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1864 ca.

Photograph

Title: Zouaves demonstrating removal of wounded men from field in ambulance. [1864 ca.]

Staged photograph of Zouaves demonstrating the removal of wounded men and placing them in an ambulance. Zouaves could be members of the 114th Pennsylvania Regiment. Location possibly in Virginia. Note on back: "Manner of removing wounded from the field. 285. XXV." Said to be ex-Meserve.

GLC05111.01.0212

1864 ca.

Guesner, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: Refugee home, Camp Nelson, KY. [1864 ca.]

Image of a dirt street with small white homes lining both sides. The street goes uphill and many of the homes have fences around the front yard. All of the people in the photo are African-American. A group of six children stand in the middle of the street in the foreground. Camp Nelson was a recruiting and training station for Federal soldiers during the war. Written at Fort Nelson.

GLC05111.01.0213

1864 ca.

Guesner, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: General view of refugee homes, barracks, and tents [Camp Nelson]. [1864 ca.]

View of buildings in the distance with wooded hill in the foreground. Larger buildings to the left side of the image. Most of the structures have a uniform appearance. Tents can be seen throughout the camp. Camp Nelson was a recruiting and training station for Federal soldiers during the war.

GLC05111.01.0214

1863/07/09-11 ca.

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph

Title: Evergreen Cemetery gatehouse, Gettysburg, PA., 9-11 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. Accompanying panel of text reads: "Scenes from the Battlefield at Gettysburg, PA. Gateway of the Cemetery. Being our Centre, looking West, on the 2d and 3d of July, 1863." A wagon, perhaps an ambulance, stands just inside the cemetery gate. Note also the shattered window panes and dismantled fence. The Tyson brothers took a very similar view that August. See GLC 5111.01.0305, .0523

GLC05111.01.0225

1863/07/15 ca.

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph

Title: Gen. Meade's Headquarters, Gettysburg, PA., 15 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. Accompanying text panel reads: "Scenes from the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA. General Meade's Head-quarters, on the Baltimore Turnpike, in the centre of our lines, during the last two days of the battle, according to statement of Adjutant General Thomas, U.S.A." Actually a photograph of Meade's Headquarters at the widow Pfeffer House used after the battle. A civilian man stands near the fence gate.

GLC05111.01.0226

1863/07/12 ca.

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph

Title: Lutheran Theological Seminary from second story of Foulk House, Gettysburg, PA., 12 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. Accompanying text panel reads: "Scenes from the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA. The Seminary. Being the left of our Line of Battle on the 1st of July. In front of the Grove to the right is the spot where General Reynolds fell." Reynolds was actually killed roughly a half mile from the Seminary [in the same direction that the camera faces]. In "Early Photography at Gettysburg," Frassinito suggests Gutekunst took the photograph from this unique perspective in an attempt to incorporate both subjects [the Seminary and Reynolds' death] into his composition. Samuel K. Foulk's…

GLC05111.01.0227

1863/07/09-11 ca.

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph

Title: Union Second Corps field hospital, Gettysburg, PA. 9-11 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. Accompanying text panel reads: "Scenes from the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA. Second Corps Hospital. Christian Commission tents in the foreground. This hospital contains 2,500 wounded." Dr. Justin Dwinell, 106th Penn. Infantry, who was in charge of the 2nd Corps hospital at Gettysburg, can be seen standing to the imediate left of the tree directly in front of the large tent in the right foreground. The civilian man wearing an unusually patterned, light colored frock coat standing on Dwinell's left, can also be seen in GLC 511.01.0229. A group of medical sewards,…

GLC05111.01.0228

1863/07/09-11 ca.

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph

Title: Union Second Corps field hospital, Gettysburg, PA. 9-11 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. A civilian man wearing an unusually patterned, light colored frock coat is standing fourth from the left of the lone woman. This same man can be seen in GLC 511.01.0228 standing left of the tree immediately in front of the large tent in the right foreground. Several soldiers are joined by a group of medical sewards, civilian nurses and members from one of the civilian relief organizations [i.e., the Christian Commission] are standing next to the tents. The hospital was located on the [Jacob] Schwartz farm between July 5-23 1863. See GLC 5111.01.0228

GLC05111.01.0229

1863/07/12 ca.

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph

Title: Chambersburg Pike with Lutheran Seminary to the left. 12 July 1863 ca.

