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Fortifications with river, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows four figures in the distance resting amid fortifications and bombproofs. A steamship is on the river in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson Mid & Sweenie's line down the river- called by our men 'the Citadel.'"

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Fortifications and a trench with bomb damage, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows fortifications with a cannon in ruins and other debris lying in a trench. Inscription on verso: "Fort [sic] Hudson."

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Two soldiers with cannon, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows one man on horseback and one man standing with a cannon in the center of the photo. Inscription on verso: "Fort [sic] Hudson."

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One soldier with a cannon and fortifications, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows one man standing to the left of a cannon and fortifications. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson."

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Portrait vignette of General George H. Thomas USA [cabinet card]

Same as #1316. The image shows a close-up vignette of General George H. Thomas. He is wearing his Union uniform and is looking to his right of the camera. Inscription on recto: "F. Gutenkunst, Philadelphia." Numeric notation on verso: "28103 Reg."...

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Portrait vignette of General George H. Thomas USA [cabinet card]

Same as #1315. Image shows a close-up vignette of General George H. Thomas. He is wearing his Union uniform and is looking to his right of the camera. Inscription on recto: "F. Gutenkunst, Philadelphia." Numeric notation on verso: "28103."...

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Portrait photo of Brigadier General Boswell [cabinet card]

The image shows General Boswell standing next to an American flag draped over a table. He wears his dress-uniform and is holding his saber. Inscription on verso: "Brig. Gen. Boswell."

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Portrait photo of Harriet Beecher Stowe [cabinet card]

The image shows Harriet Beecher Stowe seated, wearing a black dress and holding her pince-nez. Inscription on image: "Sarony 37 Union Square, N.Y." Inscription on verso: "H. B. Stowe."

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Portrait photo of General F.S. Dakin [cabinet card]

Image shows General F.S. Dakin looking to his right of the camera. Inscription on recto: "Gen. Dakin." Inscriptions on verso: "Genl. F. S. Dakin Compliments of Alva Pearsall" and "Alva Pearsall Studio and Gallery Junc. 615 Fulton St. Flatbush Av...

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Portrait photo of General Joshua L. Chamberlain [cabinet card]

The image shows General J. L. Chamberlain looking to his left of the camera. Inscription on photo: "Gen J. L. Chamberlain." Inscriptions on verso: "Chamberlain, J. L." and "Executed at the Studio of J. H. Lamson, Photographer, 152 Middle St...

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Portrait photo of General E. Kirby Smith [cabinet card]

The image shows General E. Kirby Smith wearing glasses, looking to his left of the camera. Inscription on recto: "Gen'l. E. Kirby Smith." Inscriptions on verso: "Genl. E. Kirby Smith" and "Eng 2 3/4 in. wid W.N.M."

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Portrait photo of Abraham Lincoln [cabinet card]

The image shows a close-up of a young Abraham Lincoln wearing a goatee and looking directly at the camera. Inscriptions on verso: "M33" and "Whitney--"

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Portrait photo of General Abram Duryea [cabinet card]

The image shows a profile of General Abram Duryea. Inscription on image: "Sarony 37 Union Sqr., N.Y." Inscription on verso: "Gen. Abram Duryea."

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Portrait photo of unidentified soldier [cabinet card]

A soldier is seated on a chair in apparant civilian clothes under his great coat and forage cap. He faces left, with his elbow resting atop a barrel, and his right cheek resting on his palm. A book is located atop the barrel. Inscription on recto:...

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Portrait photo of General Alexander Shaler [cabinet card]

The image shows General Alexander Shaler leaning on his sword, looking to his right of the camera. Inscription on recto: "Gurney & Son. Fifth Ave. N.Y." Inscriptions on verso: "Gen. Shater [sic] Alexander Shaler" and "Gurney Fifth Avenue, Cor. 16th...

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Portrait photo of General Albert Pike [cabinet card]

The image shows General Pike seated, smoking a large pipe and looking to his left of the camera. Inscription on recto: "Sarony 37 Union Sqr., N.Y." Inscription on verso: "Gen. Albert Pike."

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Confederate fortifications

The image shows one man sitting outside a bombproof shelter amidst empty boxes. He is in the center of earthworks and fortifications. Inscriptions on verso: "Conf. Fortifications" and "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XI-III" and "1074."

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Railroad depot, Nashville

The image shows approximately 9 railroad engines with various other cars assembled at a brick depot, with a wooden building in the left background. A line of people are standing outside the depot on the right edge of the photo. Inscription on verso:...

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Wagon train river crossing

The image shows one covered and one uncovered wagon, with six horses each, waiting to cross a river, with three other uncovered wagons already in the water. There is a large camp on the riverbank in the distance, and people and horses line the entire...

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Town scene with church

The photo shows the front entrance of a brick church with a white steeple. Two men stand on the street corner outside the church. A man sits in a single-horse wagon in the right foreground, he is looking back at the church over his left shoulder...

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House, yard and surrounding street

The image shows a large brick house with a large yard inside a wrought-iron fence. A lone white horse is tied to a pole outside the fence. Dirt paths lead along the fence. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "1127."

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Confederate fortifications

The photo shows at least three bombproof shelters with surrounding earthworks. One man in a suit and hat stands in the center of the fort. Inscriptions on verso: "Gardner" and "Conf. Fortifications." Numeric notations on verso: "XI-III" and "1052."

