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

The men are looking at their plates. The table has been set with white dishes and the servant holds a white pitcher. 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...

GLC05111.01.0414

Provost Marshal General Marsena R. Patrick and staff, Culpeper, Va. [September 1863 ca.]

Inscription on verso: "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notation: "285."
See GLC 5111.01.0209, .0316.

GLC05111.01.0415

Two men in civilian dress sitting in clearing and smoking pipes, Brandy Station. [February 1864 ca.]

Both men wear knee high boots. Two horses are visible in the background. The man on the left sits on a box while the man on the right sits in a camp chair. Possibly scouts? The Library of Congress labeled the image as two men: "discussing the...

GLC05111.01.0416

View of ruins of large white house with columns through trees.

The ruins of the building are visible just beyond the trees in the center of the image. A few tents occupy the right side of the image. Inscription on verso: "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notation: "293 VIII."

GLC05111.01.0417

Two officers and a man in civilian dress posed in front of tents.

The man in civilian dress is opening a flask and the officer standing on the right holds a tin cup. The second officer sits in a camp chair between the two other men. The rank insignia is blurred. Inscription on verso: "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll...

GLC05111.01.0418

Black troops of Ferrero's division, on the eastern front at Petersburg

Inscription on verso "Bombproof quarters in Federal camp. 21 black soldiers and one white soldier posed in camp. Numeric notation: "XI - III 802."

GLC05111.01.0419

Petersburg streetview

The street runs down the center of the photograph. Many buildings stand on the left side of the image. The building on the corner on the right side of the image bears a sign reading "George <text missing> family." The text between George and family has been cut...</text>

GLC05111.01.0420

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches [Petersburg]

Title from inscription on verso. Stamp of F. H. Meserve on verso. Numeric notation: "360" and "268." Number scratched in negative 6189

GLC05111.01.0421

Captured Confederate camp captured by 18th Corps [Petersburg ?]

Image of a rough camp with two men standing outside of a tent on the right side of the image. A third man sits near them. The foreground of the image is littered with brush or debris. Many of the tents and cabins look delapitatted. Numeric...

GLC05111.01.0422

Fort[ificati]i[o]ns on the lines. Petersburg

Inscription on verso: "Fort[ificat]i[o]ns on the lines. Federal [struck: or Confederate] says Mr. McCabe." Petersburg. Numeric notation: "1055 XI - III."

GLC05111.01.0423

Confederate battery at Howlett's house. James River

View of artillery piece on swivel base looking out of a fort over the water. Title from inscription on verso. Also inscribed on verso:" Same as 20. Different view XII." Numeric notation: "XII."

GLC05111.01.0424

Redoubt near Dunn's House. Outer line Confed. fortifications. Petersburg

Title from inscription on verso. Captured Confederate earthworks at Dunn's house, Petersburg. A tent appears in the right foreground of the image. A few pieces of carefully scattered debris are near the tent. A ditch runs down the center of the...

GLC05111.01.0425

Wilderness # 57. Union breastworks on the North Bank of the North Anna River

Near the Chesterfield bridge. Ditch with tents or tarps stretched over top. Men sitting on the edge of the ditch. Numeric notations: "756 X." Inscription on verso: "Conf. Fortifications at Chesterfield bridge." Additional inscription:...

GLC05111.01.0426

Wilderness # 55. Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna River, view from South Bank

Variant copy. A few men are moving across the bridge and one man stands behind a mound of dirt on the right hand side of the image. Numeric notation: "752 X." Inscriptions on verso: " Chesterfield Bridge, No. Anna River." Additional...

GLC05111.01.0427

Wilderness # 44. Cash corners opposite the Spotsylvania hotel

Inscription on verso: "Cash Corners opposite hotel." Additional inscription on verso: "Wilderness #44." Stamp of the Century Co. on verso. Numeric notation: "114."

GLC05111.01.0428

Where the Federals made a stand south of the "Plank Road"

Variant. Inscription on verso: "Chancellorsville." Additional inscription on verso: "not this." Numeric notation: "2" "9."

GLC05111.01.0429

Federal entrenchments, the Wilderness - north side of Orange Plank Road

Solider is seated in brush behind fallen tree trunks. Title from inscription on recto. Additional inscription on verso: "Duplicate." Numeric notation: [in blue] "169" and struck "101-5180" "67-3333+4" "67-33402."

GLC05111.01.0430

Wilderness # 11. Log breastworks in woods at Spotsylvania

Variant. Inscription on verso: "Confed. entrenchments near Spottswood House." Stamp of the Century Co. on verso. Numeric notation: "836" "41" & [in red] "67." Additional inscription on verso "Wilderness # 11."

GLC05111.01.0431

Wilderness # 4. View taken from the wilderness tarvern, Lacy house in distance

Battle line lay just another mile over the hill. "Inscription on verso: "Distant view of Lacy House from old wilderness tavern." Additional inscription on verso: "Wilderness # 4." Stamp of the Century Co. on verso. Numerical notation: "29" &amp; [in...

GLC05111.01.0432

Wilderness # 29. The entrenchments in field

Inscription on verso: "The entrenchments in field at junction of Brock and Piney Branch Roads. " Image of a field with a road on the left of the image. A fence is barely visible on the far left of the image. Numeric notation: "83." Stamp of...

GLC05111.01.0433

Wilderness # 31. Confederate & federal entrenchments (Spotsylvania)

Inscription on verso: "Confederate and Federal entrenchments in which the opposing forces lay in close proximity for 24 hours. Field between the two in which Confederate General Edward Johnson was captured." One of the trees has a sign on it...

GLC05111.01.0434

Wilderness # 30. Confed. entrenchments near McCool's house (Spotsylvania)

Title from inscription on verso. Close view of tree with sign reading: "On fame's eternal camping ground their silent tents are spread &amp; glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead." Stamp of the century co. on verso. Inscription on...

GLC05111.01.0435

Wilderness # 42. Trees shattered by artillery

Inscription on verso: "Trees shattered by artillery near junction of old and new Cold Harbor roads."

GLC05111.01.0436

Wilderness # 24. Confed. entrenchments across Orange Plank Road

Title from inscription on verso. Image of a man standing near the side of the road. Shattered trees in the background and debris everywhere. Stamp of the century co. on verso.

GLC05111.01.0437

Group of 17 officers on porch

Seventeen officers on porch of two-story house. A dog is curled up on the ground to the left of the steps. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation: "1147."

GLC05111.01.0438