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James River Pontoon Bridge

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. View from the south side, above Jones' landing.

GLC05137.131

James River Pontoon Bridge

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Showing bridge opened for the passage of steamers.

GLC05137.132

The Rocketts and James River from Libby Hill, Richmond, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Panorama looking southwest. A label pasted over the back appears to obscure the "War Views" series title. The word "War" is handwritten on the label.

GLC05137.133

Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, U.S.A

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. With tax stamp. Stamped on verso: "John D. Chase, Optician, 203 Fulton St., Brooklyn. Handwritten: "1873..4..10"

GLC05137.135

Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman and Horse before Atlanta

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. View in the trenches, before Atlanta, Ga.

GLC05137.136

Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman and Horse before Atlanta

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. View in the trenches, before Atlanta, Ga. This appears to be the same shot as GLC05137.136, but it has a different series number.

GLC05137.137

Maj. Gen. Sherman and Staff

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. View in the trenches, before Atlanta, Ga. Tax stamp may have been torn off. Handwritten on front: "Gen. Sherman & Staff, Atlanta, Ga."

GLC05137.138

Maj. Gen. Sherman and Staff

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. View in the trenches, before Atlanta, Ga. This is a different version of GLC05137.138. It has the same series number, but the caption on back is broken onto two lines; the caption for number 138 is printed on a...

GLC05137.139

Ruins of Railroad Depot, Atlanta, Ga

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher.

GLC05137.140

Railroad Depot and surroundings, Atlanta, Ga

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher.

GLC05137.141

Shermans men destroying RR Atlanta, Ga. November 1864

Stamp on front partially illegible: "Lawrence and Houseworth, San Francisco." Handwritten on front: "Shermans men destroying RR Atlanta, Ga. November 1864." In a different had, on verso: "Shermans men Destroying the Rail Road. Atlanta, Ga. November...

GLC05137.142

Sherman's men dismantling Ft. McAllister, Savannah, Ga.

Handwritten on verso: "Genl Shermans Boys wheeling shot Rebel shot and shell from Ft. McCalister near Savanah, Ga." Depicts two rows of men pushing wheelbarrows. Same as GLC05137.181 which has an imprint]

GLC05137.143

Gen. Sherman's wagon train, near Savannah, Ga

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher.

GLC05137.144

Interior of Ft. McAllister, Savannah, Ga

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher.

GLC05137.145

Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Lieut. Gen'l Ulysses S. Grant, Com. in Chief Armies of U.S."

GLC05137.146

Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant and his horse Lexington

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Lieut. Gen. Grant and his favorite horse Lexington. Taken at Cold Harbor, Va., June 4th, 1864."

GLC05137.147

Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant and his horse Lexington

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Handwritten on verso: "Emma G. Griggs From my Husband." Caption: "Lieut. Gen. Grant and his favorite horse Lexington. Taken at Cold Harbor, Va., June 4th, 1864." With tax stamp.

GLC05137.148

Stereocard of Ulysses Grant, Gideon Welles, and Andrew Johnson

Posed on porch of Enos Throop in Auburn, New York.

GLC05137.149

Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant and party

Kilburn Brothers, Littleton, New Hampshire, publishers. Grant and a small crowd standing on a railroad car and platform. Identification on front of card. Handwriting on verso: "Alwird No. 31"

GLC05137.153

Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant at Bishop Haven College

Photographed and Published by L[?] F. Adams, Oak Bluffs, Mass. Identification handwritten on verso. Grant and a large crowd on the porch of a house or church, with flags and bunting draped over the front. Similar to GLC05137.155 and GLC05137.156.

GLC05137.154

Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant and friends at the Bishop Haven College

Made and for sale, wholesale and retail by Joseph W. Warren, No. 2 High Street, Fall River, Mass. Handwritten on verso: "Gen. Grant and friends at the Bishop Haven College. " Similar to GLC05137.154 and GLC05137.156.

