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Distant view of pump house at Camp Nelson. [1861-1865 ca.]

Image of the pumphouse and the hill behind it. The photo appears to have been taken from an elevated position. Water or steam shoots out of spouts at the top and bottom of the pumphouse. A man can be seen standing on an uncompleted platform next...

GLC05111.01.0218

Reservoir at Camp Nelson. [1861-1865 ca.]

Large squared reservoir rises from the ground surrounded by a picket fence. Several buildings and a small tower located behind the reservoir. Three soldiers lean on the fence in front of the reservoir and several more are sitting in a shelter...

GLC05111.01.0219

Army wagon pulled by two horses near building on river.

Three men sit in the wagon on what appear to be coiled hoses. There are people standing near the building and an unhitched wagon at far end of the building.

GLC05111.01.0220

Capt[ain]s Restieaux and Santingen with families. [1861-1865 ca.]

Title taken from pencil inscription on recto. Two families posed in yard in front of porch. Image shows two middle aged men, one young woman, two middle aged women, three young girls, and two young boys.

GLC05111.01.0222

[Portrait of an unidentified eleven member family]

A print of a photograph showing family members in their yard with the corner of a brick building to the left side of the photograph. The image shows two small boys one small girl, one teenage girl, one teen age boy, two middle aged men, one middle...

GLC05111.01.0223

Birth-Place of Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant, Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio.

A mounted print of a photograph showing the birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant. Title taken from text on recto. A small white house stands with two trees on either side of it, surrounded by a wooden fence with its gate open. A small boy huddles in the...

GLC05111.01.0224

Evergreen Cemetery gatehouse, Gettysburg, PA., 9-11 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. Accompanying panel of text reads: "Scenes from the Battlefield at Gettysburg, PA. Gateway of the Cemetery. Being our Centre, looking West, on the 2d and 3d of July, 1863." A wagon, perhaps an ambulance, stands just inside the...

GLC05111.01.0225

Gen. Meade's Headquarters, Gettysburg, PA., 15 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. Accompanying text panel reads: "Scenes from the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA. General Meade's Head-quarters, on the Baltimore Turnpike, in the centre of our lines, during the last two days of the battle, according to statement of...

GLC05111.01.0226

Lutheran Theological Seminary from second story of Foulk House, Gettysburg, PA., 12 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. Accompanying text panel reads: "Scenes from the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA. The Seminary. Being the left of our Line of Battle on the 1st of July. In front of the Grove to the right is the spot where General Reynolds fell."...

GLC05111.01.0227

Union Second Corps field hospital, Gettysburg, PA. 9-11 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. Accompanying text panel reads: "Scenes from the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA. Second Corps Hospital. Christian Commission tents in the foreground. This hospital contains 2,500 wounded." Dr. Justin Dwinell, 106th Penn. Infantry...

GLC05111.01.0228

Union Second Corps field hospital, Gettysburg, PA. 9-11 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. A civilian man wearing an unusually patterned, light colored frock coat is standing fourth from the left of the lone woman. This same man can be seen in GLC 511.01.0228 standing left of the tree immediately in front of the large...

GLC05111.01.0229

Chambersburg Pike with Lutheran Seminary to the left. 12 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. Inscription on recto reads: "Chambersburg Pike. 1st day." An inscription on the verso elaborates further: "Gen'l. view of the battlefield of the first of July the road in the foreground is the Chambersburg Pike the ridge in the...

GLC05111.01.0230

Lithograph portrait of Major Anderson.

By T.R. Holland [Philadelphia?]. Based on an earlier [younger] photograph: "From a Portrait in possession of Mrs. Anderson." Major Robert Anderson was in command of Fort Sumter when it was fired upon on April 12, 1861, setting off the Civil War. He...

GLC05111.01.0231

Portrait of Col. Osterhaus. [1861-1862 ca.]

