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06 February 1863
Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864
to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee
He describes his hospital room. He is determined to come home soon. thinks of them often.
GLC02744.142
10 July 1858
Hickman, John, 1810-1875
to J. H. Herbert
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24 June 1852
Brodhead, Richard, 1811-1863
to Mr. Frayer
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January 6, 1869
Robertson, William H., 1823-1898
to Sir
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September 14,1870
Taylor, George, 1820-1894
GLC03769.177
March 8, 1887
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889
to R. W. Austin
GLC03769.178
26 February 1869
Van Horn, Burt, 1823-1896
to August Terry E.
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1861-1877
[carte de visite, full length standing portrait in military dress]
White mount with three one-cent tax stamps on verso. Full length standing portrait in military dress holding hat.
GLC00919.24.38
no date
[tintype, half length profile]
Unmounted. Half length profile view facing proper left with white coat and straw hat with black band. Cheeks are tinted pink.
GLC00919.24.39
[tintype, three quarter length]
Unmounted. Three quarter length view in civilian dress facing proper right. Pants are light colored fabric with a dark strip down the side.
GLC00919.24.40
Knight, W.M., fl. 1876
[carte de visite, vignette bust portrait of a young woman or girl]
White mount with Knight's imprint on recto. Vignette bust portrait of a young woman or girl.
GLC00919.24.41
[tintype, oval bust portrait of a young woman]
Unmounted. Oval bust portrait of a young woman.
GLC00919.24.42
[carte de visite, oval half length portrait of a young woman]
White mount with gold border. Pencil inscription "Nora" on both recto and verso. Romanticized oval half length portrait of a young woman. Photo from engraving.
GLC00919.24.43
Shelby & McCauley
[carte de visite, oval bust profile view]
White mount with Selby & McCauley imprint on verso: " 'Specialite.' Selby & McCauley, Photograph Album & Carte de Visite Depot, No. 36 West Baltimore Street." Oval bust profile view in elaborate dress. Face, clothing, and adornments in hair are...
GLC00919.24.44
[carte de visite, full length view]
White mount. Full length view of a young woman in peasant dress carrying wheat or straw on her back.
GLC00919.24.45
[carte de visite, vignette of the front of a two-story house during winter]
White mount. Vignette of the front of a white two-story house during winter.
GLC00919.24.46
1864
Fowx, Egbert Guy, 1821-1891
[carte de visite, Grant's headquarters]
White mount with ink inscription on recto: "Lieut-General Grants HdQuarters, Winter of 1864 [and] 5, City Point, Va." Inscribed on negative: "Sketched by Louis Bernkopf, Private 15th N.Y.V. Engr." Sketched view of a quadrangle surrounded by winter...
GLC00919.24.48
White mount with faded gold border and Fowx imprint on verso. Same image as #48.
GLC00919.24.49
[carte de visite, late residence of Jefferson Davis]
White mount. Inscribed on negative: "Late residence of Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Va., Sketched by Louis Bernkopf, Draughtsman, Hd. Qrs Engineer Brigade." Sketched view of the front and side of Davis's home.
GLC00919.24.50
[carte de visite, Portage Bridge]
White mount. Printed caption on recto: "Portage Bridge." Ink inscription on recto: "234 ft. high, 800 ft. long." Illegible notes on verso in blue pencil. View of a bridge with a locomotive crossing the top. Photo from engraving.
GLC00919.24.51
[carte de visite, chapel in the camp of the 50th Regiment N.Y.V. Engineers]
White mount with gold border and Fowx imprint on verso. Inscribed on negative: "Chapel in the camp of the 50th Regiment N.Y.V. Engineers, near Petersburg, Va. Built by Co. "F" of that Regt. Sketched by Louis Bernkopf, Private 15th N.Y.V. Engineers...
GLC00919.24.52
White mount with gold border and Fowx imprint on verso. Blurred and damaged print of image #52.
GLC00919.24.53
[carte de visite, Home on Furlough]
White mount with printed caption on verso: "Home on a Furlough." Scene of a soldier being welcomed home by his exuberant family. Photo from painting or engraving.
GLC00919.24.54
[carte de visite, The Belle of Winter]
White mount. Caption on image: "The Belle of Winter." Profile view of a woman ice skating in fur-trimmed clothes. Photo from painting or engraving.
GLC00919.24.55
27 January 1863
He says some generals have retired and now Hooker heads up their army. Soldiers died from fatigue/exposure, strewn across ground, won't read about it in the papers. Includes January 28, where he reassures his wife about her anxiety about hearing a...
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