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Officers of the 1st Unattached Co. Mass. Heavy Art. (afterwards Co. A, 1st Batt.)

Title taken from inscription on recto. Identified as: Lt. C.E. Niebuhr, Lt. F.E. Boyd, Capt. Stephen Cabot, Lt. C.F. Livermore and Lt. E.W. Hayes.

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Portrait of Reagan, Post Master General, C.S.A., Texas.

Painted or retouched cabinet card size photograph.

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Portrait of Breckinridge with uniform painted on. [1858 ca.]

The large format image shows Breckinridge in generals uniform that has been painted over his civilian clothes.

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Portrait of Captain T. E. Hall.

Inscription on recto reads: "Truly Yours, T.E. Hall, Capt. [illegible] a[ssistant].q[uarter].m[aster]."

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Portrait of Captain M. Bell.

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Scouts and guides of the Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, VA. March 1864.

This large group includes two black contraband wearing white aprons in the center-left of the image and a third young black contraband squatting on the far right. Some of the soldiers wear cavalry jackets. Others in the group appear to be civilians...

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Ruins of Henry House, Manassas Battlefield. [March 1862]

Inscription on verso: "Henry House." Numeric inscription on verso: " 320 I." Image of Union soldiers posed among the ruins of the Henry House, following its destruction in July 1861 during the First Battle of Manassas. Extensive damage done to tree...

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Confederate Quaker Guns at Centreville, Va. [March 1862]

Inscription on verso: "Battle of Bull Run. Confederate Quaker guns at Centreville, Va." Inscription in another hand "F. H. Meserve Collection" Numeric notation: "5430G/2" Image of Union soldiers posed inside a fort with "Quaker guns." The...

GLC05111.01.0374

Graves of members of the 51st N.Y. Vol. killed at Burnside's Bridge, Sept. 21, 1862.

Ink inscription on verso: "Antietam #22." Graphite inscription on verso: "Federal Graves. Burnside's Bridge." Numeric notation: "585 V." An unidentified Federal soldier leans against a stone wall that borders Antietam Creek. From here the 51st...

GLC05111.01.0375

Confederate obstructions in the James River, near Drewry's Bluff. [1861-1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. Numeric notation on verso: "XII 1116." Image of two or three sunken boats protruding from the shallow water. These were old steamers that were skuttled by the Confederates to obstruct passage. The top halves of...

GLC05111.01.0376