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Return of the New York 69th Regiment

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "The Return of the New York 69th Regiment, N.Y.S.N.G."

GLC05137.258

[Frederick Douglass]

Inscribed on front "Frederick Douglass. Born 1817." Inscribed verso: "Frederick Douglass. Born February 1817." With newspaper obituary pasted on the back. The albumen surface has been slightly scratched.

GLC05146

Scene in the Hospital (leg amputation)

No identification. Label on front: "Scene in the Hospital." Zouave soldiers helping a doctor with a leg amputation. Handwritten on verso: "Hospital Scene at Fortress Monroe, Va." Not the same as 5137.201

GLC05137.200

Scene in the Hospital. (arm amputation)

No identification. Label on front: "Scene in the Hospital." Zouaves soldiers helping a doctor prepare for amputate an arm. Doctors kit visible ion a table in the foreground. Handwritten on verso: "Hospital Scene at Fortress Monroe, Va." Not the...

GLC05137.201

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac. Taking it Easy

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. "Taking it Easy." Large number of men sitting around posing for the camera. Some have climbed on top of buildings and sit in trees in order to be in the photograph.

GLC05137.202

Camp Life [militia musicians in camp?]

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. A group of soldiers, possibly musicians, with several men in top hats and suits standing in front of a tent. Uniforms on soldiers are light with dark strips on seams of pants and dark accenting on jacket.
Two...

GLC05137.203

Camp Life [militia unit?]

No identification. Label on front. "1668 War Scenes. Camp Life." A regiment of soldiers in a field in marching formation. Officers wear dark uniforms and the soldiers wear light uniforms with dark stripes on the seams of the pants, white gloves and...

GLC05137.204

Camp Scene, 44th Regt. Halls Hill, Virginia, Butterfield's headquarters....

C. A. Palmer. A group of soldiers among their tents. Label on back: "Camp Scene, 44th Regt. Halls Hill, Virginia, Butterfield's headquarters in distance." Label on back includes information for the developing of the negative.

GLC05137.205

The Battlefield of Bull Run

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Soldiers and part of a Battery, on the Battlefield of 'Bull Run.'" One cannon in place and it appear

GLC05137.207

Soldiers posing in front of building

Nineteen soldiers in an empty building, possibly a train station. Soldiers are wearing light pants with light stripes on seams and waist coats.

GLC05137.208

Soldiers posing for group portrait in a field

A group of soldiers in a field posing with guns and knapsacks.

GLC05137.209

Large group of soldiers lined up in a curve, one man wearing a medal

Twenty-eight soldiers visable in the photograph. The men are lined up single file with a gradual curve so that the men at the left hand side of the photograph is very close to the camera and the men on the right is far away. The soldier fifth from...

GLC05137.211

Soldiers in camp, debris in foreground

Group of soldiers in camp. Debris in the foreground. Many of the men are not wearing jackets.

GLC05137.212

Regiment lined up in front of brick building

Graphite inscription "Photo by Cole an Sellers." A large group of soldiers outside a brick building. "Gasworks Feneibles Co. A. 1861" in center and "Phila. Gas Works, Point Breeze" on one side. "10/05/1861 Co. A. City Gas Works Feneibles."

GLC05137.213

Camp on the Peninsula

Handwritten on back: "Camp on the Peninsula" Seemingly endless rows of tents and soldiers milling among them. Clothes are draped over a tent in the foreground on the left hand side of the photograph.

GLC05137.214

Picket Guard with Prisoners, near [Lewinsville]

Label on front: "Picket Guard with Prisoners, near . . . ." Rest of caption has been cut off but area is the same as GLC05137.178 and GLC05137.195. Two men in civilian clothes stand with a three enlisted men behind them and three officers in front...

GLC05137.215

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac -- Taking It Easy (copy 2)

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. A copy of GLC05137.202, but without label on front.

GLC05137.216

Women visiting camp and sitting near tent with a group of soldiers

No identification. Two women sitting outside a tent, holding an umbrella to shield them from the sun. Seven soldiers are under the tent.

GLC05137.217

Group portrait of soldiers and civilians in front of tent

A large group of soldiers outside a tent. Two civilian men are on the left hand side of the photograph, one of them is wearing a white "lab coat." Uniform styles of the men vary.

GLC05137.218

Planning strategy

Group of eight soldiers, probably all officers, sitting around and looking intensively at a table. A man on the right-hand side of the photograph wears a medal.

GLC05137.219

Four officers in front of a tent

Bierstadt bothers, New Bedford, Mass. Four officers with varying uniforms outside a tent. Man on far right of photograph wears light blue pants and knee boots. The man to his left wears light blue pants and waist coat. The next man wears dark...

GLC05137.221

7th N.Y. State Militia

A group of musicians outside of a tent, with rifles stacked in front of them.

GLC05137.222

Regiment fixing bayonets

No identification. A line of soldiers with fixed bayonets. A flag is in the center of the photograph. The soldiers are wearing white gloves.

GLC05137.223

Picket Guard on Alert

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: War "Army of the Potomac. Picket Guard on the Alert"

GLC05137.224

Path or Road through a forrest

No identification. Handwritten on back: "Hessian Camp"

GLC05137.225