A print of an upper-body portrait of then-Colonel Peter J. Osterhaus. Taken by Bernhard Kihlholz of St. Louis, Missouri, with blind stamp. Osterhaus would become a major-general by war's end. Written on back: "Act. Brig. General Osterhaus"

GLC05111.01.0232

Flagship U.S.S. Hartford in Mobile Bay, November 10, 1864.

A print of a photograph of the U.S.S. Hartford. Graphite inscription on recto: "U. S. S. S. [sic] Hartford. 1864. Mobile Bay." Cancelled, red five cent "playing card" stamp on verso. Three mast sailing vessel that also has a steam stack in the...

GLC05111.01.0233

Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford

A print of a photograph of Admiral David G. Farragut and Captain Percival Drayton on the deck of the USS Hartford (1858). Farragut leans against the wheel, while the ship's commander, Captain Drayton stands to the left of him. The Hartford served as...

GLC05111.01.0234

No. 1. Fort Morgan, Front and East Side.

A print of a photograph of the ruins of Fort Morgan, AL. Title taken from accompanying panel of text. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan, which was bombarded by Farragut's fleet, and later taken by Union forces in...

GLC05111.01.0235

No. 2, Fort Morgan, Front and West Side.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL after the Battle of Mobile Bay. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M[cPherson] & O[liver]" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful...

GLC05111.01.0236

No. 3. Fort Morgan, water batteries, west side.

A print of a photograph of the ruins of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was...

GLC05111.01.0237

No. 4. Fort Morgan, south-east bastion.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan...

GLC05111.01.0238

No. 5. Fort Morgan Citadel, from south side.

A print of a photograph showing Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort...

GLC05111.01.0239

No. 6. Fort Morgan interior, west side.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. Top of light house visible in the distance. The most powerful of...

GLC05111.01.0240

No. 7. Fort Morgan Citadel, from north side.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. Top of light house visible in the distance. The most powerful of...

GLC05111.01.0241

No 8. Fort Morgan from south-east side.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. Light house visible in the distance. The most powerful of defenses...

GLC05111.01.0242

No. 9. Light House, Mobile Point.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan...

GLC05111.01.0243

From Top of Signal Station, Looking South, showing all between Hospital and Signal Station

A print of a photograph of the Union encampment on Hilton Head Island, SC. Accompanying text reads: "From top of Signal Station, Looking South, Showing all between Hospital and Signal Station." Railroad tracks run down the center of the image with...

GLC05111.01.0244

Negro Quarters, John E. Seabrook's Plantation, Bird's eye view, Edisto Island, SC. April 7, 1862.

Title taken from accompanying text on recto. A dozen slave quarters can be seen in the background. A barn appears in the center middleground and what might be the enslaver's brick house can be seen in the immediate foreground.

GLC05111.01.0245

Fish Pond, John Seabrook's Plantation, Edisto Island, SC. April 8, 1862

Shows three union soldiers, probably officers, in a row boat in the middle of a pond. The plantation master's house is visible in distance on the left hand side of the image. A white gazebo-like structure is on an island in the middle of the pond.

GLC05111.01.0246

Fort Pulaski, Ga. Battery A looking towards Tybee.

A print of a photograph showing Fort Pulaski, near Savannah, GA. Title taken from accompanying text.Officers of the 48th NY Infantry garrisoned the fort and posed for the camera along with their colonel, W.B. Barton, standing with his wife in the...

GLC05111.01.0247

[Tennessee State Capitol]

A print of a photograph of the Tennesse State Capitol in Nashville, TN. Crisp, detailed image of the state house surrounded by a barren landscape. Log breastworks can be seen surrounding the base of the building. The building was constructed between...

GLC05111.01.0248

U.S. Quartermasters Wharf barge in Cairo, Ill. with Mississippi fleet in the distance

A print of a photograph of a wharf at Cairo, IL. The wharf belongs to the U.S. Quartermaster. A riverine fleet can be seen in the background. Title from graphite inscription on recto. Ink inscription on recto "R-684." Graphite inscription on verso:...

