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"Fighting" Joseph Hooker
circa 1861-1865
Image of General Joseph Hooker. Inscription on recto: "Hooker." Inscription on verso: "1861--Photographic History--1865," followed by a brief summary of Hooker's career.
GLC05111.01.1211
"Fighting" Joe Hooker [split stereocard]
Image of General Joseph Hooker seated with his hands in his lap. Inscription on recto: "1922. 'Fighting Joe Hooker.'" Inscription on verso: "Fay," followed by a description of the image.
GLC05111.01.1212
[General W. S.] Hancock [split stereocard]
Image of General W.S. Hancock seated with his hands in his lap and facing to the left of the camera. Inscription beneath image: "Hancock."
GLC05111.01.1213
General W. S. Hancock [split stereocard]
1877
Image of General W.S. Hancock, seated with his hands in his lap and facing to the left of the camera. Inscription beneath photograph: "1877. General W. S. Hancock."
GLC05111.01.1214
[General Daniel Sickles] [split stereocard]
Inscription on verso: "Gen. Sickles," and "1861--Photographic History--1865 . . . ."
GLC05111.01.1215
[Major] General F. C. Barlow [split stereocard]
Close-up image of General F. L. Barlow looking to his left. Inscription beneath image: "Gen. F.C. Barlow." Inscription on verso: "1861--Photographic History--1865 . . . ."
GLC05111.01.1216
Major General Francis C. Barlow [split stereocard]
Image of Major General Francis C. Barlow looking to his left. Inscription beneath image: "1955. Major General Francis C. Barlow."
GLC05111.01.1217
The chair in which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated [split stereocard]
Image of the chair in which Lincoln was assassinated. Inscription on recto: "The Chair Lincoln sat in when he was Shot." Numeric notation on recto: "3405." Inscription on verso: "Collection. H.W. Fay." Numeric notations on verso: "#12B" and "12."
GLC05111.01.1218
Image of the chair in which Lincoln was assassinated. Inscription beneath image: "Lincoln- was seated in this chair whe [sic] assassinated." Inscription on verso: "The Chair Lincoln sat in when he was Shot." The inscription is followed by a brief...
GLC05111.01.1219
Image of the chair in which Lincoln was assassinated, propped on two stools. Numeric notation on image: "3406." Inscription on the side of the image: "Photographic History." Inscription on verso: "Chair in which Lincoln sat at Ford's Theatre."
GLC05111.01.1220
Admiral Farragut [split stereocard]
Image of Admiral Farragut seated and looking to his right. Inscription beneath image: "Admiral Farragut."
GLC05111.01.1221
[Admiral Farragut] [split stereocard]
Image of Admiral Farragut seated and looking to his right. Inscription on verso: "Farragut," and "1861--Photographic History--1865 . . . ."
GLC05111.01.1222
Image of Admiral Farragut seated and looking to his right. Numeric notation on verso: "#5292," and "16."
GLC05111.01.1223
Image of Admiral Farragut seated and looking to his right. Numeric notation on image: "5292." Inscription on image: "Admiral Farragut." Numeric notation on verso: "23."
GLC05111.01.1224
General Nathaniel P. Banks [split stereocard]
Image of General N. P. Banks seated and looking to his right. Numeric notation on image: "1321." Inscription on image: "Gen. N. P. Banks."
GLC05111.01.1225
GLC05111.01.1226
Edwin M. Stanton [split stereocard]
Image of Edwin S. Stanton seated and looking directly at the camera. Numeric notation on image: "2208." Inscription on image: "Edwin S. [sic?] Stanton, Lincoln's Secretary of War."
GLC05111.01.1227
General Wiliam T. Sherman [split stereocard]
Profile image of General W. T. Sherman seated and looking to his right. Numeric notation on image: "2002." Inscription on image: "Gen. W. T. Sherman, ('Old Tecumseh')."
GLC05111.01.1228
Split stereocard of General Ulysses S. Grant
Image of General Ulysses S. Grant, looking to his left. Numeric notation on image: "947." Inscription on image: "General U. S. Grant."
