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Picket guard on the alert, near Lewinsville, Va

No identification. Six soldiers posed as if they hear the enemy near by and are ready to be attacked. Same outdoor area as 5137.195.

GLC05137.178

Ruins of Bridge, Pamunky River

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. The Gallery of Alex. Gardner, Photographer to the Army of the Potomac. Negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. Caption: "Ruins of Bridge at Mrs. Nedson's, Crossing on the Pamunky, 28th May, 1864." Engineers on a newly...

GLC05137.180

Gen. Shermen's men dismantling Ft. McAllister, Savannah, Ga

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Shows a long line of men pushing wheelbarrows. Same as GLC05137.143 which has no imprint]

GLC05137.181

Interior of Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla

Florida Photographic Printing and Publishing Company, Jacksonville, Fla. Shows interior of a fort with several pyramids of cannonballs on the ground, men in the square and on the fort walls.

GLC05137.182

Scared, rock landscape with houses in the distance

No identification. Shows a large rocky field with a road running left to right in the middle-distance and several buildings in the background.

GLC05137.183

Dutch Gap Canal

John C. Taylor, Hartford Conn. Caption: "Dutch Gap Canal. Soldiers at work inside the dam. The mist rising against the bank is caused by a rebel shell, which exploded just as this view was being photographed, December, 1864. These are the original...

GLC05137.184

Dutch Gap Mud Scow

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Dutch Gap Mud Scow, sunk by a Rebel Shell on Thanksgiving day." The year 1864 is handwritten in following the caption. Shows a sunken boat with two men standing on wooden planks.

GLC05137.185

[The steamer Robert E. Lee]

"R. E. Lee" is handwritten on front, and "Steamer Robt. E. Lee" is written on back. Circa dates based on Civil War.

GLC05137.186

The Thirteen-inch Mortar "Dictator"

Taylor & Huntington, Sole owners of the Original War Views, Hartford, Conn. Caption includes an extensive description of the Dictator, which was mounted on a special flat car so that it could be moved from one site to another and a defense of the...

GLC05137.189

Cavalry members in front of tent with Ku Klux Klan sign on tent

A group of men sitting in a campground. Above the tent in the background is a sign reading "Ku Klux Klan. Case. Bowers. Bacon. Rocwell. Olmested. " Cavalry insignia between the names. Uniforms of soldiers hand-colored. Possibly a reunion...

GLC05137.190

Plugged up artillery piece mounted on wooden planks

Pease Brother, Lee, Mass., publishers. A man stands next to the cannon.

GLC05137.191

The Swamp Angel

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "The celebrated Gun with which Gen. Gillmore threw the first shell into Charleston. Taken at the Brooklyn Navy yard, by permission of Commodore Paulding. Weight 42,500 lbs., with 100 lbs. of powder...

GLC05137.192

Camp Life, Army of the Potomac

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. A group of men around a large pot cooking on a campfire. Front labeled "Cooking in the Army". On back: "Stirring the Pot." Shows men lined up waiting for food while a group of men are cooking in a pot over a...

GLC05137.193

Gymnastic Field Sports

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. "The Human Pyramid." Six men making a pyramid by standing on each others shoulders. Other men lounge in the grass around them.

GLC05137.194

Warming up, out on Picket

Bierstadt Brothers, New Bedford, Mass., photographers. Men around a campfire, warming their hands. Caption on front: "Warming up, out on Picket." Hand colored. Same outdoor area as 5137.178, "Picket guard on alert, near Lewinsville, Va."

GLC05137.195

The Amateur Barber

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Man getting a haircut with five others standing around.

GLC05137.196

Embalming the Dead

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Label on front: "Embalming the Dead." Caption on verso: "Dr. Richard Burr, Embalming Surgeon, Army of the James." Autopsy table looks like a door placed on two barrels.

GLC05137.198

Weighing out the Rations

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Commissary Stores at Camp Essex. One man weighing food, a second man cuts bacon, and a third man writing.

GLC05137.199

W.T. Sherman, General

Handsome image inscribed "W.T. Sherman. General." Imprint on back "Imperial Carte DeVisite by Brady." Pencil note of previous owner on back: "became Gen. in 1869. ta[ken at] 49 [i.e., in 1869]. Edges have been slightly trimmed affecting the print.

GLC05149

[Mary E. Walker, M.D.]

Photograph of the Civil War surgeon Mary Walker wearing her army Medal of Honor. Walker's medal was revoked in 1917 when conditions for the medal were changed to warrant only battle conditions. Her Medal of Honor was reinstated in 1977. An...

GLC05152

to Simeon Baldwin re: American Colonization Society Report (printed letter)

Slavery-related circular letter concerning the death of the Society's agents in Africa who had sought to save recaptured colonists, and calling for continuing efforts. Caldwell was Secretary of the American Colonization Society.

GLC05157

[Supplemental brief from the United States Supreme Court regarding Brown v. Board of Education]

Brief prepared on behalf of the United States for reargument by Attorney General Herbert Brownell, J. Lee Rankin, Philip Elman, and other attorneys at the Justice Department. Devoted to information regarding the case of Oliver Brown, et. al. v...

GLC05160

A short statement of the causes which led to the war with Mexico...

Title continues "showing the inconsistent course of the Whig party on the subject." Record from Congress detailing contradictory Whig votes in the 29th and 30th Congresses, first supporting the Mexican War and then declaring that it was...

GLC05162

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to seizures or search of American vessels, & c.

House doc. no. 115. Pertains to "Search or seizure of American vessels on coast of Africa, & c."

GLC05163

Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the thirty seventh congress ...

Title continues, " ... begun and held at the city of Washington, July 4, 1861." Includes Abraham Lincoln's address of 4 July 1861. Printed by the Government Printing Office. Copy of Hon. Waitman T. Willey with his name pasted on the front cover.

GLC05164