's Weekly, July 20, 1861, cover. Chicago Historical Society, Clark St at North Ave, Chicago, IL 60614-6071
	Women among the ruins of Richmond, VA, April 1865 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-cwpb-00434
	"Rebel Elkhorn Tavern on second day of Battle of Pea Ridge," AR, March 1862, painting Copyright holder unknown. In William L. Shea and Earl J. Hess, "Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaigns in the West," 2003, front cover
	Railroad bridge over Potomac Creek, built by US Army engineers in under forty hours, 1862 or 1863 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. Andrew J. Russell photo. LC-USZ62-51806
	A freed slave in a Union camp, 1863 [Bealton, Virginia?]. John Henry, servant, at headquarters, 3d Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. Timothy O'Sullivan photo. LC-DIG-cwpb-03756.
	Ruins of Fredericksburg, VA, 1863 Mathew Brady Studio photo. US National Archives, Still Picture Records LICON, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. ARC Identifier: 524550.
	"View of Richmond, Va., 1865," in ruins Mathew Brady Studio photo. Still Picture Records LICON, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. ARC Identifier: 524617.
	"Assistant Brady With the Army Before Petersburg," VA, 1864, Brady with hands in pockets. Detail. Mathew Brady photo. US National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408.
	New York draft riots, 1863. "Sacking a Drug Store in Second Avenue." Prices had risen more than 100% during the war, but wages rose less than 50%. Looting, burning, hanging; the police and militia were powerless. Nearly a thousand people were killed and the damage done to property was counted in millions of dollars. Harper’s Weekly, August 1, 1863. The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024. In John A. Kouwenhoven, Adventures of America 1857-1900, 1938, Plate #94. 8.10.6
	New York draft riots, 1863. "Hanging a Negro in Clarkson Street." A mob attacked the conscription office and violence spread. Soon a gin-soaked mob was burning buildings, hanging Negroes from lamp-posts, shooting and beating people to death and looting stores. Harper’s Weekly, August 1, 1863. The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024. In John A. Kouwenhoven, Adventures of America 1857-1900, 1938, Plate 94. 8.10.6
	"Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, 1861," n.d. Currier & Ives. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZC4-528. In Walton Rawls, A Great Book of Currier & Ives America, 1979, p. 303. 8.10.3, 8.10.6
	Inspection of Union troops at Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey, Va., 1862. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZ62-48782. In Beaumont Newhall, "The History of Photography," 1949, p. 88. 8.10.6
	A Rebel sharpshooter lies dead between rocks, at foot of Little Round Top (Devil's Den), Gettysburg, PA 1863. Alexander Gardner, "Photographic Sketchbook of the War," 1865-6. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZC4-1825. In Beaumont Newhall, "The History of Photography," 1949, p. 89. 8.10.6
	City Point, Richmond, Va., 1865. Soldiers stand by ammunition, cannon balls and cannons near the water's edge. US National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. In Beaumont Newhall, "The History of Photography," 1949, p. 86. 8.10.6
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_238 "Finishing Railroad Iron." General Sherman's Union soldiers destroying Confederate railroad, Atlanta, GA, 1864. George N. Barnard (1819-1902), photographer. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-stereo-1s01398.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_221 The Second Battle of Bull Run: Confederate Gens. Lee, Jackson and Longstreet defeat the Union soldiers under Gen. John Pope at Manassas, VA, on the old Bull Run battleground, 1862. Union battery firing canister at point-blank range. Alfred R. Waud drawing. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZ62-7017.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_223 "Battle of Antietam - Army of the Potomac: Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, comm., Sept. 17, 1862." Lithograph, c. 1888.. (Chicago: Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers.) Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZC4-1768.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_206 The beginning of the Civil War. Lincoln declares war. News headlines: "THE WAR,...Offensive War Measures of the Administration,...A WAR PROCLAMATION,...75,000 Men Ordered Out,...Preparations for the Defence of the National Capital,...The Great Free States Arming for the Conflict,...The Battle at Charleston,...Evacuation of Fort Sumter." The New York Herald, April 15, 1861. Our thanks to Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers for this information.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_209 "The first Battle of Bull Run, VA, Sunday afternoon, July 21, 1861, Retreat of the Federal Army..." J. Brown drawing, n.d. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-pga-00335.
