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Riverview with fields
circa 1861-1865
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
The image shows woods in the foreground with a river and fields in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XII" and "23."
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Fortifications
The image shows a lone figure standing in front of spiked fortifications with vacant fields in the background. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "949."
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The image shows two figures standing on the extreme left of the photo. The camera is looking out of a fortification onto empty fields stretching into the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner" and what has later been crossed out: "Bombproof...
GLC05111.01.1088
Confederate fortifications at Gracie's Salient
The image shows extensive fortifications and bombproofs, with fields stretching into the distance. Inscription on verso: "Conf. fortifications at Gracie's Salient" and "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XI-III" and "1061." Written at Gracie's...
GLC05111.01.1089
Bombproof quarters
The image shows bombproof quarters with a foot bridge over a dry stream. Approximately 10 soldiers stand in the distance. Some wood debris litters the ground. Inscriptions on verso: "Bombproof quarters in Fed. Camps" and "Gardner." Numeric notations...
GLC05111.01.1090
One man sitting at the bottom of a hill
The image shows one man sitting at the bottom of a hill with a stick in his hands. He is next to what appears to be wooden fortifications. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "1080."
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City street in ruins
The image shows a city street in ruins. Brick chimneys are the only remainders of buildings that have been bombed and burned. Possibly Richmond, VA. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "1009."
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The crater at Petersburg
The image shows seven men in suits in various positions around a bomb crater, with a white dog in the photo, and a field lined by trees in the distance. Four buildings also sit in the background. Inscription on verso: "Petersburg Va the Crater."
GLC05111.01.1093
Burned building
The photo shows a building that has burned until only the exterior stone walls remain standing. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "VIII" "22" and "1161."
GLC05111.01.1094
Rebel lines at Vicksburg
The image shows fortifications on a hill overlooking an extensive valley, with cannons on top of the hill and two buildings in the lower right corner of the photo. Inscriptions on verso: "Rebel lines in rear of Vicksburg" "Collection of Americana...
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Battlefield possibly Gaines Mill or Cold Harbor
The image shows a debris littered battlefield that could be either Gaines Mill or Cold Harbor. Inscription on verso: "Gardner."
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Bomb ruins
The image shows the remaining brick chimneys of a burned and bombed building. The ruins are surrounded by trees, grass, and wild flowers. A horse rests in the center of the photo and a man sits on a rubble wall on the right edge. Inscription on verso...
GLC05111.01.1097
House in ruins surrounded by people
The image shows a large house, the roof of which has been destroyed with the three brick chimneys and exterior walls still standing. The house is surrounded by trees, a large grassy yard and a large group of people on horseback and on foot. There are...
GLC05111.01.1098
Soldier's monument
The image shows a large monument to the soldiers: "In Memory of the Patriots Who Fell at Groveton." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "IV" and "1193."
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Bull Run monument
The image shows a soldiers monument on which the plaque states: "In Memory of the Patriots Who Fell at Bull Run." The monument is surrounded by a wood fence, and in the distance cows are grazing. Inscriptions on verso: "Gardner" and "Bull Run...
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Soldier's monument at Stones River
The image shows two sides of a soldier's monument on which there are inscriptions. One reads: "The veterans of Shiloh have left a deathless heritage of fame on the fields of Stone River." The other inscription is illegible. Two gravestones are...
GLC05111.01.1101
African-American soldiers digging graves
The image shows a large group of African-American soldiers digging graves. One corpse lies on the ground, and an officer oversees the activity on horseback. Numeric notation on image: "724." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on...
GLC05111.01.1102
Corpses at the Slaughter Pen at Gettysburg
The image shows four corpes lying on the ground. Very little detail of their uniforms is visible. Inscription on verso: "The slaughter pen at Gettysburg." Numeric notations on verso: "72" and "124."
GLC05111.01.1103
Landing dock with steamboats
The image shows a landing dock with one boat tied in the foreground and two others in the background. Also visible are a wooden building, a long bridge with buildings on the far end, and fields in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner."...
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Steamboats near Bermuda Hundred
The image shows 9 boats on a river, mostly steamboats. One man is lying on the bank in the foreground. Inscription below image: "Bermuda Hundred taken from City Point, Va." Inscription on verso: "Duplicate." Numeric notation struck out on verso:...
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Shipping yard with railroad
The image shows numerous sailboats and steamboats near a landing pier, with a railroad along the shore in the foreground. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XI-I" and "798."
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Campscene above a shipping yard
The image shows three men at a tent, with one looking through an eyepiece, surveying the action out of the frame to the left. In the background are numerous sailboats and what appears to be a large steamboat. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric...
GLC05111.01.1107
C.S.S. Teaser damaged by U.S. gunboat
The image shows the extensive damage to the deck of a Confederate boat. Inscription on verso: "Deck of Confederate blockade runner Teaser showing destruction caused by shell fired by US gunboat [?] " and "Gardner." Numeric noations on verso: "XXV"...
GLC05111.01.1108
Steamboat and dock with sailors on James River
The image shows a steamboat on the river. In the foreground is a group of sailors in a small boat flying a US flag, and 5 more sailors on a dock . Inscription on verso: "U.S. steamer 'Massas'ot', in James river, 1864" and "Collection of Americana...
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U.S. Mendota
The image shows the U. S. Mendota on the river. Inscription on verso: "U. S. Mendota No label Meserve Collection." Stamp of Frederick H. Meserve Collection of Americana on verso. Numeric notations on verso: "349" and "436." Numeric notation on recto...
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