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Imperial platinum photograph of Edwin M. Stanton, seated, printed by M.P. Rice

Seated 3/4 length portrait on gray mount with black boarder. Copyright by M. P Rice, 1892.

GLC05111.01.0474

[Collodion glass plate negative of Robert E. Lee].

Shows Robert E. Lee as an older man in dark civilian clothing, seated in a room with an old mantel clock. The clock appears to have been insribed with "M.B. Brady, Washington, D.C." Marked in negative: "R.E. Lee." The numbers 1318 and 554 also...

GLC05111.01.0478

Adml. D.D. Porter [illegible] [993 full-plate collodion negative]

Full plate collodion negative, cracked along the center, with spacer to prevent abrasion. Previously framed, a typed note in the frame (transcribing an inscription in the negative) read: "Admiral David Dixon Porter. Commander Mississippi River Fleet...

GLC05111.01.0479

Colonel Martin S. Crawford, 3d Ga. Inf. [standing full portrait as civilian]

Carte de visite negative. Crawford elegantly dressed as a civilian, standing with one foot forward and hand draped over a stand. Crawford served as a colonel in the 3d Ga. Inf. C.S.A. He also served as Confederate Commissioner to Washington, and was...

GLC05111.01.0482

High bridge over Appomattox River, [near Farmville, Va.]. [April 1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. Longview looking down the tracks of the South Side Railroad crossing over the Appomattox. A man sits on the guard rail on the left hand side of the image. A smaller bridge can be seen on lower ground in the right...

GLC05111.01.0393

Battery of 100 [pounder] & 200 [pounder] Parrots at the Farmhold [sic] House, Yorktown, Va. [May 1862 ca.]

Inscription in blue pencil on verso: "Waud. Battery of 100 & 200 Parrots at the Farmhold [sic] House erected by the 5th N.Y. under Warren." View of four artillery seige guns [most likely Battery No. 1 pointing out over the embrasured walls of a...

GLC05111.01.0394

Distant view of long bridge over a river with ships in background.

The left sections of the bridge are constructed using pontoons. The image has in the shape of a circle with black borders. Numeric notation "XII 954."

GLC05111.01.0395

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches [Petersburg]. [April 3, 1865]

Title from inscription on verso. Image of a soldier with two guns lying to his left and branchs lying to his right. Stamp of F. H. Meserve. Numeric notation: "266."

GLC05111.01.0396

Petersburg Gas Works and rubble of smokestack. [April 1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. Image of what remains of the Gas Works building with gaping holes, caused by artillery fire, in its walls. The pile of bricks in the foreground is all that remains of the once-famous 80-foot-tall somkestack. Federal...

GLC05111.01.0397

Pontoon bridge over the James River, Va., from North bank. [1864 ca.]

Location either at Weyanoke Point or Powhattan Point, near Harrison's Landing, VA. Soldiers are crossing the bridge while cavalry troopers wait to cross. The bridge appears to have a section detached to allow the ship on the left passage. The...

GLC05111.01.0398

Man standing behind the wheel of a massive gun carriage.

The wheel is twice as tall as the man. A rope is tied to a hook on the wheel's axel. The carriage would have been used to haul large artillery pieces. Numeric notation: "1029."

GLC05111.01.0399

View of pontoon bridge across stream, in the rear of a group of Federal soldiers posed in forground looking across bridge.

Three additional men pose in the middle of the bridge on the left side. The men all appear to be watching a group on the far side of the bridge, but it is unclear what this group is doing. Numeric notation: "V 3476." Stamp of the Century Co.

GLC05111.01.0400

Bomb-proof quarters in Federal lines, Petersburg, Va. [1864-1865 ca.]

Image of a man standing in front of bomb proof quarter, which consist of a door and living quarters cut into a mound of earth. A fence is on the right side of the image, near the shelter. Trees in the background. Numeric notation: "XI-III 1065."

GLC05111.01.0401

Ambulance convoy at rest on its way to hospital at City Point, Va. [1864 ca.]

The first few ambulances have the rear flaps closed, while the three closest to the camera have the flaps open. Later pencil inscription on verso says "July 1863" but the bare trees and donned great coats indicates probably a winter scene. Numeric...

GLC05111.01.0402

Bridge crossing shallow creek.

A man poses on the left bank and another sits on the left side of the bridge. The image is in the shape of a circle with a black border. Numeric notation: "913." Note: image is loaded upside down.

GLC05111.01.0403

Scouts, spies, or newspaper correspondents.

Three men in civilian dress posed on road with brick building in background One man sits on the side of the road with his back to the camera. The other man sits on a horse in the middle of the road. A third man stand on the side of the road on the...

GLC05111.01.0404

The Robinson House at Manassas Battlefield [Henry Hill]. [March 1862 ca.]

A view of the Robinson House and front yard. Numeric Notation: "319 I"

GLC05111.01.0405

View of homes and tent.

Image taken from an elevation. Trees in the foreground with buildings behind them. A large, two story building in the center of the image has a balcony above the entryway. A tent is visible on the far right side of the image near what appears to...

GLC05111.01.0406

View of house near roadside

A road runs down the center of the image. The house appears on the right side of the road. Two men are standing near a well or gazebo. The man on the left is hunch over and has his hands on the shoulders or neck of the second man. A town is...

GLC05111.01.0407

A general and 12 officers of the 2nd or 15th Corp

Inscription on verso: "Gen. Ordway Gardner Collection." Numeric Notation: "281 XXII"

GLC05111.01.0408

Profile of officer sitting in front of a log cabin.

The logs of the cabin are arranged vertically instead of horizontally. A ladder leans against the brick chimney of the cabin. The officer sits in a camp chair facing to the right. The image is in the shape of a circle and is bordered in black....

GLC05111.01.0409

Officer sitting on box of "Army Bread from the Union Mechanic Baking Company."

There are several stacks of boxes of army bread or "hardtack" behind the officer. Inscription on verso: Ordway - Gardner Collection." Numeric notation: "241 XXXV"

GLC05111.01.0410

View of overgrown breastworks or old ruins.

A mound of flat stones and branches occupies the center of the image. More rocks appear to the right of the center mound. The entire are is heavily covered in brush and branches. Inscription on verso: "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notation...

GLC05111.01.0411

A general and four Federal officers posed in front of open tent.

A fifth man holding a mug poses in the tent's doorway. Inscription on verso: "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notation: "280 VIII."

GLC05111.01.0412

Group of five Federal officers at table in front of tent, served by black servant. [1862-1865 ca.]

The men face the camera. The table has been set with white dishes. The tent is in the woods. A second tent is located to the rear and left of the main scene. Inscription on verso: "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notation: "140 XI" (or IX).

GLC05111.01.0413