	Crisis_of_the_1850s13 "Jefferson Davis, a former US senator from Mississippi, was inaugurated the first and only president of the Confederate States of America on Feb. 18, [1861] a month prior to Abraham Lincoln's inauguration in Washington, DC." Mississippi Department of Archives and History, PO Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205-0571.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_212 The Hornet's Nest, showing the tangle of troops, guns and wagons at Pittsburgh Landing as Grant's last-ditch line repulses the final Confederate assault; Battle of Shiloh, TN, 1862. Henri Lovie sketch. New York Public Library, Print Division, Fifth Ave & 42nd St, New York, NY 10018.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_247 Antietam Bridge, MD, Sept. 1862, after the battle. Federal soldiers and wagons are crossing the bridge. Alexander Gardner photo. US National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Rd, College Park, MD 20740-6001. 165-SB-19.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_225 Cartoon, Cotton bales: "Our best harbor defences - cotton bales...'Now come and take 'em as per invoice.'" 1862. Southern victory in the Civil War counted on British help, which was sparsely forthcoming. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 25, 1862, p. 1.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_205 Interior view of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, under the Confederate flag, April 14, 1861, detail. The first shot of the Civil War was fired here, a Confederate signal to attack. "Maj. Robert Anderson, U.S.A., with fewer than 90 garrison troops, endured a 34-hour bombardment, his response hampered by exposed parapet guns. He agreed to terms of surrender on April 13." - National Geographic. Photographer unknown. US National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Rd, College Park, MD 20740-6001. 121-BA-914A.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_215 "McClellan's army landing at Hampton....troops marching up hill including Zouave regiments...ships anchored in river background," VA, 1862. Alfred R. Waud drawing. Harper's Weekly, 1862. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZC4-5391.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_216 "Yorktown, VA. Battery No. 4 mounting 13-inch mortars....each weighing 20,000 pounds, 1862." Union Army. James F. Gibson photo. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-cwpb-01002.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_242 View on the U.S. military railroad in front of Petersburg, VA, 1864. William Waud drawing. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZ62-13996.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_233 Map: The Final Virginia Campaign, 1864-65. ASK Copyright © R. Jackson Wilson, et al., "The Pursuit of Liberty: A History of the American People," (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458) 1996, vol. 1, p. 529. All rights reserved.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_236 Confederate fortifications and chevaux-de-frise. View along the rebel line just east of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, with Potter house in the middle ground, Atlanta, GA, 1864. George N. Barnard photo, "Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign," c. 1866. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-stereo-1s01411.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_240 "Grant and Lee at Appomattox Court House," n.d. "On Palm Sunday, 1865 General R. E. Lee surrendered to Lt. General U. S. Grant, signaling the end of the Southern States' attempt to create a separate nation. The surrender set the stage for the emergence of an expanded and more powerful Federal government. In a sense the struggle between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists over how much power the central government would hold had finally been settled. The end of the war led directly to the adoption of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution – ending slavery, providing citizenship and male suffrage." - Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. Artist unknown. Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, National Park Service, Division of Interpretation, Hwy 24, PO Box 218, Appomattox, VA 24522.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_239 Union Gen. Sherman's men destroying Confederate railroad by heating rails in large portable oven, Atlanta, GA, 1864. George N. Barnard photo. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-cwpb-03392.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_211 Map: The War for the Mississippi, 1862-63. ASK Copyright © R. Jackson Wilson, et al., "The Pursuit of Liberty: A History of the American People," (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458) 1996, vol. 1, p. 533. All rights reserved.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_248 A group of Union soldiers near a stone church, Centreville, VA, 1862. Alexander Gardner photo. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-ppmsca-12523.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_235 Map: Union Gen. Sherman's March Through the Confederacy, 1864-65. ASK Copyright © R. Jackson Wilson, et al., "The Pursuit of Liberty: A History of the American People," (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458) 1996, vol. 1, p. 547. All rights reserved.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_241 "Surrender of Gen. Lee!...The Year of Jubilee has come! Let All the People Rejoice!" April 10, 1865. Broadside. Detroit Public Library, Burton Historical Collection, 5201 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_202 "The Union is Dissolved!...Charleston Mercury. Extra: Passed unanimously at 1:15 o'clock, p.m., December 20, 1860. An ordinance to dissolve the Union. . . ." Charleston, SC, broadside; the Southern proclamation of secession, 1860. Library of Congress Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Washington, DC 20540. Gift of Alfred Whital Stern, 1953 (43.13).
