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Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va [a battery lined up at City Point]

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Reserved Battery's Light 12 Pounders on the Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va." A long row of cannons and limbers lined up on a plank sidewalk near railroad tracks.

GLC05137.170

Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va [single cannon with black guard]

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "A 12 pound brass Cannon, Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va." Black soldier stands guard near a solitary artillery piece.

GLC05137.171

Interior of Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla

Florida Photographic Printing and Publishing Company, Jacksonville, Fla. Shows interior of a fort with several pyramids of cannonballs on the ground, men in the square and on the fort walls.

GLC05137.182

Dutch Gap Canal

John C. Taylor, Hartford Conn. Caption: "Dutch Gap Canal. Soldiers at work inside the dam. The mist rising against the bank is caused by a rebel shell, which exploded just as this view was being photographed, December, 1864. These are the original...

GLC05137.184

The Thirteen-inch Mortar "Dictator"

Taylor & Huntington, Sole owners of the Original War Views, Hartford, Conn. Caption includes an extensive description of the Dictator, which was mounted on a special flat car so that it could be moved from one site to another and a defense of the...

GLC05137.189

Plugged up artillery piece mounted on wooden planks

Pease Brother, Lee, Mass., publishers. A man stands next to the cannon.

GLC05137.191

The Swamp Angel

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "The celebrated Gun with which Gen. Gillmore threw the first shell into Charleston. Taken at the Brooklyn Navy yard, by permission of Commodore Paulding. Weight 42,500 lbs., with 100 lbs. of powder...

GLC05137.192

The Battlefield of Bull Run

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Soldiers and part of a Battery, on the Battlefield of 'Bull Run.'" One cannon in place and it appear

GLC05137.207

Two Union officers rank obscured standing with a cannon

Each officer wears a forage hat and a sword. The officer on the left is wearing riding gauntlets. Graphite inscription on verso "**Book." Photographers imprint on verso: "Photographed by Evans, at the McClellan Gallery, No. 520 Seventh Street...

GLC05111.02.1337

Two cannon on wheels with man in suit and top hat

The two cannon are pointed toward a river. Graphite inscription on verso "12" " Ward Gun" "N. P. Willis--." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Galleries, No. 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington, D.C. & Broadway & Tenth...

GLC05111.02.1363

Gettysburg Single-story house with two cannon in the front yard

Image shows a stone house with two cannon in the front yard. On the right edge of the photo are two tombstones, one of which has the name "Knapp" engraved upon it.

GLC05111.02.1328

View of fair for Union Volunteers and Sailors

Image shows a large crowd gathered for a fair in front of a "Union Volunteer Hospital" and a "Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon." The crowd includes soldiers, a band, people standing on the Hospital balcony, and a small group of people standing at...

GLC05111.02.1338

Group of officers and two African-American workers

Image shows a group of six artillery officers posed on the front porch of General Stevens' house in Beaufort, South Carolina. In front of the porch stand two African-American workers, one is holding the reins of a horse, which is in the center of...

GLC05111.02.1352

Ruins of Fort Morgan, Alabama

Image shows exterior wall of Fort Morgan. Heavy artillery damage is evident. Graphite inscription on verso "Aug. 23, 1864" "1.75--." Ink inscription on verso "Fort Morgan, at the entrance of Mobile Bay, Ala., showing the effects of Farragut's...

GLC05111.02.1357

Ruins of Fort Pulaski, Georgia

Red border on recto. Image shows exterior wall of Fort Pulaski, with cannon. Heavy artillery damage is evident. Graphite inscription on verso "Fort Pulaski April 1862 O'Sullivan photo Horan p. 85" "1.25-" "22." Photographers imprint on verso:...

GLC05111.02.1358

Fort Pulaski, Georgia

Image shows the top of an exterior wall of Fort Pulaski, with two cannon. One man stands in the distance looking at the camera. Artillery damage is evident in the wall. Graphite inscription on verso "Fort Pulaski--April 1862 T. O'Sullivan photo...

GLC05111.02.1359

Gun battery number one, Yorktown, Virginia

Image shows five cannon behind heavy fortifications. Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Barnard & Gibson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Graphite inscription on...

