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A Memorial of Philip Henry Sheridan from the city of Boston

Book commemorating the death and subsequent rememberances of Philip Henry Sheridan. An engraving of Sheridan faces the title page, and on the page previous, a Civil War era carte-de-visite of Sheridan has been affixed.

GLC05111.01.1385

Philip Kearny, carte de visite, bust portrait

Pencil inscription on verso "Brig Gen. Kearney. Killed at Chantilly on Sept. 1st 1862." "J. W. Thompson." Photographers imprint on verso: "R.W.Addis, Photographer, McClees Gallery, 308 Penna. Avenue, Washington D.C."

GLC05111.02.0511

Philip Kearny in officers uniform, full standing views, wearing cape and holding hat and sword

Rank insignia obsurred by cape. In officer's uniform. He is also wearing a cape which covers his left shoulder (left arm was amputated during the Mexican War). His left sleeve is pinned to his uniform jacket just above his belt. In his right arm...

GLC05111.02.0509

Philip Kearny, carte de visite, in officer's uniform, 3/4 standing view, wearing cape & holding hat & sword

A close-up version of #505. Rank insignia obsurred by cape. In officer's uniform. He is also wearing a cape which covers his left shoulder (left arm was amputated during the Mexican War). His left sleeve is pinned to his uniform jacket just above...

GLC05111.02.0510

Vignette 3/4 length standing image

Vignette of image 546. Graphite inscription on verso "Jos Mansfield." Ink inscription on verso "209" "Jos. K. Mansfield, Brig. Gen. U.S. Army, Maj Gen. U.S. Vols," "Died Sept 18 1862, of wounds rec'd in Battle of Antietam, Md." Photographers imprint...

GLC05111.02.0547

Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

As lieutenant general, standing facing forward with mourning armband (for President Lincoln) on his left arm. Same image as GLC 1320. Imprint on recto "F. Gutekunst, Photog'r." Graphite inscription on verso "U. S. Grant - Lt. General U.S.A. Fair...

GLC05111.02.0429

As brigadier general vignette bust portrait

Imprint on recto "Brady Washington." Graphite inscription on verso "Brig-General Jas. S. Wadsworth" "Lossing Page 339" "Mortally wounded in Wilderness campaign May 6, 1864 Died May 8, 1864" "Century vol IX p 160." Photographers imprint on verso:...

GLC05111.02.0806

Photograph of Francis E. Brownell, in Zouave uniform, standing full length portrait

Ink inscription on recto "Brownell." Graphite inscription on verso "Francis E. Brownell the avenger of Ellsworth." Photographers imprint on verso: "Silsbee, Case & Co. Photograph Artists, 299 1/2 Washington St. Boston."

GLC05111.02.0839

As brigadier general, standing 3/4 length portrait Napoleon pose, sword in left

Ink inscription on verso "James S. Wadsworth Brig. Gen. Vols. U.S.A." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. From Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0805

As brigadier general, seated 3/4 length portrait with sword in lap

Thin red border on recto. Ink inscription on recto "Wardsworth [sic]." Graphite inscription on verso "Gen'l Wadsworth." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony 501 Broadway New York. From Photographic Negative in Brady's National...

GLC05111.02.0807

Vignette bust portrait

Graphite inscription on verso "136." Ink inscription on verso "James B McPherson Major General Vols and" "Photo by A S Morse, Huntsville, Ala. 1864."

GLC05111.02.0585

Oval portrait, with decorative gold frame around portrail

Ink inscription on recto "Gen Jas B McPherson." Decorative frame-like border imprint on recto. Graphite inscription on verso "G...Pherson]." Photographers imprint on verso: "Barr & Young, Army Photographers, Vicksburg, Mississippi."

GLC05111.02.0586

As brigadier general, standing 3/4 length napoleonic pose

Graphite inscription on recto "Genl Russell." Imprint on recto "Brady New York." Graphite inscription on verso "15" "Brig Gen David A Russell Killed at the Battle of Winchester VA Sept 19th 1864" "The Husband of Charlotte Quick sister of Thomas aunt...