GLC05111.01.0249

Army wagon after three years of service.

A print of a photograph of a wagon. Title from inscription on recto. Wagon is very worn with mud encrusted wheels. Headquarters baggage tent in background along with some buildings. "416" and "O'Sullivan" are written on the back. There is also a...

GLC05111.01.0250

Rappahannock Station, Virginia. Canvas pontoon wagon, 50th New York Engineers

A print of a photograph of a pontoon wagon. Graphite inscriptions on verso: "272," "IX" and "Camp Pontoon Wagon." Pontoon wagon and a coiled rope and anchor are also on the cart. Many trees visible in background.
Same image as GLC 5111.01.0207

GLC05111.01.0251

Company E, 93rd Regiment, N.Y. Vols. [August 1863]

[Title Continued] "General Head-Quarters guard, Army Potomac, camp near Bealton Station, Va. 1st Lieut. Wm. L. Bramhall. Capt. H. C. Newton. 2nd Lieut J. J. Sherwood." "Incidents of the War" series, positive by Alexander Gardner. Shows 34 men...

GLC05111.01.0252

Fairfax Court House. Fairfax, Va. [June 1863]

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. "Incidents of the War" series. Published in Gardner's "Photo Sketchbook of the Civil War," with accompanying panel of text. Published by Phip & Solomon. A group of mounted Federal soldiers stand in front of the...

GLC05111.01.0253

[Bealeton, Va. Sutler's tent at Army of the Potomac headquarters]

A print of a photograph of a sutler's tent at the Army of the Potomac headquarters. Four men, including two sergeants, stand in front opening of tent speaking to someone inside the tent. Nine additional men are posed in the rear if the tent. One of...

GLC05111.01.0254

Sutlers Department, 93rd N.Y. Vols, Headquarters Army of the Potomac. [August 1863]

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. "Incidents of the War" series. [title continued] "A. Garrison. W. J. Babcock. C. Borum." Shows a group of four men in front of a sutler's tent. A group of nine men are gathered behind the tent. One of the men...

GLC05111.01.0255

Co. 'D', U.S. Engineers Camp in Front of Petersburg, Va. September 1864.

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. Positive by A. Gardner. "Incidents of the War" series. A whole in the negative in the upper left corner shows in the image. Co. D, U.S. Engineers posed in four rows with canopy of pine branches and tents behind. The...

GLC05111.01.0256

Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Dismounted gun

A print of a photograph of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Image looks out from the fort over the beach and water. A heavy artillery piece has been destroyed on the right hand side of the image. To the left of the carriage, against the parapet are...

GLC05111.01.0257

Quarters of men in Fort Sedwick, generally known as Fort Hell. May 1865.

Title taken from accompanying text. Negative by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, positive by Alexander Gardner. Shows the elaborate trenches and earth-works in the fort. Two photography assistants pose in background with light colored frock coats. Published...

GLC05111.01.0258

Signal Station on Elk Mtn Antietam

A print of a photograph of some ment standing on top of a signal tower on Elk Mountain. The tower is approximately two meters tall and built of stacked wooden logs. Print is an oval shape.Title from inscription on verso. Published in Gardner's "Photo...

GLC05111.01.0259

Evacuation of Aquia Creek, VA. July 1863. [Copy 1]

Published in Gardner's "Photo Sketchbook of the Civil War," with accompanying panel of text. "Incidents of the War" series. Image of steamers at the landing with barges in foreground.
See GlC 5111.01.0261

GLC05111.01.0260

Evacuation of Aquia Creek, VA. July 1863. [Copy 2]

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. Published in Gardner's "Photo. Sketchbook of the Civil War," with accompanying panel of text. Image of steamers at the landing with barges in foreground.
See GlC 5111.01.0261

GLC05111.01.0261

Blanford Church, Petersburg, Virginia. [April 1865]

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan, published by Alexander Gardner. From Gardner's "Photo. Sketchbook of the Civil War" Vol. 2, plate 85. With text plate attached.