Taken by Gutekunst. Inscription on recto reads: "Chambersburg Pike. 1st day." An inscription on the verso elaborates further: "Gen'l. view of the battlefield of the first of July the road in the foreground is the Chambersburg Pike the ridge in the background was our line of battle." The view shows Seminary ridge on the horizon. The Oak Ridge Railroad Cut can be seen on the right of the image. The fence rails have been removed by the armies so that they would not impede the movements of units on the field and later for the use of firewood by soldiers. The water collected on the side of the…

GLC05111.01.0230

1861 ca.

Holland, T.R., 1816-1867

Title: Lithograph portrait of Major Anderson.

By T.R. Holland [Philadelphia?]. Based on an earlier [younger] photograph: "From a Portrait in possession of Mrs. Anderson." Major Robert Anderson was in command of Fort Sumter when it was fired upon on April 12, 1861, setting off the Civil War. He would surrender the next day, Anderson was forced to surreder but became a hero to the North.

GLC05111.01.0231

1862/04/07

Moore, H.P., fl. 1862

Photograph

Title: Negro Quarters, John E. Seabrook's Plantation, Bird's eye view, Edisto Island, SC. April 7, 1862.

Title taken from accompanying text on recto. A dozen slave quarters can be seen in the background. A barn appears in the center middleground and what might be the enslaver's brick house can be seen in the immediate foreground.

GLC05111.01.0245

1862/04/08

Moore, H.P., fl. 1862

Photograph

Title: Fish Pond, John Seabrook's Plantation, Edisto Island, SC. April 8, 1862

Shows three union soldiers, probably officers, in a row boat in the middle of a pond. The plantation master's house is visible in distance on the left hand side of the image. A white gazebo-like structure is on an island in the middle of the pond.

GLC05111.01.0246

1863/08

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Company E, 93rd Regiment, N.Y. Vols. [August 1863]

[Title Continued] "General Head-Quarters guard, Army Potomac, camp near Bealton Station, Va. 1st Lieut. Wm. L. Bramhall. Capt. H. C. Newton. 2nd Lieut J. J. Sherwood." "Incidents of the War" series, positive by Alexander Gardner. Shows 34 men posed in field by flag. Damage to the negative is apparent in the photograph. Graphite inscription on verso: "Frank M. Rood on end." Trimmed.

GLC05111.01.0252

1863/08

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Sutlers Department, 93rd N.Y. Vols, Headquarters Army of the Potomac. [August 1863]

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. "Incidents of the War" series. [title continued] "A. Garrison. W. J. Babcock. C. Borum." Shows a group of four men in front of a sutler's tent. A group of nine men are gathered behind the tent. One of the men sits in a tree. Same as GLC 5111.01.0254 only with accompanying text.

GLC05111.01.0255

1864/09

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Co. 'D', U.S. Engineers Camp in Front of Petersburg, Va. September 1864.

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. Positive by A. Gardner. "Incidents of the War" series. A whole in the negative in the upper left corner shows in the image. Co. D, U.S. Engineers posed in four rows with canopy of pine branches and tents behind. The two men sitting on the far right exchange a piece of hardtack.

GLC05111.01.0256

September 9, 1881

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Badie

He is concerned about Samuel's health and hopes to arrange a course of lessons for him at the University of Pennsylvania. He hopes to acquire some rooms near Washington Square for headquarters. He leaves household instructions, and he comments on the news. No middle name, so it is possibly Samuel William Powell or Samuel Wells Powell.

GLC00687.105

19 April 1858

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Typed document

Title: Treaty Between the United States and the Yancton Tribe of Sioux or Dacotah Indians

GLC04099.28

19 June 1858

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Typed document

Title: Treaty Between the United States and the Mendawakanton and Wahpakoota Bands of Dakota or Sioux Tribe of Indians

GLC04099.29

5 November 1857

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Typed document

Title: Treaty Between the United States and the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians

GLC04099.30

1861-1877

Adams, Blackmer, and Lyon (Chicago, Ill.)

Printed document

Title: [Adams, Blackmer & Lyon Pub. Co. printed advertisement for radial chart of Palestine, with a letter of introduction[

re: They endorse Rev. S. W. Powell's chart referring to the books of Kings and Chronicles in the International Lessons of the Bible. The circular includes testimonies affirming the value of these charts from professors of church history and biblical literature, pastors and church leaders, and newspaper editorials.

GLC00687.090