1861-1862 ca.

Photograph

Title: Tintype of a bearded civilian man

Three-quarter length, seated view of a man wearing a white outfit with sash neckerchief and straw hat. Descriptive tag reads: "19th century American Labor by Bowery Photog. (Ferrotype)." CASE: Stamped paper on board. Large six pointed star surrounds a circle containing fruit. Case thickness 0.0 cm.

GLC05131.24

1861 ca.

Photograph

Title: Ambrotype of Sergeant William Everts II

Half length seated view of Everts with a slight beard, holding a sword. Descriptive tag reads: "William Everts II died in one of the first battles of the Civil War." CASE: Stamped paper on board showing a birds in a fountains and flowers. Gold edging on both he exterior and interior of the case. Top and bottom of the case are separate. Case thickness 1.9 cm.

GLC05131.25

1861 ca.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Photograph

Title: Tintype of William T. Sherman, with second tintype of little girl

Bust portrait of William T. Sherman with one star. 9th plate tintype in 6th plate Union Case. Descriptive tag mistakenly identifies this photograph as: "Ferrotype of Gen. Phil. Henry Sheridan Commander of the Army of Shenandoah in 1864." A 6th plate tintype portrait of an infant girl was discovered underneath Sherman in the case, and was treated as #2. Her clothes have been colored pink. CASE: Union case showing cross cannons over a pyramid of cannonballs. An American flag appears on either side of the center image. A union shield appears in each of the lower corners. (See Clifford…

GLC05131.26

1861-1862 ca.

Photograph

Title: Ambrotype of young soldier holding hat

Half length, seated view of a young soldier in front of a painted outdoor backdrop. The subject's cheeks have been tinted pink. CASE: Stamped paper on wood. Top and bottom of case are separate. Case thickness 1.6 cm.

GLC05131.27

1861-1862 ca.

Photograph

Title: Ambrotype of a young private with moustache

Half length portrait of young private with a moustache wearing a ring on his little finger. Military buttons, emblems and chevrons have been painted gold. CASE: Texture black paper on wood. Curved corners and a push latch. Case thickness 1.6 cm.

GLC05131.28

1861-1862 ca.

Yeaton, Charles G., fl. 1861-1862

Photograph

Title: Ambrotype of a young sailor

Bust portrait of a young sailor whose cheeks have been tinted pink. Tag inside identifies the image as "Charles Gordon Yeaton, my father." CASE: Stamped paper on wood with floral design center between two rows of "IIIIIIIII." Gold edging on both the exterior and interior of the case. Case thickness 1.6 cm.

GLC05131.29

1861 ca.

Photograph

Title: Tintype of General Ulysses S. Grant

Half length portrait of Grant with one star. 9th plate. Possibly a second or later generation image. Descriptive tag reads: "Ferrotype of Gen. Grant circa Civil War period." CASE: Union case with cannon and pyramid of cannonballs in front of a tent and U.S. flag. (See Clifford & Michele Krainik, Union Cases, #368.) Case thickness 2.2 cm.

GLC05131.30

1861-1862 ca.

Photograph

Title: Tintype of a private holding a pistol

Half length, seated view. Chevrons and buttons painted gold. CASE: Union case showing Federal monitor and a ship. (See Clifford & Michele Krainik, Union Cases, #366.) Case thickness 2.1 cm.

GLC05131.31

1861-1862 ca.

Photograph

Title: Tintype of a soldier with moustache and beard

Bust view of soldier holding cigar, with arms crossed. Buttons painted gold. CASE: Stamped paper on wood. Case thickness 1.5 cm.

GLC05131.32

1861-1865 ca.

Header Record

Title: Stereocards, mostly Anthony War Views, O'Sullivan, etc. [decimalized]

271 stereocards primarily E. & H. T. Anthony's "War Views," and "Prominent Portraits." Other publishers include Timothy O'Sullivan, G.W. Pach and Taylor & Huntington. See separate database for a complete listing of images. Highlights include a "War Views" image entitled "Wounded Indians" (#1) "The Home Guard" (#2), Elmira Prison Camp (#3), "Colored Army Teamsters (#4), "Slave Pens at Alexandria" (#75-76), and various images from battles through-out the war. Portraits of various generals including U. S. Grant (#146-165, some Cold Harbor and presidential) and William T. Sherman (#135-…

GLC05137

1861-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Battery Brooke from South to North

Gallery of Alex Gardner, Photographer to the Army of the Potomac, Washington. Negative by Wm. Frank Browne. "Battery Brooke from South to North -- Epaulment for Gun shown in No. 1027."

