1863/07 ca.

Photograph

Title: Meadow over which the 2d Mass. and 27th Indiana charged on morning of July 3d

W. H. Tipton & Co., Gettysburg, Pa. [Title continued] "Woods occupied by Confederates, Johnston's Div. Ewell's Corps."

GLC05137.030

1863/07 ca.

Photograph

Title: Dead Confederate Sharp-Shooters at the Battle of Gettysburg

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. From Gardner's Gallery. Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan.

GLC05137.031

1863/07 ca.

Photograph

Title: View in Wheat-field Opposite Our Extreme Left at Battle of Gettysburg

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. From Gardner's Gallery. Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan.

GLC05137.032

1863/07 ca.

Photograph

Title: View of losser's [Trostle's] Barn, where the 9th Massachusetts Battery was cut u

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. From Gardner's Gallery. Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan.

GLC05137.033

1863/07 ca.

Photograph

Title: Gen. Meade's Head-Quarters during the Battle of Gettysburg

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. From Gardner's Gallery. Negative by Alex. Gardner.

GLC05137.034

1864/07/20

Photograph

Title: Ruins of Chambersburg. Destroyed by McCauley, by order of General Early...

View from Main Street, looking east.

GLC05137.039

1864/12/16

Photograph

Title: On the Battlefield in front of Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 18, 1864

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. The last day of the fight. Showing the outer lines of the Federal entrenchments. [Soldiers milling among tents.]

GLC05137.043

1864/12/15

Photograph

Title: View from an elevation in front of the Capitol, Nashville, Tenn., looking west

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "View from an elevation in front of the Capitol, Nashville, Tenn., looking west over the Battle field on the first day of the fight, Dec. 15th, 1864." Looking down a hill, over the roofs of some houses and barns. View slightly to the right of War View: 2636 (GLC05137.046).

GLC05137.045

1864/12/16

Photograph

Title: View of the outer Trenches on the last day of the battle in front of Nashville..

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "View of the outer Trenches on the last day of the battle in front of Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 16, 1864, showing the ground where the most desperate charges were made." A scarred field, with two houses still standing in the distant background. A group of wagons also stand in the background.

GLC05137.047

1862/06/27

Photograph

Title: Group of wounded soldiers at Savage Station

Image shows a large group of wounded soldiers massed on the ground, surrounded by an A-frame tent and numerous wooden buildings. Graphite inscription on verso "Return to ORB" "B586" "4592/setup 6-1/138" "WH" "218." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's Album Gallery. No. 491. Wounded at Savage Station, After the Battle of 27th June, 1862. The Photographs of this series were taken directly from nature, at considerable cost. Warning is therefore given that legal proceedings will be at once instituted against any party infringing the copyright."

GLC05111.02.1287

1864/09/17

Photograph

Title: City scene showing wagons readying for evacuation from Atlanta

Image shows a large group of covered and uncovered wagons ready to leave Atlanta, with a train depot and numerous other buildings in the background. Graphite inscription on verso "25" "The Eviction of Atlanta Sept. 17, 1864" "3.00--." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums."

GLC05111.02.1316

1864/08/23

Photograph

Title: Ruins of Fort Morgan, Alabama

Image shows exterior wall of Fort Morgan. Heavy artillery damage is evident. Graphite inscription on verso "Aug. 23, 1864" "1.75--." Ink inscription on verso "Fort Morgan, at the entrance of Mobile Bay, Ala., showing the effects of Farragut's bombardment." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums."

GLC05111.02.1357

1863/09

Photograph

Title: The Swamp Angel, a massive cannon

Ink inscription on recto "The Swamp Angel." Graphite inscription on verso "13" "1.50--" "Swamp Angel." Ink inscription on verso "'The Swamp Angel' distinguished in the bombardment of Charleston, S.C., from Folly Island by Quincy A. Gillmore. Maj. Gen. Vols. U.S.A. Comdg. Dept. of the South" "Sept. 1863. E. Anthony Photographer."

GLC05111.02.1367

1864/06/28

Photograph

Title: Artistic rendering of New Ironsides Attack on Fort Sumpter

Ink inscription on recto "New Ironsides Moonlight Attack on Fort Sumpter. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1863, by Wm. H. Rease, in the Clerk's Office of the Disctrict Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Graphite inscription on verso "From Great Artists Fair--Tuesday June 28th 1864" "J. M. Thompson." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by Wm. H. Rease, N. E. Cor. Fourth & Chestnut Sts. Philadelphia."

