circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Porter leaning on armrest

Modern print of F.H. Meserve's image of Admiral Porter, seated in uniform, leaning against an armrest.

GLC05111.01.0958

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Porter seated upright in chair

Modern print of F.H. Meserve's image of Admiral Porter, seated in uniform.

GLC05111.01.0959

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Porter seated in chair [Copy #1]

Image identical to #959.

GLC05111.01.0960

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Porter seated in chair [Copy #2]

Image identical to #959

GLC05111.01.0961

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Porter seated in chair [Copy #3]

Image identical to #959

GLC05111.01.0962

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: The Stone House on the Warrenton Turnpike, Bull Run

The photo shows a two-horse wagon in front of the house being driven by one man, and three other men standing at the left edge of the image. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "318" and "I."

GLC05111.01.0963

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: The Dutch Gap Canal, Petersburg

The image shows one man sitting on the right bank, looking at the open canal. Below the man is a wooden rowboat. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "956" and "XII."

GLC05111.01.0964

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: The Dutch Gap Canal, Petersburg

The image shows one man sitting, and another standing in the distance. Both are on the right bank looking at the open canal. Below the seated man is a wooden rowboat. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "956" and "XII."

GLC05111.01.0965

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Headquarters guard on Sherman's march through North Carolina

This image shows a unit from Sherman's army sitting in front of A-frame tents in the woods, as they moved toward Fayetteville, North Carolina. Numeric notation alongside image: "887" and "356." Inscription on verso: "Camp Scene." Numeric notation on verso: "827" "144" and "18."

GLC05111.01.0966

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Dead horses of the 9th Massachusetts Artillery, Trostle Farm, Gettysburg

This image shows the dead horses of the 9th Massachusetts Artillery after the battle at Trostle's farm in Gettysburg. In the background is Abraham Trostle's barn. Numeric notation on recto: "300" and "266." Inscription on verso: "In Trossel's [sic] barnyard, Gettysburg." Numeric notation on verso: "300" "132" and "126."

GLC05111.01.0967

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Bridge span over Bull Run

This image shows a single soldier standing on a bridge just a few days before the second battle at Bull Run. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "IV" and "547."

GLC05111.01.0968

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: The Union Lines before Petersburg

The image shows the state of the Union lines before the battle at Petersburg. Numeric notation on image: "197." Inscription on verso: "The Union line before Petersburg." Numeric notation on verso: "79" "53" and "197"

GLC05111.01.0969

[April 1864]

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Headquarters of Captain Bates of the Third Army Corps, near Brandy Station

The image shows a group of ambulances with a photographer's wagon in front of a group of quartermaster's wagons and a large store of supplies for the Wilderness Campaign. Inscription on verso: "Ordway, Gardner Coll." Numeric notation on verso: "XI" and "137a"

GLC05111.01.0970

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Entrenchment with stairs.

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

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: 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

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: 96th Pennsylvania near First Bull Run

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

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: 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

Nov. 1863

Photograph

Title: Camp in the woods near Culpeper, Virginia

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

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: 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. Inscription on verso: "Church of the Engineer Corps before Petersburg." Numeric notation on verso: "348" and "45."

GLC05111.01.0979

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: 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

[25 May 1864]

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Destroyed Railroad bridge at North Anna River

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

[25 May 1864]

Photograph

Title: Destroyed Railroad bridge at North Anna River

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 notations on verso: "350" "69" and "57."

GLC05111.01.0982

[3 April 1865]

Photograph

Title: Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone

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

[3 April 1865]

Photograph

Title: Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone

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 Meserve 265 Edgecombe Avenue New York City." Numeric notations on verso: "6" and "269."

GLC05111.01.0985

[3 April 1865]

Photograph

Title: Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone

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." Numeric notations on verso: "68" and "363."

GLC05111.01.0986