GLC05111.01.1229
Image of General Ulysses S. Grant, looking away from the camera and to his left. Numeric notation on verso: "947." Inscription on verso: "General U. S. Grant. This photograph was taken just before the close of the war. It is the best photograph of...
GLC05111.01.1230
Image of General Ulysses S. Grant seated and facing the camera. Numeric notation on image: "947." Inscription on image: "General U. S. Grant."
GLC05111.01.1231
Split Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant
Image of General Ulysses S. Grant seated and looking directly at camera. Numeric notation on verso: "947." Inscription on verso: "General U. S. Grant. This photograph was taken just before the close of the war. It is the best photograph of General...
GLC05111.01.1232
Group of Generals at Yorktown, 1862.
1862
Image shows a group of five officers seated, seven standing behind and one small African-American boy seated on the ground in the center foreground. Numeric notation on image: "382." Inscription on image: "Slocum [sic] Franklin Barry Newton," and...
GLC05111.01.1233
Abraham Lincoln [split stereocard]
Image of Abraham Lincoln seated and looking directly at the camera. Inscription on image: "1861 The War For the Union. 1865" Inscription on verso: "This view is not a fair sample of the war views. The 'negative' is very poor . . . ." followed by a...
GLC05111.01.1234
General G. R. Paul [split stereocard]
Profile of General G. R. Paul. Inscription on image: "G. R. Paul." Inscription on verso: "Gen. G. R. Paul, shot blind at Gettysburg. The bullet passed in at one eye and out of the other," and "1861--Photographic History--1865 . . . ."
GLC05111.01.1235
General G. K. Warren [split stereocard]
Image of General G. K. Warren looking left, away from the camera. Numeric notation on image: "1757." Inscription on image: "Gen. G. K. Warren, Commander of the Fifth Corps." Inscription on verso: "1861--Photographic History--1865 . . . ."
GLC05111.01.1236
General Daniel E. Sickles [split stereocard]
Image of General Daniel E. Sickles facing the camera. Numeric notation on image: "1702." Inscription on image: "General Daniel E. Sickles."
GLC05111.01.1237
Lieutenant Commander W. B. Cushing [split stereocard]
Image of Lieutenant Commander W. B. Cushing standing, wearing cape and looking into the distance to his right of the camera. Numeric notation on image: "1864." Inscription on image: "Lieut. Commander W. B. Cushing, who blew up the Rebel Ram...
GLC05111.01.1238
Image of Lieutenant Commander W. B. Cushing standing, wearing a cape and looking into the distance to his right of the camera. Inscription on image: "Lieut. Comm. W. B. Cushing." Inscription on verso: "Lieutenant Commander Wiliam [sic] Barker...
GLC05111.01.1239
Commodore J. L. Worden [split stereocard]
Image of J. L. Worden seated, looking to his left of the camera. Inscription on image: "J. L. Worden." Inscription on verso: "Commodore J. L. Worden. He was in command of the 'Monitor' when she whipped the 'Merrimac,'" and "1861--Photographic History...
GLC05111.01.1240
John Sedgwick [split stereocard]
Image of John Sedgwick seated, and looking directly at the camera. Inscription on image: "[illegible] John Sedgwick." Inscription on verso: explanation of price of stereocards.
GLC05111.01.1241
General Alfred Pleasonton [split stereocard]
Image of General Alfred Pleasonton seated on a folding chair outdoors, with hat off and wearing riding boots. Inscription on image: "Gen. Alfred Pleasonton." Inscription on verso: "1861--Photographic History--1865 . . . ."
GLC05111.01.1242
General George H. Thomas [split stereocard]
Image of General G. H. Thomas looking directly at the camera. Inscription on image: "Geo. H Thomas." Inscription on verso: "1861--Photographic History--1865 . . . ."
GLC05111.01.1243
Numeric notation on image: "2022." Inscription on image: "Gen. G. H. Thomas, 'the Rock of Chickamauga.'"
GLC05111.01.1244
Group of men gathered behind a building. [split stereocard]
Image shows an unidentified group of six men standing behind a wooden building. Inscription on image: "Dodge Picture Rooms. New Berne NC."
