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6 July 1863

O'Sullivan, fl. 1862-1863

Photograph

Title: The Slaughter Pen at the base of Big Round Top, Gettysburg battlefield [PA]. Confederate corpses lie scattered about among the rocks.

Inscription on verso: "The Wilderness slaughterpen." Numeric notation on verso: "128."

GLC05111.01.0780

1863-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Butler's House in Beaufort, South Carolina, with a group of Federal soldiers on porch and barn in background.

Inscription on verso: "Butler's House Beaufort, S.C." The stately home of General Matthew C. Butler in Beaufort South Carolina. Numeric notation on verso: "55."

GLC05111.01.0782

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia.

Inscription on verso: "Marshall House Alexandria, VA." Numeric notation on verso: "60(1047)."

GLC05111.01.0783

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Headquarters of General Lafayette, with a group of Contraband and black servants out front, including two men reclining on ground.

Inscription on verso: "HQ Gen Lafayette." Numerical notation on verso: "64."

GLC05111.01.0784

1864

Photograph

Title: Lacey House, Falmouth, Virginia, with army wagons on right and left.

Inscription on verso: "Lacy [sic] House [1864 Va]." A large house standing alone in the center of a field, with a horse-drawn wagon in the center of the image. Numeric notation on verso: "138."

GLC05111.01.0785

February 14, 1863

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Phillips House, Falmouth Station, Virginia, still smoldering from the fire that devastated it.

Inscription on verso: "Phillips House." Numeric notation on verso: "140."

GLC05111.01.0786

1861-1862 ca.

Photograph

Title: Robinson House, Manassas battlefield, Virgina.

Inscription on verso: "Robinson House Bull Run." Numeric Notation on verso: "44." Additional inscription on verso: "Picturesque House Campsite."

GLC05111.01.0787

9 August 1862 ca.

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Title: Cedar Mountain battlefield, with Federal soldiers standing on either side of the image in foreground.

Inscription on verso: "Battlefield Cedar Mountain." Numeric notation on verso: "18."

GLC05111.01.0788

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Matthew's House, Manassas battlefield [VA], with horses and buggy and a small group of men standing out front.

Inscription on verso: "Mathew's House 'Store House' Manassas/B.R." Numeric notation on verso: "53(55)."

GLC05111.01.0789

1862-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Fort Monroe [VA], with lighthouse and bell tower in background along a sandy strip and a man sitting on a barrel in immediate foreground.

Inscription on verso: "Light House, Bell Tower." The forts walls loom in the background and two sets of rail road tracks run through the image. Numeric notation on verso: "12."

GLC05111.01.0790

1864-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Ruins of railroad bridge and mill on the Appomattox River, Petersburg [VA], with man standing on river bank.

Inscription on verso: "Ruined Mills & RR Bridge across Appomattox." Note: Steam engine that was torched while upon the bridge [at center], now resting on its side on the far bank. Numeric notation on verso: "20."

GLC05111.01.0791

circa 1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Remains of the Franklin Paper Mill, with a large water wheel and a man seated on the left side of the image.

Inscription on verso: "Ruins Franklin Paper Mill." Numeric notation on verso: "22."

GLC05111.01.0792

1864-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Remains of Old Mill at Petersburg, Virginia.

Inscription on verso: "Ruins Old Mill at Petersburg, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "23."

GLC05111.01.0793

April 1865

Reekie, James, fl. 1862-1865

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Title: Ellison's Mill, Mechanicsville battlefield [VA].

Inscription on verso: "Elliston's [sic] Mill." Numeric notation on verso: "147."

GLC05111.01.0795

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: A View of the Wilderness

Inscription on verso: "Hecatomb." Numeric notation on verso: "96."

GLC05111.01.0797

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Victims at the Wilderness

Corpses of former soldiers who fought at the Wilderness. Inscription on verso:"The Wilderness dead." Numeric notation on verso: "127."

GLC05111.01.0798

1862

Photograph

Title: Hotel at Sulpher Springs, Virginia

Image of a hotel at Sulpher Springs, Virginia, mostly hidden by trees, with a tent just beyond the stairs to the entrance. Inscription on verso: "Hotel at Sulpher Springs, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "66." Additional inscription on verso: "[2nd Bull Run] [1862]."

GLC05111.01.0799

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Church at Bull Run

An image of a building is in the background, with the remains of a stone chimney in the foreground. Inscription on verso: "Church at Bull Run." Numeric notation on verso: "58."

GLC05111.01.0800

circa 1861-1865

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Title: Thorbrun's House, Bull Run

Image of a white house, enclosed by a white fence on the left and a wooden fence on the right. A horse is tethered to the wooden fence, while two men work at the woodpile in the center of the field. Inscription on verso: "Thorbrun's House, Bull Run." Numeric notation on verso: "59(40)."

GLC05111.01.0801

1865

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

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Title: A Good View of the covered ways inside the Rebel Fort Mahone [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. This picture is a good view of the covered ways inside the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation." The Union soldiers had to charge up and down the obstructions. In the foreground centre is a dead rebel soldier sticking out through the debris, and further on lies another Confederate soldier. No.3183. Published by H. & H. T. Anthony & Co., American and foreign stereoscopic emporium." Numeric notation on verso: 180."

GLC05111.01.0804

1862

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: He Sleeps His Last Sleep [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 554. He Sleeps His Last Sleep. A Confederate soldier being wounded had evidently dragged himself to a little ravine on the hill side, where he died." Numeric notation on verso: "30."

GLC05111.01.0805