GLC05137.155

Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant at Bishop Haven College

A different shot of the same scene as GLC05137.154 and .155. On verso a list of available cards but no other identification. Grant and a small group of people posed on porch of building at Bishop Haven College. Similar to GLC05137.154 and GLC05137...

GLC05137.156

Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant at his Cottage in Long Branch, NJ

G. W. Pach, Photo, N. Y. and Long Branch, NJ, publisher. No identification of the scene. A different edition of GLC05137.158, which is identified.

GLC05137.157

Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant at his Cottage in Long Branch, NJ

G. W. Pach, Photo, N. Y. and Long Branch, NJ, publisher. A different edition of GLC05137.157.

GLC05137.158

The Great $45,000 Sword, Which Grant Got

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "The Great Metropolitan Sanitary Fair, The Great $45,000 Sword, Which Grant Got."

GLC05137.160

Residence of Lieut. Gen. Grant

R. Newell, Philadelphia. Handwritten identification on verso: "Residence of Lieut. Gen. Grant As it appeared April 15th - 1865" Building in the city decorated with patriotic bunting.

GLC05137.161

Falmount Park, Gen. Grant's Headquarters

Identification on front. Small cottage in field. Building used as headquarters by General Grant at City Point and moved to Falmount Park near the Skuylkill River. [Similar image to 5137.163.]

GLC05137.162

Grant's Cottage at Falmount Park

Identification handwritten on back. Stamp on back: "Wm. Senter, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry & Spectacles, 34 Exchange St. Portland, Me." Grant's headquarters at Falmount Park. Inscription on verso: "Fairmount [sic] Park. East side Skuylkill Used as...

GLC05137.163

Gen. Grant's favorite field horse Cincinnati

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Taken at City Point, Va.

GLC05137.165

Stonewall Jackson's War Horse Old Sorrel

Foster, Richmond, Va. Oversized card. Handwritten identification on back: "Old Sorrel. Stonewall Jackson's war horse he was on this horse May 2nd 1863 when he was mortally wounded and died the 10th 39 years old. The horse died at Soldiers Home...

GLC05137.166

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md

By W. M. Chase. Eight officers in uniform

GLC05137.167

Skating Party. U. S. Naval Academy and Annapolis Views

Chase's Celebrated Collection of National Views. Woods, Print. Baltimore. Extensive description of collection on back. Shows a group of children ice skating.

GLC05137.168

Life on the Ocean

A group of men gathered around a table on board a sailing ship. Man in center at far end of table is dress in civilian clothes.

GLC05137.169

Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va [a battery lined up at City Point]

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Reserved Battery's Light 12 Pounders on the Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va." A long row of cannons and limbers lined up on a plank sidewalk near railroad tracks.

GLC05137.170

Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va [single cannon with black guard]

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "A 12 pound brass Cannon, Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va." Black soldier stands guard near a solitary artillery piece.

GLC05137.171

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

Government Road, City Point, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Government Road[,] City Point, near the Mail Dock, Va. Army wagons in the foreground." View taken from a hill. Horses, wagons and farm buildings near the road.

GLC05137.173

City Point, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Warf scene showing ships both in the water and at dock. Horses and wagons stand near the docks, ready to take the cargo from the ships.

GLC05137.174

Gen. Grant's Rail Road, City Point, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Gen. Grant's Rail Road, City Point, Va., looking North." Freight cars marked "USMRR" in a busy railroad yard. Ships visible near dock. Unloading docks lead right to railroad tracks.

GLC05137.175

Picket guard on the alert, near Lewinsville, Va

No identification. Six soldiers posed as if they hear the enemy near by and are ready to be attacked. Same outdoor area as 5137.195.

GLC05137.178

Ruins of Bridge, Pamunky River

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. The Gallery of Alex. Gardner, Photographer to the Army of the Potomac. Negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. Caption: "Ruins of Bridge at Mrs. Nedson's, Crossing on the Pamunky, 28th May, 1864." Engineers on a newly...

