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Confederate dead on Rose Farm, Gettysburg, Pa. [July 5, 1863]

Inscription on image: "After first [inserted: day of] battle at Gettysburg." Photographer's labels were often incorrect [sometimes intentionally], and this is such a case. The image is actually of Confederate dead on the Rose farm, which was the...

GLC05111.01.0616

Long line of Confederate dead on Antietam battlefied, Md. [September 19, 1862 ca.]

Taken by Gardner. The image shows a long line of Confederate dead starting in the center foreground and continuing off into the background in a wide arc. Frassantio believes the location to be near the Mumma farm. Graphite numeric notation, "49" in...

GLC05111.01.0617

Indignation Meeting in Bloomington, Illinois. [April 25, 1865]

Image shows a large gathering (5111.01.0621-623 suggests about 5,000 people) in the courthouse square assembled to show their indignation at Lincoln's assassination. The crowd, mostly men, fills the square. There is a line of men sitting on a fence...

GLC05111.01.0618

Article on Lincoln 1856 speech with photo from 1865 indignation meeting. [1908/1909 ca.]

The newspaper article is dated April 3 but there are two other dates written on the item. Inscription in upper left corner: "Miss Bessie Hallett April 7, 1909." Inscripiton in upper right corner: "Bessie Hallett." Inscription on bottom: "April 5...

GLC05111.01.0619

Article: finding of photo of Lincoln assassination indignation meeting. February 6, 1910.

Chicago Sunday Tribune article and headline describing the discovery of the photograph of the 1865 indignation meeting over Lincoln's death. Headline: "Finds Old Lincoln Photo; Remarkable Photograph Taken at Bloomington, Ill., April 25, 1865; Meeting...

GLC05111.01.0620

Clipping: finding of photo of Lincoln assassination indignation meeting. February 10, 1924. [variant]

Caption: "Their Prayer Was Heard!" The clipping includes a reprint of a photograph from an 1865 indignation meeting over Lincoln's death with a short description of the events. The inscription below the title reads: "Feb 10 1924." Same image and...

GLC05111.01.0621

Clipping: finding of photo of Lincoln assassination indignation meeting. February 16, 1924. [variant]

Newspaper clipping with reprint of photograph of 1865 indignation meeting over Lincoln's death with short description of the events. Same image and words as 5111.01.0621, but slightly different borders and format. Inscription at bottom: "Feb 16...

GLC05111.01.0622

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches [Petersburg]. [April 3, 1865]

Title from inscription on verso. Image of a soldier with two guns lying to his left and branchs lying to his right. Stamp of F. H. Meserve. Numeric notation: "266."

GLC05111.01.0396

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches [Petersburg]

Title from inscription on verso. Stamp of F. H. Meserve on verso. Numeric notation: "360" and "268." Number scratched in negative 6189

GLC05111.01.0421

Wilderness # 30. Confed. entrenchments near McCool's house (Spotsylvania)

Title from inscription on verso. Close view of tree with sign reading: "On fame's eternal camping ground their silent tents are spread & glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead." Stamp of the century co. on verso. Inscription on...

GLC05111.01.0435

Execution of a colored soldier

Black deserter named Johnson hanging on gallows. Title from inscription on verso. Numeric notation: "59."

GLC05111.01.0441

Meade's headquarters [the Widow Leister's House], Gettysburg, PA. [1863 ca.]

The earth mound in front of [to the the left in the image] the house might be the graves of horses killed in the fighting. Text on recto reads: "General Meade's Headquarters, A position of great peril, occupied by the General during the heaviest...

GLC05111.01.0303

Cemetery Hill, Showing the Gateway and a portion of the [Evergreen] Cemetery. [August 1863]

Title taken from accompanying text on recto. Taken by the Tyson brothers. Evergreen Cemetery and gate house on East Cemetery Hill. Note damaged window panes from fighting. Graphite inscription on verso "117." A very similar photograph was taken by...

GLC05111.01.0305

Portrait of 2nd Lt. William Lowell Putnam, 20th Mass. Infty. [oval, salt print] by John Adams Whipple. [1861 ca.]

Ex-Charles G. Loring collection, note dates Putnam's service dates as 07/09/60 to 10/22/61, when he died from a gunshot wound at the Battle of Ball's Bluff the day before.

GLC05111.01.0307

Graves of members of the 51st N.Y. Vol. killed at Burnside's Bridge, Sept. 21, 1862.

Ink inscription on verso: "Antietam #22." Graphite inscription on verso: "Federal Graves. Burnside's Bridge." Numeric notation: "585 V." An unidentified Federal soldier leans against a stone wall that borders Antietam Creek. From here the 51st...

GLC05111.01.0375

[Stevens] House wherein Genl. Cobb was killed, Fredericksburg, VA.

Title from inscription on verso. General Thomas R. Cobb was mortally wounded on 13 December 1862 at the Sunken road in Fredericksburg. He was carried to this house where he bled to death. Numeric notation "118." Additional inscription (underlined...

GLC05111.01.0383

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.

GLC05111.01.0696

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.

GLC05111.01.0703

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...

GLC05111.01.0704

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

to James Madison

Dates letter Thursday. Discusses President John Quincy Adams' State of the Union Address before Congress on 4 December 1827 and comments that it did not move her either negatively or positively. Observes that some may be critical of it because he...

GLC01812

[Album autographed by John Quincy Adams and Marquis de Lafayette].

A note by Lafayette dated January 23, 1825 indicates he was an "old friend" of the parents of the young lady who owned this album. Adams writes a seven-line poem dated March 10, 1825. A note from William White dated March 23, 1825 quotes Proverbs...

GLC01826

Correspondence of Catharine Macaulay [Decimalized .01- .63]

Collection of correspondence of Catharine Macaulay Graham with various people from England, Scotland, France, and America, including a folder of transcripts of letters not included in this collection.

Materials in this collection consist of...

GLC01794

[Catharine Macaulay family correspondence][Decimalized .001- .109]

Collection of letters belonging to Catharine Macaulay dated approximately 1783-1900. Consists of 109 letters and documents related to the Macaulay, Graham, Gregorie, and Brickdale families, Majority of letters are sent from Catharine S. Gregoire to...

GLC01795

Monumental Inscriptions!

Depicts 6 fictitious funeral monuments, each to a militiamen executed by Jackson on 21 February 1815, after the Battle of New Orleans, for being deserters. The tombstones bear inscriptions detailing how each was a good man and soldier, and...

GLC01825