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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

The reflective soldier

Title from inscription on verso. Image of a soldier sitting at a table. He is wearing a saber and holding a cap in his lap. Tents and trees are visible in the background. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation: "1166."

GLC05111.01.0444

Camp Cumberland landing

Title from inscription on verso. The camp consists of many A-frame tent. There are man hoses in the camp area. The landing is visible in the distance. Note the many wagons at the river bank. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation:...

GLC05111.01.0447

Group of two women and 6 soldiers posed on porch of building

The building is constructed of unpainted wooden planks. The windows are covered by closed shutters. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation: "1139."

GLC05111.01.0449

Soldiers winter quarters

View of approximately 20 small wooden cabins with shingle and plank rooves. The foremost set of cabins has a wood pile jammed in the space where the cabins meet. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation: "332 IV" (or VI).

GLC05111.01.0450

Group of 5 officers posed in front of tent

The three officers in the front are seated and the two in back are standing. For most of the men, rank insignia is obscured, however the man on the appears to be a major. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation: "XXIV 441"

GLC05111.01.0451

Camp of 31st Pennsylvania infantry, and headquarters Graham's brigade

View of large field with the camp of the 31st infantry visible in the center. The 31st was a regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers organized in Harrisburg in June 1863 and mustered out in August 1863. Fence runs diagonally across two-thirds of the...

GLC05111.01.0456

[Union troops mustering, 1862]

62 men of company I mustering in front of an arbor bearing their company designation. A man in back holds an American flag. Two musicians are featured on the far left. Tents drawn in the background behind the trees.

GLC05111.01.0464

Field Hospital, 1st Divison, 2nd Army Corps, Brandy Station. [Feb. 1864 ca.] [copy 2]

The image shows a camp consisting of rough cabins with tents stretched over them as roofs. The soldiers are posed in front of the structures. Note the woman standing in the midst of the soldiers on the right hand side of the image.
See GLC 5111.01...

GLC05111.01.0508

Field Hospital, 1st Divison, 2nd Army Corps, Brandy Station. [Feb. 1864 ca.] [variant]

The image shows a camp consisting of rough cabins with tents stretched over them as roofs. The soldiers are posed in front of the structures. Note that in this image, there are fewer people and the woman stands apart from the soldiers.
See GLC 5111...

GLC05111.01.0509

Winter camps, Brandy Station, [April-May 1864 ca.]

Image of a young contraband leaning against a chimney standing in the middle of Federal army camp shortly before Grant's Wilderness offensive of May 1864.

GLC05111.01.0510

Head-Quarters Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Va. [February 1864 ca.]

Zouaves from the 114th Penn. standing in front of wall of brush with winter quarters and tents in background. Thrown up on the wall of brush to dry out are government issued wool blankets and canvas shelter-halves. The men wear their dress uniforms...

GLC05111.01.0511

Unidentified Federal battery in battle formation at camp. [1861-1865 ca.]

An unidentified battery. A small squad of soldiers is lined up in front of a tent on the left side of the image holding what appears to be sabres at the position of salute. The battery is aligned in an open formation, battle position with limbers...

GLC05111.01.0513

Six Federal cavalry officers, a civilian and a child posed in front of tent, Petersburg. [1864-1865 ca.]

Five officers are seated in front of a tent, the center one has his arm around a small boy at his side. A sixth man in civilian clothes stands behind the chairs. Inscription on verso: "Seige of Petersburg" and "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso...

GLC05111.01.0521

Alexander Gardner's camp with two assistants next to log cabins. [1863-1864 ca.]

Alexander Gardner's camp - photgraphing maps for the army in the field. See Mathew Brady and His World, page 207. Two men are seated in front of a log cabin with a tent streched over it as a roof, one in its doorway and one on a high table. Also...

GLC05111.01.0522

Black soldiers with artillery guns behind fortifications. [1861-1865 ca.]

Seven black infantrymen stand with cannons behind fortifications. An eighth man is just visible on the left side of the image. In both the far righ and left background are camps with tents. Stamp of the Century company on verso. Numeric notation...

