Civil War

Title: Thomas Carney
Description: Photograph of Republican Thomas Carney from Leavenworth, Kansas, who served as second Governor of Kansas from 1863 to 1865.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1860-1896

Title: General Nathaniel Lyon
Description: Illustration of General Nathaniel Lyon by Joseph Edward Baker.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1861

Title: Preston Brooks attacks Charles Sumner
Description: A lithograph cartoon depicting Preston Brooks' attack on Charles Sumner in the U.S. Senate chamber.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1856

Title: Riley Street, Easton, Kansas
Description: The main street in Easton, Leavenworth County, Kansas, circa early 1900's.
Object Type: Image
Date: n.d.

Title: Soldiers, Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Description: This portrait, taken ca. 1861-1865, depicts fifteen members of the Sixth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company B. The photograph was taken in Pleasanton, Linn County, Kansas. On the back of the photograph is a list of the soldiers' names and hometowns.
Object Type: Image

Title: James Henry Lane, United States Senator from Kansas
Description: Portrait of James Henry Lane, Republican Senator from Lawrence.
Object Type: Image

Title: Consolidated 6th and 7th Arkansas Regiments Battle Flag
Description: "Hardee" Corps battle flag of the consolidated 6th and 7th Arkansas regiments under the command of Confederate General William J. Hardee.
Object Type: Image

Title: Washington, District of Columbia. Execution of the Conspirators: View of the Scaffold
Description: Photograph of the conspirators Surratt, Powell, Herold, and Atzerodt before their hanging on July 7, 1865.
Object Type: Image
Date: July 7, 1865

Title: Henry Miller
Description: This carte de visite depicts Henry Miller, who served in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
Object Type: Image

Title: Florella Brown Adair
Description: Florella Brown Adair was the wife of Samuel Lyle Adair and the half-sister of abolitionist, John Brown. She settled near Osawatomie, Kansas Territory, with her husband, who was a Congregational minister. She and her husband were free state supporters. The identification on the photograph indicates it is an enlargement of a small photograph taken in 1862.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1862

Title: D.R. Porter
Description: This carte de visite depicts D.R. Porter, who served as Assistant Surgeon in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
Object Type: Image

Title: Pleasant Hill, Missouri
Description: This bird's eye view of Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri was created by A. Ruger in 1869.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1869

Title: Nathaniel Lyon
Description: Illustration of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon before his final charge at the battle of Wilson's Creek. Originally published in Harper's Weekly on August 31, 1861, this illustration's caption states: "General Lyon at the Battle of Springfield." Although Harper's Weekly describes this as the Battle of Springfield, this conflict has come to be known as the Battle of Wilson's Creek. The next skirmish in the area, Zagonyi's Charge, occured near Springfield, Missouri on October 25, 1861.
Object Type: Image
Date: August 31, 1861

Title: Battle of the Wilderness--Desperate Fight on the Orange C.H. Plank Road, Near Todd's Tavern, May 6th, 1864
Description: Kurz & Allison lithograph of the Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5-7, 1864.
Object Type: Image

Title: Fort Union
Description: A drawing made at the close of the war depicting the Quartermaster's Department, Fort Union, and the Coates House Hotel foundation. These structures were located on the southeast corner of 10th and Broadway in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
Object Type: Image

Title: Battle of Wilson's Creek
Description: This sketch, originally published in Harper's Weekly on August 31, 1861, depicts the Union retreat at the end of the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861, after Nathaniel Lyon's death and after Sigel's horses had been killed. The caption states: "General Siegel forcing his prisoners [Confederate and Native American] to draw off his cannon at the Battle of Springfield." Although Harper's Weekly describes this as the Battle of Springfield, this conflict has come to be known as the Battle of Wilson's Creek. The next skirmish in the area, Zagonyi's Charge, occured near Springfield, Missouri on October 25, 1861.
Object Type: Image
Date: August 31, 1861

Title: Charles L. Wall
Description: This sepia carte de visite depicts Charles L. Wall, 1st Lieut. of Company H, Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
Object Type: Image

Title: John Brown, 1800-1859, Memorial Frame
Description: Memorial portrait of Abolitionist John Brown. Frame includes the words, "The Just man shall be in eternal remembrance -- Gave his life for the liberation of the slave."
Object Type: Image

Title: Battle of Pea Ridge
Description: Currier & Ives lithograph depicting the Battle of Pea Ridge, circa 1862.
Object Type: Image

Title: Olin E. Morse
Description: This carte de visite depicts Capt. Olin E. Morse, who served in Company D, Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
Object Type: Image

Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict, 1854-1865

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