1835 ca.

Pierce, Jane M., 1806-1863

Painting

Title: Miniature attributed to Moses B. Russell

Shows young woman in blue dress, white fichu set with a brooch. She has brown curly hair. Three-quarters sinister, waist-length, with blue background. Housed in gilt-metal frames set in a fitted leather case with blind rules and stamps. Case: 10.7 x 8.9 x 1.2 cm (Image: 9.3 x 7.2 cm) The miniatures come from the Aiken Family; Mary Aiken was Jane Pierce's sister.

GLC04950.02

1779/02/06

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

Broadside

Title: ...By an Express just arrived... His Britannic Majesty's speech to Parliament

Reprints King George's speech to Parliament reporting French aid to "the leaders of the rebellion" in America. The king asks for the support of Parliament and funding from the House of Commons. Printed from the [London] General Advertiser and Morning Intelligencer of 11/27/1778.

GLC04954

1804/05/11

Bishop, Abraham, fl. 1804

Pamphlet

Title: Oration in honor of the election of President Jefferson, and... Louisiana

Full title: "An Oration in honor of the election of President Jefferson, and the peaceable acquisition of Louisiana, delivered at the National Festival in Hartford...." Printed for the General Committee of Republicans.

GLC04959.02

1862/04

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: Half-plate ambrotype, Edgar County CH, Paris, Ill. with soldiers leaving for war

The image shows a wagon and a crowd of newly recruited soldiers preparing to leave for the Civil War. Lincoln practiced law at this court house (among others). The leather-covered case measures 12.5 x 15.5 cm; the image is roughly 10.8 x 14 cm.

GLC04962

1862 ca.

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877

Photograph

Title: Oval carte de visite of Nathan B. Forrest in uniform, by B. Bingham, with letter

Carte de visite with ornate border, by B. Bingham, Memphis, Tenn. Accompanied by an unrelated letter of a girl "Mary" from Nevada Mo, 6/20/1880 re: personal news

GLC04969

1865/04 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Gen. William Hoffman & staff at the Office of Commissary General of Prisoners, Washington D.C. [April 1865 ca.]

Two officers and a civilian stand on the steps of the "Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners." The officer on the right is Gen. William Hoffman. The office itself was located in Washington, D.C. at F. St. and 20th NW. The address on the building reads "148."A man and a young boy stand just inside the doorway and another man looks out the window on the right. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso "XXIV"; "88"; and "288." Nearly identical photo can be seen in .0122. See GLC 5111.01.0122

GLC05111.01.0565

1908/12/19

Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933

Autograph letter signed

Title: Note: Adelbert Ames, Lowell MA, to F.H. Meserve, New York, NY. December 19, 1908.

Ames writes: "I think this photograph was taken the first year or two after the war in Washington D.C." A small photograph of Ames (5111.01.0624) is with the letter.

GLC05111.01.0623

1865/04/19

Photograph

Title: President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. April 19, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Funeral of Pres. Lincoln." Lines of soldiers [blurred in motion] march down Pennsylvania Avenue as crowds look on from the sidewalks. The buildings have been decorated for the occassion.

GLC05111.01.0696

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Wash." Numeric Notation on verso: "162 (872)." A mounted officer is in front [left] of a line of seven other mounted soldiers. Infantry carrying a U.S. flag can be seen on the extreme right and along the bottom of theimage in the foreground are several civilian men's hats, denoting the crowd of spectators.

GLC05111.01.0697

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Washington 1865." Numeric Notation on verso: "171." Mounted soldiers followed by infantry units form a long line of columns down Constitution Ave. with the dome of the Capitol building visible in the distant background. A building on the left has a staff with a large U.S. flag flying over it. Civilian spectators crowd the foreground.

GLC05111.01.0698

1863/11 ca.

Photograph

Title: Encampment on the edge of town, Culpeper, Va. November 1863 ca.

The image shows the tents of the camp at Culpeper in the distance. The town is visible behind the camp. There are fenced off fields in the foreground, the closest of which is just a line of fenceposts without rails. The rails were probably removed by the army to be used in camp fires, although there were regulations against it.

GLC05111.01.0551

1863/04 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Men and wagons of the Engineer Corps ambulance train, Falmouth, Va. [April 1863 ca.]

A line of wagons stretches across the image engineers at the head of the teams and drivers seated in the wagons. The wagon covers bear the castle insignia of the engineers. A flag is flying on the left side of the image. Inscripton on verso: "Gardner." Stamp of Century company and the inscription "Gardner" are on verso. Numeric notations on verso: "VI"; "120"; and "523."

GLC05111.01.0552

1864/12 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Quartermasters Office at Fortress Monroe. December 1864 ca.

The image shows a large building with men on a wrap-around porch and at the entrance. Inscription on verso: "Quartermasters Office Fortress Monroe Dec 64" and "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XXXIII"; "418"; "418." Additional notations: "419" and "49" have been struck.

GLC05111.01.0553

1863/10 ca.

Photograph

Title: General A.H. Pleasonton and staff, Warrenton, Va. [October 1863 ca.]

