This is a selection of photographs from the Photographic History Collection of people who served in or adjacent to the military during the American Civil War. Most of the portraits are those who served in the military and the government. This this selection includes an African American washerwoman, Mary Todd Lincoln, photographer Mathew Brady, John Wilkes Booth, and two caricature portraits to represent political ideas.

In the Learning Lab, see also the Seville Collection in which individual soldiers have biographical information and Civil War Albums to see the Gardner's Sketchbook of the War.

For additional images, search collections.si.edu.

Keywords: portrait, solider, washerwoman, carte-de-visite, CDV, flag, uniform, soldier, tintype, ambrotype, military, general, colonel, studio portrait, hand-colored, hand-coloring, nurse, African American women, Union Army, president, First Lady, political ideology, wartime