1864/06 ca.

Photograph

Title: Improvised Breastworks, Cold Harbor, Va. [June 1864 ca.]

The makeshift breastworks are comprised of a large fallen tree reinforced by numerous branches and sticks.

GLC05111.01.0541

1865/01 ca.

Photograph

Title: Fort Fisher, N.C. interior view of transverse and magazine on the land front. [January 1865 ca.]

The center of the image shows a shallow pool of water and a destroyed cannon and carriage. On the left side there is a cannon and two pyramids of satcked cannon balls. Wooden steps lead up to the cannon but only the top few are still in place. A Federal soldier stands in the center of the image, leaning against the earthen magazine. Inscription on verso: "Oldway Gardner Coll." Numeric notations on verso: "XXII" and "5-6."

GLC05111.01.0543

1865/01 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Fort Fisher, N.C. exterior view of outer walls and stockade. [January 1865 ca.]

In the foreground of the image is a cannon ball resting in the center. Along the base of the wall runs a short line of sharpened posts that constitute the outer stockade. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XXII" and "635."

GLC05111.01.0544

1865/01 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Fort Fisher, N.C. exterior view of outer walls and stockade with man in center. [January 1865 ca.]

The outer walls of the fort extend across the image, bordered at its base by the outer wooden stockade. There is a lone man in the center of the image and a cannon is barely visible between the center mounds of sand of the fortification in the background. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XXII" and "297." Nearly identical photo can be seen in .0549. See GLC 5111.01.0549

GLC05111.01.0545

1865/01 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Fort Fisher, N.C. closer exterior view of outer walls and stockade. [January 1865 ca.]

The image shows a line of sharpened posts that constitute the outer stockade, running along the base of the wall. The stockade reflects the damage it suffered in the Federal taking of the fort. Three mounds of sand and two cannons are visible. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso "XXII" and "572."

GLC05111.01.0546

1865/01 ca.

Photograph

Title: Fort Fisher, N.C. exterior view of outer walls and stockade. [January 1865 ca.] [Copy 1]

The image shows a long line of sharpened posts that constitute the outer stockade. A group of Federal soldiers stand behind the stockade on a mound on the left side of the image. Three cannons are visible, one in between each of the highest mounds. Debris is strewn across the foreground. Numeric notation on verso: "148." See GLC 5111.01.0548

GLC05111.01.0547

1865/01 ca.

Photograph

Title: Fort Fisher, N.C. exterior view of outer walls and stockade. [January 1865 ca.] [Copy 2]

The image shows a long line of sharpened posts that constitute the outer stockade. A group of Federal soldiers stand behind the stockade on a mound on the left side of the image. Three cannons are visible, one in between each of the highest mounds. Debris is strewn across the foreground. Inscription on verso: "Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notation on verso: "XXII." See GLC 5111.01.0547

GLC05111.01.0548

1865/01 ca.

Photograph

Title: Fort Fisher, N.C. exterior view of outer walls and stockade with man in center. [January 1865 ca.]

The outer walls of the fort extend across the image, bordered at its base by the outer wooden stockade. There is a lone man in the center of the image and a cannon is barely visible between the center mounds of sand of the fortification in the background. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "480." Nearly identical photo can be seen in .0545. See GLC 5111.01.0545

GLC05111.01.0549

1863/11 ca.

Photograph

Title: Encampment on the edge of town, Culpeper, Va. November 1863 ca.

The image shows the tents of the camp at Culpeper in the distance. The town is visible behind the camp. There are fenced off fields in the foreground, the closest of which is just a line of fenceposts without rails. The rails were probably removed by the army to be used in camp fires, although there were regulations against it.

GLC05111.01.0551

1863/04 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Men and wagons of the Engineer Corps ambulance train, Falmouth, Va. [April 1863 ca.]

A line of wagons stretches across the image engineers at the head of the teams and drivers seated in the wagons. The wagon covers bear the castle insignia of the engineers. A flag is flying on the left side of the image. Inscripton on verso: "Gardner." Stamp of Century company and the inscription "Gardner" are on verso. Numeric notations on verso: "VI"; "120"; and "523."

GLC05111.01.0552

1864/12 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Quartermasters Office at Fortress Monroe. December 1864 ca.

The image shows a large building with men on a wrap-around porch and at the entrance. Inscription on verso: "Quartermasters Office Fortress Monroe Dec 64" and "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XXXIII"; "418"; "418." Additional notations: "419" and "49" have been struck.

GLC05111.01.0553

1863/10 ca.

Photograph

Title: General A.H. Pleasonton and staff, Warrenton, Va. [October 1863 ca.]

Pleasonton stands in the center in front of a tent, with a line of staff officers sitting and standing on both sides of him--five on the left and four on the right. Inscription on verso: "General A.H. Pleasonton and Staff Warrenton, Va. Oct, 1863. #7603."

GLC05111.01.0554

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Maj. Gen. Humphreys and staff under branch shelter. [1865 ca.]

Nineteen officers pose in two rows in front of a tent under a tree. Andrew Humphreys is seated center. Inscription on verso: "Humphys & staff."

GLC05111.01.0555

1862/03 ca.

Photograph

Title: Ruins of Bull Run stone bridge, Manassas, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

View looks down the stream and shows the ruined stone bridge at Manassas battlefield. The structure is mostly intact on both banks of the water, middle span has collapsed. A pile of rubble is visible in the water below. A covered wago, perhaps belonging to the photographer, is in the far left background. Inscription on verso: "Bull Run Bridge."

