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"Breast work on Left wing Round top Getezsburg [Gettysburg]."

Shows a lone man in a straw hat (perhaps Brady) amongst fallen trees and a crude stone fortification.

GLC03029.21

[Farmhouse]

Shows a wooden house [farmhouse?] with a man and woman in front.

GLC03029.22

[merchants building]

Shows a three-story wooden building with signs for various types of merchants, including clothing, furniture, and millinery. A fourth sign advertises Carpenter's Photography Studio.

GLC03029.23

"Ruins in Alex[andria], 1863."

Dramatic pose of hooded woman mourning in the ruins.

GLC03029.24

"Cleaning the wreck."

Soldiers and civilians clearing wrecked trains and bent rails from a track.

GLC03029.25

"Tomb of the Mother of Washingto[n] at Fdkg [Fredericksburg]."

"No. 8." penciled on verso, along with the number 9220. Image shows a single soldier standing in front of the monument with his back to the camera.

GLC03029.26

"Birney['s] H Qr [Headquarters]."

"10803" penciled on verso. Image shows a clearing with Birney's headquarters to the right, and a group of soldiers and horses standing to the left. Slightly lighter print of image #28.

GLC03029.27

"Gen[era]l Birney['s] Hd Q [Headquarters]."

"10803" penciled on verso. Slightly darker print of image #27.

GLC03029.28

"Wheatfield where Gen Reynol[d]s was Killed."

Variation on O'Sullivan's photo of the wheatfield. Shows a man (probably Brady) crouched at the edge of a pond and looking down. See also image #35 in this collection, and GLC# 2435, Gardner reprint of "Field where Gen. Reynolds fell, Gettysburg."

GLC03029.29

"Gen. Chapman"

"9679" penciled on verso, along with misidentification of photo as "Genl. Sheridan" struck through in ink by a roughly contemporary hand. Image shows Gen. George H. Chapman seated outside his tent.

GLC03029.30

[Behind the Confederate wall at Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg]

Unusually large print of a photograph taken from behind the Confederate wall at Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg.

GLC03029.31

to Lucretia Bingham

They are attached to McDowell's Corps and will advance soon to cooperate with McClellan's army. The one year enlistments of two Indiana regiments have expired and the regiments have been sent back to Washington. Direct his letters to "Geo. T...

GLC03607.03

Campaign Maps Army of the Potomac, Map No. 1. Yorktown to Williamsburg [Manuscript map signed]

Title continues: "Prepared by Command of Maj. Gen. George B. Mc.Clellan U.S.A. Commd'g Army of the Potomac A.A. Humphreys Brig. Gen. and Chief of Top. Engr's." Accomplished on four pieces on joined wove paper. Photographed at the Coast Survey Office...

GLC04355.02

Campaign Maps Army of the Potomac, Map No. 1. Yorktown to Williamsburg

Title continues: "Prepared by Command of Maj. Gen. George B. Mc.Clellan U.S.A. Commanding Army of the Potomac Brig. Gen. A.A. Humphreys Chief of Top. Engrs Army of the Potomac." Engraved by W.H. Dougal. Map compiled by Abbot. Printed version of...

GLC04355.03

Campaign Maps Army of the Potomac, Map No. 1. Yorktown to Williamsburg

Title continues: "Prepared by Command of Maj. Gen. George B. Mc.Clellan U.S.A. Commanding Army of the Potomac Brig. Gen. A.A. Humphreys Chief of Top. Engrs Army of the Potomac." Engraved by W.H. Dougal. Map compiled by Abbot. Printed version of...

GLC04355.04

Campaign Map Army of the Potomac, Map No. 3. White House to Harrisons Landing

Title continues: "Prepared by Command of Maj. Gen. George B. Mc.Clellan U.S.A. Commd'g Army of the Potomac A.A. Humphreys Brig. Gen. and Chief of Top. Engr's." Map compiled by Abbot. Photographed at the Coast Survey Office. A very faint brown-line...

GLC04355.05

to Sarah Wood

Written at Camp Dennison to his wife. Reports he is finally paid $62.50. Expects to move soon, though "grape vine dispaches," or camp rumors, are unreliable as to where. Mentions some soldiers' receiving packages from home. Laments vice in camp...

GLC02176.05

to Sarah Wood

Written at Camp Dennison to his wife. Tells of a dream he had that he was at home again and that the war was over, though expresses certainty that the end will come soon. Is waiting for orders to march any day. Talks of how much a soldier values a...

GLC02176.06

to Sarah Wood

Written from London, Kentucky to his wife. Describes raids in Tennessee and Virginia, destroying railroads, burning bridges, tearing down telegraph wires. Also describes the rainy weather. Expresses concern because he sent a dollar in a letter, but...

GLC02176.07

to Sarah Wood

Written from Stanford, Kentucky to his wife. Is concerned that the $10 he sent won't get to her because 'it is such a secesh place." Observes "all armies is on the move it appears to be the grand rally now that is to decide the contest." Continues...

GLC02176.08

to Sarah Wood

Written from around Knoxville, Tennessee to his wife. Mentions rebel citizens are rumored to be stealing soldiers' mail. Talks of new clothes, his battalion's shabby outfitting, hopes of buying socks for a dollar with his new pay. Mentions nearly...

GLC02176.09

to Sarah Wood

Written from near Knoxville, Tennessee to his wife. Justifies war as a chastening from God for the nation's previous sins. Mentions Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty. Describes the comforts of God as a companion. Written on military stationery.

GLC02176.11

to Sarah Wood

Written from near Knoxville, Tennessee to his wife. Mentions his good appetite and ragged clothes, but quartermaster is requisitioning more, rumors that Generals Ulysses S. Grant and John Foster will soon defeat James Longstreet's men. Deliberates...

GLC02176.12

to Sarah Wood

Written at a camp near Knoxville, Tennessee to his wife. Sends his wife thirty dollars, though he is uneasy because of the insecure mail. Sends the money because the rebels could come any time. Keeps ten dollars because "if the rebels come here again...

GLC02176.13

to Sarah Wood

Written from Nashville, Tennessee to his wife. Was sent to Nashville to retrieve a horse, but there are many cavalrymen waiting for horses. Compares the cold weather to Ohio winters. Describes the terrain of East Tennessee, the abundance of fruits...

GLC02176.14