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Meade's headquarters [the Widow Leister's House], Gettysburg, PA. [1863 ca.]

View from Tanneytown Road. The earth mound in front of [to the the left in the image] the house might be the graves of horses killed in the fighting. Image taken in the summer of 1863, published by the Tyson Brothers. (Tipton worked for the Tyson...

GLC05111.01.0302

Meade's headquarters [the Widow Leister's House], Gettysburg, PA. [1863 ca.]

The earth mound in front of [to the the left in the image] the house might be the graves of horses killed in the fighting. Text on recto reads: "General Meade's Headquarters, A position of great peril, occupied by the General during the heaviest...

GLC05111.01.0303

Granite Hill [Little Round Top], Near [Big] Round Top. [August 1863]

Little Round Top taken from the Wheatfield Road. Text on recto continues: "The stronghold occupied by the extreme left of the Union Army." Graphite inscription on verso: "Compliments of Chas. J. Tyson." Additional graphite inscription on verso...

GLC05111.01.0304

Cemetery Hill, Showing the Gateway and a portion of the [Evergreen] Cemetery. [August 1863]

Title taken from accompanying text on recto. Taken by the Tyson brothers. Evergreen Cemetery and gate house on East Cemetery Hill. Note damaged window panes from fighting. Graphite inscription on verso "117." A very similar photograph was taken by...

GLC05111.01.0305

Portrait of Capt. Champlin of Ship "Scorpion" by J.T. Upson, Buffalo [salt print] [1861-1866 ca.]

Title taken from inscription on recto. Commanded the schooner "Scorpion" in the War of 1812, as well.

GLC05111.01.0306

Portrait of 2nd Lt. William Lowell Putnam, 20th Mass. Infty. [oval, salt print] by John Adams Whipple. [1861 ca.]

Ex-Charles G. Loring collection, note dates Putnam's service dates as 07/09/60 to 10/22/61, when he died from a gunshot wound at the Battle of Ball's Bluff the day before.

GLC05111.01.0307

Oval portrait of William H. Seward by Whitehurst [salt print] [1858 ca.]

Shows a slightly younger and less "craggy" Seward than people are used to. There is some loss of image (esp. in the hair) from artist's halo effect.

GLC05111.01.0308

Gen. Ambrose Burnside, Col. Robert Anderson, et al. [1865 ca.?]

On mount. Shows Burnside and Anderson together on front steps of a house with two other men, both in civilian clothing.

GLC05111.01.0309

View of sailors posed on the deck of the Monitor "Mahopac." [1864-1865 ca.]

Graphite inscriptions on recto: "James River below Confed. battery Howell," "register 6" under x 21/2 high," and "Faux." Graphite inscription "3046" on recto is circled with blue crayon. Stamp of Century Company on verso. Graphite inscription...

GLC05111.01.0310

Sailors posed on deck and in turret of a Monitor class ship. [1862-1865 ca.]

"Sangamon" inscribed on front. Two officers pose on the deck and four other are on top of the turret. Two cannons and two lifeboats adorn the deck. Large mass of chains are on the deck in the foreground.

GLC05111.01.0311

Officers of the 114th Pa. Infantry at Petersburg [red mount] [August 1864]

Title inscribed on recto. Decorative red mount. Graphite inscription on recto: "7602." Also inscribed: "summer 1864 to summer 1865"

GLC05111.01.0312

Brig. Gen. Rutherford B. Hayes and other officers, in front of tents, near flag pole. [1862 ca.?]

Hayes is seated in the right foreground, accompanied by a slew of Federal officers and a white horse. A canopy of tree branches and brush stands behind the men.

GLC05111.01.0313

Officers of the 17th, New York Battery, June 1863 [red mount]

Title taken from inscription on recto. Also reads: "Cat. Page 13-" A box on the ground in the bottom right corner of the tent has the name "G.T. Anthony" painted on to it. This would be George Tobey Anthony, a captain in the 17th N.Y.

GLC05111.01.0314

Co. D 149th Pa. Infantry, Nov. 6, 1864. [red mount]

Title from inscription on recto. Also inscribed on recto "7047"; "Page 13"; "152" and "20".

GLC05111.01.0315

Provost Marshal General Marsena R. Patrick and staff, Culpeper, VA. [September 1863] by Gardner [red mount]

Nearly the identical photo can be seen by Gardner, the exception being the banner above the portico is missing in this image.
See GLC 5111.01.0209, .0415.

GLC05111.01.0316

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

Main battlefield looking toward Union position [Malvern Hill] [1862-1865 ca.]

Title from graphite inscription on recto. Marked "1" in the upper left corner. Extensive graphite annotations on recto note names of buildings, location of a ravine which Confederates charged up, apple trees etc.. Also, a map of the area has been...

GLC05111.01.0319

View of main battlefield on the Crew Farm [Malvern Hill] [1862-1865 ca.]

Full title from graphite inscription on recto: "View of main battlefield on the Crew Farm from Center of Union Position near Quaker Road. Confederates formed in woods & charged across this field." Marked "2" on top left corner. Extensive graphite...

GLC05111.01.0320

Barns in Crew's Field. [Malvern Hill] [1862-1865 ca.] [Copy 1]

Title from graphite inscription on verso continued: "Ravine which Wright & Mahone charged." Notations on recto note names of buildings. On bluish-gray mount.

GLC05111.01.0321

Barns in Crew's Field. [Malvern Hill] [1862-1865 ca.] [Copy 2]

"Ravine which Wright & Mahone charged." On bluish-gray mount.

GLC05111.01.0322

View of ravine south of Crew House. [Malvern Hill] [1862-1865 ca.] [Copy 1]

Full title from graphite inscription on verso: "July. View of ravine south of Crew house showing left of Union position on Crew Hill. Malvern Hill" On bluish-gray mount.

GLC05111.01.0323

View of ravine south of Crew House. [Malvern Hill] [1862-1865 ca.] [Copy 2]

Full title from graphite inscription on verso: "July. View of ravine south of Crew house showing left of Union position on Crew Hill. Malvern Hill" On bluish-gray mount.

GLC05111.01.0324

View from Malvern Hill of the James River. [1862-1865 ca.]

Title from graphite inscription on verso. On bluish-gray mount.

GLC05111.01.0325

Malvern Hill proper from the River Road. [1862-1865 ca.]

Title from graphite inscription on recto. On bluish-gray mount.

GLC05111.01.0326

The right of the Confederate position in the meadow showing woods [Malvern Hill] [1862-1865 ca.]

Full title from graphite inscription on recto: "The right of the Confederate position in the meadow, showing woods from which the emerged upon Crew's Field." Notations on recto indicate Confederate artillery position. On bluish-gray mount.

GLC05111.01.0327