9 October 1862 - 2 August 1863

Baker, T. Otis, 1844-1910

Diary

Title: [Diary of T. Otis Baker, B company, 10th regiment, Mississippi, infantry]

Lieutenant T. Otis Baker served in Co. B, 10th Mississippi Infantry, C.S.A. The diary covers 9 October 1862-2 August 1863. The diary includes descriptions of regiment's progress and moves, descriptions of various battles (including Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and Port Hudson), and information about camp life and food rations. He discusses Northern and Southern war politics, including the Emancipation Proclamation and draft riots. The diary also includes discussions of virtues, religion, and self-improvement. It is primarily written in pencil and has some touch-ups.

GLC03134.01

1862-1863

Baker, T. Otis, 1844-1910

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite

A carte de visite of a man and a woman most likely "Mr. & Mrs. T. Otis Baker"

GLC03134.02

1862-1863

Baker, T. Otis, 1844-1910

Ephemera

Title: Calling Card

A calling card for "Mr. & Mrs. T. Otis Baker"

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March 1862

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Incidents of the War. Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run, Va. March, 1862.

The ruins of the small bridge occupy the front and center of the image. A man sits on the ruins on the left-hand side of the image. The desolate, battle-scarred Manassas landscape fills the background. Negative by Barnard & Gibson, positive by A. Gardner, circa 1865. The image is accompanied by a text leaf.

GLC03588.01

July 1863

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Dunker Church, Battle-Field of Antietam, Maryland. No. 21. July, 1863.

Negative by J. Gardner, positive by A. Gardner, circa 1866. Taken almost a year after the battle, damage from shells and bullets are still visible in the facade of the this simple, white building. Two civilian men pose near the far corner of the building. The shutters and doors of the building are closed. The image has an accompanying text leaf.

GLC03588.02

February 1863

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Fredericksburg, Virginia. No. 30. February, 1863

Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner, circa 1865. A view of Fredericksburg from across the Rappahannock River. The stone pilings of a ruined bridge cross the river in the center of the image. There is some damage in the bottom right-hand corner of the image. The image has an accompanying text leaf.

GLC03588.03

July 1863

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Incidents of the War. Gettysburg. July, 1863

Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner, circa 1865. A view taken from Cemetery Ridge, looking into town. Two men stand on the road in the immediate foreground. A group of tents is located in the field just in front of the town.

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July 1863

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Incidents of the War. Interior of Breastworks on Round Top, Gettysburg. July, 1863

Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner, circa 1865. The image shows the stones and boulders built into defensive walls by union forces. A book or notebook lays on top of a boulder on the right-hand side of the photograph. Wooden poles, made from branches, lean against the breastworks. The image has an accompanying text leaf.

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July 1863

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Incidents of the War. Gateway of the Cemetery, Gettysburg. July 1863

Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner, c 1865. The Evergreen [civilian] Cemetery with lunettes in the foreground, across the roads from the cemetery gates. A buggy has stopped on the road near the entrance to the cemetery. The image has an accompanying text leaf.

GLC03588.06

July 1863

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Incidents of the War. Headquarters of Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, during the Battle of Gettysburg. July, 1863

Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner, circa 1865. A view of Lydia Leister's house from the front with a civilian man and woman on the porch. Some damage to the side of the house is visible. The image has an accompanying text leaf.

GLC03588.07

November 1863

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Castle Murray, near Auburn, Virginia. No. 47. November, 1863

Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner, circa 1865. A group of tents occupy the foreground with the castle looming in the back. A small gathering of men sit and stand in the immediate foreground.

GLC03588.08

April 1864

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Ruins of Petersburg and Richmond Railroad Bridge, across the James. No. 88. April, 1864

The image shows the ruins of a stone railroad bridge crossing the James River. The corner of a burned out building is visible on the right-hand side of the photograph. A wooden bridge has been built next to the ruins. The image has an accompanying text leaf.

GLC03588.09

10 July 1864

Photograph

Title: No. 145. Battery on Extreme Right Front of Gen. Foster's Line, North Side of James River, July 10, 1864

The image shows three artillery crews standing ready at their guns inside a fort. Two limbers are visible on the right-hand side of the image.

