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circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Lieutenant General Winfield Scott [stereocard]

Numeric notation on verso: "967."

GLC05111.01.0850

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Government Road City Point [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Government Road City Point, near the Mail Dock, Va. Army wagons in the foreground. No. 2577." Numeric notation on verso: "252."

GLC05111.01.0851

1863/08

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Mess of Company D, 93rd New York Volunteers [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic incidents of the war. No. 218. Capt. H. Smith's Mess, Co. D, 93rd N.Y.V., Bealton, Va., August, '63."

GLC05111.01.0852

1862

Gibson and Staff

Photograph

Title: Burnside Bridge at Antietam

Image of a bridge over a stream with barrels floating in it. Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 584. Burnside Bridge, Antietam, Looking up stream."

GLC05111.01.0853

1862/05/07

Gibson and Staff

Photograph

Title: General McClellan's Headquarters [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 368. Headquarters Gen'l M'Clellan, Camp Winfield Scott, Near Yorktown May 7, 1862."

GLC05111.01.0854

1865/04/02

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

Photograph

Title: Two wounded soldiers at Fort Sedgwick [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Chevaux de frise, and brest works in the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the Rebels "Fort Hell," showing two wounded soldiers. This view was made the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va, April 2d, 1865. No. 3192." Numeric notation on verso: "108."

GLC05111.01.0855

1865/04/02

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

Photograph

Title: Dead Rebel at Fort Mahone [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. A Dead Rebel soldier, as he lay in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers 'Fort Damnation.' This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865. No. 3179." Numeric notation on verso: "259."

GLC05111.01.0856

1865/04/02

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

Photograph

Title: Dead Rebel in Trench at Fort Mahone [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. A Dead Rebel Soldier, as he lay in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers 'Fort Damnation.' This soldier must have been killed by a fragment of Shell, that exploded close by, as he is covered all over with mud and blood. This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865 No. 3190." Numeric notation on verso: "80."

GLC05111.01.0857

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Pontoon Bridge on James River

Inscriptio on verso: "War Views. Pontoon Bridge on the James River, Richmond, Va. No. 3274." Numeric notation on verso: "249."

GLC05111.01.0858

1865/04/02

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

Photograph

Title: Rebel Soldier dead in trench at Fort Mahone [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. A Dead Rebel Soldier, as he lay on the foot passage in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers "Fort Damnation." Part of a broken Musket and Bayonet stuck in the bank. The marks and spots on his face are blood oozing from the wound in his head. This View was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865." Numeric notation on verso: "53."

GLC05111.01.0859

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Belle Island, seen from Petersburgh Railroad [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. View of Belle Island, from the Petersburgh Railroad, Manchester, Va. No. 3275."

GLC05111.01.0860

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: The Ever Welcome Sanitary Commission [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "1199. The Ever Welcome Sanitary Commission. In the history of all the world, there can be found no record of so grand and noble an organization, as the United States Sanitary Commission. It had its branches in nearly every town and village during the war. It sent its members (noble women and men) to every battlefield; it saved thousands of lives; it relieved untold misery and suffering. No old soldier can look at this picture without having awakened in him bright memories of the grand old Sanitary Commission, blessed of God and man."

GLC05111.01.0861

1864/05/12

Photograph

Title: Confederate Dead on the Battlefield [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "723. Confederate Dead on the Battlefield. This view was taken near Spotsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864, after Ewell's attack on the Federal right. The dead man is one of the Rebel General Ewell's soldiers, just as he fell. There is very little of the 'romance of war' to be found in such scenes as this; the fair face of nature is smeared and stained with the blood of the poor victims of war. Every rod of ground hereabouts has one or more dead soldiers laying on it."

GLC05111.01.0862

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: General Wade Hampton [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Gen. Wade hampton of S.C. C.S.A. & U.S. Senator."

GLC05111.01.0863

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Marye's House near Fredericksburg, Virginia

Inscription on verso: "Marye's house near Fredericksburg, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "46(344)."

GLC05111.01.0864

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Baptist Church at the end of a road in Fredericksburg

A Baptist church stands at what seems to be the end of a road, with houses set to each side of it. A covered wagon sits, apparantly ready to unload parishiners, while a man on horseback peers intently at it. Inscription on verso: "Bapti." Numeric notation on verso: "135."

GLC05111.01.0865

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Baptist Church Fredericksburg [stereoview]

A stereoview (perhaps made up to be mounted on cardstock) of the Baptist Church at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Inscription on verso: "Baptist Church Fredericksburg." Numeric notation on verso: "135."

GLC05111.01.0866

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Battlefield at Cold Harbor

A blurred view of the field of battle at Cold Harbor, where two men seem to survey the carnage. Inscription on verso: "Battlefield Cold Harbor." Numeric notation on verso: "2."

GLC05111.01.0867

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Remains on Battlefield of Cold Harbor

A small section on the field of battle at Cold Harbor, where the remains of a soldier's uniform remains. Atop the uniform remnants, a human skull has been placed (as it seems too artfully placed to have fallen coincidentally in such a manner). Inscription on verso: "Battlefield-Cold Harbor." Numeric notation on verso: "95."

GLC05111.01.0868

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Camp in the Woods at Cold Harbor

A view of a clearing in the woods at Cold Harbor. Inscription: "Camp in the Woods at Cold Harbor." Inscription on verso: "Duplicate."

GLC05111.01.0869

[23-24 May 1865]

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Grand Review, Washington, D.C.

This image shows troops marching in the Grand Review in Washington, D.C. The photo is very dark. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "XXVI" and "1271."

GLC05111.01.0971