GLC05137.180

Gen. Shermen's men dismantling Ft. McAllister, Savannah, Ga

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Shows a long line of men pushing wheelbarrows. Same as GLC05137.143 which has no imprint]

GLC05137.181

Interior of Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla

Florida Photographic Printing and Publishing Company, Jacksonville, Fla. Shows interior of a fort with several pyramids of cannonballs on the ground, men in the square and on the fort walls.

GLC05137.182

Scared, rock landscape with houses in the distance

No identification. Shows a large rocky field with a road running left to right in the middle-distance and several buildings in the background.

GLC05137.183

Dutch Gap Canal

John C. Taylor, Hartford Conn. Caption: "Dutch Gap Canal. Soldiers at work inside the dam. The mist rising against the bank is caused by a rebel shell, which exploded just as this view was being photographed, December, 1864. These are the original...

GLC05137.184

Dutch Gap Mud Scow

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Dutch Gap Mud Scow, sunk by a Rebel Shell on Thanksgiving day." The year 1864 is handwritten in following the caption. Shows a sunken boat with two men standing on wooden planks.

GLC05137.185

[The steamer Robert E. Lee]

"R. E. Lee" is handwritten on front, and "Steamer Robt. E. Lee" is written on back. Circa dates based on Civil War.

GLC05137.186

The Thirteen-inch Mortar "Dictator"

Taylor & Huntington, Sole owners of the Original War Views, Hartford, Conn. Caption includes an extensive description of the Dictator, which was mounted on a special flat car so that it could be moved from one site to another and a defense of the...

GLC05137.189

Cavalry members in front of tent with Ku Klux Klan sign on tent

A group of men sitting in a campground. Above the tent in the background is a sign reading "Ku Klux Klan. Case. Bowers. Bacon. Rocwell. Olmested. " Cavalry insignia between the names. Uniforms of soldiers hand-colored. Possibly a reunion...

GLC05137.190

Plugged up artillery piece mounted on wooden planks

Pease Brother, Lee, Mass., publishers. A man stands next to the cannon.

GLC05137.191

The Swamp Angel

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "The celebrated Gun with which Gen. Gillmore threw the first shell into Charleston. Taken at the Brooklyn Navy yard, by permission of Commodore Paulding. Weight 42,500 lbs., with 100 lbs. of powder...

GLC05137.192

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. A group of men around a large pot cooking on a campfire. Front labeled "Cooking in the Army". On back: "Stirring the Pot." Shows men lined up waiting for food while a group of men are cooking in a pot over a...

GLC05137.193

Gymnastic Field Sports

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. "The Human Pyramid." Six men making a pyramid by standing on each others shoulders. Other men lounge in the grass around them.

GLC05137.194

Warming up, out on Picket

Bierstadt Brothers, New Bedford, Mass., photographers. Men around a campfire, warming their hands. Caption on front: "Warming up, out on Picket." Hand colored. Same outdoor area as 5137.178, "Picket guard on alert, near Lewinsville, Va."

GLC05137.195

The Amateur Barber

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Man getting a haircut with five others standing around.

GLC05137.196

Embalming the Dead

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Label on front: "Embalming the Dead." Caption on verso: "Dr. Richard Burr, Embalming Surgeon, Army of the James." Autopsy table looks like a door placed on two barrels.

GLC05137.198

Weighing out the Rations

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Commissary Stores at Camp Essex. One man weighing food, a second man cuts bacon, and a third man writing.

GLC05137.199

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

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac. Taking it Easy

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. "Taking it Easy." Large number of men sitting around posing for the camera. Some have climbed on top of buildings and sit in trees in order to be in the photograph.

GLC05137.202

Camp Life [militia musicians in camp?]

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. A group of soldiers, possibly musicians, with several men in top hats and suits standing in front of a tent. Uniforms on soldiers are light with dark strips on seams of pants and dark accenting on jacket.
Two...