GLC03588.10

1862-1865

Barnard, George N., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: Office and Shops Post Q. M. Chattanooga.

Pencil inscription on front reads "James F. Rusling. Nash[ville]." The photograph shows a street with wood plank sidewalk and four buildings to the left hand side of the image. The first building has a sign reading, "Office Post Quartermaster." A group of soldiers stand on the sidewalk in front of the Quartermaster's office. Four women and one small girl stand on the porch of the second building. A group of civilian men stand on the sidewalk near the third and fourth building. A label on the reverse notes that the image is from the Robert Schoelkopf Gallery.

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1862-1865

Barnard, George N., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: U. S. Hospital Look-out Mt. No. 14.

A pencil inscription reads, "James F. Rusling. Nash[ville]" on front. The image shows a large two story wooden building. A large pile of lumber is visible on the far left of the image. Soldiers sit in the shade along the side of the building. The hospital appears to be in a wooded area somewhere on the mountain. A label on the reverse notes that the image is from the Robert Schoelkopf Gallery.

GLC03588.12

1862-1865

Barnard, George N., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: Engineer Mills Chattanooga

Pencil inscription, "James F. Rusling. Nash[ville]" on front. The image shows a cluster of sheds situated between two larger buildings, along the banks of a river. Outside the buildings are large piles of lumber and planks. The nearer building between these piles appears to be the mill itself, and individual strips of wood are scattered around it. Beside the shed appears to be a pile of limbers. Mountains are visible on the far side of the river. A label on the reverse notes that the image is from the Robert Schoelkopf Gallery. The label also identifies George N. Barnard as the photographer.

GLC03588.13

1863

Photograph

Title: United States Gen'l Hospital, Brattleboro, Vt. - 1863 and United States Rendezvous, Brattleboro, Vt. - 1863.

Two rectangular images on a single mount titled "United States Gen'l Hospital, Brattleboro, Vt. - 1863" and "United States Rendezvous, Brattleboro, Vt. - 1863." Mounted on blue colored board with thin red-line boarder. The upper image show a group of barracks-like buildings in the distance across an open field. The lower image shows a small group of tents (about the size of a company) in a field with arms stacked near the far end of the row. A group of barracks-like buildings is visible in the distance, probably the same group as in the upper image, but taken from a different angle.

GLC03588.14

July 1863

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Trossell's [sic] House, Battlefield of Gettysburg. No 42 July, 1863

"Trossell's [sic] House, Battlefield of Gettysburg. No 42 July, 1863" (Gardner's Sketchbook, plate #43). Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner, c 1865. A view of the house showing damage the done by artillery fire. A multitude of dead horses, killed by artillery, are visible in the foreground. [Note: approximately 80 horses were killed in the vicinity of the Trostle house and barn.]

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1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Printed document

Title: Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia

Text leaf from Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook. This text leafs describes "Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia" (plate 2). There is no photo to go with this text page.

GLC03588.16

1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Printed document

Title: Pontoon Bridges, Across the Rappahannock

Text leaf from Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook. This text leafs describes "Pontoon Bridges, Across the Rappahannock" (plate 32). There is no photo to go with this text page.

GLC03588.17

1868

Printed document

Title: [Remonetize The Silver Dollar]

Calls for "The People Demand of the United States the Payment of the Bonds in Greenbacks and Equal Taxation, One Currency for the Government and the People the Laborer and the Office holder the Producer and the Bond Holder"

GLC03972.05

1868

Printed document

Title: ["Absolute Money"]

A satirical hundred dollar bill has images of Dennis Kearney and Benjamin F. Butler on it.

GLC03972.06

1868

Printed document

Title: [National Milk]

A satirical bond for a quart of milk for "the wants of Moterless Babes, and Infants of all Species"

GLC03972.07

1868

Printed document

Title: [Equal Taxation]

Calls for "The People Demand of the United States the Payment of the Bonds in Greenbacks and Equal Taxation, One Currency for the Government and the People the Laborer and the Office holder the Producer and the Bond Holder"

GLC03972.08

1868

Printed document

Title: [Fiat Money]

"Fifty Dollars. Redeemable nowhere, in nothing and by nobody. Issued in accordance with the Fiat of the Gran Conclave of the National Commune. Approved Feb'y 30th, 1878 "

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