| 1861 | | | Professor Lowe Making a Balloon Ascension on a Reconnoitring Expedition to Vienna |
| | | The Secessionist Army--Irregular Riflemen of the Alleghanies, Virginia |
| March | | The Navy-Yard at Norfolk, VA |
| May | | The Burning of the United States Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, 10 P.M., April 18, 1861 |
| | | Desecration of the Statue of Washington at Richmond, VA |
| | | The Long Bridge Leading Across the Potomac from Washington to Virginia, Guarded by United States Artillery |
| June | | Sherman's Battery of Light Artillery, Now in Virginia |
| | | Secessionist Prisoner Captured at Alexandria--The Marshall House at Alexandria--The Murder of Colonel Ellsworth |
| | | Brilliant Charge of United States Cavalry Through The Village of Fairfax Courthouse, on May 31, 1861 |
| | | Charge of Duryee's Zouaves (Fifth Regiment New York Volunteers) At The Battle of Great Bethel |
| July | | The Battle of Philippi |
| | | Major Knipe Winging a Secessionist |
| August | | Map of the Battle of Bull's Run |
| | | Commencement of the Battle of Bull's Run |
| | | Second Mississippi Regiment (Wildcats) Passing Along Main Street, Winchester, on Their Way to Bunker Hill, VA |
| | | Colonel Hunter's Attack at the Battle of Bull Run |
| | | Bringing in The Misses Scott as Prisoners to Fall's Church, Virginia |
| | | Carrying in the Wounded at the Battle of Bull Run |
| | | The Battle of Bull Run, 2 P.M., July 21, 1861 |
| | | Map of the Seat of War in Virginia |
| | | The Rebels Bayoneting Our Wounded on the Battlefield, at Bull Run |
| | | The Rebel General Lee |
| September | | The Naval Battery (Rebel) at Manassas Junction |
| | | Departure of the Great Southern Expedition, Under General Butler, From Fortress Monroe |
| | | Brig. Gen. Rosecrans, U.S.A., Commanding United States Forces in Western Virginia |
| | | Colonel Tyler's Camp, Near Summersville, Virginia, Scene of the Fight of August 26 |
| October | | The Rebel General Joseph E. Johnston |
| | | The Fairfax Courthouse, The Rebel Gen. Bonham's Head-Quarters |
| | | The Rebel General Price |
| November | | Brigadier-General Kelley, of Virginia |
| December | | Map Showing the New Boundaries of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware as Proposed by Secretary Cameron |
| | | Skirmish Near Hunter's Mill, Virginia, Between Two Companies of the Pennsylvania Cavalry and a Large Force of Rebels |