GLC05111.01.1245
Soldier's quarters New Berne, NC [split stereocard]
Image shows five soldiers standing in the yard in front of a two-storey house, with another group of approximately eleven on the second storey balcony. Inscription on verso: "Quarters of Soldiers on Front St. Secesh Jail. New Berne N.C. County Jail...
GLC05111.01.1246
Soldiers in front of a Masonic Hall, New Berne, NC [split stereocard]
Image shows three men leaning on a white wooden fence in front of a two-storey brick Masonic Hall. Inscriptions on verso: "Masonic Hall," and "New Berne N.C."
GLC05111.01.1247
Group of people in front of Church, New Berne, NC [split stereocard]
The image shows six adults and three children standing in front of a large white church. Inscription on verso: "Colored Church New Berne N.C."
GLC05111.01.1248
General Burnsides Head Quarters, New Berne, NC [split stereocard]
The image shows a two-storey white house surrounded by a wooden fence, with a gazebo in the yard. Inscription on image: "uarters [sic] New Berne." Inscription on verso: "Burnsides Head Quarters 1862."
GLC05111.01.1249
Officer's Quarters, New Berne, NC [split stereocard]
The image shows a wooden A-frame cabin with a chimney surrounded by a low wooden fence. Inscription on verso: "Officers Quarters Newberne [sic] N.C."
GLC05111.01.1250
The image shows a wooden cabin with two windows, a chimney and a wreath above the door, which is open. Inscription on verso: "Officers Quarters Newberne [sic]."
GLC05111.01.1251
Soldier's Quarters [New Berne, NC] [split stereocard]
The image shows five soldiers in the yard in front of a two-storey building, with a group of approximately eleven others on the second-storey balcony.
GLC05111.01.1252
Post Office, New Berne, NC [split stereocard]
The image shows four people standing near a small white wooden post office. Inscription on image: "Post Office." Inscription on verso: "New Berne, NC."
GLC05111.01.1253
Inscription from back of a split stereocard
The abridged inscription reads: "P.M. Bell was [illegible] at [cut off] -ies must be at home or out of [cut off] -n Provost Marshall [cut off] C.A. 45th Mass. Inft."
GLC05111.01.1254
Three-story building, New Berne, NC [split stereocard]
The image shows four soldiers standing in front of a three-storey building, with a large tree in the center of the photograph. Inscription on image: "Photographed by Fred C. Low, East Cambridge, Mass." Inscription on verso: "New Berne N.C."
GLC05111.01.1255
Group of people in front of a large church, New Berne, NC [split stereocard]
Image shows approximately eleven adults and children standing and sitting on a fence in front of a large white wooden church with a tall steeple. Abridged inscription on verso: "Church when the 9 o'clock [cut off] which time all the dark [cut off]...
GLC05111.01.1256
Fortifications and munitions, Morris Island, SC [split stereocard]
The image shows large fortifications with stocks of munitions. Inscription on image: "The War For the Union." Inscription on verso: "Ft. Johnson Morris Island SC" and "Wa[r Views.] Interior view of Ft. J[ohnson, Morris Island, S.C.] Published by F. [...
GLC05111.01.1257
The image shows large fortifications with stocks of munitions and a cannon in the background. Inscription on image: "Photographic History." Numeric notations on verso: "339" and "297." Inscription on verso: "[Wa]r Views. [Interior view of Ft. J...
GLC05111.01.1258
Confederate fortifications, Morris Island, SC [split stereocard]
The image shows three soldiers standing amid fortifications with a group of A-frame tents in the background. Numeric notation on verso: "365." Inscription on verso: "Confederate Camp Morris Island."
GLC05111.01.1259
Fortifications with cannons, Morris Island, SC [split stereocard]
Image shows fortifications and two cannons. Numeric notation on verso: "369." Inscriptions on verso: "Swamp Angel," "Vol. 4" "Interior Frt. Putnam Morris Island" "fired 5000 shells into Charleston" and "War Charleston City Gun, 30-Pounder."
GLC05111.01.1260
Fortifications, Morris Island, SC [split stereocard]
Image shows extensive fortifications with five figures standing in the distance. Numeric notation on verso: "366." Inscription on verso: "Duplicate 4.192" and "Decamp [illegible] Morris Island."