GLC05137.203

Camp Life [militia unit?]

No identification. Label on front. "1668 War Scenes. Camp Life." A regiment of soldiers in a field in marching formation. Officers wear dark uniforms and the soldiers wear light uniforms with dark stripes on the seams of the pants, white gloves and...

GLC05137.204

Camp Scene, 44th Regt. Halls Hill, Virginia, Butterfield's headquarters....

C. A. Palmer. A group of soldiers among their tents. Label on back: "Camp Scene, 44th Regt. Halls Hill, Virginia, Butterfield's headquarters in distance." Label on back includes information for the developing of the negative.

GLC05137.205

The Battlefield of Bull Run

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Soldiers and part of a Battery, on the Battlefield of 'Bull Run.'" One cannon in place and it appear

GLC05137.207

Soldiers posing in front of building

Nineteen soldiers in an empty building, possibly a train station. Soldiers are wearing light pants with light stripes on seams and waist coats.

GLC05137.208

Soldiers posing for group portrait in a field

A group of soldiers in a field posing with guns and knapsacks.

GLC05137.209

Large group of soldiers lined up in a curve, one man wearing a medal

Twenty-eight soldiers visable in the photograph. The men are lined up single file with a gradual curve so that the men at the left hand side of the photograph is very close to the camera and the men on the right is far away. The soldier fifth from...

GLC05137.211

Soldiers in camp, debris in foreground

Group of soldiers in camp. Debris in the foreground. Many of the men are not wearing jackets.

GLC05137.212

Regiment lined up in front of brick building

Graphite inscription "Photo by Cole an Sellers." A large group of soldiers outside a brick building. "Gasworks Feneibles Co. A. 1861" in center and "Phila. Gas Works, Point Breeze" on one side. "10/05/1861 Co. A. City Gas Works Feneibles."

GLC05137.213

Camp on the Peninsula

Handwritten on back: "Camp on the Peninsula" Seemingly endless rows of tents and soldiers milling among them. Clothes are draped over a tent in the foreground on the left hand side of the photograph.

GLC05137.214

Picket Guard with Prisoners, near [Lewinsville]

Label on front: "Picket Guard with Prisoners, near . . . ." Rest of caption has been cut off but area is the same as GLC05137.178 and GLC05137.195. Two men in civilian clothes stand with a three enlisted men behind them and three officers in front...

GLC05137.215

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac -- Taking It Easy (copy 2)

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. A copy of GLC05137.202, but without label on front.

GLC05137.216

Women visiting camp and sitting near tent with a group of soldiers

No identification. Two women sitting outside a tent, holding an umbrella to shield them from the sun. Seven soldiers are under the tent.

GLC05137.217

Group portrait of soldiers and civilians in front of tent

A large group of soldiers outside a tent. Two civilian men are on the left hand side of the photograph, one of them is wearing a white "lab coat." Uniform styles of the men vary.

GLC05137.218

Planning strategy

Group of eight soldiers, probably all officers, sitting around and looking intensively at a table. A man on the right-hand side of the photograph wears a medal.

GLC05137.219

Four officers in front of a tent

Bierstadt bothers, New Bedford, Mass. Four officers with varying uniforms outside a tent. Man on far right of photograph wears light blue pants and knee boots. The man to his left wears light blue pants and waist coat. The next man wears dark...

GLC05137.221

7th N.Y. State Militia

A group of musicians outside of a tent, with rifles stacked in front of them.

GLC05137.222

Regiment fixing bayonets

No identification. A line of soldiers with fixed bayonets. A flag is in the center of the photograph. The soldiers are wearing white gloves.

GLC05137.223

Picket Guard on Alert

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: War "Army of the Potomac. Picket Guard on the Alert"

GLC05137.224

Path or Road through a forrest

No identification. Handwritten on back: "Hessian Camp"

GLC05137.225

Seventh and Twelfth Brigades at Castle Garden to Receive H.R.H

James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, Philadelphia. "The Seventh and Twelfth Regiments Drawn up in Line in Front of Castle Garden to Receive H. R. H."

