1863/5/11

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

Promoted to Captain. Describes the condition of his clothing and a young man who is clerk to the regimental Quartermaster. Hopes to get a furlough soon.

GLC04662.034

1863/5/15

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

Continued 5/16. Since the men have nothing else to do, they spend their time beautifying the camp (widening the streets, flower gardens, etc.). Walbridge describes the improvements they have made and his plans to put a filter in the well. The section dated 5/16 says the rebels floated a message across the river. The message told of Hooker's defeat.

GLC04662.035

1863/6/6

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

Discusses food available for officers. A reconnaissance party brings back word that the Confederates are short of food.

GLC04662.036

1863/6/11

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

Acknowledges receipt of a package containing clothes, dinnerware, dried fruits, wine, cakes and other delicacies. He is now the district Quartermaster. He asks how his sister Sarah's baby is doing.

GLC04662.037

1863/6/26

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

Waiting to hear information about Lee's raid into Pennsylvania. Discusses his new duties and mentions that a sergeant has resigned.

GLC04662.038

1863/6/30

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

The men who were supposed to go home on furlough got no further than Hilton Head. He writes that he has been very busy supervising the loading and unloading vessels.

GLC04662.039

1863/7/14

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

Briefly describes the charge on Fort Wagner which he mistakenly says was led by the 7th Connecticut. The 100th Regiment dug trenches and erected a battery which captured a rebel battery. [Walbridge gives a correct and compelling description of the attack on Fort Wagner in GLC 4663.022.]

GLC04662.040

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "13th N.Y. artillery at Ft. Burpee."

Companion with image #13 (left half of stereo).

GLC03029.14

1863/06/17

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Ram Atlanta."

[not before Union capture of C.S.S. Atlanta in Wassaw Sound, Ga., , cf. Davis and Wiley, v.1, 1050.] Distant image of C.S.S. Atlanta, presumably after Union capture, with soldiers standing along all three decks.

GLC03029.15

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Men in front of tent

Pencil note "9997" on verso. Shows three white men outside of tent, one standing and wearing a kepi. An African American man (possibly a servant) stands to the right. Image affords a good view of the inside of the tent.

GLC03029.17

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Nine Officers]

Image shows nine officers in a clearing (eight standing and one seated).

GLC03029.18

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Fort Brady."

Image shows two cannons in a fortified trench, each manned by four soldiers.

GLC03029.19

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Cleaning the wreck."

Soldiers and civilians clearing wrecked trains and bent rails from a track.

GLC03029.25

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Birney['s] H Qr [Headquarters]."

"10803" penciled on verso. Image shows a clearing with Birney's headquarters to the right, and a group of soldiers and horses standing to the left. Slightly lighter print of image #28.

GLC03029.27

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Gen[era]l Birney['s] Hd Q [Headquarters]."

"10803" penciled on verso. Slightly darker print of image #27.

GLC03029.28

[1863/07]

Photograph

Title: "Wheatfield where Gen Reynol[d]s was Killed."

Variation on O'Sullivan's photo of the wheatfield. Shows a man (probably Brady) crouched at the edge of a pond and looking down. See also image #35 in this collection, and GLC# 2435, Gardner reprint of "Field where Gen. Reynolds fell, Gettysburg."

GLC03029.29

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Gen. Chapman"

"9679" penciled on verso, along with misidentification of photo as "Genl. Sheridan" struck through in ink by a roughly contemporary hand. Image shows Gen. George H. Chapman seated outside his tent.

GLC03029.30

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Rebel Battery taken by Burnsides Col. Murphy[?]"

"No. 29" penciled on verso. Panoramic image showing several men atop a fortification.

GLC03029.34

[1863/07]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "View of Barns near where Reynolds was killed."

Another version of O'Sullivan's photo of the wheatfield, with two men facing away from the camera, and barns visible in the distance. Brady may be the seated figure in the straw hat. See also image #28 in this collection.

GLC03029.35

[1864/05/30]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Evacuation of Port Royal]

"9224" penciled on verso. Image shows the loading of horses onto steamers during the evacuation of Port Royal. One steamer bears the name "Young America." See also GLC 5111.01, image #1049.

GLC03029.36

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Round House Alex [Alexandria,] O & R R R [Ohio and Richmond Rail Road]."

View of railroad yard with roundhouse flying federal flag.

GLC03029.39

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Fort Brady, Buildg [Building] wall."

"10784" penciled on verso. Image shows soldiers constructing winter quarters.

GLC03029.40

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Negro Group on Aikins [Aiken's] Farm, The Residue of 65 Slaves. Farm 3000 acres."

Group of twelve African Americans (including men, women, and children), and three white soldiers: one on horseback behind the group, and two visible to the left. Written near Petersburg, Virginia.

GLC03029.41

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Ne[illegible] Hd Qr with Band."

Image shows an unidentified regimental band gathered outside a winter camp.

GLC03029.43

[1861-1865]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "5th Pen. Cav[a]lry, Battlefield of Oct. 29 & 30."

Image shows horses and men gathered in a winter camp, with field visible in the distance, and rear of a wooden structure closest to the camera.

GLC03029.44