1862/09/19 ca.

Photograph

Title: Long line of Confederate dead on Antietam battlefied, Md. [September 19, 1862 ca.]

Taken by Gardner. The image shows a long line of Confederate dead starting in the center foreground and continuing off into the background in a wide arc. Frassantio believes the location to be near the Mumma farm. Graphite numeric notation, "49" in upper right corner. Formerly part of H.W. Fay's (keeper of Lincoln's tomb) scrapbook.

GLC05111.01.0617

1865/04/25

Photograph

Title: Indignation Meeting in Bloomington, Illinois. [April 25, 1865]

Image shows a large gathering (5111.01.0621-623 suggests about 5,000 people) in the courthouse square assembled to show their indignation at Lincoln's assassination. The crowd, mostly men, fills the square. There is a line of men sitting on a fence in the foreground behind which are many horses and carriages. The word "office" is visible on the building on the left. There is a small canopy over part of the group which may have been where the speakers stood. See GLC 5111.01.0619

GLC05111.01.0618

1910/02/06

Newspaper

Title: Article: finding of photo of Lincoln assassination indignation meeting. February 6, 1910.

Chicago Sunday Tribune article and headline describing the discovery of the photograph of the 1865 indignation meeting over Lincoln's death. Headline: "Finds Old Lincoln Photo; Remarkable Photograph Taken at Bloomington, Ill., April 25, 1865; Meeting in Courthouse Square Following Assassination of Lincoln."

GLC05111.01.0620

1861 ca.

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Photograph

Title: Sitting view of Lincoln's first Secretary of War

Graphite inscription on verso "Cameron." Photographers imprint on verso "Published by E.Anthony 501 Broadway, N.Y. from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Manufacturer of Photographic Almbums. Snyder, Black & Sturn, N.Y."

GLC05111.02.0074

1861 ca.

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Photograph

Title: Vignette bust portrait of Lincoln's first Secretary of War

Imprint on recto "Brady Washington." Graphite inscription on verso "Simon Cameron." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries Broadway & Tenth St. New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C."

GLC05111.02.0075

1865/04 ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: Presidential Railroad car decorated with mourning bunting

A soldier with a mourning band stands at attention on the car's platform. A conductor stands on the platform of an adjacent car. Backing partially removed. Graphite inscription on verso "2723/3-2/133," "-3 7/8- square up."

GLC05111.02.0044

1908/12/19

Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933

Autograph letter signed

Title: Note: Adelbert Ames, Lowell MA, to F.H. Meserve, New York, NY. December 19, 1908.

Ames writes: "I think this photograph was taken the first year or two after the war in Washington D.C." A small photograph of Ames (5111.01.0624) is with the letter.

GLC05111.01.0623

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Wash." Numeric Notation on verso: "162 (872)." A mounted officer is in front [left] of a line of seven other mounted soldiers. Infantry carrying a U.S. flag can be seen on the extreme right and along the bottom of theimage in the foreground are several civilian men's hats, denoting the crowd of spectators.

GLC05111.01.0697

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Washington 1865." Numeric Notation on verso: "171." Mounted soldiers followed by infantry units form a long line of columns down Constitution Ave. with the dome of the Capitol building visible in the distant background. A building on the left has a staff with a large U.S. flag flying over it. Civilian spectators crowd the foreground.

GLC05111.01.0698

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "186." Mounted soldiers followed by infantry units form a long line of columns down Constitution Ave. with the dome of the Capitol building visible in the distant background. A building on the left has a staff with a large U.S. flag flying over it.

GLC05111.01.0699

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Covered Wagons in the Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "170." A seemingly unending line of covered army wagons extends down Constitution Ave. Soldiers and civilians stand and walk alongside the wagons.

GLC05111.01.0700

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Grand Review of the armies of the Union as it proceeds from Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

The marching lines of soldiers are blurred due to their motion, as they travel over a woods-lined dirt road lined with spectators. Inscription on verso: "Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "187."

GLC05111.01.0701

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Back end of Grand Review of the armies of the Union as it proceeds from Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

The Review of the armies of the Union, as seen from behind and to the right of the covered wagons. A large U.S. flag hangs over the roadway in the background. Inscription on verso: "Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "172(169)."

GLC05111.01.0702

1924/02/10

Newspaper

Title: Clipping: finding of photo of Lincoln assassination indignation meeting. February 10, 1924. [variant]

Caption: "Their Prayer Was Heard!" The clipping includes a reprint of a photograph from an 1865 indignation meeting over Lincoln's death with a short description of the events. The inscription below the title reads: "Feb 10 1924." Same image and words as 5111.01.0622, but slightly different borders and format. See GLC 5111.01.0622.

GLC05111.01.0621

1924/02/16

Newspaper

Title: Clipping: finding of photo of Lincoln assassination indignation meeting. February 16, 1924. [variant]

Newspaper clipping with reprint of photograph of 1865 indignation meeting over Lincoln's death with short description of the events. Same image and words as 5111.01.0621, but slightly different borders and format. Inscription at bottom: "Feb 16 1924." See GLC 5111.01.0621.

GLC05111.01.0622

1862 ca.

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite bust view of Lincoln's 2nd Secretary of War

Ink inscription on recto "Edwin M. Stanton." Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New York." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony 501 Broadway New York from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0102

1862 ca.

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [view of Lincoln's 2nd Secretary of War from the waist up]

Graphite inscription on verso "Stanton." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums."

GLC05111.02.0103

1862 ca.

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of a full standing view of Lincoln's 2nd Secretary of War

Ink inscription on verso "E.M. Stanton." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony 501 Broadway New York from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery.'

GLC05111.02.0106

1862 ca.

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite [view of Lincoln's 2nd Secretary of War from the waist up]

GLC05111.02.0104

1862 ca.

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite bust view of Lincoln's 2nd Secretary of War

Stanton's hair appears slicked back. Graphite inscription on verso "Stanton - Sect. of War Edwin M." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

GLC05111.02.0105

1874/05/02

Bassett, F.S., fl. 1874

Photograph

Title: West Portico view of front of Capitol [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Washington City Views. No. 2989. North front of the Capitol, from the West Portico."

GLC05111.01.0835

1862/09/19

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Col. Moorehead [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 586. Col. Moorehead, 106th Pennsylvania Volunteers, on battle field of Antietam, 19th Sept., 1862."

GLC05111.01.0807

1862/09/21

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: General Caldwell and Staff [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic incidents of the war. No. 580. Group, General Caldwell and staff on Battlefield of Antietam, 21st September, 1862."

GLC05111.01.0809

1864/12

Taylor, John C., fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: View of Johnsonville, Tennessee [stereocard]

Inscription: "View of Johnsonville, Tenn., the day before its evacuation by Federal troops, in December, 1864."

GLC05111.01.0820

1865/04/02

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

Photograph

Title: Confederate Soldier killed at Fort Mahone [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. C.S. Soldier killed by a shell in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers 'Fort Damnation.' This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1965, No. 3177." Numeric notation on verso: "376."

GLC05111.01.0823