1864-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Confederate Prisoners at Camp Douglas, Ill. [1864-1865 ca.]

Shows a large group of Confederate prisoners posing in front of the barracks at Camp Douglas, a prison camp located outside of Chicago. What appears to be a fire hydrant can be seen in the bottom center of the image. The image is faded and mounted on muslin cloth. It bears the stamp of the Century Co. on the back and the crop markings on the front match the image used in their Photographic History of the Civil War (reprinted by the Blue and Gray Press). Written at Camp Douglas.

GLC05111.01.0362

1863/09

Photograph

Title: General Meade, and others seated and standing outside of tent, Culpeper, VA. [September 1863]

Meade sits in a chair with a group of officers in front of an open tent. Standing on Meade's right is General French, followed by General G.K. Warren [seated]. To Meade's left are Generals Hunt, Humphreys, and Sedgewick. Pencil note on verso: "329-VIII. Generals of the Army of the Potomac"

GLC05111.01.0363

1862-1865 ca.

Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

Photograph

Title: Thomas as major general, full length standing portrait. [1862-1865 ca.]

On a bluish-gray mount.

GLC05111.01.0364

[1862-1865 ca.]

Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

Photograph

Title: Thomas as major general, 1/2 length seated portrait. [1862-1865 ca.]

On a bluish-gray mount.

GLC05111.01.0365

[1862-1865 ca.]

Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

Photograph

Title: Thomas as major general, close-up profile portrait. [1862-1865 ca.]

On a bluish-gray mount.

GLC05111.01.0366

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Officers of the 1st Unattached Co. Mass. Heavy Art. (afterwards Co. A, 1st Batt.)

Title taken from inscription on recto. Identified as: Lt. C.E. Niebuhr, Lt. F.E. Boyd, Capt. Stephen Cabot, Lt. C.F. Livermore and Lt. E.W. Hayes.

GLC05111.01.0367

1860's ca.

Photograph

Title: Portrait of Reagan, Post Master General, C.S.A., Texas.

Painted or retouched cabinet card size photograph.

GLC05111.01.0368

1858 ca.

Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875

Photograph

Title: Portrait of Breckinridge with uniform painted on. [1858 ca.]

The large format image shows Breckinridge in generals uniform that has been painted over his civilian clothes.

GLC05111.01.0369

circa 1861-1865

Photograph signed

Title: Portrait of Captain T. E. Hall.

Inscription on recto reads: "Truly Yours, T.E. Hall, Capt. [illegible] a[ssistant].q[uarter].m[aster]."

GLC05111.01.0370

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Portrait of Captain M. Bell.

GLC05111.01.0371

1864/03

Photograph

Title: Scouts and guides of the Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, VA. March 1864.

This large group includes two black contraband wearing white aprons in the center-left of the image and a third young black contraband squatting on the far right. Some of the soldiers wear cavalry jackets. Others in the group appear to be civilians because of their dress. Behind a field of crops is a brick house. Number "102" scratched in the negative. A nearly identical image except with the young black boy squatting in the first row can be seen in .0121. See GLC 5111.01.0121.

GLC05111.01.0372

1862/03

Photograph

Title: Ruins of Henry House, Manassas Battlefield. [March 1862]

Inscription on verso: "Henry House." Numeric inscription on verso: " 320 I." Image of Union soldiers posed among the ruins of the Henry House, following its destruction in July 1861 during the First Battle of Manassas. Extensive damage done to tree standing on the right.

GLC05111.01.0373

1862/03

Photograph

Title: Confederate Quaker Guns at Centreville, Va. [March 1862]

Inscription on verso: "Battle of Bull Run. Confederate Quaker guns at Centreville, Va." Inscription in another hand "F. H. Meserve Collection" Numeric notation: "5430G/2" Image of Union soldiers posed inside a fort with "Quaker guns." The position was taken by the Federals after the Confederates evacuated it. "Quaker guns"--logs-- were often employed in deserted sections of a line to deceive the enemy into thinking a postion was more heavily defened than it really was. Zoauve in the foreground holds a bed roll [blanket] wrapped in a gum blanket that is slung over the shoulders. Crop…

GLC05111.01.0374

1862/09/21

Photograph

Title: Graves of members of the 51st N.Y. Vol. killed at Burnside's Bridge, Sept. 21, 1862.

Ink inscription on verso: "Antietam #22." Graphite inscription on verso: "Federal Graves. Burnside's Bridge." Numeric notation: "585 V." An unidentified Federal soldier leans against a stone wall that borders Antietam Creek. From here the 51st NY fired on the Confederates on the wooded ridgeline above [opposite bank] and soon charged the bridge itself. Wooden grave markers appear in front of the wall. Frassanito [Antietam, p. 240] has identified four of the graves as being those of Sgt. George W. Loud, Pvt. Edward Miller, Pvt. John Thompson, and Cpl. Michael Keefe.

GLC05111.01.0375

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Confederate obstructions in the James River, near Drewry's Bluff. [1861-1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. Numeric notation on verso: "XII 1116." Image of two or three sunken boats protruding from the shallow water. These were old steamers that were skuttled by the Confederates to obstruct passage. The top halves of the paddle wheels and other parts of the vessels visible above the water. Written near Drewry's Bluff, Virginia.

GLC05111.01.0376

1865 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Ruins of burned city, possibly Richmond. [1865 ca.]

Numeric inscription on verso "883." Image of devastation caused by fire. Skeletal remains of many buildings including a large factory are visible in the foreground with unharmed buildings in the distance.

GLC05111.01.0377

1865 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Fort Darling [Drewry's Bluff, Va.] on the James River, gun emplacement with seige gun. [1865 ca.]

Numeric notation on verso: "XII 55" A Federal soldier poses behind a large artillery piece after that fort's capture. The canon sits on a swivelling carriage and faces out of the fort walls. On the left are stacked ammuntion boxes. Written at Fort Darling

GLC05111.01.0378

1865/04 ca.

Photograph

Title: Confederate battery at Howlett House, Trent's Reach, James River. [April 1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. A close view of a large artillery piece [Brooke rifle] on a swivelling carriage aiming out over the fort walls. The James can be seen in the far distance.

GLC05111.01.0379

1865/04 ca.

Photograph

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

Title from inscription on verso. A man wearing a dark frock coat sits on the base of a large canon [Brooke rifle] mounted on a swivel base. Numeric notation "XII 31."

GLC05111.01.0380

1865/04 ca.

Photograph

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

Title from inscription on verso. A soldiers stands next to a large canon mounted on a swivelling carriage. An embrasured trench cuts through the sand to the canon. In the background is the James. Numeric notation "XII 28."

GLC05111.01.0381

1865/04 ca.

Photograph

Title: 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

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: [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) on verso: "Saber."

GLC05111.01.0383

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: 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

1863/02

Photograph

Title: 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

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: 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