GLC05111.01.0262

Charles City Court House, rear view. June 1864.

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan, published by Alexander Gardner. Taken from Gardner's "Sketchbook of the Civil War," vol. 2, plate No. 68. The original text plate is still attached.

GLC05111.01.0263

[Beach landscape with large sand dunes possibly Fort Fisher, NC]

A print of a photograph of a beach with sand dunes. Previously identified as being Fort Fisher, NC but matches no other image known from that era. "533" is written on the reverse.

GLC05111.01.0264

Three first traverses on land end, Fort Fisher, N.C. [January 1861]

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. Taken from Gardner's "Sketchbook of the Civil War." Shows earth works of Fort Fischer with heavy artillery guns in traverses.
Note: traverse in center background is the same that appears in GLC 5111.01.0257...

GLC05111.01.0265

Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. Capt. J.B. Howard, Office of Assistant Quartermaster, Army of the Potomac

A print of a photograph of a tent of the Assistant Quartermaster Captain J. B. Howard, Army of the Potomac. Graphite inscription on verso: "Camp of 3rd Corps in Culpepper. Capt Howard AQM and aids, clerks &c. John Henry in the foreground. Capt Furey...

GLC05111.01.0266

Detachment 50th N.Y. Vol. Engineers, Pontoon Wagon and Saddleboat. [March 1864 ca.]

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. "Incidents of the War" series. Title, imprint and copyright information are printed on both sides of the mount. Image of a pontoon wagon and boat affixed. Sutlers cabin with tent roof surrounded by a log stockade...

GLC05111.01.0267

High Bridge Crossing Appomattox, near Farmville, Va.

[Title continued] "on south side railroad, Va." Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. From Gardner's "Phot. Sketchbook of the Civil War," plate "No. 98" with text accompanying panel.

GLC05111.01.0268

Commissary Department, Head-Quarters, Army of the Potomac. [February 1864]

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. From Gardner's "Phot. Sketchbook of the Civil War," plate "No. 61" with text accompanying panel. Shows a group of soldiers standing outside two log cabins. The cabins logs run vertically, instead of horizontally and...

GLC05111.01.0269

[Fort Fisher, N.C. Interior view, showing traverse with dismounted gun]

A print of a photograph from the ruins of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Discarded clothing lies in the immediate foreground. A ladder and slight slope lead to a platform where a Union soldier stands next to a destroyed artillery piece. The carriage is...

GLC05111.01.0270

Brandy Station, Virginia. Headquarters Army of the Potomac (Gen. Rufus Ingalls quarters)

A print of a photograph of the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, featuring the cabin of General Rufus Ingalls. Graphite inscription on verso: "Quarters of General Ingalls & Col. Platt, Headquarters, Army of Potomac, Brandy Station 1863 -4."...

GLC05111.01.0271

Head-Quarters Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Va. [February 1864 ca.]. [Copy 1]

Zouaves from the 114th Penn. standing in front of wall of brush with winter quarters and tents in background. The men wear their dress uniforms which include turbouns. From Gardner's "Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War," plate "No. 60" with...

GLC05111.01.0272

[Head-Quarters Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Va.]

A print of a photograph of the Army of Potomac headquarters at Brandy Station, VA. Zouaves from the 114th Penn. standing in front of wall of brush with winter quarters and tents in background. Thrown up on the wall of brush to dry out are government...

GLC05111.01.0273

Brandy Station, Virginia (vicinity). Field hospital of 3d Division, 2d Army Corps

A print of a photograph of the field hospital at Brandy Station, VA. The image shows a camp consisting of rough cabins with tents stretched over them as roofs lining either side of the image. The soldiers are posed in front of the structures. Note...

GLC05111.01.0274

Petersburg, Virginia. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox and staff

A print of a photograph of Union General Orlando B. Willcox and his staff. Graphite inscription on verso: "XXIV 67." Willcox sits second from the right surrounded by staff under a canopy of pine branches. There are ten men in the photograph. A tent...