GLC05111.01.0525

Chapel of the 50 Engineers NY Vols in front of Petersburg, Va. [Poplar Grove] 1865.

Title taken from inscription on verso. The well constructed chapel, with a ornamental Engineers Castle insignia mounted above the door, is on the left side of the image. Black men, women and children stand in front of nearby smaller wooden...

GLC05111.01.0529

Tents under trees with flagpole. [1861-1865 ca.]

The image shows a camp featuring three prominent tents in a line under some tall trees facing a tall flagpole Several other tents are visible in the background. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "507" and "VII."

GLC05111.01.0535

Encampment on the edge of town, Culpeper, Va. November 1863 ca.

The image shows the tents of the camp at Culpeper in the distance. The town is visible behind the camp. There are fenced off fields in the foreground, the closest of which is just a line of fenceposts without rails. The rails were probably removed...

GLC05111.01.0551

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."

GLC05111.01.0555

Thirty-five soldiers with rifles under canopy of tree boughs. [1862-1865 ca.]

Thirty five men are posed in two lines, with one line standing and another kneeling in front. Ten others are visible in the background. The kneeling soldiers hold rifles and the insignia on their hats appears to indicate that they are either...

GLC05111.01.0557

Headquarters of General Mott, 2nd Div., 3rd Corps. [1861-1865 ca.]

Nine officers and enlistedmen stand in front of a log cabin with a chimney made from barrels. Behind them, two men hold the [2nd Division] 3rd Corps flag, a triangular flag with a white diamond in the center. There are five contraband men in the...

GLC05111.01.0558

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...

GLC05111.01.0561

"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.

GLC05111.01.0567

Rev. G. Winslow D.D.M.D. at Camp Letterman, Gettysburg, Pa. [1863 ca.]

Winslow is seated, with a book in his lap, in front of a tent. A flag hangs above the tent and there is an arch of branches in front of the opening. An unidentified woman stands behind his chair, holding a hat and a basket. Inscription on recto: "Rev...

GLC05111.01.0578

Two-story white house with flagpole in front. [1861-1865 ca.]

Several people stand on the porch of a two story white house that shows sign of battle damage. A black man stands just in front of it, holding the reins of a horse. There is a flagpole in the center of the image and the United States flag is raised...

GLC05111.01.0579

Two Federal officers and two young black servants in front of open tent. [1861-1865 ca.]

The officers, one a lieutenant and the other a captain, are seated opposite each other in front of the tent. The tent is open and two beds, on each side, are visible. Two young contrabands stand on either side of the tent . Inscription on verso:...

GLC05111.01.0601

Nineteen Federal officers in front of log cabin with tent roof. [1861-1865 ca.]

The officers form a long line, wearing an assortment of uniforms and almost all have swords. Inscription on verso "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "VI" and "531."

GLC05111.01.0602

Generals Ward and Mott with officers in front of tent. October 1863 ca.

There are six men total in the image. Five are posed, two sitting, three standing, while the sixth appears to be exiting the tent with a cup in his hand. The man in the center strikes a Napoleonic pose. Inscription on verso: "Gen. Ward Gen. Mott...

GLC05111.01.0611

Capitol Building in Richmond, Virginia.

A view of the Capitol Building in Richmond, from across a park. Soldiers relax on the grounds with stacked arms arranged in rows and errected small cooking fires. Inscription on verso: "View in Capitol Grounds, Richmond." Numeric notation on verso:...

GLC05111.01.0718

Rappahannock Station with railroad tracks, tents, and soldiers.

Inscription on verso: "Rapahannock Station." Numeric notation on back: "6."

GLC05111.01.0738

Headquarters of General Porter.

Inscription on verso: "HQ-Genl Porter." Small house on left side of image with a group of soldiers out front. In the distance, there appears a large encampment. Numeric notation on verso: "41."

GLC05111.01.0767

The Army of the Potomac at Camp, [unknown location].

Inscription on verso: "Army of the Potomac." Army of the Potomac encampment with tents, wagons, trees and horses throughout the image. Numeric notation on verso: "31."

