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The Great $45,000 Sword, Which Grant Got

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "The Great Metropolitan Sanitary Fair, The Great $45,000 Sword, Which Grant Got."

GLC05137.160

Residence of Lieut. Gen. Grant

R. Newell, Philadelphia. Handwritten identification on verso: "Residence of Lieut. Gen. Grant As it appeared April 15th - 1865" Building in the city decorated with patriotic bunting.

GLC05137.161

Falmount Park, Gen. Grant's Headquarters

Identification on front. Small cottage in field. Building used as headquarters by General Grant at City Point and moved to Falmount Park near the Skuylkill River. [Similar image to 5137.163.]

GLC05137.162

Grant's Cottage at Falmount Park

Identification handwritten on back. Stamp on back: "Wm. Senter, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry & Spectacles, 34 Exchange St. Portland, Me." Grant's headquarters at Falmount Park. Inscription on verso: "Fairmount [sic] Park. East side Skuylkill Used as...

GLC05137.163

Gen. Grant's favorite field horse Cincinnati

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Taken at City Point, Va.

GLC05137.165

Stonewall Jackson's War Horse Old Sorrel

Foster, Richmond, Va. Oversized card. Handwritten identification on back: "Old Sorrel. Stonewall Jackson's war horse he was on this horse May 2nd 1863 when he was mortally wounded and died the 10th 39 years old. The horse died at Soldiers Home...

GLC05137.166

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md

By W. M. Chase. Eight officers in uniform

GLC05137.167

Skating Party. U. S. Naval Academy and Annapolis Views

Chase's Celebrated Collection of National Views. Woods, Print. Baltimore. Extensive description of collection on back. Shows a group of children ice skating.

GLC05137.168

Life on the Ocean

A group of men gathered around a table on board a sailing ship. Man in center at far end of table is dress in civilian clothes.

GLC05137.169

Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va [a battery lined up at City Point]

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Reserved Battery's Light 12 Pounders on the Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va." A long row of cannons and limbers lined up on a plank sidewalk near railroad tracks.

GLC05137.170

Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va [single cannon with black guard]

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "A 12 pound brass Cannon, Ordnance Wharf, City Point, Va." Black soldier stands guard near a solitary artillery piece.

GLC05137.171

Soldiers' Graves near the General Hospital, City Point, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Hand colored. Seemingly endless rows of graves. Only the burials in the distant background have grave markers.

GLC05137.172

Government Road, City Point, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Government Road[,] City Point, near the Mail Dock, Va. Army wagons in the foreground." View taken from a hill. Horses, wagons and farm buildings near the road.

GLC05137.173

City Point, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Warf scene showing ships both in the water and at dock. Horses and wagons stand near the docks, ready to take the cargo from the ships.

GLC05137.174

Gen. Grant's Rail Road, City Point, Va

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Gen. Grant's Rail Road, City Point, Va., looking North." Freight cars marked "USMRR" in a busy railroad yard. Ships visible near dock. Unloading docks lead right to railroad tracks.

GLC05137.175

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