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Men and wagons of the Engineer Corps ambulance train, Falmouth, Va. [April 1863 ca.]

A line of wagons stretches across the image engineers at the head of the teams and drivers seated in the wagons. The wagon covers bear the castle insignia of the engineers. A flag is flying on the left side of the image. Inscripton on verso: "Gardner...

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Quartermasters Office at Fortress Monroe. December 1864 ca.

The image shows a large building with men on a wrap-around porch and at the entrance. Inscription on verso: "Quartermasters Office Fortress Monroe Dec 64" and "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XXXIII"; "418"; "418." Additional notations: "419"...

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General A.H. Pleasonton and staff, Warrenton, Va. [October 1863 ca.]

Pleasonton stands in the center in front of a tent, with a line of staff officers sitting and standing on both sides of him--five on the left and four on the right. Inscription on verso: "General A.H. Pleasonton and Staff Warrenton, Va. Oct, 1863....

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Maj. Gen. Humphreys and staff under branch shelter. [1865 ca.]

Nineteen officers pose in two rows in front of a tent under a tree. Andrew Humphreys is seated center. Inscription on verso: "Humphys & staff."

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Ruins of Bull Run stone bridge, Manassas, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

View looks down the stream and shows the ruined stone bridge at Manassas battlefield. The structure is mostly intact on both banks of the water, middle span has collapsed. A pile of rubble is visible in the water below. A covered wago, perhaps...

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Provost guard, Manassas Junction, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

There is a large pile of planks in the center of the image lying next to the railroad tracks that lead to several cars on the left in the distance. A small group of men is seated on some of the planks on the left while a larger group stands to the...

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Man seated on ruins of Bull Run stone bridge, Manassas, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

The image is a side view of the ruins of the stone bridge at Bull Run. The sides of the bridge are still standing but nothing remains of the middle span except a large pile of rubble in the water below. The man is seated on the the edge of the...

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Abandoned Confederate trains at Manassas Junction, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

Four Federal cavalrymen are sitting or leaning on posts in the foreground on the right of the image. On the left, multiple railroad tracks lead off to the horizon. There are train cars on the leftmost track which were abandoned by the Confederates...

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Note: Adelbert Ames, Lowell MA, to F.H. Meserve, New York, NY. December 19, 1908.

Ames writes: "I think this photograph was taken the first year or two after the war in Washington D.C." A small photograph of Ames (5111.01.0624) is with the letter.

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President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. April 19, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Funeral of Pres. Lincoln." Lines of soldiers [blurred in motion] march down Pennsylvania Avenue as crowds look on from the sidewalks. The buildings have been decorated for the occassion.

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Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Wash." Numeric Notation on verso: "162 (872)." A mounted officer is in front [left] of a line of seven other mounted soldiers. Infantry carrying a U.S. flag can be seen on the extreme right and along the bottom of...

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Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Washington 1865." Numeric Notation on verso: "171." Mounted soldiers followed by infantry units form a long line of columns down Constitution Ave. with the dome of the Capitol building visible in the distant...

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Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "186." Mounted soldiers followed by infantry units form a long line of columns down Constitution Ave. with the dome of the Capitol building visible in the distant background. A building...

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Covered Wagons in the Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "170." A seemingly unending line of covered army wagons extends down Constitution Ave. Soldiers and civilians stand and walk alongside the wagons.

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Grand Review of the armies of the Union as it proceeds from Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

The marching lines of soldiers are blurred due to their motion, as they travel over a woods-lined dirt road lined with spectators. Inscription on verso: "Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "187."

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Back end of Grand Review of the armies of the Union as it proceeds from Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

The Review of the armies of the Union, as seen from behind and to the right of the covered wagons. A large U.S. flag hangs over the roadway in the background. Inscription on verso: "Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "172(169)."

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Lincoln's Funeral parade at the Treasury Building, Washington D.C. April 19, 1865.

Inscription of verso: "North end of Court of Review" [sic]. Numeric notation on verso: "167." Image taken from apparently a second-story height, as the roof of another building is in the foreground.

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Federal units standing for review, Lincoln's funeral parade, Washington D.C. [April 1865 ca.]

The armies of the Union stand according to unit, ready to be reviewed. Inscription on verso: "Review" [sic]. Numeric Notation on verso: "169." It is a wet day, the mud being clearly visible and the soldiers wearing their greatcoats.
See GLC 5111.01...

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Federal units standing for review, Lincoln's funeral parade, Washington D.C. [April 1865 ca.]

The armies of the Union, waiting to be reviewed. It is a wet day, the mud being clearly visible and the soldiers wearing their greatcoats. A regiment's state flag can be seen in the center of the image. Inscription on verso: "Review" [sic]. Numeric...

GLC05111.01.0705

A view looking up High Street, Georgetown. [1865 ca.]

A view down the dirt and cobblestoned High Street in Georgetown, in a commercial region of the city. Inscription on verso: "High Street, Georgetown 1865." Numeric Notation on verso: "159."

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US Sanitary Commission in Washington D.C. [1865 ca.]

A view from across a wide dirt street at the United States Sanitary Commission, with twenty-five men standing in uniform in front of the building. Inscription on verso: "U.S. Sanitary Commission Wash." Numeric Notation on verso: "189."

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Major Lacy's house opposite Fredericksburg. [March 1863 ca.]

Several men stand on the porch of the large house near the center of the image. Directly in front of them is a man on horseback. Two other men stand in front of the house on the right side of the image. Inscription on verso: "Lacy House [illegible]."

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"Castle Murray" with tents in foreground, near Auburn, Va. [November 1863 ca.]

Six men sit and stand in the foreground with Castle Murray at the center of the image. Behind the men there are many tents set up and a wagon is visible among them. There is a rip in the image just to the right of the rightmost man.

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Company H, 114th Pennsylvania Infantry Zouaves, Petersburg, Va. [August 1864 ca.]

The Zouaves form two rows, one standing and the other sitting or kneeling. Two officers sit on either side in the first row on tree stumps. The man seated in the first line at the far left has a drum between his knees. There is a tent on the left...

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Group portrait of seven Federal officers at Vicksburg, Miss. 1864 ca.

Three men are seated and the other four stand behind them. The man sitting on the right is in a Napoleonic pose. A piece of paper is pasted at bottom with the inscription: "1. Lt. Kinsey Matfield. 2. Maj J. B. McC___ghy 10th Mo. 3. A. Luce...

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