Resources

Originally compiled by Natalie Robinson, CWPS Intern

Sources of digitized Civil War photos

National/general photo archives

• The National Archives - Pension files containing photographs
• The National Archives - Military records containing photographs
• The National Archives - Brady Photographs
• The National Archives - Office of the Chief Signaling Officer
• US Army Heritage and Education Center - MOLLUS Collection
• The Library of Congress - Liljenquist Family Collection
• Digital Public Library of America - Try searches for "civil war photo", "civil war photograph", "civil war portrait", and "civil war unidentified".
• The American Civil War Museum - Photo Collection

State- and location-specific photo archives

• Alabama State Archives - Confederate Officers Photograph Albums
• Indiana State Library - Civil War Photographs
• Maine State Archives - Civil War Era Soldiers' Portraits
• Massachussetts Historical Society - Civil War Photographs
• The Yankee Volunteer - New Hampshire Civil War Portraits by Dave Morin and William Griffing
• New York State Military Museum - Civil War CDV Collection
• Southern Methodist University - Civil War Photographs
• Tennessee State Library and Archives - Civil War Photographs
• Men to Match the Mountains - Vermont Civil War Portraits by Francis Guber
• Vermont Historical Society - Civil War Officers Gallery
• Vermont in the Civil War - Virtual Museum Collections

Military records

• National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database
• Digitized Regimental Histories compiled by John Banks
• Dyer's Compendium on Perseus
• American Civil War Research Database (requires paid subscription)
• Fold3 (requires paid subscription)

Photographers

• Langdon's List of 19th & Early 20th Century Photographers
• The New York Public Library - Photographers' Identities Catlog

Research guides

• The Photo Sleuth's Digital Toolkit by Kurt Luther, Military Images
• Guide to Finding Civil War Photographs by Bob Zeller and Rick Walton, Center for Civil War Photography