Earliest Photographs of Wash., D.C. 1843-1866 *Incl. Lincoln's Inaugurations March 4, 1861 & 1865 [View all]

(14 mins). Photographs by Mathew Brady, Andrew J. Russell, Alexander Gardner and others.

Landmarks & Images: U.S. Capitol, White House, U.S. Patent Office, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Treasury Building, Washington Monument, James Buchanan Inauguration, 1857, Lincoln's Inauguration March 4, 1861, U.S. Troops Defending the White House and the U.S. Capitol during the Civil War, Patent Office, General Post Office, U.S. Botanical Gardens, Lincoln's 2nd Inauguration March 4, 1865, Lincoln's Funeral April 19, 1865, Penn. Ave., Ford's Theater, execution of Capt. Henry Wirz, commander of Fort Sumter prison camp near Andersonville, Ga. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz



- Mathew Brady, 1861 returned from the Battle of Bull Run, photographer.



- Alexander Gardner, 1856 self portrait, photographer.



- Andrew J. Russell, photographer.

- Photographers of the American Civil War, more.. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Photographers_of_the_American_Civil_War