circa 1861-1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Execution of a Deserter [stereocard]

Black soldiers appear in the image. Inscription on verso: "War Views. Execution of a Deserter, Alexandria, Va. No. 4014."

GLC05111.01.0828

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: Unburied dead at the Wilderness [stereocard]

Inscription: "Unburied dead on the battlefield of the 'Wilderness.' View taken several months after the battle, showing skeletons of the slain soldiers." Numeric notation on verso: "448."

GLC05111.01.0831

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: Dr. Richard Burr [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Dr. Richard Burr, Embalming Surgeon, Army of the James. No. 2530."

GLC05111.01.0833

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Dead in Wheatfield [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "#193-Dead in Wheat-field." Numeric notation on verso: "518." Additional inscription on verso: "This view was bought in Little Road Top."

GLC05111.01.0834

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Execution of a colored soldier

Image of corpse hanging from gallows. Inscription on verso: "Execution of Johnson, a colored soldier." Numeric notation on verso: "99."

GLC05111.01.0921

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Atlanta where McPherson was killed [stereocard]

The images shows two wheels propped up against each other in the trees. The center tree bears a sign. Scraps of wood and cloth are scattered on the ground. Inscription on verso: "Atlanta where McPherson was killed." Additional inscription on verso: "No label." Numeric notation on verso: "104." Numeric notation on recto: "104."

GLC05111.01.0931

[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: Dead soldiers on Antietam battlefield

The image shows numerous dead soldiers lying along a fence on the Antietam battlefield. Inscription on verso: "On the Antietam battlefield." Numeric notations on verso: "149" and "143."

GLC05111.01.0991

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Dead soldiers on the Cold Harbor battlefield

Unburied remains of dead soldiers, on an open battlefield with a treeline in the distance. Numeric notation on recto: "914" and "128." Inscription on verso: "Unburied dead on battlefield." Numeric notation on verso: "128" "914" and "128."

GLC05111.01.0995

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Lincoln's Tomb [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Lincoln's Tomb. This belonged to H. Walls Fay, Custodian."

GLC05111.01.0836

1863

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Members of South Carolina Regiment laid for burial [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 250. Members of a South Carolina Regiment laid out for burial." Numeric notation on verso: "63." Additional inscription on verso: "W. W. Lytle."

GLC05111.01.0838

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Bodies collected for burial near McPherson's woods [stereocard]

Inscription: "Bodies of the dead collected for burial in the field near McPherson's woods, south of Chambersburg Pike, on battlefield of first day." Numeric notation on verso: "390."

GLC05111.01.0845

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Union soldiers in front of fence at Antietam [stereocard]

Inscription: "A hot spot at Antietam. Union soldiers killed while 'charging' a Rebel Battery, September 17, 1862." Numeric notation on verso: "449."

GLC05111.01.0847

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Remains on Battlefield of Cold Harbor

A small section on the field of battle at Cold Harbor, where the remains of a soldier's uniform remains. Atop the uniform remnants, a human skull has been placed (as it seems too artfully placed to have fallen coincidentally in such a manner). Inscription on verso: "Battlefield-Cold Harbor." Numeric notation on verso: "95."

GLC05111.01.0868

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: View of Dunkard Church, from field where lives were cut short

A view of Dunkard Church at Antietam from across a field. On the field, near the remains of an artillery piece, several bodies and a horse lay in their final resting places. Inscription on verso: "View near Dunker Church Antietam." Numeric notation on verso: "98."

GLC05111.01.0886

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: A closer view of the field of Antietam

View of the artillery piece shown in #886, with the bodies surrounding it clearly visible. Eight soldiers bodies lay on the camera side of the piece, with two horses visible behind and to the right. Inscription on verso: "Completely Silenced Antietam." Numeric notation on verso: "94."

GLC05111.01.0887

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: View of fallen soldiers at Antietam

A view of five fallen soldiers in front of an artillery piece at Antietam. Numeric notation on verso: "94."

GLC05111.01.0888

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: The Field at Antietam [stereoview]

Stereoview (perhaps made up to be mounted on cardstock) of the same image shown in #887, with the bodies surrounding it clearly visible. Five soldiers' bodies lay on the camera side of the piece, with two horses visible behind and to the right. Inscription on verso: "Completely Silenced." Numeric notation on verso: "94." Additional Inscription on verso: "The Horrors of War."

GLC05111.01.0889

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Two Confederate soldiers, fallen amidst their own fortifications [stereoview]

A stereoview (perhaps made up to be mounted on cardstock) of two Confederate soldiers, fallen in the trenches dug amongst their fortifications. Numeric notation on verso: "115."

GLC05111.01.0893

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Military Cemetery, Alexandria

The image shows the entrance gate of a military cemetery with a Union flag flying above. Inscription on verso: "Gardner" and "Alexandria, Va." Numeric notations on verso: "XXXII" and "1172."

GLC05111.01.1045

1864

United States. Congress (38th, 1st session : 1864)

Book

Title: [House report no. 65 regarding the Fort Pillow massacre and no. 67 regarding returned prisoners of war]

Contains a full report of the April 1864 battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, based on an investigation of the battle itself, as well as the operations of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest "and his command immediately preceding and subsequent to that horrible transaction." Includes testimony from soldiers present at the battle, who witnessed Forrest's violations of the conduct of war, including shooting unarmed Union troops following their surrender. Contains the testimony of Lieutenant Mack J. Leaming, who wrote a detailed account of the events of Fort Pillow in 1893 (refer to…

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