GLC05111.01.1261
Fortifications at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, SC [split stereocard]
The image shows two large tents inside fortifications with two people in the foreground, and another group of people on top of the fortifications in the distance. Inscription on image: "Photographic History." Numeric notations on verso: "362," and...
GLC05111.01.1262
Naval Battery, Morris Island, SC [split stereocard]
The image shows a group of approximately six soldiers standing to the right of fortifications with a large cannon. Inscription on image: "591 Broadway, New York." Numeric notation on verso: "359." Inscription on verso: "Naval Battery in Morris...
GLC05111.01.1263
Ordnance yard, Morris Island, SC [split stereocard]
Image shows extensive amount of ordnance lying in the sand. Inscription on recto: "591 Broadway, New York." Numeric notations on verso: "1" and "367." Inscription on verso: "Ordnance Yard Morris Island, S.C."
GLC05111.01.1264
Soldiers at gun battery, Port Hudson, LA
The image shows approximately six soldiers and four cannon in a battery with woods in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson battery A 3rd US. Artillery Capt. E.C. Bainbridge" and "MES."
GLC05111.01.1265
One soldier and one cannon and river fortifications, Port Hudson, LA
Image shows one soldier straddling a barrel, with a single gun battery in the background and a river in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson."
GLC05111.01.1266
One soldier at Confederate fortifications, Port Hudson, LA
The image shows a single soldier standing on fortifiations with woods in the distance. Numeric notation on recto: "756" and measurements of photo: "4 1/8 square." Numeric notations on verso: "213B," "756" and "2962-15." Inscription on verso:...
GLC05111.01.1267
River fortification, Port Hudson, LA
The image shows a fortification with cannon and cannonballs, and a river in the background. Numeric notations on verso: "211," "New 2068," "6" and "42625." Inscriptions on verso: "River Fortifictions Port Hudson," and "Same as W. Book."
GLC05111.01.1268
Dismantled rebel gun, Port Hudson, LA
The image shows the ruins of a dismantled cannon inside fortifications. Inscription on verso: "Rebel gun- Dismantled by [illegible] Comm Levison 'No gun battery' Port Hudson."
GLC05111.01.1269
Grand Review, Washington, D.C.
[23 May 1865]
The image shows Union troops marching in the Grand Review. Inscription on verso: "Grand Review at Washington." Numeric notation on verso: "1263."
GLC05111.01.0983
Entrenchment with stairs.
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
The image shows an entrenchment with stairs. The location is unidentified. Inscription on verso: "Fortifications on the lines. (not marked Fed. or Conf.)" and "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "III" "IX" and "35."
GLC05111.01.0972
96th Pennsylvania near First Bull Run
The image shows the 96th Pennsylvania forming before what appears to be the First Bull Run. Numeric notation on verso: "721" and "10."
GLC05111.01.0973
The image shows the 96th Pennsylvania forming before the First Bull Run, with a group of sibley tents in the background. Numeric notation on verso: "650" and "11."
GLC05111.01.0974
Pontoon bridge on the Rappahannock River
The image shows covered wagons crossing a pontoon bridge on the Rappahannock River. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "715" and "X."
GLC05111.01.0975
Camp in the woods near Culpeper, Virginia
Nov. 1863
The image shows one man standing in the woods bordering a group of A-frame tents. Numeric notation on image: "242." Inscription on verso: "Camp in the woods near Culpeper, Va. Nov., 1863." Numeric notation on verso: "141" "223" and "242."
GLC05111.01.0976
Powder magazine on the lines at Petersburg
[1864]
The image shows four Union soldiers guarding a well-buried powder magazine. Numeric notation on image: "248." Inscription on verso: "Powder magazine on the lines." Numeric notation on verso: "248" and "31."
GLC05111.01.0977
Burned railroad car sheds in Atlanta
The image shows the burned railroad car sheds after Sherman's troops destroyed Atlanta, and were preparing to move on to Savannah. Numeric notation on image: "55." Inscription on verso: "Preparing for the 'March to the sea.'" and "Atlanta." Numeric...