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_222 Map: The Battle of Antietam, 1862. ASK Copyright © R. Jackson Wilson, et al., "The Pursuit of Liberty: A History of the American People," (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458) 1996, vol. 1, p. 535. All rights reserved.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_237 Union General "Sherman's March to the Sea," c. 1868. Alexander Ritchie engraving after F.O.C. Darley. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-ppmsca-09326.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_245 "Ruin of Hood's Ammunition Train & Schofield Rolling Mill, near Atlanta, GA, Sept. 1864," during Union General Sherman's march through Georgia. George N. Barnard photograph. US National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Rd, College Park, MD 20740-6001. 111-B-4786.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_254 President Abraham Lincoln in his coffin, 1865. Illinois State Historical Library, 112 N Sixth St, Springfield, IL 62701-1507.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_232 "Pursuit of Lee's army. Scene on the road near Emmitsburg - marching through the rain," Union forces pursue Lee's after the Battle of Gettysburg. Edwin Forbes, oil painting, 1863. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZC4-1003.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_208 Map: First Battle of Bull Run, 1861, a Confederate victory. ASK Copyright © R. Jackson Wilson, et al., "The Pursuit of Liberty: A History of the American People," (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458) 1996, vol. 1, p. 532. All rights reserved.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_214 Map: The Peninsular Campaign and the Second Battle of Bull Run, 1862. ASK Copyright © R. Jackson Wilson, et al., "The Pursuit of Liberty: A History of the American People," (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458) 1996, vol. 1, p. 534. All rights reserved.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_229 "Draft Riots in New York - Exciting Scenes During the Reign of Terror," 1863. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Aug. 1, 1863.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_219 McClellan retreats from Richmond with 4300 wagons and ambulances, June 1862. In the foreground an officer prods lagging troops. The withdrawal was so fast that the army abandoned 2500 sick and wounded Union soldiers at their hospital at Savage Station to the pursuing Confederates. Contemporary lithograph. Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540. In Eds. of American Heritage, "The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War," (American Heritage Publishing Co., 416 Hungerford Dr, Ste 216, Rockville, MD 20850-4127) 1960, p. 160.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_224 "The Mud March," Union soldiers marching knee-deep in mud after losing the Battle of Fredericksburg, VA, Jan. 1863. President Lincoln removed General Burnside from command of the Army of the Potomac after this second failure. Painting attributed to Giovanni Ponticelli, oil on canvas, c.1863. Copyright holder unknown. Collection of Alexander McCook Craighead. Possibly Getty Images, 601 North 34th St, Seattle, WA 98103. Ref. No. 3090044.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_256 "Richmond, Virginia. Group of Negroes ('Freedmen') by canal," 1865. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-cwpb-00468.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_243 "Excavating for a 'Y' at Devereux Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad," VA, 1863. Andrew J. Russell photo. US National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Rd, College Park, MD 20740-6001. 111-B-4877.
	Civil_War_Box_1_of_249 "A Harvest of Death," July 1863. Dead Union soldiers lie on the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA. Timothy O'Sullivan photo, in "Incidents of the War." Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-B8184-7964-A.

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