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Profile of officer sitting in front of a log cabin.

The logs of the cabin are arranged vertically instead of horizontally. A ladder leans against the brick chimney of the cabin. The officer sits in a camp chair facing to the right. The image is in the shape of a circle and is bordered in black....

GLC05111.01.0409

A general and four Federal officers posed in front of open tent.

A fifth man holding a mug poses in the tent's doorway. Inscription on verso: "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notation: "280 VIII."

GLC05111.01.0412

Group of five Federal officers at table in front of tent, served by black servant. [1862-1865 ca.]

The men face the camera. The table has been set with white dishes. The tent is in the woods. A second tent is located to the rear and left of the main scene. Inscription on verso: "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notation: "140 XI" (or IX).

GLC05111.01.0413

Group of five Federal officers at table in front of tent, served by black servant [variant]. [1862-1865 ca.]

The men are looking at their plates. The table has been set with white dishes and the servant holds a white pitcher. The tent is in the woods. A second tent is located to the rear and left of the main scene. Inscription on verso: "Genl. Ordway...

GLC05111.01.0414

Two men in civilian dress sitting in clearing and smoking pipes, Brandy Station. [February 1864 ca.]

Both men wear knee high boots. Two horses are visible in the background. The man on the left sits on a box while the man on the right sits in a camp chair. Possibly scouts? The Library of Congress labeled the image as two men: "discussing the...

GLC05111.01.0416

View of ruins of large white house with columns through trees.

The ruins of the building are visible just beyond the trees in the center of the image. A few tents occupy the right side of the image. Inscription on verso: "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notation: "293 VIII."

GLC05111.01.0417

Two officers and a man in civilian dress posed in front of tents.

The man in civilian dress is opening a flask and the officer standing on the right holds a tin cup. The second officer sits in a camp chair between the two other men. The rank insignia is blurred. Inscription on verso: "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll...

GLC05111.01.0418

Black troops of Ferrero's division, on the eastern front at Petersburg

Inscription on verso "Bombproof quarters in Federal camp. 21 black soldiers and one white soldier posed in camp. Numeric notation: "XI - III 802."

GLC05111.01.0419

Captured Confederate camp captured by 18th Corps [Petersburg ?]

Image of a rough camp with two men standing outside of a tent on the right side of the image. A third man sits near them. The foreground of the image is littered with brush or debris. Many of the tents and cabins look delapitatted. Numeric...

GLC05111.01.0422

Two soldiers relaxing in their tent

One soldier lies on a cot and looks at the camera. The other soldier appears to be writing at a small table in front of the tent. Good view of the interior of the tent. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation: "792."

GLC05111.01.0439