GLC05111.02.0677

Vignette bust portrait

Imprint on recto "Brady New York." Graphite inscription on verso "Brig-Gen" "Gen. David A Russell" "Lossing Page 398, 423" "Gen Russell." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New...

GLC05111.02.0678

Vignette bust portrait

Ink inscription on recto "Reno." Graphite inscription on verso "Maj Gen Reno." Photographers imprint on label on verso: "[Image of E.Anthony Studios] 501 Broadway, N.Y."

GLC05111.02.0657

Vignette bust portrait

Graphite inscription on verso "Gen Reno killed at South Mountain Sept 15 1862." Photographers imprint on verso: "J.E.McClees, Artist, 910 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia."

GLC05111.02.0658

As brigadier general, seated 1/2 length

Graphite inscription on verso "Gen Russell 6 Corps Army of Potomac New." Ink inscription on verso "David A Russell, Brigadier General Vols and Major 8th Inf USA" "1864." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony 501 Broadway New...

GLC05111.02.0676

An oration delivered on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, (November 19, 1863,) at the consecration of the cemetery

First printing by Baker & Godwin. Contains the speeches of Edward Everett and Abraham Lincoln delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "To which is added interesting reports of the dedication ceremony...

GLC05124

Ambrotype of Sergeant William Everts II

Half length seated view of Everts with a slight beard, holding a sword. Descriptive tag reads: "William Everts II died in one of the first battles of the Civil War." CASE: Stamped paper on board showing a birds in a fountains and flowers. Gold...

GLC05131.25

Lincoln or related images, mostly cartes re: Lincoln, funeral, family, Booth [decimalized]

Carte de visites, stereographs, etc. from E. & H. T. Anthony and others. Several are later reprints. Includes 2 Lincoln portrait stereographs from Anthony's "Prominent Persons," 13 stereos of Lincoln's funeral; 31 CDVs of Lincoln, his family and...

GLC05136

to Simeon Baldwin re: American Colonization Society Report (printed letter)

Slavery-related circular letter concerning the death of the Society's agents in Africa who had sought to save recaptured colonists, and calling for continuing efforts. Caldwell was Secretary of the American Colonization Society.

GLC05157

Lincoln's Funeral Procession, Chicago

Handwritten on back: "Lincoln's funeral, Part of procession Cor[ners] Clark and Lake St. Chicago"

GLC05137.259

Confederate Cemetery

W.J. Thompson, Photographer, Columbus, Ohio." A Confederate cemetery. Three children stand by a boulder on which is inscribed: "2260 Confederate Soldiers of the War 1861-1865 Buried in this Enclosure." Sign above the cemetery gate reads "Americans."

GLC05137.260

Soldiers Graves, Bull Run

E. & H. T. Anthony. Negative by George N. Barnard.

GLC05137.007

Waiting for Exchanged Prisoners

Taylor & Huntington, publishers. "This is the flag-of-truce steamer "New York," waiting at Aiken's Landing, on the James River, for the Rebel flag-of-truce boat from Richmond, with a load of Union prisoners for Exchange. And what an exchange it was...

GLC05137.011

War Views. Burial of dead at Fredericksburg, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co. Ground, graves and blankets covering the bodies have been colored. Date from William Frassinito, "Grant And Lee the Virginia Campaigns, 1864-1865" (New York: Macmillian Publishing Co., 1983).

GLC05137.012

[Devil's Den, Gettysburg, Pa]

A view of Devil's Den showing dead Confederate sharpshooters among the rocks. [Slightly different from .24] [Possibly posed]

GLC05137.023

Dead on Devil's Den, July 5, 1863

Devil's Den, Gettysburg, PA. Shows dead Confederate sharpshooters among the rocks. [Slightly different from .23] [Possibly posed.]

GLC05137.024

Dead on Culp's Hill near Gettysburg, Pa

[Title inscibed on verso.] "J. T. Duvant. Paid."

GLC05137.025

Confederate Soldiers as they fell, near the Centre of the Battle-field of Gettys

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. From Gardner's Gallery. Negative by Alex. Gardner.

GLC05137.026

Gettysburg from the cemetery

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. From Gardner's Gallery. Negative by Jas. F. Gibson. Showing tents on the right-hand side of the photograph.