GLC05111.01.0978
Poplar Grove Church
The image shows the Poplar Grove Church, which was built by the 50th New York Volunteer Engineers in 1864-65. A Union drum Corps is in the right foreground, with other Union soldiers in front of the church. The site is near Petersburg, VA...
GLC05111.01.0979
Lacy House
The image shows the Lacy house with a four-horse wagon in the foreground. Inscriptions on verso: "For Guide Only" "Gardner" and "Army of Pot. Frederick." Numeric notations on verso: "698" and "VI."
GLC05111.01.0980
Destroyed Railroad bridge at North Anna River
[25 May 1864]
The image shows a railroad bridge that had been destroyed by Confederate soldiers. In the distant background are four soldiers. (Same as #982.) Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "762" and "X."
GLC05111.01.0981
The image shows a railroad bridge that has been destroyed by Confederate soldiers. In the distant background are four soldiers. Same as #981. Numeric notation on image: "350." Inscription on verso: "Destruction of a railroad bridge." Numeric...
GLC05111.01.0982
Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone
[3 April 1865]
Photo of a dead rebel soldier the day after the storming of Petersburg, VA. He is lying in the trenches of Fort Mahone. Inscription on verso: "Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches." Numeric notation on verso: "245."
GLC05111.01.0984
The photo shows a Confederate soldier killed by a shell in the trenches at Fort Mahone. The photo was taken the day after the storming of Petersburg, VA. Inscription on verso: "A dead Confederate soldier" and "Collection of Americana Frederick A...
GLC05111.01.0985
The photo shows a dead Confederate soldier, probably killed by a fragment of a nearby shell explosion. The photo was taken the day after the storming of Petersburg, VA, on April 3,1865. Inscription on verso: "Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches...
GLC05111.01.0986
Smokestack from the CSS Virginia II
The image is the smokestack of the destroyed CSS Virginia II. It was photographed after the capture of Richmond by the Union. Numeric notation on recto: "264." Inscription on verso: "Smokestack of the Rebel ram "Virginia." Numeric notations on...
GLC05111.01.0987
Charleston Hotel
circa April 1865
The image shows the Charleston Hotel with two wagons and approximately six pedestrians on the street in front of the Hotel. Inscription on verso: "Charleston Hotel Charleston SC Apr 65." Numeric notation on verso: "3431" and "108."
GLC05111.01.0988
Appomattox Court House
This picture shows Union soldiers grouped before the Appomattox Court House after Lee's surrender to Grant. Inscriptions on verso: "Appomattox Courthouse" "Gardner" "Fr. guide only" and "in Ohio photo." Numeric notations on verso: "XI-IV" and "1164...
GLC05111.01.0989
"Castle Thunder," Richmond, Virginia
The image shows one of the "Castle Thunder" buildings in the south. A one-time tobacco factory, this building was the chief Provost Prison for the Confederacy. Standing in front of the prison are three Confederate soldiers. Inscription on verso: "...
GLC05111.01.0990
Dead soldiers on Antietam battlefield
The image shows numerous dead soldiers lying along a fence on the Antietam battlefield. Inscription on verso: "On the Antietam battlefield." Numeric notations on verso: "149" and "143."
GLC05111.01.0991
Town scene with railroad
The image shows a train stopped to unload supplies at a loading dock, a fenced yard in the foreground with numerous stray wagon wheels leaning against the fence, and many wagons and horses in front of some larger buildings in the background...
GLC05111.01.0992
Houses along an empty road
The image shows three houses on an empty road. Inscription on verso: "Gardner" and "Army of Pot. Frederick." Numeric notation on verso: "VI" and "718."
GLC05111.01.0993
Aquia Creek
The photo shows a wagon train in the foreground moving towards the river bank, with a riverside settlement and various boats in the river. Inscription on image: "Aquia Creek," which may refer to the Confederate District in the Department of Northern...
GLC05111.01.0994
Dead soldiers on the Cold Harbor battlefield
Unburied remains of dead soldiers, on an open battlefield with a treeline in the distance. Numeric notation on recto: "914" and "128." Inscription on verso: "Unburied dead on battlefield." Numeric notation on verso: "128" "914" and "128."
