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Dismantled rebel gun, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows the ruins of a dismantled cannon inside fortifications. Inscription on verso: "Rebel gun- Dismantled by [illegible] Comm Levison 'No gun battery' Port Hudson."

GLC05111.01.1269

Grand Review, Washington, D.C.

The image shows Union troops marching in the Grand Review. Inscription on verso: "Grand Review at Washington." Numeric notation on verso: "1263."

GLC05111.01.0983

Entrenchment with stairs.

The image shows an entrenchment with stairs. The location is unidentified. Inscription on verso: "Fortifications on the lines. (not marked Fed. or Conf.)" and "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "III" "IX" and "35."

GLC05111.01.0972

96th Pennsylvania near First Bull Run

The image shows the 96th Pennsylvania forming before what appears to be the First Bull Run. Numeric notation on verso: "721" and "10."

GLC05111.01.0973

96th Pennsylvania near First Bull Run

The image shows the 96th Pennsylvania forming before the First Bull Run, with a group of sibley tents in the background. Numeric notation on verso: "650" and "11."

GLC05111.01.0974

Pontoon bridge on the Rappahannock River

The image shows covered wagons crossing a pontoon bridge on the Rappahannock River. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "715" and "X."

GLC05111.01.0975

Camp in the woods near Culpeper, Virginia

The image shows one man standing in the woods bordering a group of A-frame tents. Numeric notation on image: "242." Inscription on verso: "Camp in the woods near Culpeper, Va. Nov., 1863." Numeric notation on verso: "141" "223" and "242."

GLC05111.01.0976

Powder magazine on the lines at Petersburg

The image shows four Union soldiers guarding a well-buried powder magazine. Numeric notation on image: "248." Inscription on verso: "Powder magazine on the lines." Numeric notation on verso: "248" and "31."

GLC05111.01.0977

Burned railroad car sheds in Atlanta

The image shows the burned railroad car sheds after Sherman's troops destroyed Atlanta, and were preparing to move on to Savannah. Numeric notation on image: "55." Inscription on verso: "Preparing for the 'March to the sea.'" and "Atlanta." Numeric...

GLC05111.01.0978

Poplar Grove Church

The image shows the Poplar Grove Church, which was built by the 50th New York Volunteer Engineers in 1864-65. A Union drum Corps is in the right foreground, with other Union soldiers in front of the church. The site is near Petersburg, VA...

GLC05111.01.0979

Lacy House

The image shows the Lacy house with a four-horse wagon in the foreground. Inscriptions on verso: "For Guide Only" "Gardner" and "Army of Pot. Frederick." Numeric notations on verso: "698" and "VI."

GLC05111.01.0980

Destroyed Railroad bridge at North Anna River

The image shows a railroad bridge that had been destroyed by Confederate soldiers. In the distant background are four soldiers. (Same as #982.) Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "762" and "X."

GLC05111.01.0981

Destroyed Railroad bridge at North Anna River

The image shows a railroad bridge that has been destroyed by Confederate soldiers. In the distant background are four soldiers. Same as #981. Numeric notation on image: "350." Inscription on verso: "Destruction of a railroad bridge." Numeric...

GLC05111.01.0982

Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone

Photo of a dead rebel soldier the day after the storming of Petersburg, VA. He is lying in the trenches of Fort Mahone. Inscription on verso: "Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches." Numeric notation on verso: "245."

GLC05111.01.0984

Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone

The photo shows a Confederate soldier killed by a shell in the trenches at Fort Mahone. The photo was taken the day after the storming of Petersburg, VA. Inscription on verso: "A dead Confederate soldier" and "Collection of Americana Frederick A...

GLC05111.01.0985

Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone

The photo shows a dead Confederate soldier, probably killed by a fragment of a nearby shell explosion. The photo was taken the day after the storming of Petersburg, VA, on April 3,1865. Inscription on verso: "Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches...

GLC05111.01.0986

Smokestack from the CSS Virginia II

The image is the smokestack of the destroyed CSS Virginia II. It was photographed after the capture of Richmond by the Union. Numeric notation on recto: "264." Inscription on verso: "Smokestack of the Rebel ram "Virginia." Numeric notations on...

GLC05111.01.0987

Charleston Hotel

The image shows the Charleston Hotel with two wagons and approximately six pedestrians on the street in front of the Hotel. Inscription on verso: "Charleston Hotel Charleston SC Apr 65." Numeric notation on verso: "3431" and "108."

GLC05111.01.0988

Appomattox Court House

This picture shows Union soldiers grouped before the Appomattox Court House after Lee's surrender to Grant. Inscriptions on verso: "Appomattox Courthouse" "Gardner" "Fr. guide only" and "in Ohio photo." Numeric notations on verso: "XI-IV" and "1164...

GLC05111.01.0989

"Castle Thunder," Richmond, Virginia

The image shows one of the "Castle Thunder" buildings in the south. A one-time tobacco factory, this building was the chief Provost Prison for the Confederacy. Standing in front of the prison are three Confederate soldiers. Inscription on verso: "...

GLC05111.01.0990

Dead soldiers on Antietam battlefield

The image shows numerous dead soldiers lying along a fence on the Antietam battlefield. Inscription on verso: "On the Antietam battlefield." Numeric notations on verso: "149" and "143."

GLC05111.01.0991

Town scene with railroad

The image shows a train stopped to unload supplies at a loading dock, a fenced yard in the foreground with numerous stray wagon wheels leaning against the fence, and many wagons and horses in front of some larger buildings in the background...

GLC05111.01.0992

Houses along an empty road

The image shows three houses on an empty road. Inscription on verso: "Gardner" and "Army of Pot. Frederick." Numeric notation on verso: "VI" and "718."

GLC05111.01.0993

Aquia Creek

The photo shows a wagon train in the foreground moving towards the river bank, with a riverside settlement and various boats in the river. Inscription on image: "Aquia Creek," which may refer to the Confederate District in the Department of Northern...

GLC05111.01.0994

Dead soldiers on the Cold Harbor battlefield

Unburied remains of dead soldiers, on an open battlefield with a treeline in the distance. Numeric notation on recto: "914" and "128." Inscription on verso: "Unburied dead on battlefield." Numeric notation on verso: "128" "914" and "128."

GLC05111.01.0995