GLC05111.01.0559

1862/03 ca.

Photograph

Title: Provost guard, Manassas Junction, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

There is a large pile of planks in the center of the image lying next to the railroad tracks that lead to several cars on the left in the distance. A small group of men is seated on some of the planks on the left while a larger group stands to the right. Behind the tracks many men stand on a large platform that is just in front of four "Sibley" tents. The number "2019" is visible in the lower left of the image. Inscription on verso: "Manassas."

GLC05111.01.0561

1862/03 ca.

Photograph

Title: Man seated on ruins of Bull Run stone bridge, Manassas, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

The image is a side view of the ruins of the stone bridge at Bull Run. The sides of the bridge are still standing but nothing remains of the middle span except a large pile of rubble in the water below. The man is seated on the the edge of the structure on the near bank.

GLC05111.01.0562

1862/03 ca.

Photograph

Title: Abandoned Confederate trains at Manassas Junction, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

Four Federal cavalrymen are sitting or leaning on posts in the foreground on the right of the image. On the left, multiple railroad tracks lead off to the horizon. There are train cars on the leftmost track which were abandoned by the Confederates upon their evacuation. The track to its right diverges to form two parallel tracks. Farther back, several men on horseback are visible near the center of the image.

GLC05111.01.0563

1863/03 ca.

Photograph

Title: Major Lacy's house opposite Fredericksburg. [March 1863 ca.]

Several men stand on the porch of the large house near the center of the image. Directly in front of them is a man on horseback. Two other men stand in front of the house on the right side of the image. Inscription on verso: "Lacy House [illegible]."

GLC05111.01.0566

1863/11 ca.

Photograph

Title: "Castle Murray" with tents in foreground, near Auburn, Va. [November 1863 ca.]

Six men sit and stand in the foreground with Castle Murray at the center of the image. Behind the men there are many tents set up and a wagon is visible among them. There is a rip in the image just to the right of the rightmost man.

GLC05111.01.0567

1864/08 ca.

Photograph

Title: Company H, 114th Pennsylvania Infantry Zouaves, Petersburg, Va. [August 1864 ca.]

The Zouaves form two rows, one standing and the other sitting or kneeling. Two officers sit on either side in the first row on tree stumps. The man seated in the first line at the far left has a drum between his knees. There is a tent on the left side of the image, and a canopy of tree libms bin the background. Inscription on verso: "Ordway Gardner Coll."

GLC05111.01.0569

1864 ca.

Photograph

Title: Group portrait of seven Federal officers at Vicksburg, Miss. 1864 ca.

Three men are seated and the other four stand behind them. The man sitting on the right is in a Napoleonic pose. A piece of paper is pasted at bottom with the inscription: "1. Lt. Kinsey Matfield. 2. Maj J. B. McC___ghy 10th Mo. 3. A. Luce Chaplain 24th Ill. 4. Lt. E H Buck Miss. 5. Lt. J. L. Maetens [?] 24th Ill. 6. A.D. McC___ghy Mo. 7. Oscar Love Co. G. 53 Ill Inft. Vicksburg Miss. 1864." Inscription on verso: "INV #75239."

GLC05111.01.0576

1863 ca.

Photograph

Title: Rev. G. Winslow D.D.M.D. at Camp Letterman, Gettysburg, Pa. [1863 ca.]

Winslow is seated, with a book in his lap, in front of a tent. A flag hangs above the tent and there is an arch of branches in front of the opening. An unidentified woman stands behind his chair, holding a hat and a basket. Inscription on recto: "Rev. G. Winslow D.D.M.D. at Camp Letterman, Gettysburg. Pa. Inspector for U.S. Sanitary Commission." Inscription on verso: "local Gettysburg photogr." Numeric notation: "130."

GLC05111.01.0578

1863/10 ca.

Photograph

Title: Generals Ward and Mott with officers in front of tent. October 1863 ca.

There are six men total in the image. Five are posed, two sitting, three standing, while the sixth appears to be exiting the tent with a cup in his hand. The man in the center strikes a Napoleonic pose. Inscription on verso: "Gen. Ward Gen. Mott Col. Austin Col. Brewster Col. Farnham 2nd division 3d corps. Oct 1863. 280 pages 10 cat." The number "280" was inscribed on the negative and so appears backwards in the lower right corner. Numeric notation on verso: "#280." Formerly part of H.W. Fay's (keeper of Lincoln's tomb) scrapbook, however it is not as yellowed as the other images, is…

GLC05111.01.0611

1864 ca.

Photograph

Title: General Sherman and staff at Federal Fort No. 7, Atlanta, Ga. [1/2 stereocard] [1864 ca.]

The image is half of a stereocard. Caption below: "3626. General Sherman and staff." Above: "at Atlanta." The officers form a half circle around a heavy artillery cannon [Parot rifle]. Sherman leans on the breach of the gun. Two men stand in front of the cannon, facing each other. Formerly part of H.W. Fay's (keeper of Lincoln's tomb) scrapbook.

GLC05111.01.0613

1863/08 ca.

Photograph

Title: Genl.s Sedgwick, Colburn, and Sackett seated in front of tent, Harrison's Landing, Va. August 1863 ca.

Inscription on verso: "John Sedgwick A.V. Colburn D.B.Sackett." Additional inscription on verso: "#653 Gen John Sedgwick Col D.B. Sackett, Lieut Col. Colrun A.V. Harrison's Landing, Va. Aug 1863." Formerly part of H.W. Fay's (keeper of Lincoln's tomb) scrapbook.

GLC05111.01.0614