GLC05111.02.1361

Shipyard with cannons

The cannons are grouped together in front of ships. The ships' masts are visible above the cannons in the foreground. Graphite inscription on verso "2.00--" "8." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New...

GLC05111.02.1364

The Swamp Angel, a massive cannon

Ink inscription on recto "The Swamp Angel." Graphite inscription on verso "13" "1.50--" "Swamp Angel." Ink inscription on verso "'The Swamp Angel' distinguished in the bombardment of Charleston, S.C., from Folly Island by Quincy A. Gillmore. Maj...

GLC05111.02.1367

General Sherman's battery

Image shows a large group of wagons, with approximately eleven soldiers standing with them in front of a two large buildings in the distance. Imprint on recto "Sherman's Battery, July 24th, after the return from Bull Run. Entered, according to Act...

GLC05111.02.1368

Account of the squadron gone to Canada

Account of ships sent to Canada from Boston that lists the types of vessels, the ships' names, the captains's names, and the number of men and guns on board.

GLC03107.00886

[Diary of Milo B. Stiles, F battery, 11th regiment, Vermont, 1st heavy artillery]

Autograph manuscript signed. Written mostly in pencil, with some entries in pen. Stiles served in a 3-month regiment, in the 11th Vermont until December 1862, and joined again for service in the 11th Vermont heavy artillery. His unit served in...

GLC03131.04

[Diary of George T. Tosh, Iowa,1st light battery]

Autograph manuscript signed. Diary written by George T. Tosh, a soldier in lst Iowa Battery.

GLC03131.05

[Collection of Harry C. Cushing, an officer in 4th Artillery, Banks' 2nd Corps] [Decimalized .01- .10]

Cushing enlisted in June 1861 in the 1st Rhode Island Artillery, and was promoted to the 4th U.S. Army Light Artillery in November 1861. In the letter of 19 December 1862, he discusses his experiences on the march with his troops. Key battle...

GLC03137

to Joseph Palmer

Washington discusses supply and armament of the Army, strategic locations for placing artillery, how best to prosecute the war, and his public image. Asks Palmer for his advice on strategy for defending Boston and the surrounding area, and has...

GLC04858

to John Langdon

Written by Whipple to Langdon. Both were members of the Continental Congress from New Hampshire. Whipple would sign the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, while Langdon would leave Congress in June 1776. References Langdon's letter of 19...

GLC04866

[Minutes of field council held during attack on Bull's Ferry blockhouse]

Co-signed by six field officers, including Brigadier General William Irvine of the 2nd Brigade of the Pennsylvania Line. The minutes of a council of war held during an attack on Bull's Ferry blockhouse. It appears that Knox wrote this on the verso...

GLC04898

to the authorities of Rome, Georgia

Forrest, commander of a cavalry brigade in the Army of Tennessee, writes from Headquarters (of an unspecified post), "twenty miles west of Garrison." Informs the authorities of Rome "There is a Federal Force of Fifteen Hundred cavalry marching on...

GLC04940

to Ira Harris

General Seymour writes to Harris, a United States Senator from South Carolina. Replies to Harris's question regarding what the Union can do to engage and defeat Charleston. States "It all is comprised in a single word- Nothing. Expectations of...

GLC05050

[Recommendation for the muster of Lieutenant Carl Ludwig Berlin]

Two of Hunt's autograph endorsements are found on verso of a letter written 2 November by Joseph M. Kennedy, a commissary of musters. Kennedy informs Lieutenant Berlin (possibly Carl Ludwig Berlin) that he cannot be mustered as second lieutenant in...

GLC03469.05

to John T. Sprague

Recommending Lieutenant Marcus P. Miller for command of New York Regiment.

GLC03474.05

to Col. Bigham

Signed endorsement on verso from "Genl Thomas". Discussing demobilization of the army and moving of troops. Meigs had been appointed Quartermaster General of the Union Army eleven days earlier.

GLC03474.06

Civil War Union Generals, artillery collection [Decimalized .01-.08]

Eight documents signed by Union Artillery Generals.

