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Bridge span over Bull Run

This image shows a single soldier standing on a bridge just a few days before the second battle at Bull Run. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "IV" and "547."

GLC05111.01.0968

Headquarters of Captain Bates of the Third Army Corps, near Brandy Station

The image shows a group of ambulances with a photographer's wagon in front of a group of quartermaster's wagons and a large store of supplies for the Wilderness Campaign. Inscription on verso: "Ordway, Gardner Coll." Numeric notation on verso: "XI...

GLC05111.01.0970

Entrenchment with stairs.

The image shows an entrenchment with stairs. The location is unidentified. Inscription on verso: "Fortifications on the lines. (not marked Fed. or Conf.)" and "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "III" "IX" and "35."

GLC05111.01.0972

Pontoon bridge on the Rappahannock River

The image shows covered wagons crossing a pontoon bridge on the Rappahannock River. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "715" and "X."

GLC05111.01.0975

Lacy House

The image shows the Lacy house with a four-horse wagon in the foreground. Inscriptions on verso: "For Guide Only" "Gardner" and "Army of Pot. Frederick." Numeric notations on verso: "698" and "VI."

GLC05111.01.0980

Destroyed Railroad bridge at North Anna River

The image shows a railroad bridge that had been destroyed by Confederate soldiers. In the distant background are four soldiers. (Same as #982.) Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "762" and "X."

GLC05111.01.0981

Appomattox Court House

This picture shows Union soldiers grouped before the Appomattox Court House after Lee's surrender to Grant. Inscriptions on verso: "Appomattox Courthouse" "Gardner" "Fr. guide only" and "in Ohio photo." Numeric notations on verso: "XI-IV" and "1164...

GLC05111.01.0989

Town scene with railroad

The image shows a train stopped to unload supplies at a loading dock, a fenced yard in the foreground with numerous stray wagon wheels leaning against the fence, and many wagons and horses in front of some larger buildings in the background...

GLC05111.01.0992

Houses along an empty road

The image shows three houses on an empty road. Inscription on verso: "Gardner" and "Army of Pot. Frederick." Numeric notation on verso: "VI" and "718."

GLC05111.01.0993

Aquia Creek

The photo shows a wagon train in the foreground moving towards the river bank, with a riverside settlement and various boats in the river. Inscription on image: "Aquia Creek," which may refer to the Confederate District in the Department of Northern...

GLC05111.01.0994

Pleasanton's Headquarters, Auburn, VA

The image shows Pleasanton's Headquarters with Cavalry Corps gathered between two lines of A-frame tents. Inscription on verso: "Pleasanton's Hdqtrs. Auburn, Va." and "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notations on verso: "VIII" and "273."

GLC05111.01.0996

Group photo of officers

The image shows a group of 13 officers posed before an open A-frame tent. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "624" and "XXXV."

GLC05111.01.0998

Soldiers on a pontoon bridge

The image shows a group of soldiers posed on a pontoon bridge with a single soldier crouched next to the water in the foreground. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "764."

GLC05111.01.0999

Town scene

The image shows a town scene with two covered wagons and various horses in the background. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "IV" and "534."

GLC05111.01.1000

Army blacksmith at Antietam

Same as #1001. The image shows a busy blacksmith's shop with what appears to be an African-American smith seated in the center of the photo surrounded by equipment and soldiers. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "V" and...

GLC05111.01.1002

Soldiers seated at their tent

The image shows two soldiers seated in front of their A-frame tent. Inscription on verso: "Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notations on verso: "VIII" and "215."

GLC05111.01.1003

Soldiers at mealtime

The image shows a group of soldiers eating near a small A-frame tent, in a field with scattered trees. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "IV" and "645."

GLC05111.01.1006

Officers on porch

The image shows 7 officers posed on a house porch wearing knee-high boots and sabers, possibly indicative of Cavalry Officers. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XXIV" and "1022."

GLC05111.01.1007

Soldiers in a group photo

The image shows 15 soldiers standing and seated posed for a group picture in front of a white, wooden building. The men are wearing various uniforms, some with one stripe on the pant leg. Numeric notation on recto: "1001." Inscription on verso:...

GLC05111.01.1009

Officers of 1st Connecticut at Fort Darling

(Same as #1013 and #1015.) This photo is darker than the other two. The image shows approximately nine Union officers seated in a semi-circle behind a fence and near a cabin. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "11." Written...

GLC05111.01.1014

Camp scene

The image shows a field with a wooden railing going downhill on the right and two wagons on the lower left. A large camp sits on a gradual rise in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "816."

GLC05111.01.1018

Camp Scene

The image shows a camp scene with one Sibley tent and various A-frame tents, an unidentifiable flag is flying on the left of the photo, and three men stand in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner" and "Army of Pot. Frederick." Numeric...

GLC05111.01.1020

Camp scene

The image shows a large unidentified camp with Sibley tents on a wide open field. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "704."

GLC05111.01.1022

Supply wharf

The image shows a supply port with numerous barrels, a Sibley tent, storehouses and boats in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "680" "680" and "VI."

GLC05111.01.1025

Supply center

The image shows numerous supply barrels, with two men loading two covered wagons, and a train in the distance. Numeric notation on recto: "240." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "819."

GLC05111.01.1026