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Long line of Confederate dead on Antietam battlefied, Md. [September 19, 1862 ca.]

Taken by Gardner. The image shows a long line of Confederate dead starting in the center foreground and continuing off into the background in a wide arc. Frassantio believes the location to be near the Mumma farm. Graphite numeric notation, "49" in...

GLC05111.01.0617

Indignation Meeting in Bloomington, Illinois. [April 25, 1865]

Image shows a large gathering (5111.01.0621-623 suggests about 5,000 people) in the courthouse square assembled to show their indignation at Lincoln's assassination. The crowd, mostly men, fills the square. There is a line of men sitting on a fence...

GLC05111.01.0618

Article: finding of photo of Lincoln assassination indignation meeting. February 6, 1910.

Chicago Sunday Tribune article and headline describing the discovery of the photograph of the 1865 indignation meeting over Lincoln's death. Headline: "Finds Old Lincoln Photo; Remarkable Photograph Taken at Bloomington, Ill., April 25, 1865; Meeting...

GLC05111.01.0620

Clipping: finding of photo of Lincoln assassination indignation meeting. February 10, 1924. [variant]

Caption: "Their Prayer Was Heard!" The clipping includes a reprint of a photograph from an 1865 indignation meeting over Lincoln's death with a short description of the events. The inscription below the title reads: "Feb 10 1924." Same image and...

GLC05111.01.0621

Clipping: finding of photo of Lincoln assassination indignation meeting. February 16, 1924. [variant]

Newspaper clipping with reprint of photograph of 1865 indignation meeting over Lincoln's death with short description of the events. Same image and words as 5111.01.0621, but slightly different borders and format. Inscription at bottom: "Feb 16...

GLC05111.01.0622

Transcript: F.H. Meserve to Dr. Louis A. Warren, Fort Wayne, Id. [January 19, 1942]

Meserve sends Dr. Warren of the Lincoln National Life Foundation two prints of Lincoln that he believes may have been made from the same negative. One of the prints (5111.01 #626), Meserve #86, is with the letter. See GLC 5111.01.0627.

GLC05111.01.0625

Abraham Lincoln vignette with TLS [January 19, 1942]

The image is a small vignette print of Abraham Lincoln. The print was with a letter (5111.01.0525) from F.H. Meserve to Dr. Warren of the Lincoln National Life Foundation dated 01/19/1942. Inscription on verso in Meserve's handwriting reads: "Bought...

GLC05111.01.0626

Transcript: M.A. Cook, Fort Wayne Indiana, to F.H. Meserve, New York, NY. [January 22, 1942]

Cook replies to Meserve's letter about two similar Lincoln prints on behalf of the Lincoln National Life Foundation. Cook believes that both of the prints were "made from negatives made from other prints" and asks Meserve if he has any information on...

GLC05111.01.0627

Transcript: F.H. Meserve to Kerr Rainsford, Katonah, New York. [March 6, 1944]

Meserve writes: "You were very good to write to me about your Lincoln photograph, and if you shall come to the city soon I will greatly appreciate your kindness if I can see it. I am always looking for something different in Lincoln photographs, and...

GLC05111.01.0628

Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait [ambrotype], with TLS. [1858 ca., March 6, 1944]

Pre-war picture [1850's ca.] of a young Lincoln. Inscription in Meserve's handwriting on verso: "Abraham Lincoln (Meserve No 12). Copied Mch 14 1944 from an 8 x 10 glass framed photograph (through the glass) owned by Mr. Kerr Rainsford with his...

GLC05111.01.0629

Abraham Lincoln, oval bust portrait [ambrotype] with ANS. [1858 ca., March 14, 1944]

Pre-war picture [1850's ca.] of a yound Lincoln. Accompanied by folder with Meserve's notes: "Meserve No 12. Copied from an 8 x 10 photograph (framed - through the glass) owned by Mr. Kerr Rainsford with his kind permission. His photographed...

GLC05111.01.0630

Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait from Calvin Jackson ambrotype. October 1, 1858.

Pre-war picture of a young Lincoln. 20th century print of Calvin Jackson ambryotype. Inscription on accompanying frame backing reads: "Ambrotype by Calvin Jackson Pittsfield Ill. Oct 1st 1858." Additional inscription on frame tag: "M Rainsford...

GLC05111.01.0631

Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait [profile], Hesler [cabinet card]. June 1860 ca.

Faint graphite inscription on verso: "Taken June 1860 By Alex Hesler at Springfield after the nomination." Printed below image: "Hesler 70 State Street Chicago." Notation on verso: "#2."

GLC05111.01.0632

Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait [ambrotype], Harrison [cabinet card]. [October 1858 ca.]

Inscription on verso: "H. W. Fay- This photograph was taken directly from an ambrotype taken at Mon Mouth Ills for which Mr. Lincoln sat on Oct 9th 1858. 2 days after the great Lincoln Douglas debate at Galesburg. Clarke E[illegible] Galesburg Ills...

GLC05111.01.0634

Abraham Lincoln, vignette [ambrotype], Burleigh [cabinet card]. 1858 ca.

Inscription on verso: "For Payces copied from ambrotype made at Pittsfield Ills 1858." Vignette portrait from 1858 ambryotype. Printed below image: "Burleigh Main St. Jerseyville, Ills."

