The Naval Brigade, Under Command of Lieutenant Crosby, conveying the Federal Troops over Hampton Creek on the Night of 8th of June, Previous to the Battle of Great Bethel. From a Sketch by our Special Artist Accompanying Gen. Butler’s Command. (Published in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, June 29, 1861.) The Battle of Big Bethel was [...]

The Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, the 12th and 13th of April, 1861—This Picture was taken by our Special Artist, shortly before the Surrender of Major Anderson, when the Officers’ Quarters were on Fire. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 27, 1861

United States Lighter Conveying Troops and Stores to the Steamer Baltic Lying at Collins’ Dock, Canal Street, New York Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 20, 1861

Carrying Away the Dead and Wounded after the Fight Between the Massachusetts Regiment and the People of Baltimore Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 30, 1861.

The Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Troops Firing into the People at the Kensington Depot, While Taking the Cars for Washington, D. C. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 30, 1861.

Capt John A. Dahlgren, Inventor of the Dahlgren Gun. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 20, 1861

The Dahlgren Boat Howitzer Gun.  Designed by Capt Dahlgren and now in General Use in the American Navy. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 20, 1861 Dahlgren boat howitzers (Wikipedia) During the Mexican–American War the U.S. found itself lacking in light guns that could be fired from ships’ boats and landed to be used as light [...]

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, March 30, 1862

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, March 30, 1861

The substantial reliance on slave labor in the construction of the Floating Battery, commented on by Fort Sumter’s Major Robert Anderson, is seen in this Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper drawing. The group effort at Marsh’s Shipyard proved productive. Construction was completed in a few weeks. (Naval History and Heritage Command) HistoryNet

I’ve come across some “new” images of the Charleston floating battery. Interior of the Hospital Attached to the Floating Battery in Charleston Harbor, S. C.—From a Sketch by Our Special Artist in Charleston Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, March 30, 1861 The hospital was a one-story wooden structure outfitted with ten beds and medical supplies to [...]

The War Movement—Exciting Scenes on Colin’s Dock, New York During the Shipping of Munitions of War, &c, on the Steamships Atlantic, Baltic, and Illinois (April 13, 1861)—Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,  April 20, 1861

The War Movement—Unloading of Adam’s Mammoth Express Wagon, Containing Munitions of War for the Ships Chartered by the Government at Collins’ Dock, Foot of Canal St., N. Y.—Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,  April 20, 1861  

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 30, 1861 Other images on the page are also in color. I haven’t found any information on how these and other images in the Fort Sumter NM/Charles Pinckney NHS Curatorial Storage Facility came to be colored.

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 30, 1861 purl.clemson.edu/94BC25783562B74D4F96CF3D4B9BB0BE Medium: illustrations (layout features) Item Location: Fort Sumter NM/Charles Pinckney NHS Curatorial Storage Facility, located at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site Box: Box 3 of 3 FOSU 19th c Illustrations Frank Leslie Harper’s Weekly London Times etc Drawer 1. Held By Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National [...]

[Note: This article is being published on the anniversary of the event described, 17 days earlier than the date the article was originally published.] Firing at the Schooner Shannon, Laden with Ice, From the Battery on Morris Island, S.C., April 3, 1861 [Note: images are from a hand-tinted off-print of the front page of the [...]

“Inauguration of Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy, at Montgomery, Ala., on Monday Feb 18, 1861. — From Sketch by our Special Artist;” (Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, March 23, 1861)  

Title: The Steamship Marion on the way to New York, with a parting salute from Fort Sumter, South Carolina, 1861 From Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Medium illustrations (layout features) Item Location Fort Sumter NM/Charles Pinckney NHS Curatorial Storage Facility, located at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site Box: Box 2 of 3 Fosu 19th-c Illustrations Frank [...]

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, January 5, 1861 Fort Moultrie Evacuated—The Guns Spiked—The Gun-Carriages Burnt—Captain Foster left in Charge with a few Men—Colonel Anderson in Possession of Fort Sumpter. Spiking the Guns in Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S. C., Previous to the Evacuation of the Fort by Col. Anderson and the U. S. Troops On Thursday, at [...]

“Cutting Down the U.S. Flagstaff, Under the Direction of Major Anderson, At For Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, S.C. on Christmas Night, 1860”1,2,3 This is an artist’s imagined rendering of an actual event. Fort Moultrie 1809-19304 (An) imagined scene, this one representing the “Cutting down [of] the U.S. flagstaff, under the direction of Major Anderson at Fort [...]

“Evacuation of Fort Moultrie by Major Anderson and the United States Troops on Christmas Night, 1860 —The Troops Conveying Powder and other Stores in Sloops to Fort Sumpter”1,2,3 This is an artist’s imagined rendering of an actual event. William Waud’s imagined scene of the evacuation4 Imagined scene of the evacuation of Fort Moultrie by Anderson’s [...]

View of the Ramparts of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, S. C from a Photograph by _____ Luce, Esq.1,2,3 Wood engraving of Moultrie’s rampart and the nearby harbor-beacon. Although originally published in the January 5, 1861 issue of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper in New York City — by which date Fort Moultrie had already undergone significant [...]

Exterior View of Fort Moultrie, On Sullivan’s Island, in the Harbor of Charleston, S.C. as it Appeared Previous to the Evacuation.—from a Photograph by __Luce, Esq.1,2,3 This is an artist’s imagined rendering of an actual event. Fort Moultrie 1809-19304 Wood engraving of Moultrie’s southern rampart, barracks, and inner parade-ground as seen from atop the nearby [...]

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, December 22, 1860 The First Law Office Rented in 1837 By Abraham Lincoln, President-Elect, in Hoffman’s Row, Third Division, Up-Stairs, Springfield, Ill. When Abraham Lincoln first went to Springfield, nearly thirty years ago, he ran for the Legislature, was elected, and served several terms.  In 1837 he opened a law office [...]