March 1863

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: [Drum corps of 61st New York Infantry, Falmouth, VA]

A print of a photograph of the drum corps of the 61st New York Infantry. Thirteen drummer boys of the 61st NY Infantry posed in a field with their drums. The front row of boys are seated on their drums with the rear row is wearing their drums on harnesses. All of the drummers look away from the camera, thus the image produces a profile of each individual. "XXIII" "520."

GLC05111.01.0145

circa 1861-1865

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: [Twelve medical personnel]

A print of a photograph of Union medical personnel. Hospital stewards or surgeons, posed in front of tents. The soldiers are wearing green half chevrons edged with yellow on their sleves. The caduceus in the center of the chevron indicate the soldiers' grade. Some wear kepis belonging to Medical branch and custom-made versions of the fatigue blouse. "XI-II" "571." Printed from a cracked negative.

GLC05111.01.0148

May 1865

Photograph

Title: [Washington, D.C. Officers and clerks on a porch at Signal Corps headquarters]

A print of a photograph of the Signal Corps headquarters in Washington, DC. Two Union officers pose on a second story deck with nine soldiers and civilians. Besides the officers, only the man on the far right hand side of the photograph wears a complete uniform. The remaining eight men wear an assortment of military and civilian garb or complete civilian garb. The man third from right wears either fatigue blouse or sack coat with what appears to be the crossed-axes badge of the Pioneer Corps. Verso notation: "XXIX" "695". Library of Congress negative reveals more of the building visible at…

GLC05111.01.0179

August 1865

Smith, William Morris, fl. 1865

Photograph

Title: [District of Columbia. Men and gun of 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery at ornamental gate of Fort Totten]

A print of a photograph bronze artillery gun [12 lb. Napoleon] and caisson inside Fort Totten's (1st, at Washington, DC. NY Ft. Totten not named so until 1898) gate. "Totten" painted across the top of the entrance. Six Union artillerymen stand between the guns and the gate. The insignia on the forage caps of some of the men indicate Co. D of the 3rd Mass. Heavy Artillery. Small sign on the slope in the background reads: "Keep off the Grass." Referenced in index of Photographic History of the Civil War. Verso notations: "Defenses of Wash." "Ordway Gardner Collection" "XXX" "21"

GLC05111.01.0183

April 1865

Photograph

Title: [Washington, D.C. Staff, buildings, and wagons of the Medical Department]

A print of a photograph of a large group of civilian men standing on a sidewalk in front of buildings of the Medical Department. Soldiers carrying their rifles at the right shoulder shift and with bayonets fixed are spaced regularly along the sidewalk, in front of the men. The soldiers are Union troops wearing state or militia issued uniforms [either light blue or grey]. Crates of goods appear on the right hand side of the photograph. Army supply wagons appear on the left hand side of the photograph. Men are unloading crates from the wagon. Verso notations: "XXIX" "921"

GLC05111.01.0185

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: [Group of eight Union cavalry officers]

A print of a photograph of Union cavalry officers. Developed from a broken plate, giving it a distinct severed look. Three stand behind five officers sitting. Insignia on caps indicate cavalry branch but the unit number is indistinguishable. Verso notation: "XXX" "208" "F.H. Meserve Collection"

GLC05111.01.0182

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: [Large group of men in front of warehouse next to railroad tracks.]

A print of a photograph of a large group of men in both military and civilian dress standing in front of a warehouse building. A sign above the entrance to the building, however, the writing is illegible. Railroad tracks pass in front of the men. Verso notations: "Ordwary Gardner Collection" "VI" "108"

GLC05111.01.0186

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Group of sixteen Union officers posed under a canopy made of branches

A print of a photograph of Union officers sitting and standing underneath a canopy made of pine branches with bristles. Some of the officers are wearing regulation cavalry jackets and hold sabres. There is a tent visible underneath the canopy. Inscriptions of verso: "XI-II", "137" and "Ordway Gardner Coll."

GLC05111.01.0200

August 1864

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: [Commissioned and noncommissioned officers of Cos. C and D, 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Petersburg, VA]

A print of a photograph of a group of commissioned and noncommissioned officers of the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, taken in August of 1864. The soldier standing in the second row on the far left wears a diamond emblem on the upper part of his sleeve that resembles the diamond badge that is part of a first sergeants rank [the inverted chevrons are missing, however]. Graphite inscription on verso: "Gardner XI-II 354."

GLC05111.01.0102

February 1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Petersburg, Virginia. Group of Provost Guard, headquarters, Army of the Potomac

A print of a photograph of a group of Union troops. An officer on the far right inspects, two regular soldiers, two Zouave soldiers, and four cavalrymen, while a group of other soldiers stands and watches in the background. The Zouaves wear dark blue jackets and less baggy trousers, with red sashes, white leggings [gaiters], and jambiéres. The cavalry men belong to Co. K of the 1st Indiana Cav., Co.s C & D of the 1st Mass. Cav., and the 3rd Penn. Cav. The photograph appears in the Photographic History of the Civil War, Vol. II, Part 2, p. 182. Graphite inscription on verso: "Gardner XI-II…

GLC05111.01.0106

1861-1862 ca.

