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Burned building

The photo shows a building that has burned until only the exterior stone walls remain standing. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "VIII" "22" and "1161."

GLC05111.01.1094

Battlefield possibly Gaines Mill or Cold Harbor

The image shows a debris littered battlefield that could be either Gaines Mill or Cold Harbor. Inscription on verso: "Gardner."

GLC05111.01.1096

Bomb ruins

The image shows the remaining brick chimneys of a burned and bombed building. The ruins are surrounded by trees, grass, and wild flowers. A horse rests in the center of the photo and a man sits on a rubble wall on the right edge. Inscription on verso...

GLC05111.01.1097

Soldier's monument

The image shows a large monument to the soldiers: "In Memory of the Patriots Who Fell at Groveton." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "IV" and "1193."

GLC05111.01.1099

Bull Run monument

The image shows a soldiers monument on which the plaque states: "In Memory of the Patriots Who Fell at Bull Run." The monument is surrounded by a wood fence, and in the distance cows are grazing. Inscriptions on verso: "Gardner" and "Bull Run...

GLC05111.01.1100

African-American soldiers digging graves

The image shows a large group of African-American soldiers digging graves. One corpse lies on the ground, and an officer oversees the activity on horseback. Numeric notation on image: "724." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on...

GLC05111.01.1102

Landing dock with steamboats

The image shows a landing dock with one boat tied in the foreground and two others in the background. Also visible are a wooden building, a long bridge with buildings on the far end, and fields in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner."...

GLC05111.01.1104

Shipping yard with railroad

The image shows numerous sailboats and steamboats near a landing pier, with a railroad along the shore in the foreground. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XI-I" and "798."

GLC05111.01.1106

Campscene above a shipping yard

The image shows three men at a tent, with one looking through an eyepiece, surveying the action out of the frame to the left. In the background are numerous sailboats and what appears to be a large steamboat. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric...

GLC05111.01.1107

C.S.S. Teaser damaged by U.S. gunboat

The image shows the extensive damage to the deck of a Confederate boat. Inscription on verso: "Deck of Confederate blockade runner Teaser showing destruction caused by shell fired by US gunboat [?] " and "Gardner." Numeric noations on verso: "XXV"...

GLC05111.01.1108

Steamboat near shore

The image shows a steamboat on the river with many people standing on the bow. There are several figures on the bank near the water's edge. Graphite inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XXV" and "714."

GLC05111.01.1112

Artillery soldier seated on tree stump

The image shows a soldier wearing the pants of an artillery uniform and seated on a tree stump. The photographer's wagon is visible behind him next to another wagon. Numeric notations on verso: "II-IX" and "1030." Inscription on verso: "Gardner."...

GLC05111.01.1116

Officer in high boots seated

An officer is seated in the center of the image wearing high boots and a hat and holding his gloves and sword. Behind him are two chairs and an open tent. The edge of another tent is visible. Numeric notations on verso: "XXIV" and "807."...

GLC05111.01.1117

Bridge over small waterway

The image shows a bridge over a small waterway. A house stands on the opposite bank and a man stands on the near bank, holding a shovel. Numeric notations on verso: "IV" and 514." Inscription on verso: "Gardner."

GLC05111.01.1119

Railroad tracks leading to fortifications

The image shows railroad tracks and the beginning of a train leading to fortifications. Numeric notations on verso: "IV" and "544." Inscription on verso: "Gardner."

GLC05111.01.1120

Railroad fork through town

The image shows railroad tracks coming to a fork in a town in the center of the image. A fence runs opposite the tracks in the foreground. There are several cars on either side of the fork. Numeric notations on recto: "IV" and "535." Inscription on...

GLC05111.01.1121

Soldier observing a farm

A soldier stands by a fence in the foreground looking back at several figures, including women and children, on a farm. Three houses stand behind a horse and wagon just beyond the soldier. Numeric notations on verso: "IV" and "525(?)." Inscription...

GLC05111.01.1124

Office of Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

The image shows a three story brick buliding. Many people are clustered outside the entrance and many boxes are stacked along its side. Inscription on verso: "Gettysburg Office of Sanitary Commission." Additional inscription on verso: "Ordway...

GLC05111.01.1125

Three story building on tree lined street

The image shows a tree lined street with a three story terraced building. A wagon stands in the foreground. Numeric notations on verso: "542" and "IV." Inscription on verso: "Gardner."

GLC05111.01.1126

Brick plantation house in woods

A brick plantation house in the woods with a clapboard addition in the rear. A man stands by the front steps. Part of a tent is visible in the foreground. Inscription on verso: "From Genl Ordway Gardner negatives." Numeric notations on verso: "299"...

GLC05111.01.1127

Five log cabins on the horizon

The image shows five log cabins on the horizon. A man lounges in a field in the center of the image. Numeric notations on verso: "IV" and "648." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation scratched into negative: "648."

GLC05111.01.1128

Camp of A frame tents

The image shows many rows of A frame tents surrounded by a fence of pine boughs with an arched entrance. The trees in the foreground have been cut down. Numeric notations on verso: "131" and "XI." Inscription on verso: "Ordway Gardner Coll."...

GLC05111.01.1129

Federal occupation of outer line Confederate fortications captured by 18th Corps

The image shows men, tents, and horses inside the fortifications, whose sides are lined with cannons. A large wooden platform is in the foreground. Inscription on verso: "Outer line of Conf. Fortifications captured by 18th Corps June 15/64....

GLC05111.01.1130

Men on horseback in front of brick house

The image shows a brick house in the center of the image with a fence running off to the side. Several figures, some on horseback, stand just in front of the house. A man, woman, and child stand in front of a tent in the foreground. Numeric notations...

GLC05111.01.1131

Nature scene with river

The image shows a view looking between the banks of a river that leads into the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XII" and "1211."

GLC05111.01.1134