GLC05137.053

1865

Photograph

Title: Fortifications in front of Petersburgh, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Fortifications and bomb-proofs, in front of Petersburgh, Va." Shows an unexploded cannonball at the entrance of an underground bomb-proof.

GLC05137.073

1861-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Union soldiers stand at the iron gate to the slave pen. Inscription on verso: "Emma G. Griggs From my Husband."

GLC05137.075

1861-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. A black woman holding a basket stands in front of the slave pen. Two men stand behind the iron gate.

GLC05137.076

1861-1862 ca.

Photograph

Title: Tintype of a young sergeant

Half length view with uniform buttons painted gold. CASE: Top missing. Hinges still attached to bottom half. (See Clifford & Michele Krainik, Union Cases, #544.) Case thickness 0.6 cm.

GLC05131.33

1861

Lovell, J.L., 1825-1903

Photograph

Title: U.S. Naval Academy album of autographs, portraits and photographs [word processed inventory available]

Autographs & Photographs, Graduating Class 1861 with images of the Academy. United States Naval Academy. J. L. Lovell Photographer, Amherst, Mass. Apparently the photographer stood in the middle of the Yard and simply panned across the grounds.

GLC05132

1859 October 4

Fassett, Samuel M., fl. 1859-1865

Photograph

Title: [Abraham Lincoln]

Oval albumen print portrait of Lincoln. Ostendorf O-16, which provides dating. Taken while visiting Chicago.

GLC05133.01

1854-1856 ca.

Nicolay, John G., 1832-1901

Photograph

Title: Daguerreotype of Nicolay with staff of Pittsfield, Ill. "Free Press" [framed]

Cased image showing four men in a printing office, including owner and editor Nicolay. The image is in a contemporary wooden frame. Nicolay stands second from left. According to Sothebys, the pencil inscription on the back of the frame ("Free Press") was supposed to have been written by his daughter Helen Nicolay. Conservator notes that the stamp on the clad plate is that of Louis L. Bis manufacturing in New York from 1845-47 (see report).

GLC05133.02

1863

Haas & Peale, fl. 1846-1867

Header Record

Title: [Album of photographs of Union Army on Morris and Folly Island, South Carolina][Decimalized .01-.44]

Collection of albumen photographs dated 1863 printed by Haas and Peale. Consists of 43 photographs depicting fortifications found on Morris and Folly Island, South Carolina. Images were taken before and after Battle of Fort Sumter.

GLC05134

1861-1865 ca.

Header Record

Title: Carte de visites, cabinet cards and stereocards by Brady and others [word processed inventory available]

This collection contains 138 carte de visites, 4 stereocards and 1 cabinet card of various Civil War era generals, politicians, and interesting civilians. The collection was assembled by a private collector. Imprints include E. & H.T. Anthony, A.S. Morse, Brady, and Armistead & Taylor. The collection has been broken down into the following categories: 1-58 Union generals, also includes Johnny Clem; #59-85 Confederate generals; #86-90 Montages of generals (1 Confederate); #91-101 Civilian personalities and notables (including Lincoln, Jefferson and Varina Davis, cabinet members,…

GLC05135

1861-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Lincoln or related images, mostly cartes re: Lincoln, funeral, family, Booth [decimalized]

Carte de visites, stereographs, etc. from E. & H. T. Anthony and others. Several are later reprints. Includes 2 Lincoln portrait stereographs from Anthony's "Prominent Persons," 13 stereos of Lincoln's funeral; 31 CDVs of Lincoln, his family and John Wilkes (7) and Edwin Booth. The collection contains a souvenir booklet of 12 CDVs, an early half-tone portrait enclosed in a brass medal and others. The cartes include Ostendorf 17, 51, 53, 55, 60A, 73A, 86, 91, 92-variant, 93-variant and 112. Detailed inventory available. The collection consists of 54 items, including carte de visite…

GLC05136

May 19-20, 1864

Photograph

Title: Wounded Indians

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Matthew Brady & Co. Torn tax stamp on verso. Date from William Frassinito, "Grant And Lee the Virginia Campaigns, 1864-1865" (New York: Macmillian Publishing Co., 1983).

GLC05137.001

1861 ca.

Photograph

Title: The Home Guard

"White Mountain Rangers 1861." Shows a female "milita" regiment with poles resembling rifles.

GLC05137.002

1864/10

Photograph

Title: Elmira Prison Camp

"Prison camp at Elmira N. Y. during Civil War. Confederate prisoners were kept here. Photo taken Oct. 1864."

GLC05137.003

1861-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Colored Army Teamsters

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., Publisher.

GLC05137.004