GLC03474

to Cuvier Grover

Ordering a section of Captain Nims' battery "to report to General Erickson at Newport tomorrow at 500 A.M." Written at Head Quarters, Department of the Gulf, likely in New Orleans.

GLC03474.01

to Thomas Hillhouse

Forwarding a note from Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas, and recommending the bearer for a post as a subaltern with the rank of Lieutenant. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm. Written along the James River in Virginia.

GLC03474.02

to John T. Sprague

Requests that Sprague provide a copy of a muster roll for a New York Artillery regiment to William Turner.

GLC03474.04

to unknown

Recommending Captain Briggs for promotion. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03474.07

to Andrew A. Humphreys

Expressing his high regard for Humphreys and the Army of the Potomac.

GLC03474.08

to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety

A retained copy written by Colonel Arnold four days after the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. With initialed postscript. Says last letter sent was 11 May 1775. Announces that Crown Point has been captured. Mentions logistics of moving captured cannons...

GLC03559

Camp scenes and sketches of the Andrew Light Infantry

Civil War sketchbook containing thirty-four watercolors and eight black and white pencil sketches. Includes watercolor of Antietam battlefield with skulls and cannon balls. Also depicted are Washington, D.C., Fort Lee, New York, Arlington, Virginia...

GLC03537

to John Bryant

Written and signed for Knox in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aid-de-camp. States he is sorry to hear that Captain Bryant's company is weak but says "it is out of my power to add to it, except by ordering such men of the artillery to it, who are...

GLC03495

[Deposition of Judy Taylor against Joseph Coombs]

Written in clerical hand and signed by Porter as Acting Rear Admiral commanding the Mississippi Squadron. Deposition where Judy Taylor accuses Joseph Coombs of being a Confederate supporter. Says she was hired as a chambermaid to Coombs, who was...

GLC03508

to Sephronia Fairchild

Fairchild writes to his wife from his barracks in Norwich, New York. Year not indicated, but inferred from research and context. Appears to be written in the beginning of his military service as it is quite general in nature. He writes about the...

GLC03523.06.01

[Collection of Andrew Knox, B company, 1st regiment, Connecticut, heavy artillery] [Decimalized .01-.23]

Knox served as Lieutenant in the 1st Connecticut Artillery. The letters discuss the sieges of Yorktown and Petersburg, support Lincoln's re-election, condemn McClellan's Peace Platform, and mention William, a freeman working for McClellan as a...

GLC03523.20

[Collection of John S. Bradbury, 3rd regiment, Iowa, light battery] [Decimalized .01- .10]

Letters from John S. Bradbury to his brother, Samuel, dating from 1861 through 1865. They include notable statements of support for Lincoln.

GLC03523.39

Abstract of the cruise of U.S. Steam Frigate Wabash bearing the flag of Rear Admiral S.F. DuPont 1861-62-63

Cover has a hand-drawn picture of the Wabash in a drawn circle of laurels. The "Wabash" was commissioned 16 May 1861. First page is a list of the ship's officers. Provides a log of events for the ship, which contains several entries for each month...

GLC03527

to Emily Corbin [Incomplete]

Lists some of the men and their injuries, all of which came from the 1st Regiment, Light Artillery, N. Y. S. Volunteers (Pettit's Battery). Also lists supplies lost, repairs made, patching up a Lieutenant Sheldon, and being left there "in care of...

GLC03685

Letter from Fort Craigg

From a soldier detailing the little-known Confederate expedition to capture New Mexico Territory. Appears to be two letters printed in a Southern newspaper. Written by H.D. Donald to R.V. Cook at Soloro which is "30 miles above Ft. Craigg." In first...

GLC05987.33

The daily citizen. [18 June 1863]

"Bombarding Vicksburg." Describes 28 days of bombardment; 50,000 shells hurled into the city. Blacks in Warrington recruited by Yankee forces. Although Vicksburg has been under siege, the city proudly maintains a sense of culture and improvement....

GLC05988.02

The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 5 (July 2, 1864)]

The Yankees have placed at least 32 torpedoes, consisting of common beer barrels containing between 600 and 700 pounds of gun powder, in Charleston Harbor. An act providing for retired Confederate officers, and matters of conscription. Wallpaper...

GLC05988.15