circa 1861-1865

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

Photograph

Title: Interior View of Castle Pickney, Charleston South Carolina [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "No. 3121. Interior view of Castle Pickney, Charleston, S.C. City in the distance." Numeric Notation on verso: "255."

GLC05111.01.0822

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Dead Rebels at Spotsylvania [stereocard]

Inscription: "Dead Rebels of Ewell's Corps, killed at Spotsylvania, May 19, 1864. Laid out for burial." Numeric notation: "722." Numeric notation on verso: "450."

GLC05111.01.0829

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Confederate soldier killed at Petersburg [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. C.S. Soldier killed in Trenches, at the storming of Petersburge, Va. April. The marks and spots on his face, are blood issuing from his mouth and nose. The wound is in the head, caused by a fragment of shell. No. 3180." Numeric notation on verso: "377."

GLC05111.01.0832

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Roche's House near Fort Albany, Virginia

Image of Roche's House, with Mr. T. Roche leaning against a tree. Inscription on verso: "Roche's House Near Fort Albany Va." Numeric notation on verso: "187." Written near Fort Albany, Virginia

GLC05111.01.0919

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: "Group of Negros at Rhett's Plantation."

Inscription on verso: "Group of Negros at Rhett's Plantation. S.C." Numeric notation on verso: "87."

GLC05111.01.0922

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Party on Smith's Plantation

Inscription on verso: "Party on Smith's Plantation." Numeric notation on verso: "86."

GLC05111.01.0923

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Main Walk inside Fortress Monroe

The brick avenue inside Fort Monroe, with a man standing beside the road on the left, a civilian talking to an officer on the road, and five boys near the tree on the right. Incription on verso: "Main Walk Fortress Monroe." Numeric notation on verso: "46."

GLC05111.01.0927

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Water Battery on James Island, South Carolina

Image of five cannon facing towards the sea on James Island, South Carolina. Inscription on verso: "Water Battery of Fort Johnson, James Island, S.C." Numeric notation on verso: "42." Additional Numeric notation on verso: "262."

GLC05111.01.0933

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Confederate Fortifications at Manassas

Image of fortifications constructed by the Confederates at Manassas. In the central section of the image, a set of railroad tracks is evident, with another set of earthen fortifications evident in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Manassah [Manassas] Confed. Fortifications." Numeric notation on verso: "163." Additional numeric notation on verso: "692."

GLC05111.01.0934

1862

Photograph

Title: Confederate Winter Quarters

Roughly constructed wooden buildings which were used as the winter quarters of the Confederate Army. Inscription on verso: "Winter quarters of the Rebel army at Manassas, Va., 1862." Numeric notation on verso: "121." Additional inscription on verso: "Collection of Americana. Frederick H. Meserve 265 Edgecombe Avenue New York City."

GLC05111.01.0937

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Confederate General William Henry Wallace

Bust photograph of William H Wallace, Confederate General. Inscription: "W.H. Wallace."

GLC05111.01.0938

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Red Gall

Image of a man posing with his cheek resting on his right fist, and his right elbow resting on his right knee. His left hand is resting on his left thigh. There are penciled in completions of those sections of his arms which have been cropped from the image. Inscription on verso: "'Red Gall' (The Great South)."

GLC05111.01.0940

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Confederate Fortifications

Image of constructed (wooden and earthen) fortifications built by Confederates. "Inscription on verso: "Conf. Fortifications." Numeric notation on verso: "1072."

GLC05111.01.0943

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Effect of the Yankee Drill on the Teaser

Image of what appears to be the effects of a Union torpedo on a southern ship. Inscription on verso: "Effect of Yankee Drill on the 'Teaser.'" Numeric notation on verso: "386."

GLC05111.01.0944

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: The Stone House on the Warrenton Turnpike, Bull Run

The photo shows a two-horse wagon in front of the house being driven by one man, and three other men standing at the left edge of the image. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "318" and "I."

GLC05111.01.0963

[25 May 1864]

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Destroyed Railroad bridge at North Anna River

The image shows a railroad bridge that had been destroyed by Confederate soldiers. In the distant background are four soldiers. (Same as #982.) Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "762" and "X."

GLC05111.01.0981

[25 May 1864]

Photograph

Title: Destroyed Railroad bridge at North Anna River

The image shows a railroad bridge that has been destroyed by Confederate soldiers. In the distant background are four soldiers. Same as #981. Numeric notation on image: "350." Inscription on verso: "Destruction of a railroad bridge." Numeric notations on verso: "350" "69" and "57."

GLC05111.01.0982

[3 April 1865]

Photograph

Title: Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone

Photo of a dead rebel soldier the day after the storming of Petersburg, VA. He is lying in the trenches of Fort Mahone. Inscription on verso: "Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches." Numeric notation on verso: "245."

GLC05111.01.0984

[3 April 1865]

Photograph

Title: Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone

The photo shows a Confederate soldier killed by a shell in the trenches at Fort Mahone. The photo was taken the day after the storming of Petersburg, VA. Inscription on verso: "A dead Confederate soldier" and "Collection of Americana Frederick A Meserve 265 Edgecombe Avenue New York City." Numeric notations on verso: "6" and "269."

GLC05111.01.0985

[3 April 1865]

Photograph

Title: Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone

The photo shows a dead Confederate soldier, probably killed by a fragment of a nearby shell explosion. The photo was taken the day after the storming of Petersburg, VA, on April 3,1865. Inscription on verso: "Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches." Numeric notations on verso: "68" and "363."

GLC05111.01.0986

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Smokestack from the CSS Virginia II

The image is the smokestack of the destroyed CSS Virginia II. It was photographed after the capture of Richmond by the Union. Numeric notation on recto: "264." Inscription on verso: "Smokestack of the Rebel ram "Virginia." Numeric notations on verso: "80" "264" and "75."

GLC05111.01.0987

circa April 1865

Photograph

Title: Charleston Hotel

The image shows the Charleston Hotel with two wagons and approximately six pedestrians on the street in front of the Hotel. Inscription on verso: "Charleston Hotel Charleston SC Apr 65." Numeric notation on verso: "3431" and "108."

GLC05111.01.0988

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Appomattox Court House

This picture shows Union soldiers grouped before the Appomattox Court House after Lee's surrender to Grant. Inscriptions on verso: "Appomattox Courthouse" "Gardner" "Fr. guide only" and "in Ohio photo." Numeric notations on verso: "XI-IV" and "1164."

GLC05111.01.0989

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: "Castle Thunder," Richmond, Virginia

The image shows one of the "Castle Thunder" buildings in the south. A one-time tobacco factory, this building was the chief Provost Prison for the Confederacy. Standing in front of the prison are three Confederate soldiers. Inscription on verso: "'Castle Thunder' Richmond, Va." Numeric notations on verso: "200" "87" and "71."

GLC05111.01.0990

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Aquia Creek

The photo shows a wagon train in the foreground moving towards the river bank, with a riverside settlement and various boats in the river. Inscription on image: "Aquia Creek," which may refer to the Confederate District in the Department of Northern Virginia. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "681" and "V." Written in Aquia Creek, Virginia, in Stafford County.

GLC05111.01.0994