Civil War Treasures from the New-York
Historical Society
Related Resources
In American
Memory
Other Collections Illustrating
the Civil War
- Civil War Maps
- The Civil War Map collection of the Geography and Map Division
consists of reconnaissance, sketch, coastal, and theater-of-war maps which
depict troop activities and fortifications during the Civil War. Part of
this selection contains maps by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss, a topographical
engineer in the Confederate Army. Hotchkiss made detailed battle maps that
were used by Generals Lee and Jackson. A birds-eye map of Point
Lookout shows another view of the prison depicted in the Point
Lookout Sketches.
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Selected Civil War Photographs
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The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection contains 1,118 photographs.
Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady, and include
scenes of
military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects.
The collection also
includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a
selection of enlisted men. Some of the photographs from the studio were
published as stereographs and are included in Civil War Treasures
from the New-York Historical Society.
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"We'll Sing to Abe Our Song!":
Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War from the
Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
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More than two hundred sheet-music compositions that represent Lincoln and
the war as reflected in popular music form this collection. The
collection spans the years from Lincoln's presidential campaign in 1859
through the centenary of his birth in 1909. This music was compiled by
Alfred Whital Stern (1881-1960), who is considered the greatest private
collector of materials relating to the life and times of Abraham
Lincoln.
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