circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Hanson House at Wilderness

The image shows a road leading up to a farm in the distance. Numeric notation on image: "102." Inscription on verso: "See Duplicate" and "to Wilderness Hanson's House." Numeric notations on verso: "86" and "67-3346."

GLC05111.01.1017

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Camp scene

The image shows a field with a wooden railing going downhill on the right and two wagons on the lower left. A large camp sits on a gradual rise in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "816."

GLC05111.01.1018

February 1864

Photograph

Title: Head Quarters Lowell's Cavalry

The image shows a single horse in the foreground with Sibley tents behind, and a cluster of buildings on top of a hill, which includes the headquarters for Colonel C.R. Lowell's cavalry. Inscription on verso: "Hd. Qrs. Lowell's Cavalry Brigade, Vienna Va. Feb. 1864 (The large house in the centre is Col. C.R. Lowell's hd. qrs.)"

GLC05111.01.1019

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Camp Scene

The image shows a camp scene with one Sibley tent and various A-frame tents, an unidentifiable flag is flying on the left of the photo, and three men stand in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner" and "Army of Pot. Frederick." Numeric notations on verso: "VI" and "678."

GLC05111.01.1020

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Zouaves at Yorktown

The image shows 4 Union Zouaves around the wreckage of bombed cannon. Numeric notation on image: "249." Inscription on verso: "Confederate fortification Yorktown, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "249" "65" and "83."

GLC05111.01.1021

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Camp scene

The image shows a large unidentified camp with Sibley tents on a wide open field. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "704."

GLC05111.01.1022

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Sharpshooters at Petersburg

The image shows three Union sharpshooters behind fortifications with a box of artillery marked "1864." Inscription on verso: "Sharp shooters Siege of Petersburg." Numeric notation on verso: "158" and "15."

GLC05111.01.1023

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Cannonball in front of trench at Petersburg

The image shows three cannonballs in front of a trench at Petersburg with a fence in the background on top of the hill. Numeric notation on recto: "3336." Inscription on verso: "Mine in front of Petersburg" "Dup" and "From P." Numeric notations on verso: "391" and "3336."

GLC05111.01.1024

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Supply wharf

The image shows a supply port with numerous barrels, a Sibley tent, storehouses and boats in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "680" "680" and "VI."

GLC05111.01.1025

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Supply center

The image shows numerous supply barrels, with two men loading two covered wagons, and a train in the distance. Numeric notation on recto: "240." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "819."

GLC05111.01.1026

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Pontoon bridges

The image shows two pontoon bridges across a river with two men crouching on the bridge in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "765."

GLC05111.01.1027

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Bombed structure with pontoon bridges

The image shows a wooden cabin destroyed by a shell with two pontoon bridges crossing a river. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "766." Deleted numeric notation on verso: "767."

GLC05111.01.1028

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Pontoon docks with sailboat

The image shows two pontoon docks with covered wagons receiving or delivering supplies to sailboats on a river. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "705."

GLC05111.01.1029

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Footbridge along a river

The photo shows a wooden foot bridge over a gorge, with a river in the upper right-hand corner of the image. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XII" and "1119."

GLC05111.01.1030

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Wooden bridge over a river

The image shows a wagon crossing a wooden bridge over a river, with a man wading in the river below . Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "IV" and "521."

GLC05111.01.1031

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Mounting guard in Fort Wagner

The image shows a mounting guard inside Fort Wagner, South Carolina. Black soldiers appear to be occupying the fort, with various other figures standing on a ridge in the distance. Numeric notations on recto: "3491" and "41." Inscription on verso: "'Mounting guard' in Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S.C." Numeric notations on verso: "60" and "241."

GLC05111.01.1032

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Bombproof quarters for black soldiers

(Same as #1037.) The image shows a group of black soldiers sitting on a hill and three others standing below them near bombproof quarters. Numeric notation on recto: "804." Inscriptions on verso: "Gardner" and "Bombproof Quarters Fed." Numeric inscriptions on verso: "XI-III" and "804."

GLC05111.01.1033

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Black soldiers filling canteens

The image shows a group of black soldiers with some on horses, others reclining on the ground and a group in line in front of a Sibley tent. Numeric notation on image: "33." Inscription on verso: "Filling their canteens." Numeric notations on verso: "257" "33" and "84."

GLC05111.01.1034

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Camp scene with black soldiers.

The image shows a camp scene in the woods with a black soldier writing near his A-frame tent, other soldiers are reclining and a group stands with their guns in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notations on verso: "VIII" and "219."

GLC05111.01.1035

August 1862

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Cedar Mountain battlefield, Bull Run

The image shows a group of black soldiers reclining and standing amongst the trees on the edge of a battlefield. Numeric notation on image: "504." Inscriptions on verso: "Cedar Mountain Battlefield West View Aug. 62" and "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "504" and "91."

GLC05111.01.1036

1864

Photograph

Title: Bombproof quarters for black soldiers, Petersburg

(Same as #1033.) The image shows a group of black soldiers sitting on a hill and three others standing below near bombproof quarters. Numeric notations on recto: "804" and "152." Inscription on verso: "Making coffee on the lines before Petersburg, Va. 1864." Numeric notation on verso: "152."

GLC05111.01.1037

1862

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Five generations on Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina

The image shows 8 African-Americans posed in front of a wooden building. Inscription on verso: "Negro family representing 5 generations." Numeric notations on verso: "91" and "No 17."

GLC05111.01.1038

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Bombproof quarters for black soldiers

The image shows bombproof quarters with various black soldiers sitting, and others standing in the distance with their guns. Inscription on verso: "Gardner" and "Bombproof Quarters. Federal." Numeric notations on verso: "XI-III" and "805."

GLC05111.01.1039

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Union officers sitting for a meal with camp scene behind

The image shows 5 Union officers seated at a table drinking, with two young African-American men standing behind them and what appears to be a white cook with an apron. Various white and black soldiers stand in the background among the A-frame tents. Numeric notation on image: "220." Inscription on verso: "Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notations on verso: "VIII" and "220."

GLC05111.01.1040

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Soldiers in front of US Sanitary Department office

The image shows a group of soldiers standing in front of the US Sanitary Department office on an otherwise empty street. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "739."

GLC05111.01.1041