GLC05111.01.0275

General Orlando B. Willcox and 8 staff members posed in front of tent [1863 ca.] [Copy 2]

Wilcox sits second from the right surrounded by staff under a canopy of pine branches. A tent is behind them.

GLC05111.01.0276

Gen. Orlando B. Willcox and staff, 3d Division, 9th Corps, Petersburg, VA. [1864 ca.]

Pencil inscription on verso: "Wilcox." General Orlando B. Wilcox [seated] and seven staff officers. An enlisted man with bayonet fixed stands guard near the flag of the 9th Corps. "9329" "R-712."

GLC05111.01.0277

Federal soldiers posed in front of the Appomattox Court House. [April 1865 ca.]

Soldiers posed in front of, and on the steps and porch of the Appomattox. Notes the stacked arms in the foreground. Wilmer McLean and children appear in the center of the photograph. Graphite inscription on verso: "Appomattox Court House."...

GLC05111.01.0278

Rail lines at Appomattox Station, Va. [April 1865]

From Gardner's "Photo. Sketchbook of the Civil War," with accompanying panel of text describing the events of 1865 leading up to Appomattox and Lee's surrender. Two men pose on the train tracks and a third sits on a pari of train wheels. The men are...

GLC05111.01.0279

McLean family posed on front porch at Appomattox Court House. [April 1865 ca.]

Graphite inscription on verso: "McLean's House where Grant & Lee signed the capitulation. Wants 20." Posed on the porch is Mr. McLean, Mrs. McLean, along with one another woman, and a small boy and girl. Written at the Appomattox Court House
See...

GLC05111.01.0280

Marshall house, King and Pitt Streets, Alexandria, Virginia. August 1862.

Negative by William R. Pywell, positive by Alexander Gardner. Notice the ghosted image of a woman looking in the window of the dry goods store and the woman entering the store. Gardner's "Photo. Sketchbook of the Civil War," plate "No. 1"....

GLC05111.01.0281

Slave Pen, Alexandria, VA., August, 1863. [Copy 1]

Title from text on recto. Taken from Gardner's "Photo. Sketchbook of the Civil War," plate "No. 2." Shows a large red brick building with a white brick addition: the slave pen. A sign on the red brick building reads: "Price, Birch & Co. dealers in...

GLC05111.01.0282

Slave Pen, Alexandria, VA., August, 1863. [Copy 2]

Title from text on recto. Taken from Gardner's "Photo. Sketchbook of the Civil War," plate "No. 2." Shows a large red brick building with a white brick addition: the slave pen. A sign on the red brick building reads: "Price, Birch & Co. dealers in...

GLC05111.01.0283

Mounted carte de visite of John C. Breckenridge. [1860's ca.]

Name inscribed in pencil on recto: "J. C. Breckenridge."

GLC05111.01.0285

Salt print of Stephen A. Douglas. [1860 ca.]

Half-length portrait by Richards with his label pasted on verso. The image is not dark and there is discoloration from liquid drops, possibly ink or paint, speckled irregularly over the image. Other speckles may be the result of chemical reaction.

GLC05111.01.0286

View of Linchburg Canal near Rocketts [Richmond, VA]. [1864 ca.]

Canal runs through the center of the image. On the right hand sign, small boats are docked at the landing. A group of men sit in the first boat. In the right center of the image, further off in the background, burnt out buildings are visible. The...

GLC05111.01.0287

Richmond hospital. [1865 ca.]

Two Federal soldiers stand guard outside a three story, white, stone building. Men in light-colored frock coats stand in archways in front of the building.

GLC05111.01.0288

Buildings used as barracks by Federal troops in Richmond, VA. [1865 ca.]

Large group of Federal soldiers posed in the windows of a four story brick building and on the sidewalk. A dog lies to the right of the two soldiers sitting at the at the corner of the building.

GLC05111.01.0289

Post-war view of Richmond from Gamble's Hill.