GLC05111.01.0995
Pleasanton's Headquarters, Auburn, VA
The image shows Pleasanton's Headquarters with Cavalry Corps gathered between two lines of A-frame tents. Inscription on verso: "Pleasanton's Hdqtrs. Auburn, Va." and "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notations on verso: "VIII" and "273."
GLC05111.01.0996
Bringing in the wounded
The photo shows three men standing by a stretcher. Lying on the stretcher is a man who may be dead. Two horses and a building surrounded by a fence and trees are also in the image. Numeric notation on image: "343." Inscription on verso: "Bringing in...
GLC05111.01.0997
Group photo of officers
The image shows a group of 13 officers posed before an open A-frame tent. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "624" and "XXXV."
GLC05111.01.0998
Soldiers on a pontoon bridge
The image shows a group of soldiers posed on a pontoon bridge with a single soldier crouched next to the water in the foreground. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "764."
GLC05111.01.0999
Town scene
The image shows a town scene with two covered wagons and various horses in the background. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "IV" and "534."
GLC05111.01.1000
Army blacksmith at Antietam
September, 1862
Same as #1002. The image shows a busy blacksmith's shop, with what appears to be an African-American smith seated in the center of the photo surrounded by equipment, horses and soldiers. Numeric notation on image: "110." Inscription on verso: "Army...
GLC05111.01.1001
Same as #1001. The image shows a busy blacksmith's shop with what appears to be an African-American smith seated in the center of the photo surrounded by equipment and soldiers. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "V" and...
GLC05111.01.1002
Soldiers seated at their tent
The image shows two soldiers seated in front of their A-frame tent. Inscription on verso: "Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notations on verso: "VIII" and "215."
GLC05111.01.1003
Confederate redoubt
The image shows a group of Confederate soldiers at rest near their tents, with a cannon to the left of the tents. Inscription on verso: "A Confederate redoubt" and "MES." Numeric notation on verso: "146" and "755."
GLC05111.01.1004
A suttler's tent
The image shows a group of approximately 13 men gathered in and around an A-frame suttler's tent. Numeric notation on recto: "138." Inscription on verso: "A suttler's tent." Numeric notation on verso: "138" and "1371."
GLC05111.01.1005
Soldiers at mealtime
The image shows a group of soldiers eating near a small A-frame tent, in a field with scattered trees. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "IV" and "645."
GLC05111.01.1006
Officers on porch
The image shows 7 officers posed on a house porch wearing knee-high boots and sabers, possibly indicative of Cavalry Officers. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XXIV" and "1022."
GLC05111.01.1007
Soldiers relaxing
The image shows a group of 12 soldiers posed in a relaxed position in front of a cabin in the woods. Inscription on verso: [deleted: "Signal Corp" and "Pleast Vy Md?"]. Numeric notation on verso: "636."
GLC05111.01.1008
Soldiers in a group photo
The image shows 15 soldiers standing and seated posed for a group picture in front of a white, wooden building. The men are wearing various uniforms, some with one stripe on the pant leg. Numeric notation on recto: "1001." Inscription on verso:...
GLC05111.01.1009
Union officers
October 1863
The image shows 6 union officers in camp, posed in front of an A-frame tent with horses in the background. Numeric notation on image: "280." Inscription on verso: "Gen. Ward, Gen. Mott, Col. Ausin, Col. Brewster, and Col. Farnham, 2d Div., 3d Corps...
GLC05111.01.1010
Union soldiers dismantling Confederate fort posed on cannon
The image shows Union soldiers sitting on and standing near two cannon, one soldier in the center possibly African-American, with fortification earthworks in the background. Inscription on verso: "Dismantling the Rebel Forts, Petersburg, Va."
GLC05111.01.1011
Three soldiers near earthworks
The image shows three soldiers standing near the sandbag fortifications, possibly after a battle, objects are strewn on the ground and a house in the background looks as though it has been bombarded. Inscription on image: "Haas & Seale." Inscription...
GLC05111.01.1012
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