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Confederate battery on James River above Dutch Gap [Howlett House, Trent's Reach]. [April 1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. A Federal soldier stands behind the canon. The gun barrel is raised as if to fire over the parrapet. A heavy rope hangs from the gun.

GLC05111.01.0382

[Stevens] House wherein Genl. Cobb was killed, Fredericksburg, VA.

Title from inscription on verso. General Thomas R. Cobb was mortally wounded on 13 December 1862 at the Sunken road in Fredericksburg. He was carried to this house where he bled to death. Numeric notation "118." Additional inscription (underlined...

GLC05111.01.0383

Union siege guns "at park" in Yorktown

Image show a variety of guns, organized in neat rows. A large group of men are lined up in the background. Numeric notation "287," "3" & 9 (in crayon) "101."

GLC05111.01.0384

Embarkation of the 9th Corp at Aquia Creek

Title from inscription on verso. Graphite inscription on recto: "No 2 This Book 2 vols [?] est [?] in [illegible] present over No 1." Numeric notation "679 VI." Image of a large number of soldiers on the docks and boarding ships. Nice image.

GLC05111.01.0385

View of interior of fortifications with large man made mounds [Fort Fisher?]

Possible the interior of Fort Fisher. The mounds are constructed with bricks or sand bags as walls. Artillery guns occupy the places in between the structures. Numeric notation: "XXII 1241."

GLC05111.01.0386

View of fortifications with doors cut into sand mounds [Fort Fisher?]

Two soldiers pose in the front of sand structures and a third man poses in the doorway of the mound on the left side of the image. Numeric notation: "XXII 1236."

GLC05111.01.0387

View of fort with sand walls from across swampy field [Fort Fisher?]

A few men are posed on and in front of the fort. Numeric notation: "XXXII 1231"

GLC05111.01.0388

View of sand fortification [Fort Fisher?]

A long stairway leads to top of mound, where there appears to be a canon and flag. Blind stamp on albumen paper: "No. 74" Numeric notation: "XXII 1232"

GLC05111.01.0389

City Point

Title from inscription on recto. A group of men sit in front of a tent with the no sides. Ships are visible in the distance. Numeric notation in blue crayon or pencil: "152."

GLC05111.01.0390

Docks City Point, Va.

Title from inscription on verso. Image of river bank with bridge crossing it. Buildings are built on docks over the water in the distance. Remains of brick building visible on the right hand side of the image. Numeric notation: "812 - [struck...

GLC05111.01.0391

High bridge over Appomattox River, [near Farmville, Va.]. [April 1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. Longview looking down the tracks of the South Side Railroad crossing over the Appomattox. A man sits on the guard rail on the left hand side of the image. A smaller bridge can be seen on lower ground in the right...

GLC05111.01.0393

Battery of 100 [pounder] & 200 [pounder] Parrots at the Farmhold [sic] House, Yorktown, Va. [May 1862 ca.]

Inscription in blue pencil on verso: "Waud. Battery of 100 & 200 Parrots at the Farmhold [sic] House erected by the 5th N.Y. under Warren." View of four artillery seige guns [most likely Battery No. 1 pointing out over the embrasured walls of a...

GLC05111.01.0394

Distant view of long bridge over a river with ships in background.

The left sections of the bridge are constructed using pontoons. The image has in the shape of a circle with black borders. Numeric notation "XII 954."

GLC05111.01.0395

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches [Petersburg]. [April 3, 1865]

Title from inscription on verso. Image of a soldier with two guns lying to his left and branchs lying to his right. Stamp of F. H. Meserve. Numeric notation: "266."

GLC05111.01.0396

Petersburg Gas Works and rubble of smokestack. [April 1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. Image of what remains of the Gas Works building with gaping holes, caused by artillery fire, in its walls. The pile of bricks in the foreground is all that remains of the once-famous 80-foot-tall somkestack. Federal...

GLC05111.01.0397

Pontoon bridge over the James River, Va., from North bank. [1864 ca.]

Location either at Weyanoke Point or Powhattan Point, near Harrison's Landing, VA. Soldiers are crossing the bridge while cavalry troopers wait to cross. The bridge appears to have a section detached to allow the ship on the left passage. The...

GLC05111.01.0398

Man standing behind the wheel of a massive gun carriage.

The wheel is twice as tall as the man. A rope is tied to a hook on the wheel's axel. The carriage would have been used to haul large artillery pieces. Numeric notation: "1029."

GLC05111.01.0399

View of pontoon bridge across stream, in the rear of a group of Federal soldiers posed in forground looking across bridge.

Three additional men pose in the middle of the bridge on the left side. The men all appear to be watching a group on the far side of the bridge, but it is unclear what this group is doing. Numeric notation: "V 3476." Stamp of the Century Co.

GLC05111.01.0400

Bomb-proof quarters in Federal lines, Petersburg, Va. [1864-1865 ca.]

Image of a man standing in front of bomb proof quarter, which consist of a door and living quarters cut into a mound of earth. A fence is on the right side of the image, near the shelter. Trees in the background. Numeric notation: "XI-III 1065."

GLC05111.01.0401

Ambulance convoy at rest on its way to hospital at City Point, Va. [1864 ca.]

The first few ambulances have the rear flaps closed, while the three closest to the camera have the flaps open. Later pencil inscription on verso says "July 1863" but the bare trees and donned great coats indicates probably a winter scene. Numeric...

GLC05111.01.0402

Bridge crossing shallow creek.

A man poses on the left bank and another sits on the left side of the bridge. The image is in the shape of a circle with a black border. Numeric notation: "913." Note: image is loaded upside down.

GLC05111.01.0403

Scouts, spies, or newspaper correspondents.

Three men in civilian dress posed on road with brick building in background One man sits on the side of the road with his back to the camera. The other man sits on a horse in the middle of the road. A third man stand on the side of the road on the...

GLC05111.01.0404

The Robinson House at Manassas Battlefield [Henry Hill]. [March 1862 ca.]

A view of the Robinson House and front yard. Numeric Notation: "319 I"

GLC05111.01.0405

View of homes and tent.

Image taken from an elevation. Trees in the foreground with buildings behind them. A large, two story building in the center of the image has a balcony above the entryway. A tent is visible on the far right side of the image near what appears to...

GLC05111.01.0406

Lodge of the Sanitary Commision

Title from inscription on verso. Image of three hospital buildings, two on the left side of the image and one on the right side. Recuperating soldiers occupy the center of the image. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation: "1201 XXIX...

GLC05111.01.0443