circa 1861-1865

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: Scene on the Rapidan [River]. [1861-1865 ca.]

Title taken from text adhered to mount. View of two men standing along side the river. Photograph taken from woods so that both the men and the river is viewed through the trees. Pencil notation on inside of mat T1984.301.

GLC05111.01.0293

1864/07

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: Pontoon Bridge Across James River, Near Fort Powhattan [at Deep Bottom]. [July 1864]

Title taken from printed text on recto and pencil inscription. Pencil inscription also reads: "Petersburg Campaign June [18]64 - May [18]65." Shows a number of Federal soldiers [probably engineers] posed on the bridge which stretches across the river directly up the center of the image. Imprint on the verso blacked out. Graphite inscription on verso: "Campfire and Battlefield p. 364."

GLC05111.01.0294

1864/10

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: Pontoon bridge crossed by Gen. Ord, at Akin's [Aiken's] Landing [& two additional images]. [October 1864]

Title taken from text and penciled inscriptions on recto. Pencil inscription continues: "Siege of Petersburg." Photograph on recto shows a pontoon bridge with soldiers sitting in a few of the pontoons about mid-way across the bridge. The bridge crosses the James River, VA. Two images on verso of mount. Top image on verso depicts engineers constructing a wooden hanging bridge. Fortifications are clearly visible in the background. A light artillery gun and caisson rest on the bridge behind the men on the bridge. An officer looks on from the opposite bank with a small girl sitting next to…

GLC05111.01.0295

1864/06/29

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: Arlington House, Barns and Soldiers' Barracks, No. 256. [29 June 1864]

Group of Federal soldiers posed in clearing. Wooden buildings visible behind them. Man in white frock coat in the center operates surveying equipment, while man in front of him holds a guidon and a man behind him holds a large umbrella. Inscription etched in to the glass negative and printed onto the photograph: "Barracks of Head puarter [quarter] guard at Arlington, June 29. 1864."

GLC05111.01.0296

circa 1861-1865

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: Coal Wharf, Alexandria, Va. [view 1 -- right side of wharf]

View showing the right side of the wharf. Two men sit along the bank of a river, staring out at boats docked at the wharf. A woman's skirt is visible in the left-hand foreground. The steam boat "South America" is prominent in the center of the image, and the "Titan" is docked to the right of it. Graphite inscription on verso of mat: "EW602-269/5." Title printed and adhered to mount. Note: This photograph, although very similar to GLC 5111.01.0298, was taken at a different time. The small white structure with the sign situated between the two delapidated wooden structures which is absent in…

GLC05111.01.0297

circa 1861-1865

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: Coal Wharf, Alexandria, Va. [view 2 -- left side of wharf]

View showing the left side of the wharf. Steamboat "South America" visible in center of the image. Carts are lined up near the buildings. Tents visible on the left hand side of the image. Note: This photograph, although very similar to GLC 5111.01.0297, was taken at a different time. The small white structure with the sign situated between the two delapidated wooden structures which is present in .0297, is absent in this image [.0298]. See GLC 5111.01.0297

GLC05111.01.0298

1861-1862 ca.

Stacy, fl. 1862

Photograph

Title: Color bearers of a N.Y. zouave regiment [probably, the 5th N.Y. [Duryee's Zouaves]. [1861-1862 ca.]

Three of the men hold standard [U.S.] colors. Their uniforms included scarlet pantaloons, blue jackets with red trim, and red sashes with light blue trim. Imprint on verso: "Photograph by Stacy. 691 Broadway, New York."

GLC05111.01.0300

1880-1920 circa

Tipton, W. H., fl. 1863

Photograph

Title: Tipton's Gettysburg Groups [reunion photograph of Green's 3rd Brigade, 12 Corps], Gettysburg, PA. [Late 19th-early 20th Cent. ca.]

Large group of old veterans wearing civilian clothes and ribbons posed in a wooded area [probably Culp's Hill]. A sign on the center tree reads: "Green's 3rd Brigade, 12 Corps." Part of an old recruitment [?] broadside hangs beneath the sign. A man standing center holds a 12th Corps flag. A wooden stake in the ground in front of the group has the number "100" written on it. There also appears to be a small boulder in front of the men. Tipton's imprint notes him as "The Battlefield Photographer, Gettysburg, Pa." The number "340" was scratched into the negative and printed on the image.

GLC05111.01.0301

1863 [1902] ca.

Tipton, W. H., fl. 1863

Photograph

Title: 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 Brothers). This image, a blue-gray mount, was published after 1902, when Tipton moved his studio to Chambersburg Street (see address on imprint). Graphite inscription on verso: "Gen'l. Meade's Headquarters -- taken in 1863. The image is almost identical to the Tyson Brothers image of Meade's headquarters with a difference in cropping. See GLC…

GLC05111.01.0302

1863 ca.

Tyson Brothers, fl. 1863

Photograph

Title: 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 part of the conflict. It is situated on the west side of the Tanneytown road, a short distance south of the National Cemetery." The image is almost identical to the Tipton image of Meade's headquarters with a difference in cropping. See GLC 5111.01.0302

GLC05111.01.0303

1863/08

Tyson Brothers, fl. 1863

Photograph

Title: 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 "117."

GLC05111.01.0304

1863/08

Tyson Brothers, fl. 1863

Photograph

Title: 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 Gutekunst just following the battle in July. See GLC 5111.01.0225 Also see GLC 5111.01.0523

GLC05111.01.0305

1861-1866 ca.

Upson, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: 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

1861 ca.

Whipple, J.A., fl. 1860-1861

Photograph

Title: 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

1858 ca.

Whitehurst, fl. 1858

Photograph

Title: 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

1865 ca.?

Browne, John C., fl. 1865

Photograph

Title: 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

1864-1865 ca.

Fawx, Egbert Guy, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: 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 "VI 145" on verso.

GLC05111.01.0310

1862-1865 ca.

Fawx, Egbert Guy, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: 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

1864/08

Photograph

Title: 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

1862 ca.?

Photograph

Title: 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

1863/06

Photograph

Title: 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

1864/11/06

Photograph

Title: 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

1863/09

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: 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

1 August 1862

Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lorenzo Thomas

Badeau, captain and aide-de-camp, writes to Thomas, United States Adjutant General. Writes, "I have the honor to report my continued presence in Washington City, awaiting orders for the field, with Brig Gen T. W. Sherman, to whom I was reassigned by the Secretary of War. Includes his address. Includes a note written by Edward Davis Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, 11 August 1862. Townsend states that Badeau will report to General Thomas Sherman, from whose staff he has not been properly relieved.

GLC05022

25 April 1863

Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-18884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Marked "unofficial" at the top. General Benham writes to a general whose name is not included. Discusses complaints leveled against him. Encloses a letter pertaining to such complaints (not included). Recently sent one of his best officers to Belle Plain, Virginia to address matters pertaining to pontoon bridges there. Mentions Generals Reynolds and Wadsworth (possibly John F. Reynolds and James Wadsworth).

GLC05023