circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: A suttler's tent

The image shows a group of approximately 13 men gathered in and around an A-frame suttler's tent. Numeric notation on recto: "138." Inscription on verso: "A suttler's tent." Numeric notation on verso: "138" and "1371."

GLC05111.01.1005

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Soldiers at mealtime

The image shows a group of soldiers eating near a small A-frame tent, in a field with scattered trees. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "IV" and "645."

GLC05111.01.1006

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Officers on porch

The image shows 7 officers posed on a house porch wearing knee-high boots and sabers, possibly indicative of Cavalry Officers. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XXIV" and "1022."

GLC05111.01.1007

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Soldiers relaxing

The image shows a group of 12 soldiers posed in a relaxed position in front of a cabin in the woods. Inscription on verso: [deleted: "Signal Corp" and "Pleast Vy Md?"]. Numeric notation on verso: "636."

GLC05111.01.1008

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Soldiers in a group photo

The image shows 15 soldiers standing and seated posed for a group picture in front of a white, wooden building. The men are wearing various uniforms, some with one stripe on the pant leg. Numeric notation on recto: "1001." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "XXIV" and "1001."

GLC05111.01.1009

October 1863

Photograph

Title: Union officers

The image shows 6 union officers in camp, posed in front of an A-frame tent with horses in the background. Numeric notation on image: "280." Inscription on verso: "Gen. Ward, Gen. Mott, Col. Ausin, Col. Brewster, and Col. Farnham, 2d Div., 3d Corps, Oct., 1863. Numeric notations on verso: "120" and "104."

GLC05111.01.1010

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Union soldiers dismantling Confederate fort posed on cannon

The image shows Union soldiers sitting on and standing near two cannon, one soldier in the center possibly African-American, with fortification earthworks in the background. Inscription on verso: "Dismantling the Rebel Forts, Petersburg, Va."

GLC05111.01.1011

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Three soldiers near earthworks

The image shows three soldiers standing near the sandbag fortifications, possibly after a battle, objects are strewn on the ground and a house in the background looks as though it has been bombarded. Inscription on image: "Haas & Seale." Inscription on verso: "'field officer' in the ______ island, S.C." Numeric notation on verso: "35."

GLC05111.01.1012

April 1865?

Photograph

Title: Officers of 1st Connecticut at Fort Darling

Same as #1014 and #1015. The image shows approximately 9 Union officers seated in a semi-circle, behind a fence and near a wooden cabin. Inscription on verso: Officer of 1st Conn H.A. at Fort Darling James Riv Apr 65[?] t1." Numeric notations on verso: "11" and "316." Written at Fort Darling

GLC05111.01.1013

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Officers of 1st Connecticut at Fort Darling

(Same as #1013 and #1015.) This photo is darker than the other two. The image shows approximately nine Union officers seated in a semi-circle behind a fence and near a cabin. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "11." Written at Fort Darling

GLC05111.01.1014

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Officers of 1st Connecticut at Fort Darling

(Same as GLC 05111.01.1013 and 05111.01.1014.) The image shows 9 Union officers seated in a semi-circle behind a fence and near a cabin. Numeric notation on verso: "11." Written at Fort Darling

GLC05111.01.1015

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Soldiers in front of a Sibley tent

The image shows a group of 10 soldiers posed in front of a Sibley tent. One man seems to be writing or drawing, others are holding guns, and another is picking at his feet with a knife. Numeric notations on recto: "10" and "2413." Inscription on verso: "Near view of a 'Sibley' tent." Numeric notations on verso: "10" and "105."

GLC05111.01.1016

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Hanson House at Wilderness

The image shows a road leading up to a farm in the distance. Numeric notation on image: "102." Inscription on verso: "See Duplicate" and "to Wilderness Hanson's House." Numeric notations on verso: "86" and "67-3346."

GLC05111.01.1017

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Camp scene

The image shows a field with a wooden railing going downhill on the right and two wagons on the lower left. A large camp sits on a gradual rise in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "816."

GLC05111.01.1018

February 1864

Photograph

Title: Head Quarters Lowell's Cavalry

The image shows a single horse in the foreground with Sibley tents behind, and a cluster of buildings on top of a hill, which includes the headquarters for Colonel C.R. Lowell's cavalry. Inscription on verso: "Hd. Qrs. Lowell's Cavalry Brigade, Vienna Va. Feb. 1864 (The large house in the centre is Col. C.R. Lowell's hd. qrs.)"

GLC05111.01.1019

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Camp Scene

The image shows a camp scene with one Sibley tent and various A-frame tents, an unidentifiable flag is flying on the left of the photo, and three men stand in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner" and "Army of Pot. Frederick." Numeric notations on verso: "VI" and "678."

GLC05111.01.1020

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Zouaves at Yorktown

The image shows 4 Union Zouaves around the wreckage of bombed cannon. Numeric notation on image: "249." Inscription on verso: "Confederate fortification Yorktown, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "249" "65" and "83."

GLC05111.01.1021

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Camp scene

The image shows a large unidentified camp with Sibley tents on a wide open field. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "704."

GLC05111.01.1022

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Sharpshooters at Petersburg

The image shows three Union sharpshooters behind fortifications with a box of artillery marked "1864." Inscription on verso: "Sharp shooters Siege of Petersburg." Numeric notation on verso: "158" and "15."

GLC05111.01.1023

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Cannonball in front of trench at Petersburg

The image shows three cannonballs in front of a trench at Petersburg with a fence in the background on top of the hill. Numeric notation on recto: "3336." Inscription on verso: "Mine in front of Petersburg" "Dup" and "From P." Numeric notations on verso: "391" and "3336."

GLC05111.01.1024

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Supply wharf

The image shows a supply port with numerous barrels, a Sibley tent, storehouses and boats in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "680" "680" and "VI."

GLC05111.01.1025

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Supply center

The image shows numerous supply barrels, with two men loading two covered wagons, and a train in the distance. Numeric notation on recto: "240." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "819."

GLC05111.01.1026

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Pontoon bridges

The image shows two pontoon bridges across a river with two men crouching on the bridge in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "765."

GLC05111.01.1027

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Bombed structure with pontoon bridges

The image shows a wooden cabin destroyed by a shell with two pontoon bridges crossing a river. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "766." Deleted numeric notation on verso: "767."

GLC05111.01.1028

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Pontoon docks with sailboat

The image shows two pontoon docks with covered wagons receiving or delivering supplies to sailboats on a river. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "705."

GLC05111.01.1029