Former owner claims the photographer may be Tomas Roche. Taken from a slightly different angle than Gardner's famous 6 April 1865 panoramic photograph which shows the destruction of Richmond. Visible in the distance are the Spotswood Hotel [as...

GLC05111.01.0290

View of busy river front, possibly near City Point, VA. [1861-1865 ca.]

Depicts a number of ships in the river, including a steamboat [which flies a U.S. flag] and sloops. Two small clusters of buildings are situated directly across the river from one another. The river bends away from the photographer on the left hand...

GLC05111.01.0291

Three images of Confederate dead in the trenches of Petersburg. 3 April 1865.

Three small unmounted albumen images mounted and matted on a single board. The images were originally published as stereoviews by E. & H. T. Anthony. Anthony's titles for the images can be found in William Frassinito's "Grant and Lee: the Virginia...

GLC05111.01.0292

Scene on the Rapidan [River]. [1861-1865 ca.]

Title taken from text adhered to mount. View of two men standing along side the river. Photograph taken from woods so that both the men and the river is viewed through the trees. Pencil notation on inside of mat T1984.301.

GLC05111.01.0293

Pontoon Bridge Across James River, Near Fort Powhattan [at Deep Bottom]. [July 1864]

Title taken from printed text on recto and pencil inscription. Pencil inscription also reads: "Petersburg Campaign June [18]64 - May [18]65." Shows a number of Federal soldiers [probably engineers] posed on the bridge which stretches across the...

GLC05111.01.0294

Pontoon bridge crossed by Gen. Ord, at Akin's [Aiken's] Landing [& two additional images]. [October 1864]

Title taken from text and penciled inscriptions on recto. Pencil inscription continues: "Siege of Petersburg." Photograph on recto shows a pontoon bridge with soldiers sitting in a few of the pontoons about mid-way across the bridge. The bridge...

GLC05111.01.0295

Arlington House, Barns and Soldiers' Barracks, No. 256. [29 June 1864]

Group of Federal soldiers posed in clearing. Wooden buildings visible behind them. Man in white frock coat in the center operates surveying equipment, while man in front of him holds a guidon and a man behind him holds a large umbrella....

GLC05111.01.0296

Coal Wharf, Alexandria, Va. [view 1 -- right side of wharf]

View showing the right side of the wharf. Two men sit along the bank of a river, staring out at boats docked at the wharf. A woman's skirt is visible in the left-hand foreground. The steam boat "South America" is prominent in the center of the image...

GLC05111.01.0297

Coal Wharf, Alexandria, Va. [view 2 -- left side of wharf]

View showing the left side of the wharf. Steamboat "South America" visible in center of the image. Carts are lined up near the buildings. Tents visible on the left hand side of the image.
Note: This photograph, although very similar to GLC 5111...

GLC05111.01.0298

Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44

Published by Gales and Seaton. First edition. Inscribed to Samuel Marx by James Buchanan, with his signature. Recounts Frémont's 1842 expedition to Oregon, the second of his three expeditions. The folding map has been removed from the book (see...

GLC05103.01

[Presidential pardon of Thomas McNaney, convicted of assault and battery, and resisting arrest].

Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC05104

Report of Lieutenant General U.S. Grant, of the armies of the United States--1864-'65

Inscribed to John Sherwood on the title page. This is Grant's last report to Congress on the conclusion of the war. With provenance notice on later flyleaf from Sherwood to his son.

GLC05105

[Deed for sale of lot number 54]

Bruce, former United States Senator from Mississippi, signs as the recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. Hugh Nelson and James W. Greer sign as trustees, transmitting the lot to Charles H. Gladden. Howard M. Norris signs as notary public.

GLC05108

Civil War photograph collection: Brady, Gardner; Lincoln [separate inventory]

Word processed inventory available. Approximately 2000 photographs, mostly period, from the Civil War era. Includes battles, portraits, group portraits of regiments and officers, medical photographs (3), retouched original prints or photographs with...