GLC05111.01.0769

Camp near French's Bridge, Chickahominy River, Virginia [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "1861. War Views. 1865. No. 2340. Camp Near French's Bridges, Chickahominy River, Virginia. In the hollow in the foreground can be seen the mule teams and army wagons. The shelter tent camp and smoke from the numerous camp fires...

GLC05111.01.0843

Mess of Company D, 93rd New York Volunteers [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic incidents of the war. No. 218. Capt. H. Smith's Mess, Co. D, 93rd N.Y.V., Bealton, Va., August, '63."

GLC05111.01.0852

Camp in the Woods at Cold Harbor

A view of a clearing in the woods at Cold Harbor. Inscription: "Camp in the Woods at Cold Harbor." Inscription on verso: "Duplicate."

GLC05111.01.0869

A frame house in Fair Oaks, Virginia

View of a frame house in Fair Oaks, surrounded by over thirty black soldiers. To the upper left of the image, tents are seen as this appears to be the camp of a union army division. Inscription on verso: "Frame house, Fair Oaks, Va." Numeric notation...

GLC05111.01.0877

Frame house in Fair Oaks, Virginia

Inscription on verso: "Head Quarters and other home, frame house Fair Oaks, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "44."

GLC05111.01.0878

Rear view of Frame House in Fair Oaks, Virginia

View of the frame house used as a headquarters at Fair Oaks, as seen from the camp of the soldiers. Several soldiers are seen outside their tents, while many more are leaning up against the frame house in the background. Inscription on verso: "Old...

GLC05111.01.0879

House of Fair Oaks Battlefield

View of frame house with tent and covered wagon surrounding it. Inscription on verso: "House of Fair Oaks Battlefield." Numeric notation on verso: "68."

GLC05111.01.0880

Ravine at Yorktown, Virginia

A view of the several wooden buildings constructed in the Ravine at Yorktown, Virginia. Inscription on verso: "View of Ravine at Yorktown, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "17."

GLC05111.01.0881

Three Union Officers sit outside a tent

Three union officers, one of which is a Major General, and two of which are seated outside a tent in camp. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "450."

GLC05111.01.0890

Five Officers in camp

Five officers posed in camp, three of which are seated. Four officers seem to be wearing boots which would denote cavalry or mounted service. Numeric notation on verso: "135."

GLC05111.01.0891

Camp of the 150th Pennsylvania Volunteers

Image of the camp of the 150th Pennsylvania Volunteers, with smoke rising from cooking fires and the troops in columns, seemingly ready to march off to battle. Inscription on verso: "Camp of the 150th Pa Vols." Numeric notation on verso: "14."

GLC05111.01.0902

Winter Quarters of the Confederate Army

Image of a vastly unvegetated field. Wooden fence-like construction on the foreground appears to be in need of rebuilding. People are nowhere to be seen. Inscription on verso: "Winter Quarters Confederate Army." Numeric notation on verso: "5(45)."

GLC05111.01.0906

Encampment of Seven Thousand Confederates in distance

Image of valley in which seven thousand Confederate soldiers camped. Inscription on verso: "Encampment of 7000 Confederates." Numeric notation on verso: "3(553)."

GLC05111.01.0907

"Arrival of first negroes in the lines."

Image of fifteen blacks arriving in a covered wagon at a Union Army Camp. Only one of the men in the group is uniformed, and a second soldier is evident, albeit blurred, on a horse to the rear of the wagon. Inscription on verso: "Arrival of first...

GLC05111.01.0925

Soldiers outside of Barracks-type house

A partial image (only two-thirds of image is shown, with blank undeveloped section above) of a line of twenty-eight soldiers standing outside of a building which appears as if it could be used for barracks.

GLC05111.01.0936

Confederate Winter Quarters

Roughly constructed wooden buildings which were used as the winter quarters of the Confederate Army. Inscription on verso: "Winter quarters of the Rebel army at Manassas, Va., 1862." Numeric notation on verso: "121." Additional inscription on verso:...

GLC05111.01.0937

Winter Quarters of the Engineer Corps

Building constructed by the engineering corps, ornately designed and covered by vegetation to camoflage the structure. Inscription on verso: "Winter quarters of the Engineer corps." Numeric notation on verso: "237."

GLC05111.01.0941