GLC05137.028

Dead Confederate Sharp-Shooters at the Battle of Gettysburg

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. From Gardner's Gallery. Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan.

GLC05137.031

Cemetery Hill with stone wall charged by the Louisiana Tigers [Gettysburg]

Inscribed on verso. "Charged by the Louisiana Tigers." Group of visitors to the battlefield with three men wearing medals. "Sold for the benefit of the Soldier's Memorial Church to be erected on this battlefield, in which any soldier may have a...

GLC05137.037

Tomb of Ex-President Polk, Nashville, Tenn.

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher.

GLC05137.051

The Trenches of Fort Mahone

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "A Dead Rebel Soldier, as he lay in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers 'Fort Damnation.' This view was taken the Morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865." A soldier...

GLC05137.057

The Trenches of Fort Mahone

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "A Dead Rebel Soldier, as he lay in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers 'Fort Damnation.' This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865." Side view of...

GLC05137.058

The Trenches of Fort Mahone

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "A Dead Rebel Soldier, as he lay on the foot passage in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers 'Fort Damnation.' Part of a broken Musket and Bayonet stuck in the bank. The marks and spots on his...

GLC05137.059

The Trenches of Fort Mahone [copy 2]

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "A Dead Rebel Soldier, as he lay on the foot passage in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers 'Fort Damnation.' Part of a broken Musket and Bayonet stuck in the bank. The marks and spots on his...

GLC05137.060

The Trenches of Fort Mahone

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Rebel soldiers killed in the trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers 'Fort Damnation." This view shows the construction of their bomb proofs and Covered passages, which branch off in every direction...

GLC05137.061

The Trenches of Fort Mahone [copy 2]

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Rebel soldiers killed in the trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers 'Fort Damnation." This view shows the construction of their bomb proofs and Covered passages, which branch off in every direction...

GLC05137.062

Inside Fort Mahone

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "This picture is a good view of the covered ways inside the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers 'Fort Damnation.' The Union soldiers had to charge up and down the obstructions. In the foreground centre...

GLC05137.063

Inside Fort Mahone [copy 2 with different caption]

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "This picture is a good view of the Covered Ways inside the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers 'Fort Damnation.' The Union soldiers had to charge up and down these obstructions. In the foreground centre...

GLC05137.064

The Morning After the Storming of Petersburgh, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "A dead Rebel Soldier, inside the Union Picket lines. This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865." Tax stamp removed.

GLC05137.065

The Morning After the Storming of Petersburgh, Va. [copy 2]

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "A dead Rebel Soldier, inside the Union Picket lines. This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865."

GLC05137.066

The Morning After the Storming of Petersburgh, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "This View was taken in the Rebel Trenches, the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865, and shows a dead Rebel Soldier who must have died instantly, his left temple and part of the head...

GLC05137.067

The Morning After the Storming of Petersburgh, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "A Rebel Soldier, killed in the trenches before Petersburgh. The shots and marks on his face, are blood issuing from his mouth and nose. The wound is in the head, caused by a fragment of shell. View taken the...

GLC05137.068

Killed at the Battle of Antietam

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Gardner's Gallery, Wa(s)hington, D. C. Negative by Alex Gardner. Three dead soldiers heaped against a rail fence with a bleak, decimated landscape in the background.

GLC05137.074

Graves of U.S. Soldiers

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Graves of U.S. Soldiers Killed in the attack on Ft. Stevens, July 12, 1864 -- View in front of the Barracks." Well marked graves with soldiers sitting in front of the grave markers and standing behind them.

GLC05137.077

Graves of U.S. Soldiers [copy 2]

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Graves of U.S. Soldiers Killed in the attack on Ft. Stevens, July 12, 1864 -- View in front of the Barracks." Well marked graves with soldiers sitting in front of the grave markers and standing behind them.

GLC05137.078

The Jury Flag Staff Erected by Gen. Anderson

Quinby & Co., Charleston, S.C., publisher. An extensive caption describes the surrender of Fort Sumter, and the ceremonial discharge of a cannon saluting the U.S. flag as it was being lowered, which killed two men and injured several more. Shows...

GLC05137.085