GLC05111

White House, Washington, D. C. [Tad Lincoln standing in front] [unique]

A print of a photograph taken by Henry F. Warren of Waltham, MA of the White House. Probably taken on March 6th, 1865, as Warren photographed Lincoln at the White House on that date (Ostendorf no. 112 & 113). The photograph is of the Northern facade...

GLC05111.01.0005

Re-Inauguration of President Lincoln, 4th March, 1865.

One photograph entitled, "Re-Inauguration of President Lincoln, 4th March, 1865," taken by Alexander Gardner. Image is of crowds at·the Capitol Building during Lincoln's inauguration on march 4, 1865. Negative by Wm. H. Smith. Positive by A. Gardner...

GLC05111.01.0006

Wing of the Capitol building with flag at half-staff.

A print of a photograph taken of the Grand Review of the Union Army on May 23rd, 1865. The photograph shows the north wing of the US Capitol building with the camera facing south-west. There is a large crowd in front of the Capitol, presumably...

GLC05111.01.0011

Long bridge from a little above 14th Street

A salt print of a photograph taken of the Long Bridge in Washington, D.C. circa 1862. The camera is facing nearly due south. The picture must have been taken before 1864 when a second bridge was completed shortly downriver, as it is not present in...

GLC05111.01.0017

Successful intermediate excision of the head, neck and trochanters of the right femur.

One undated photograph entitled, "Successful intermediate excision of the head, neck and trochanters of the right femur," tatken by Charles Milton Bell. Image is of Private Hugh Wright of New Jersey. Printed description on verso describes Wright's...

GLC05111.01.0032

Simple fracture of the middle third of the left femur, united without deformity.

One photograph entitled, "Simple fracture of the middle third of the left femur, united without deformity," taken by Charles Milton Bell dated August 1865. Image is of Lieutenant A. W. Starkweather of Indiana, who was thrown from his horse at Black...

GLC05111.01.0033

Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, VA. March, 1862.

One photograph entitled, " Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, VA," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Published by Philp & Solomons. Page taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. Volume...

GLC05111.01.0035

Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. March, 1862. No. 2.

One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. March, 1862. No. 2," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Page taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. Incidents of the War."...

GLC05111.01.0036

Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. No. 3. March 1862.

One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. No. 3. March 1862," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Image shows two Quaker guns and several men posed near the interior wall of the fort. View...

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Incidents of the War. Ruins at Manassas. No. 1. March, 1862.

One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the War. Ruins at Manassas," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. This page was taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War." Image is of a young boy, a dead horse, and a Federal...

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Incidents of the War. Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run. No. 2. March, 1862.

One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the War. Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. This page was taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War." Image is of debris from bridge lying in the...

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Ruins at Manassas Junction. No. 9. March, 1862.

One photograph entitled, "Ruins at Manassas Junction," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Image is of ruins of several buildings used by the Confederate railroad company, Orange and Alexandria, as a depot. The remains of a few mud huts...

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[Sassacus-class gunboat]

A print of a photograph taken of a US Navy riverine patrol boat during the Civil War. It is a steam double-ended sidewheel gunboat of what is popularly referred to as the "Sassacus"-class. Built for patroling rivers, many were deployed to Virginia...

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Incidents of the War. No. 203. General Johnston's Headquarters, Centreville.

One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the War. No. 203. General Johnston's Headquarters, Centreville," taken by Mathew Brady dated 1862. Image is of uniformed men in front of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's Headquarters.

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[Portrait of Major Sidell]

A salt print of a photographic portrait of a man identified as Maj. Sidell. Heavily touched-up by Brady studio artists. Posibly an original painting and not a photograph. Research brings up a William Henry Sidell, born 1810 in New York, NY. Sidell...

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to Eliza Brooke, Jr.

News of a Quaker community in Philadelphia, where she had recently moved. Includes comments on the marriage of local couples. Signed "D. Payne."

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