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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

Southern Military College, Nashville, Tenn

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Rest of caption: "Now used as a Military Hospital for officers."

GLC05137.044

Panoramic view of Nashville, Tenn., looking down the Cumberland River....

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Panoramic view of Nashville, Tenn., looking down the Cumberland River, taken from the top of the Southern Military College, now used as a military hospital for officers."

GLC05137.049

Roper Hospital, Charleston

Series title but no Anthony imprint. Buildings colored pink and trees colored green. Man leans against yard wall.

GLC05137.104

Roper's Hospital, Charleston, S. C

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Roper's Hospital, Charleston, S. C., the place where the Union prisoners were confined."

GLC05137.107

Soldiers' Graves near the General Hospital, City Point, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Hand colored. Seemingly endless rows of graves. Only the burials in the distant background have grave markers.

GLC05137.172

Scene in the Hospital (leg amputation)

No identification. Label on front: "Scene in the Hospital." Zouave soldiers helping a doctor with a leg amputation. Handwritten on verso: "Hospital Scene at Fortress Monroe, Va." Not the same as 5137.201

GLC05137.200

Scene in the Hospital. (arm amputation)

No identification. Label on front: "Scene in the Hospital." Zouaves soldiers helping a doctor prepare for amputate an arm. Doctors kit visible ion a table in the foreground. Handwritten on verso: "Hospital Scene at Fortress Monroe, Va." Not the...

GLC05137.201

Clara Barton

Half-bust portrait showing Barton wearing medals. With note on back (apparently in her handwriting): "I have had some old time pictures brought down to convenient size for letters. Will you kindly accept." Pencil note of a previous owner: "t[aken]...

GLC05143

[to unknown]

re: letter fragment in which Hartsuff claims that nothing has changed, although a "burial party" has been sent out to bury dead Indians and his own hospital is full of wounded. Claims that General Miles has sent a Peace Party out to the Indians to...

GLC05201.017

to "my darling wife and baby"

re: Hartsuff reports that the war commenced almost without warning. Four companies of Infantry had already struck their tents and gotten ready to leave and another four were under orders to strike their tents when the fight broke upon them....

GLC05201.020

to "my darling wife and baby"

re: Hartsuff tells his wife and daughter about the conditions in his field hospital built from nothing and now housing fifty men comfortably. Claims that most of what is in the newspapers is true, but he can add nothing to the accounts because he...

GLC05201.021

to Mary Magie

"No 10." Written from camp near Franklin. Charley returned and is now a hospital cook, which he prefers to being in the ranks. Discusses money and his plan to be out of debt, buy the Macomb Journal and have a comfortable living after the war.

GLC05241.33

to Mary Magie

"No 12." He was happy to learn that his box arrived home safely. Describes the burning of a house that blocked the line of view from the fort and visiting wounded in the hospital. One of his articles was printed in the Journal (see GLC05241.50)....

GLC05241.36

to Mary Magie

"No 14." Written from camp near Franklin. Sends home another box of clothes and more money. Discusses his plan for getting out of debt and securing a good living. Lives at the Regimental hospital and describes his breakfast there. He is upset...

GLC05241.39

Brandy Station, Virginia (vicinity). Field hospital of 3d Division, 2d Army Corps

A print of a photograph of the field hospital at Brandy Station, VA. The image shows a camp consisting of rough cabins with tents stretched over them as roofs lining either side of the image. The soldiers are posed in front of the structures. Note...

GLC05111.01.0274

Richmond hospital. [1865 ca.]

Two Federal soldiers stand guard outside a three story, white, stone building. Men in light-colored frock coats stand in archways in front of the building.

GLC05111.01.0288

Surgeons HQ, 3rd Division, 9th Corps, [Petersburg, VA.] [August 1864 ca.] [red mount]

Identification from the sign on the pole above the officers. Also, inscription reads the same.

GLC05111.01.0318

Ambulance convoy at rest on its way to hospital at City Point, Va. [1864 ca.]

The first few ambulances have the rear flaps closed, while the three closest to the camera have the flaps open. Later pencil inscription on verso says "July 1863" but the bare trees and donned great coats indicates probably a winter scene. Numeric...

GLC05111.01.0402

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

Men and wagons of the Engineer Corps ambulance train, Falmouth, Va. [April 1863 ca.]

A line of wagons stretches across the image engineers at the head of the teams and drivers seated in the wagons. The wagon covers bear the castle insignia of the engineers. A flag is flying on the left side of the image. Inscripton on verso: "Gardner...

GLC05111.01.0552

Smith's Farm in Keedysville, Virginia, at the field hospital of French's division.

Inscription on verso: "Smith's Farm-Reedsville [sic], Va." Image of a large barn, surrounded by piles of hay and farming implements. A group of six people can be seen on the lower left of the image, and a pair of horses stands next to an artillery...

GLC05111.01.0761

Clarke's house, hospital for reserve forces.

Inscription on verso: "Clarke's House, Hospital for Reserve." Large house flanked by two smaller cabins with numerous trees and a whitewashed fence in front. Numeric notation on verso: "36(86)."

GLC05111.01.0765

Headquarters of Captain Bates of the Third Army Corps, near Brandy Station

The image shows a group of ambulances with a photographer's wagon in front of a group of quartermaster's wagons and a large store of supplies for the Wilderness Campaign. Inscription on verso: "Ordway, Gardner Coll." Numeric notation on verso: "XI...

GLC05111.01.0970