Liljenquist collection

This now-iconic image of the family of Sgt. Samuel Smith, an African-American soldier wearing an Abraham Lincoln campaign pin, is a featured photo on Wikimedia Commons and was donated to the Library of Congress as part of the Liljenquist Collection
Unidentified soldier in Virginia Volunteer uniform and secession badge
This image of A. M. Chandler and Silas Chandler was purchased from Chandler descendants and owned by the Liljenquists "for about 10 minutes"[1] before it was donated to the Library of Congress

Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. is a collection of photographs and ephemera related to the American Civil War. The bulk of the collection comprises ambrotypes, tintypes, and cartes de visite of individual soldiers and officers from both sides of the conflict.

  1. ^ Ruane, Michael E. (2014-08-29). "Mystery shrouds worn image of master, slave headed to war". South Florida Sun Sentinel. pp. A16. Retrieved 2023-12-25.