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Welcome to the Maryland Historical Society’s Collections Online Database. Browse through both Museum Department collections and the Special Collections Department of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library by subject or by medium. Here you will see paintings, photographs, manuscripts, decorative arts pieces, lithographs, and more.
With well over one million items housed at MdHS, this database contains merely a fraction of what can be found in the combined collections. Information contained in the records of the Collections Online Database is subject to change as a result of ongoing research.
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Portrait group--Military, Portrait group, American Civil War, 1861-1865, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.). Federal Hill
Unknown
Federal troops on Federal Hill, looking northwest, American Civil War. Glass negative by David Bachrach (1845-1921) or William Henry Weaver (1825-1913). Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 glass negatives, box 1.
Public use restricted to reproduction. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1862-1865
CC969
Baltimore (Md.). Federal Hill, Photographs, American Civil War, 1861-1865
Unknown
South side of the [Baltimore] harbor, American Civil War. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 glass negatives, box 1.
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ca. 1862-1865
CC987
American Civil War, 1861-1865, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.), Monuments, Sculpture.
Unknown
Union Soldiers and Sailors monument by A. A. Weiman, Baltimore, Maryland. Robert L. Harris Collection, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 glass negatives, box 4.
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1909
MC2901-5
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Rare book collection, Brown, John, 1800-1859., Books
De Witt, M. (publisher)
Interior of the engine-house [sic], just before the gate is broken down by the storming party - Colonel Washington and his associates as captives. Page 12B: Life, trial and execution of Captain John Brown, known as "old Brown of Ossawatomie", with full account of the attempted insurrection at Harper's Ferry. Including Cooke's confession, and all the incidents of the execution. Published by R. M. DeWitt, New York, ca. 1859.
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ca. 1859
E 451 .L72
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Rare book collection, Brown, John, 1800-1859., Books
De Witt, M. (publisher)
John Brown, from a photograph by Martin M. Lawrence. Page 12A, Life, trial and execution of Captain John Brown, known as "old Brown of Ossawatomie", with a full account of the attempted insurrection at Harper's Ferry. Including Cooke's confession, and all of the incidents of the execution. Published by R.M. DeWitt [ca. 1859], New York. Rare book.
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ca. 1859
E 451 .L72
Monuments, Bodine, A. Aubrey, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.), Wyman Park, American Civil War, 1861-1865
Bodine, A. Aubrey, 1906–1970.
Lee-Jackson Monument. Wyman Park, Baltimore. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine, 1948.
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1948
B179-1
Prints, American Civil War, 1861-1865; Lithographs, Hambleton Print Collection, Baltimore (Md.), Riots.
Virtue & Co. (publishers)
Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore. Published by Virtue & Co. Publishers, N.Y. F.O.C. (Felix Octavius Carr) Darley and F.F. Walker.
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1861
H254
Prints, American Civil War, 1861-1865; Lithographs, Hambleton Print Collection, Baltimore (Md.), Riots.
Currier & Ives (publishers)
The Lexington of 1861. Published by Currier & Ives.
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ca. 1861
H247
Prints, American Civil War, 1861-1865; Lithographs, Hambleton Print Collection, Baltimore (Md.), Riots.
First Blood. The Sixth Massachusetts Regiment fighting their way through Baltimore, April 19, 1861.
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ca. 1861
None [Medium Prints]
Portrait Male; Photographs--Cased object; American Civil War, 1861-1865; African American history
Unknown
James W. Sank. Sank enlisted into the Purnell Legion Infantry during the American Civil War. Sank served three years and returned to Baltimore as a letter carrier.
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ca. 1865
CSPH 338
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Photographs--Cased object; Portrait group--Military
Unknown
Gift of Mrs. Ethel Flannagan.
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ca. 1863
CSPH 337
Portrait male; Photographs--Cased object; Confederate States of America; American Civil War, 1861-1865
Unknown
Colonel Edward Dorsey. Cased photograph.
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ca. 1861-1865
CSPH 042
Portrait male; Photographs--Cased object; Confederate States of America; American Civil War, 1861-1865
Unknown
Colonel Edward Dorsey. Cased photograph.
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ca. 1861-1865
CSPH 042a
Prints, American Civil War, 1861-1865, Lithographs; Occupation--Military--Soldier, E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore (Md.), Lafayette Square (Baltimore, Md.), Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Baltimore (Md.) Lafayette Square, Military camps, Maryland. Militia, Barracks--Maryland--1860-1870., Military camps--Maryland
E. Sachse & Co.
La Fayette [sic] Barracks, Baltimore, Maryland. 151st Regiment New York Volunteers (with names). Lithograph by E. Sachse & Company, ca. 1862. Accession: 72642. Medium Prints Collection: Civil War, 1861-1865, Barracks and Quarters.
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ca. 1862
[Medium Print]
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Manuscripts; Virginia.
Gibbon, General John, 1827-1896.
Agreement of Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. Original document signed at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia on April 10, 1865.
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1865
MS1284
Newspapers and periodicals; American Civil War, 1861-1865
Harper & Brothers, Publisher
Medium Prints
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July 20, 1861
Z24.1351
Photograph; American Civil War, 1861-1865; Physician; Portrait male
Unknown
Dr. Thomas Hepburn Buckler (1812-1901). Physician during the American Civil War.
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Unknown
[PVF]
American Civil War; 1861-1865; Architecture--Military--Fort; Photograph
standing guard. Steamship in background left. Double-masted ship in background center. Photograph.
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ca. 1861
PP230A.046
American Civil War; 1861-1865; Photograph; Portrait group--Military
Unknown
Unidentified Fort Overlooking River. Not Dated. Two Union soldiers in foreground with third soldier on lookout hill. Six ships in background. Photograph.
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ca. 1861
PP230A.045
American Civil War; 1861-1865; Confederate States of America; Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers
Unknown
Colonel Harry Gilmor (1838-1883), ca. 1863. Mounted print.
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ca. 1863
PP159.20
