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[carte de visite, full length standing portrait in military dress]

White mount with three one-cent tax stamps on verso. Full length standing portrait in military dress holding hat.

GLC00919.24.38

[tintype, half length profile]

Unmounted. Half length profile view facing proper left with white coat and straw hat with black band. Cheeks are tinted pink.

GLC00919.24.39

[tintype, three quarter length]

Unmounted. Three quarter length view in civilian dress facing proper right. Pants are light colored fabric with a dark strip down the side.

GLC00919.24.40

[carte de visite, vignette bust portrait of a young woman or girl]

White mount with Knight's imprint on recto. Vignette bust portrait of a young woman or girl.

GLC00919.24.41

[tintype, oval bust portrait of a young woman]

Unmounted. Oval bust portrait of a young woman.

GLC00919.24.42

[carte de visite, oval half length portrait of a young woman]

White mount with gold border. Pencil inscription "Nora" on both recto and verso. Romanticized oval half length portrait of a young woman. Photo from engraving.

GLC00919.24.43

[carte de visite, oval bust profile view]

White mount with Selby & McCauley imprint on verso: " 'Specialite.' Selby & McCauley, Photograph Album & Carte de Visite Depot, No. 36 West Baltimore Street." Oval bust profile view in elaborate dress. Face, clothing, and adornments in hair are...

GLC00919.24.44

[carte de visite, full length view]

White mount. Full length view of a young woman in peasant dress carrying wheat or straw on her back.

GLC00919.24.45

[carte de visite, vignette of the front of a two-story house during winter]

White mount. Vignette of the front of a white two-story house during winter.

GLC00919.24.46

[carte de visite, Grant's headquarters]

White mount with ink inscription on recto: "Lieut-General Grants HdQuarters, Winter of 1864 [and] 5, City Point, Va." Inscribed on negative: "Sketched by Louis Bernkopf, Private 15th N.Y.V. Engr." Sketched view of a quadrangle surrounded by winter...

GLC00919.24.48

[carte de visite, Grant's headquarters]

White mount with faded gold border and Fowx imprint on verso. Same image as #48.

GLC00919.24.49

[carte de visite, late residence of Jefferson Davis]

White mount. Inscribed on negative: "Late residence of Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Va., Sketched by Louis Bernkopf, Draughtsman, Hd. Qrs Engineer Brigade." Sketched view of the front and side of Davis's home.

GLC00919.24.50

[carte de visite, Portage Bridge]

White mount. Printed caption on recto: "Portage Bridge." Ink inscription on recto: "234 ft. high, 800 ft. long." Illegible notes on verso in blue pencil. View of a bridge with a locomotive crossing the top. Photo from engraving.

GLC00919.24.51

[carte de visite, chapel in the camp of the 50th Regiment N.Y.V. Engineers]

White mount with gold border and Fowx imprint on verso. Inscribed on negative: "Chapel in the camp of the 50th Regiment N.Y.V. Engineers, near Petersburg, Va. Built by Co. "F" of that Regt. Sketched by Louis Bernkopf, Private 15th N.Y.V. Engineers...

GLC00919.24.52

[carte de visite, chapel in the camp of the 50th Regiment N.Y.V. Engineers]

White mount with gold border and Fowx imprint on verso. Blurred and damaged print of image #52.

GLC00919.24.53

[carte de visite, Home on Furlough]

White mount with printed caption on verso: "Home on a Furlough." Scene of a soldier being welcomed home by his exuberant family. Photo from painting or engraving.

GLC00919.24.54

[carte de visite, The Belle of Winter]

White mount. Caption on image: "The Belle of Winter." Profile view of a woman ice skating in fur-trimmed clothes. Photo from painting or engraving.

GLC00919.24.55

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He says some generals have retired and now Hooker heads up their army. Soldiers died from fatigue/exposure, strewn across ground, won't read about it in the papers. Includes January 28, where he reassures his wife about her anxiety about hearing a...

GLC02744.136

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

A man stayed in the camp last night and complained about it. Still sick currently experiencing fever and rheumatism. Written in camp opposite Fredericksburg

GLC02744.137

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He writes that he is about to try to get a leave of absence and she need not write to him after she receives this letter. Written in camp opposite Fredericksburg

GLC02744.138

[Consent of leave for Lieut. Col. Thomas F. Burpee]

Notation at top of document indicates this is a duplicate.

GLC02744.141

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

Second page contains only address for future mail.

The 21st is five miles from where he is and he will be going in the morning. describes the weather. Written in a camp near Suffolk, Virginia

GLC02744.143

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He describes his journey back. saw Mr and mrs Pond. Mentions park and Burdett. Col. Dutton gave him a very warm reception. Written in a camp near Suffolk, Virginia

GLC02744.144

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He has had a lot of picket duty lately. Major Crosby is getting a leave of absence so he can be with his wife. Offers to let her come join the army for a while if she wants.

GLC02744.145

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He writes that some of the officers had their wives with them for a while but were ordered to leave at Norfolk. Tells the story of how Col. Kimball was murdered by General Cocoran.

GLC02744.146