Pleasonton stands in the center in front of a tent, with a line of staff officers sitting and standing on both sides of him--five on the left and four on the right. Inscription on verso: "General A.H. Pleasonton and Staff Warrenton, Va. Oct, 1863. #7603."

GLC05111.01.0554

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Maj. Gen. Humphreys and staff under branch shelter. [1865 ca.]

Nineteen officers pose in two rows in front of a tent under a tree. Andrew Humphreys is seated center. Inscription on verso: "Humphys & staff."

GLC05111.01.0555

1862/03 ca.

Photograph

Title: Ruins of Bull Run stone bridge, Manassas, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

View looks down the stream and shows the ruined stone bridge at Manassas battlefield. The structure is mostly intact on both banks of the water, middle span has collapsed. A pile of rubble is visible in the water below. A covered wago, perhaps belonging to the photographer, is in the far left background. Inscription on verso: "Bull Run Bridge."

GLC05111.01.0559

1862/03 ca.

Photograph

Title: Provost guard, Manassas Junction, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

There is a large pile of planks in the center of the image lying next to the railroad tracks that lead to several cars on the left in the distance. A small group of men is seated on some of the planks on the left while a larger group stands to the right. Behind the tracks many men stand on a large platform that is just in front of four "Sibley" tents. The number "2019" is visible in the lower left of the image. Inscription on verso: "Manassas."

GLC05111.01.0561

1862/03 ca.

Photograph

Title: Man seated on ruins of Bull Run stone bridge, Manassas, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

The image is a side view of the ruins of the stone bridge at Bull Run. The sides of the bridge are still standing but nothing remains of the middle span except a large pile of rubble in the water below. The man is seated on the the edge of the structure on the near bank.

GLC05111.01.0562

1862/03 ca.

Photograph

Title: Abandoned Confederate trains at Manassas Junction, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

Four Federal cavalrymen are sitting or leaning on posts in the foreground on the right of the image. On the left, multiple railroad tracks lead off to the horizon. There are train cars on the leftmost track which were abandoned by the Confederates upon their evacuation. The track to its right diverges to form two parallel tracks. Farther back, several men on horseback are visible near the center of the image.

GLC05111.01.0563

1863/03 ca.

Photograph

Title: Major Lacy's house opposite Fredericksburg. [March 1863 ca.]

Several men stand on the porch of the large house near the center of the image. Directly in front of them is a man on horseback. Two other men stand in front of the house on the right side of the image. Inscription on verso: "Lacy House [illegible]."

GLC05111.01.0566

1863/11 ca.

Photograph

Title: "Castle Murray" with tents in foreground, near Auburn, Va. [November 1863 ca.]

Six men sit and stand in the foreground with Castle Murray at the center of the image. Behind the men there are many tents set up and a wagon is visible among them. There is a rip in the image just to the right of the rightmost man.

GLC05111.01.0567

1864/08 ca.

Photograph

Title: Company H, 114th Pennsylvania Infantry Zouaves, Petersburg, Va. [August 1864 ca.]

The Zouaves form two rows, one standing and the other sitting or kneeling. Two officers sit on either side in the first row on tree stumps. The man seated in the first line at the far left has a drum between his knees. There is a tent on the left side of the image, and a canopy of tree libms bin the background. Inscription on verso: "Ordway Gardner Coll."

GLC05111.01.0569

1864 ca.

Photograph

Title: Group portrait of seven Federal officers at Vicksburg, Miss. 1864 ca.

Three men are seated and the other four stand behind them. The man sitting on the right is in a Napoleonic pose. A piece of paper is pasted at bottom with the inscription: "1. Lt. Kinsey Matfield. 2. Maj J. B. McC___ghy 10th Mo. 3. A. Luce Chaplain 24th Ill. 4. Lt. E H Buck Miss. 5. Lt. J. L. Maetens [?] 24th Ill. 6. A.D. McC___ghy Mo. 7. Oscar Love Co. G. 53 Ill Inft. Vicksburg Miss. 1864." Inscription on verso: "INV #75239."

GLC05111.01.0576

1863 ca.

Photograph

Title: Rev. G. Winslow D.D.M.D. at Camp Letterman, Gettysburg, Pa. [1863 ca.]

Winslow is seated, with a book in his lap, in front of a tent. A flag hangs above the tent and there is an arch of branches in front of the opening. An unidentified woman stands behind his chair, holding a hat and a basket. Inscription on recto: "Rev. G. Winslow D.D.M.D. at Camp Letterman, Gettysburg. Pa. Inspector for U.S. Sanitary Commission." Inscription on verso: "local Gettysburg photogr." Numeric notation: "130."

GLC05111.01.0578

1863 ca.

Photograph

Title: Brig. Gen. William "Extra Billy" Smith, bust portrait. [vignette] [salt print] [1863 ca.]

Image is attached to a folded cover which has an oval cut out to display the portrait. Inscription on cover: "Brig. Gen. William Smith. CSA. 1796-1887 Gov. of Virginia 1846." Inscription below image: "Gov. Wm Smith of Va." The image has been touched up [painted] for rephotographing. From the Brady Archive.

GLC05111.01.0599