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Nature scene, possible earthworks

The image shows various trees beyond which may be earthworks in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XIV" and "1056."

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Bombed stone bridge

The photo shows two men sitting and one standing on a stone arch bridge that spans a river. The bridge has suffered damage from bombs. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "1179."

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Confederate fortifications

The image shows a man in a suit and hat standing amidst bombed earthworks. Inscriptions on verso: "Gardner" and "Conf. Fortifications." Numeric notations: "XI-III" and "1075."

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Four people standing on earthworks

The image shows four figures on the ridge of an earthworks fortification, with a covered horse-drawn carriage to the left.

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Bomproofs and fortifications

The image shows a large fortification with numerous bombroofs. Inscriptions on verso: "Fortifications on the lines" and "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "XI-III" and "1097."

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Cannon destroyed by shells with single soldier

The image shows a single soldier with his musket resting on his right shoulder, in the middle of earthworks, and in front of a destroyed cannon. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XXII" and "1242."

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River landing

The image shows a river landing with the surrounding hills, a well-worn road leading to the water, and approximately five people standing on the shore. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "709."

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Fortification with bombproof

The image shows bombproof quarters in the center of a large fortification after the siege of Petersburg, with a single man standing in a suit in front. Inscriptions on verso: "Gardner" and "Fortifications on the lines." Numeric notations on verso:...

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Fortifications after the siege of Petersburg

The image shows a large fortification after the siege of Petersburg, with one man wearing a suit standing on the left side of the photo. Inscriptions on verso: "Fortifications on the lines. Siege of Petersburg" "ART DEPARTMENT The Century Co. 33...

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Pontoon bridge spanning river

The image shows a pontoon bridge spanning a river. Numerous wagons line the near bank, and figures stand on the bridge and wade in the water on the left side of the photo. Numeric notation on recto: "745." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric...

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Riverview with fields

The image shows woods in the foreground with a river and fields in the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XII" and "23."

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Fortifications

The image shows a lone figure standing in front of spiked fortifications with vacant fields in the background. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "949."

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Fortifications

The image shows two figures standing on the extreme left of the photo. The camera is looking out of a fortification onto empty fields stretching into the distance. Inscription on verso: "Gardner" and what has later been crossed out: "Bombproof...

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Confederate fortifications at Gracie's Salient

The image shows extensive fortifications and bombproofs, with fields stretching into the distance. Inscription on verso: "Conf. fortifications at Gracie's Salient" and "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XI-III" and "1061." Written at Gracie's...

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Bombproof quarters

The image shows bombproof quarters with a foot bridge over a dry stream. Approximately 10 soldiers stand in the distance. Some wood debris litters the ground. Inscriptions on verso: "Bombproof quarters in Fed. Camps" and "Gardner." Numeric notations...

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One man sitting at the bottom of a hill

The image shows one man sitting at the bottom of a hill with a stick in his hands. He is next to what appears to be wooden fortifications. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "1080."

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City street in ruins

The image shows a city street in ruins. Brick chimneys are the only remainders of buildings that have been bombed and burned. Possibly Richmond, VA. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "1009."

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The crater at Petersburg

The image shows seven men in suits in various positions around a bomb crater, with a white dog in the photo, and a field lined by trees in the distance. Four buildings also sit in the background. Inscription on verso: "Petersburg Va the Crater."

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Burned building

The photo shows a building that has burned until only the exterior stone walls remain standing. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "VIII" "22" and "1161."

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Rebel lines at Vicksburg

The image shows fortifications on a hill overlooking an extensive valley, with cannons on top of the hill and two buildings in the lower right corner of the photo. Inscriptions on verso: "Rebel lines in rear of Vicksburg" "Collection of Americana...

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Battlefield possibly Gaines Mill or Cold Harbor

The image shows a debris littered battlefield that could be either Gaines Mill or Cold Harbor. Inscription on verso: "Gardner."

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Bomb ruins

The image shows the remaining brick chimneys of a burned and bombed building. The ruins are surrounded by trees, grass, and wild flowers. A horse rests in the center of the photo and a man sits on a rubble wall on the right edge. Inscription on verso...

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House in ruins surrounded by people

The image shows a large house, the roof of which has been destroyed with the three brick chimneys and exterior walls still standing. The house is surrounded by trees, a large grassy yard and a large group of people on horseback and on foot. There are...

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Soldier's monument

The image shows a large monument to the soldiers: "In Memory of the Patriots Who Fell at Groveton." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "IV" and "1193."

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Bull Run monument

The image shows a soldiers monument on which the plaque states: "In Memory of the Patriots Who Fell at Bull Run." The monument is surrounded by a wood fence, and in the distance cows are grazing. Inscriptions on verso: "Gardner" and "Bull Run...

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Soldier's monument at Stones River

The image shows two sides of a soldier's monument on which there are inscriptions. One reads: "The veterans of Shiloh have left a deathless heritage of fame on the fields of Stone River." The other inscription is illegible. Two gravestones are...

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African-American soldiers digging graves

The image shows a large group of African-American soldiers digging graves. One corpse lies on the ground, and an officer oversees the activity on horseback. Numeric notation on image: "724." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on...

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Corpses at the Slaughter Pen at Gettysburg

The image shows four corpes lying on the ground. Very little detail of their uniforms is visible. Inscription on verso: "The slaughter pen at Gettysburg." Numeric notations on verso: "72" and "124."

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