Photograph

Title: Ambrotype of soldier, 79th New York Highlanders

Full length, standing portrait of a young officer in a kilt, knee high socks and shoes with large gold painted buckles. Uniform indicates the soldier was a member of the New York 79th, "the Highlanders." [See Uniforms of the Civil War, p. 63] CASE: Stamped paper on wood with heraldic design. Case thickness 1.9 cm.

GLC05131.16

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Group of 9 naval cadets, as baseball team

Image shows nine cadets in front of three-story building. They are wearing sports uniforms, and the man in the center is holding a baseball bat. Photographers imprint on verso: "W. M. Chase, Stenographer, C. Bachrach, Photographer. U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD."

GLC05111.02.0943

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Unidentified soldier rank obscured, standing full-length portrait

Subject is wearing the uniform of a Chasseur de Vincennes, with his right arm crossing his chest. Photographers imprint on verso: "Fred Ulrich, Photographer, No. 156 Bowery, New York."

GLC05111.02.1155

circa 1861-1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Rush C. Hawkins, as Zouave colonel, standing full-length portrait

Imprint on recto "Col. R. C. Hawkins, 9th Reg't. Zouaves. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1861, by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. From Photographic Negative, from Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.1005

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Vivandiere woman wearing infantry hat and long dress, standing full-length portrait

Graphite inscription on verso "Vivandierre 12th Regt." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Galleries. No. 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington, D.C. & Broadway & Tenth Street, New York."

GLC05111.02.1048

29 May 1800

McHenry, James, 1753-1816

Letter signed

Title: [Report on Department of War to the successor of James McHenry]

Written shortly after McHenry's resignation as Secretary of War on 13 May 1800. McHenry wrote this report to his successor. He offered his resignation to President John Adams after an angry Adams accused him of working behind the scenes with Alexander Hamilton. Adams eventually selected Massachusetts Senator Samuel Dexter to the post. Report details instructions for the Provisional Army, created in the face of French aggression in 1798. McHenry, attempting to facilitate a smooth transition, touches upon many subjects important to the War Department. These include: logistics of clothing and…

GLC05230

1870s-1900s ca.

Riley, Richard, fl. 1870-1900

Photograph

Title: Collection of loose cyanotypes, Calhoun, Ala., mostly black students

The images derive from the Calhoun Industrial School, founded by the Hampton (Va.) Institute. Most appear to be circa 1895-1905 (based on when Riley worked at Hampton). The images were taken by Richard Riley. The Calhoun School was a social experiment in which local plantations were purchased and land distributed to local blacks. See GLC 5140.02 Album

GLC05140.03

20 September 1862

Smith, Edmund Kirby, 1824-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Braxton Bragg

Writes to Bragg in order to send him a copy of "a special order of the enemy, taken from the Louisville Journal of the 18th." A newspaper clipping of "Special Orders No. 21," is attached. The order is a Union order regarding the building of fortifications around Louisville, Kentucky. The order states that all residents near Louisville must report "the number of slaves they will furnish" to assist in building the works and gives Colonel Dent the power to "impress a sufficient number of laborers." The order was given by Union General Jeremiah Boyle.

GLC02456.27

circa 1861-1863

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Brady's Incidents of the War. 17th Regiment New York Volunteers Colonel Henry Seymour Lansing. Butterfield's Brigade. Fitz John Porter. Division Pauls Hill. Vol.

One undated photograph entitled, "Brady's Incidents of the War," taken by Mathew B. Brady. Captures New York's 17th Regiment standing in dress parade formation and holding rifle-muskets raised upward at their sides.

GLC00243

July 1863

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg.

One photograph entitled, "Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg taken by Alexander Gardner dated July 1863. Image is of a corpse of a Confederate Army soldier. Gardner includes a brief vignette in which he describes visiting the site four months after the battle to find the soldier's "skeleton" still laying there, undisturbed and fully uniformed.

GLC00552

circa 1861-1865

unknown, fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: [Oval salt print of unidentified member of the Union Forces]

One undated portrait of an unidentified member of the Union Forces. Identified on verso as "Col. Greene, A.Q.M."

GLC00555

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of an engraving entitled "Grant & Family"

Photo of an engraving entitled "Grant & Family" featuring Ulysses S. Grant in uniform, Julia Grant and their four children. Capitol building is silhouetted in the background.

GLC04360.084

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of Grant entitled "General Ulysses S. Grant, after a photograph from life"

Grant in civilian clothes. Entitled "General Ulysses S. Grant, after a photograph from life" [Negative has had the stars of his uniform painted -over.]

GLC04360.087

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of Grant standing

Portrait of Grant standing with two stars visible on his uniform jacket. Grant wears a mourning arm band on his sleeve. "Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant." Negative by Gutekunst. [Same as GLC 1320.] [collateral note: following Carte de visites (#88-93) came in an envelope with a note saying they were photos of generals mentioned in a letter from USG to Henry Halleck. The letter is not in collection.

GLC04360.089

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of "Grant in Peace."

Photo entitled "Grant in Peace." Grant is in uniform, 3 stars visible on his uniform jacket. Nellie Grant as a child sits in his lap and his dog sits by his knee. [collateral note: following Carte de visites (#88-93) came in an envelope with a note saying they were photos of generals mentioned in a letter from USG to Henry Halleck. The letter is not in collection.

GLC04360.091