GLC05137.226

Buriegh Corps Military Company

L. H. Fillmore, Whitehall, N.Y., publisher. On verso: [handwritten] Burleigh Corpse Military Co. very old". Soldiers outside a large barracks or house. Harness of the color bearers are visible. The soldiers wear white gloves.

GLC05137.227

Vignette bust portrait

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. On verso, "2275" crossed out and "2929"handwritten in.

GLC05137.228

Major General David Hunter, Bust portrait

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Inscription on verso: "Geo. H. Bowen."

GLC05137.229

Three-fourths length seated view

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. The photograph has been cropped.

GLC05137.230

Winfield Scott and wife in front of their home in Elizabeth, NJ

Handwritten on verso: "Residence of General Scott. Elizabeth NJ with [illegible]" Beneath Scott's "Winfield Scott Born in Virginia. Presidential nominee & soldiers June 13, 1786- May 29, 1866." At the bottom is handwritten the date "1866,10.20"...

GLC05137.231

Standing, three-quarters length view

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher.

GLC05137.232

Seated, half-length view

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher.

GLC05137.233

Seated, half-length view (copy 2)

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher.

GLC05137.234

Seated, half-length view, wearing civilian clothes

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Inscription on verso: "Geo. H. Bowen."

GLC05137.235

Vignette bust portrait

Taylor & Huntington, Sole owners of the Original War Views, Hartford, Conn. Caption on front: ""Gen. W.F. (Baldy) Smith, Commander of the Bloody Sixth Corps."

GLC05137.236

Lincoln and McClellan in McClellan's Tent

Taylor & Huntington, Sole owners of the Original War Views, Hartford, Conn. Caption on back: "After the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, President Lincoln visited the Army of the Potomac and this view shows the president an 'Little Mac' in...

GLC05137.237

Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan and Wife

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Alden Chase, Woodstock, # 117. Inscription on verso: "E.C. Ford."

GLC05137.238

Soldiers lined up with officers walking in front of them

Soldiers lined up in the street. Two officers walk in front of the troops, perhaps reviewing them. A row of houses and stores stands behind them and people are looking out the windows. A few signs on the buildings are legible. On a plain, cream...

GLC05137.244

National guard encampment with several men near tent

Several men around a tent. At the top on the tent is a sign that says "Big 6". Beneath it a second sign of a black cat with its back arched: "Our Tommy." There is a table with a sign on it that says "Love Lane." Inscription on verso: "Private...

GLC05137.250

Reunion parade in Indianapolis

"Keystone [illegible] Company, Manufacturers and Publishers, Meadville, Pa., St. Louis, Mo." Caption on front: Grand Army Review, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S.A." Telephone or electrical poles and wire, trolley track in the street. Drummers and buglers...

GLC05137.257

Lincoln's Funeral Procession, Chicago

Handwritten on back: "Lincoln's funeral, Part of procession Cor[ners] Clark and Lake St. Chicago"

GLC05137.259

Confederate Cemetery

W.J. Thompson, Photographer, Columbus, Ohio." A Confederate cemetery. Three children stand by a boulder on which is inscribed: "2260 Confederate Soldiers of the War 1861-1865 Buried in this Enclosure." Sign above the cemetery gate reads "Americans."

GLC05137.260

Twaddle Hall, Albany, Decorated for Zouaves Promenade Concert 1869, [view 1]

Handwritten on back: Charles H. Burton 942" and "Twaddle Hall, Albany, Decorated for Zouaves Promenade Concert 1869" Sign reads : "Albany Zouave Cadets 1860-1869." Another photograph (half a stereo view) of a different scene in the same hall pasted...

GLC05137.261

Twaddle Hall, Albany, Decorated for Zouaves Promenade Concert 1869, [view 2]

A different shot of GLC05137.261.

GLC05137.262