GLC05111.02.0975

1865/09/23

Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (Philadelphia, Penn.), fl. 1860-1869

Photograph

Title: Three young soldiers' orphans, Alice, Frank & Frederick, vignette group portrait

Imprint on recto "Frank, Frederick, Alice." Graphite inscription on verso "B" "W.H.P." Photographers imprint on verso: "The Children of the Battle Field' This is a copy of the Ferrotype found in the hands of Sergeant Humiston of the 154th N.Y. Volunteers as he lay dead on the Battle Field of Gettysburg. The copies are sold in furtherance of the National Sabbath School effort to found in Pennsylvania an Asylum for dependent Orphans of Soldiers; in memorial of our Perpetuated Union. This Picture is private property and cannot be copied without wronging the Soldiers' Orphans for whom it is…

GLC05111.02.1027

1864/06/06

Photograph

Title: Camp in the Woods at Cold Harbor, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. The Gallery of Alex Gardner, Photographer to the Army of the Potomac, Washington, D.C. Negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. Taken June 6, 1864. Shows scared woods with two soldiers barely visible in the woods and clearing.

GLC05137.176

1864/05/12

Photograph

Title: Funeral scene

Image shows 3-4 bodies laid out for burial, with a large group of people surrounding the site. Graphite inscription on verso "May 12, 1864""3.00." Ink inscription on verso "Bodies laid out for burial near Fredericksburgh, Va." "2509." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H. T. Anthony 501 Broadway, New York. Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums."

GLC05111.02.1286

1819/01/28

Various

Print

Title: The British surrendering their Arms to Gen: Washington...at York Town

Large black and white engraving. Title: "The British surrendering their Arms to Gen: Washington after their defeat at York Town in Virginia October 1781." Copper engraving by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. and William Allen after a drawing by John Francis Renault. Renault is supposed to have been a participant at Yorktown, although the scene is highly allegorical.

GLC05861

1861/07/30, 1861/07/31

Header Record

Title: The Daily morning news. (Savannah, Ga.)

4 pages each. Vol. 12 nos. 177-178. Coast invaded by the Lincolnites, Incidents after the Battle of Manassas, The Maryland Regiment in the Battle at Stone Bridge, The killing of Colonel T.E. Rawlings, New York Republican Press on the Battle of Manassas, Reports on the battle.

GLC05959.05

1862/11/20, 1865/04/14

Hayes, J.E., fl. 1862

Header Record

Title: Savannah republican. [necessity newspaper]

Vol. 61 no. 671 and vol. 65 no. 85. Dated 11/20/1862 and 4/14/1865. The latter issue is printed on brown wastepaper. Topics include Fredericksburg, St. Alban's raiders, suffering in Petersburg, Jefferson Davis's flight.

GLC05959.06

1865/04/10

Newspaper

Title: Grant's Petersburg progress. [Vol. 1, no. 4 (April 10, 1865)]

Whimsical and humorous newspaper published by soldiers. Printing news of Gen. Lee's surrender. Includes humorous advertisement for the capture of Jefferson Davis.

GLC06107.06

1863/05/25

Newspaper

Title: Nashville weekly union. [Vol. 1, no. 30 (May 25, 1863)]

News include report of 4th Mich. Cav. defeating 1st Alabama and capturing their flag. Prints 157 regulations to be followed under martial law. Ink inscription "G.W.C." Later graphite inscription "My uncle Geo. W. Clark."

GLC06107.07

1863/05/03

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Daniel Butterfield re: asking for news, battle of Chancellorsville

Written on what is now a slip of paper, with printed "Washington City" at top, probably for telegraph transmission. The ink quality is uneven. "Where is General Hooker? Where is Sedgewick? Where is Stoneman? A. Lincoln." (In full) Authenticator Joe Nichols believes this letter was written on military stationery and then trimmed to its current size at a later time.

GLC05977

1862/10/01

Broadside

Title: Hood's Texas Brigade

Honors the 1st, 4th, 5th Texas and the 18th Georgia, Hampton Legion for their bravery in battle. The broadside prints a portion of a letter by Texas Governor Gustavus W. Smith and Lee's letter of 21 September 1862, praising the brigade. Lists battle honors for West Point, Seven Pines, Gaine's Mill, Malvern Hill, Manassas, Rappahannock, Thoroughfare Gap, Boonsboro and Sharpsburg. Also included is a song entitled "Hood's Texas Brigade," a list of the Delegates to the Confederate Congress, and a list of important Texans in the Civil War. The words Alamo, Mier, Sam. Houston and A. S.…

GLC05961

February 27-February 28, 1862

Donald, H. D., fl. 1862

Broadside

Title: Letter from Fort Craigg

From a soldier detailing the little-known Confederate expedition to capture New Mexico Territory. Appears to be two letters printed in a Southern newspaper. Written by H.D. Donald to R.V. Cook at Soloro which is "30 miles above Ft. Craigg." In first letter from 27 February writes from a hospital bed. Says they were in a "great battle" on 21 February 1862 in the valley of the Rio Grande, near Val Verde. Mentions that his captain led a charge against a battery of cannon and carried the day. Says 40 were killed and 140 injured. Says his company lost 1 killed and 22 wounded. Lists each person's…

GLC05987.33