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[Group portrait of five junior officers]

A print of a photograph of five union officers. Two are seated in chairs on the left and right, one on a stool at center, and two standing behind. The two behind are 2nd Lieutenants, the ones seated are 1st Lieutenants. However, the two second...

GLC05111.01.0052

[Imperial salt print of General Alexander McDowell McCook in civilian dress]

One undated photograph of Major General Alexander McDowell McCook taken by Mathew Brady.

GLC05111.01.0053

[Portrait of George H. Thomas in carte de visite, in strip]

Three copies of a photograph of General George H. Thomas. Taken by Brady sometime after 1862. Thomas is wearing a Union army general officer's uniform with shoulder strips indicating his rank as Major General, to which he was promoted on April 25th...

GLC05111.01.0057

[Portrait of Fancis Preston Blair, Jr. in uniform and holding sword, half length.]

A copy of a photograph of Francis Preston Blair, Jr. in Union military attire circa 1862. Blair was a representative in Congress from Missouri from 1857-1862, where he resigned upon joining the Union Army during the Civil War. Appointed brigadier...

GLC05111.01.0058

[Vingette portrait of Major Gen. Sheridan]

A copy of a photographic portrait of Philip Henry Sheridan. A bust showing shoulder and head, Sheridan is wearing the uniform of a Union Army General Officer and his rank is shown as Major General (two stars on shoulder straps). Philip Henry Sheridan...

GLC05111.01.0059

[Captain E. M. Camp]

Seated half view portrait with beard and mustache. Name inscribed on recto under photograph. Identifying inscription on verso. Taken by Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries.

GLC05528.05

[Lieutenant Stephen W. Flower]

Vignette portrait with beard and mustache. Name inscribed on recto beneath photograph. Taken by Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries.

GLC05528.12

Photograph album of British General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle

General U. S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac at Cold Harbor and City Point in 1864. Album of Large photographs all taken in the field by Mathew Brady's studio. The album was assembled by British General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, who was sent...

GLC06740

33rd New York Regimental Band

This image shows members of the band, arrayed in two rows with their full uniforms. The large drum at left reads "Cornet Band." A note written on the back in ballpoint pen indicates that Pitcher is seated second from right. The image is severely...

GLC06889.02

33rd New York Regimental Band

This image shows the band relaxing. Men sit and stand without their full uniforms. Some wear summer hats. Instruments appear to hang from a tree on the left. The large drum reads "Cornet Band." A note written on the back in ballpoint pen by a later...

GLC06889.03

[Ticket for "The War for the Union"]

Admits one school scholar to "Brady & Gardner's Gorgeous Tableaux of 'The War for the Union,' " (a photography exhibition compiled by noted Civil War photographers Alexander Gardner and Mathew Brady). Contains positive quotations reviewing the...

GLC06452.05.07

[Albumen portrait of Major General George Henry Thomas]

One undated photograph of Union Major General George Henry Thomas. See GLC05111.01.0051 for another profile view of Thomas.

GLC00556

Cornwallis' Cave, Yorktown, Va.

Stereocard from the War Views series, a photographic history of the War for the Union. No. 2379. Published by E & H.T. Anthony, & Co. American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New York. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.

GLC00561.02

Fort Brady and Company Street, Va.

Stereocard from the War Views series, a photographic history of the War for the Union. No. 2316. Published by E & H.T. Anthony, & Co. American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New York. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.

GLC00561.03

View from the parapet of Fort Sumpter, Charleston Harbor, S.C., during the raising of the old Flag, April 14th, 1865.

Stereocard from the War Views series, a photographic history of the War for the Union. No. 3137. Published by E & H.T. Anthony, & Co. American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New York. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.

GLC00561.04

Interior of Ft. Wagner, Morris Island, S.C.

Stereocard from the War Views series, a photographic history of the War for the Union. No. 3489. Published by E & H.T. Anthony, & Co. American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New York. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.

GLC00561.05

Managers of the House of Representatives of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson

A composite picture by Brady with signatures of Benjamin F. Butler, James F. Wilson, Thaddeus Stevens, George S. Boutwell, Thomas Williams, John A. Logan and John Armour Bingham. These men were elected by the House to serve as managers of the...

GLC00734

Democratic Vistas

First edition inscribed to Matthew Brady, the Civil War photographer. In this essay, Whitman discusses the theory of democracy and its possibilities in America after the Civil War. He criticizes America for its unrestrained wealth, materialism, and...

GLC00865

[Robert E. Lee and staff]

Photographed on Lee's back porch in Richmond, shortly after his surrender at Appomattox, Virginia. Depicts General Robert E. Lee with his son, Brigadier General George Washington Custis Lee, and Colonel Walter H. Taylor, Lee's aide-de-camp during the...

GLC00957

Brady's Incidents of the War. 17th Regiment New York Volunteers Colonel Henry Seymour Lansing. Butterfield's Brigade. Fitz John Porter. Division Pauls Hill. Vol.

One undated photograph entitled, "Brady's Incidents of the War," taken by Mathew B. Brady. Captures New York's 17th Regiment standing in dress parade formation and holding rifle-muskets raised upward at their sides.

GLC00243

Civil War Collection of 49 photographs [decimalized]

Various stereocard and other smaller photograph prints, most unmounted, relating to the Civil War in Virginia. The images come from Thomas G. Knight, who worked in Brady's studios (it is said) as a teenager. Included are images of Gettysburg...

GLC03029

[Carte-de-visite of General Robert H. Milroy]

Carte de visite of General Robert H. Milroy, with Milroy's name written at the bottom. Published by "E. & H. T. Anthony."

GLC03215.02

Charleston, S. C. prints [photographs showing destruction]

GLC03089

[James A. Garfield]

Cabinet photogrph of President Garfield. Published by Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Signed by Garfield on front mount with later note on verso: "From Pres. Garfield given to my father Samuel Lund."

GLC01679

[General Robert E. Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, and Walter Herron Taylor]

One signed photograph os Robert E. Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, and Walter Herron Taylor dated April 1865. Signed by Lee. Depicts General Robert E. Lee with his son, Brigadier General George Washington Custis Lee, and Colonel Walter H. Taylor...

GLC10009