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Martello Tower, Tyber Island, Ga. Built in 1537, by the Spanish

Photograph shows a large square building made of stone. Also shows fortifications and soldiers. [Green tax 3¢ stamp on verso.]

GLC05140.01.12

Pivot gun & Crew, U.S. Ship Pocahontas, Edisto Ricer, S.C. April, 1862

Thirty-three sailors on deck of ship standing around pivot gun. The tracks that allow the gun to move are visible on the deck

GLC05140.01.13

Mortar U.S. Schooner C.P. Williams, Port Royal, S.C

An officer leans against the mortar gun with the rest of the crew posed in back of the gun. Two infantry drummer boys stand to the left, behind the gun

GLC05140.01.14

Contrabands aboard U. S. Ship Vermont, Port Royal, S.C

Many contraband men in naval looking uniforms on deck of ship. Shoes are very prominent on those seated in the front row. Note the second man from the left in the first row. To either side of him are the bare feet of the man behind him. [Green 3¢...

GLC05140.01.15

Deck of U.S. ship Wabash, Port Royal Harbor, S.C. May, 1863

Officers and crew of the ship pose near the back of the ship. The ship's rigging occupies the foreground.

GLC05140.01.16

Forward Pivot Gun, 200 lb Rifle. U.S. ship Wabash

Naval officers and infantry officers facing each other on the deck in front of an artillery gun. Two other naval officers and three seamen pose around the gun. On the left. a infantryman feigns a charge with his bayonet.

GLC05140.01.17

Collection of James K. Magie, C company, 78th regiment, Illinois, infantry [Decimalized .01-.51]

Private in the Army of the Cumberland. The letters are written to his wife, Mary, who lived in Macomb, Illinois. (There are 46 manuscript items plus 5 printed items which include 3 newspaper clippings.) Magie also held the position of Brigade...

GLC05241

to Mary Magie

Writes from Headquarters of the 78th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers. He asks her to write at least once a week. They have received marching orders, but heavy rains made the river rise and they may not be able to move. He spent last night playing a...

GLC05241.06

to Mary Magie

The regiment has moved to Louisville. He and a few other officers have taken possession of a building to use as their quarters. The contraband cook is practicing his spelling. He received a letter detailing Eddy's illness. He wants his son...

GLC05241.07

to Mary Magie

Written on board the steamer J. H. Groesbeck. Notes the regiment is bound for Fort Donelson. Says he has comfortable quarters in a cabin with some other officers but the enlisted men are very crowded. Mentions that his colonel is under arrest for...

GLC05241.09

Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. Capt. J.B. Howard, Office of Assistant Quartermaster, Army of the Potomac

A print of a photograph of a tent of the Assistant Quartermaster Captain J. B. Howard, Army of the Potomac. Graphite inscription on verso: "Camp of 3rd Corps in Culpepper. Capt Howard AQM and aids, clerks &c. John Henry in the foreground. Capt Furey...

GLC05111.01.0266

Scouts and guides of the Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, VA. March 1864.

This large group includes two black contraband wearing white aprons in the center-left of the image and a third young black contraband squatting on the far right. Some of the soldiers wear cavalry jackets. Others in the group appear to be civilians...

GLC05111.01.0372

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

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

Six Federal officers leisurely sharing a drink and smoking pipes. [1861-1865 ca.]

Four men gathered in front of a tent around a fitfth who is seated, holding a book and smoking a pipe. A black servant is pouring the leftmost officer a drink. The image has been torn and both parts attached to a white backing. Inscription on...

GLC05111.01.0520

Three Federal officers, a civilian and two black men in front of small house. [1861-1865 ca.]

Two officers seated in front of house, both facing to the left. A white man and a black man stand just behind on the porch. Another officer stands to the left of the house and a black man sits on the ground to his left. Inscription on verso:...

GLC05111.01.0528

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

Black men and women assembled outside large house. [1860's ca.]

The image shows a large house with a fence leading off from either side. Most of the men seem to be on the left, while the women are in a group on the right. Two men stand in the foreground, one on each side, facing each other. The man on the right...

GLC05111.01.0550

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

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

Headquarters of General Lafayette, with a group of Contraband and black servants out front, including two men reclining on ground.

Inscription on verso: "HQ Gen Lafayette." Numerical notation on verso: "64."

GLC05111.01.0784

"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

Union officers sitting for a meal with camp scene behind

The image shows 5 Union officers seated at a table drinking, with two young African-American men standing behind them and what appears to be a white cook with an apron. Various white and black soldiers stand in the background among the A-frame tents...

GLC05111.01.1040

to John M. Cuyler

Suggesting that contrabands, formerly enslaved people who had escaped to the Union army, be tasked with collecting corpses. "It is suggested that Contrabands be Employed to bring down & put in the waggons the dead bodies which, Emit these foul...

GLC04511