GLC05111.01.0637

Imperial platinum photograph of Edwin M. Stanton, seated, printed by M.P. Rice

Seated 3/4 length portrait on gray mount with black boarder. Copyright by M. P Rice, 1892.

GLC05111.01.0474

Adml. D.D. Porter [illegible] [993 full-plate collodion negative]

Full plate collodion negative, cracked along the center, with spacer to prevent abrasion. Previously framed, a typed note in the frame (transcribing an inscription in the negative) read: "Admiral David Dixon Porter. Commander Mississippi River Fleet...

GLC05111.01.0479

Ruins of burned city, possibly Richmond. [1865 ca.]

Numeric inscription on verso "883." Image of devastation caused by fire. Skeletal remains of many buildings including a large factory are visible in the foreground with unharmed buildings in the distance.

GLC05111.01.0377

Fort Darling [Drewry's Bluff, Va.] on the James River, gun emplacement with seige gun. [1865 ca.]

Numeric notation on verso: "XII 55" A Federal soldier poses behind a large artillery piece after that fort's capture. The canon sits on a swivelling carriage and faces out of the fort walls. On the left are stacked ammuntion boxes. Written at Fort...

GLC05111.01.0378

Confederate battery at Howlett House, Trent's Reach, James River. [April 1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. A close view of a large artillery piece [Brooke rifle] on a swivelling carriage aiming out over the fort walls. The James can be seen in the far distance.

GLC05111.01.0379

Confederate battery on James River above Dutch Gap. [Howlett House, Trent's Reach] [April 1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. A man wearing a dark frock coat sits on the base of a large canon [Brooke rifle] mounted on a swivel base. Numeric notation "XII 31."

GLC05111.01.0380

Confederate battery on James River above Dutch Gap [Howlett House, Trent's Reach]. [April 1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. A soldiers stands next to a large canon mounted on a swivelling carriage. An embrasured trench cuts through the sand to the canon. In the background is the James. Numeric notation "XII 28."

GLC05111.01.0381

Confederate battery on James River above Dutch Gap [Howlett House, Trent's Reach]. [April 1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. A Federal soldier stands behind the canon. The gun barrel is raised as if to fire over the parrapet. A heavy rope hangs from the gun.

GLC05111.01.0382

Embarkation of the 9th Corp at Aquia Creek

Title from inscription on verso. Graphite inscription on recto: "No 2 This Book 2 vols [?] est [?] in [illegible] present over No 1." Numeric notation "679 VI." Image of a large number of soldiers on the docks and boarding ships. Nice image.

GLC05111.01.0385

High bridge over Appomattox River, [near Farmville, Va.]. [April 1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. Longview looking down the tracks of the South Side Railroad crossing over the Appomattox. A man sits on the guard rail on the left hand side of the image. A smaller bridge can be seen on lower ground in the right...

GLC05111.01.0393

Battery of 100 [pounder] & 200 [pounder] Parrots at the Farmhold [sic] House, Yorktown, Va. [May 1862 ca.]

Inscription in blue pencil on verso: "Waud. Battery of 100 & 200 Parrots at the Farmhold [sic] House erected by the 5th N.Y. under Warren." View of four artillery seige guns [most likely Battery No. 1 pointing out over the embrasured walls of a...

GLC05111.01.0394

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches [Petersburg]. [April 3, 1865]

Title from inscription on verso. Image of a soldier with two guns lying to his left and branchs lying to his right. Stamp of F. H. Meserve. Numeric notation: "266."

GLC05111.01.0396

Petersburg Gas Works and rubble of smokestack. [April 1865 ca.]

Title from inscription on verso. Image of what remains of the Gas Works building with gaping holes, caused by artillery fire, in its walls. The pile of bricks in the foreground is all that remains of the once-famous 80-foot-tall somkestack. Federal...

GLC05111.01.0397

Pontoon bridge over the James River, Va., from North bank. [1864 ca.]

Location either at Weyanoke Point or Powhattan Point, near Harrison's Landing, VA. Soldiers are crossing the bridge while cavalry troopers wait to cross. The bridge appears to have a section detached to allow the ship on the left passage. The...

GLC05111.01.0398

Ambulance convoy at rest on its way to hospital at City Point, Va. [1864 ca.]

The first few ambulances have the rear flaps closed, while the three closest to the camera have the flaps open. Later pencil inscription on verso says "July 1863" but the bare trees and donned great coats indicates probably a winter scene. Numeric...

GLC05111.01.0402

The Robinson House at Manassas Battlefield [Henry Hill]. [March 1862 ca.]

A view of the Robinson House and front yard. Numeric Notation: "319 I"

GLC05111.01.0405

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

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

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

Capt. J. C. Tidball and officer near Fair Oaks

Developed from a cracked plate. Inscription on verso. Show five artillery officers posed around a canon. Written near Fair Oaks, Virginia

GLC05111.01.0446

Fort Negley, Nashville, Tenn. [1864 ca.]

Occupation of Nashville. Looking up a hill toward the fort. Three men with horses in the foreground. Housed in box 46. Confederate salt print.

GLC05111.01.0476

Fort Negley, Nashville, Tenn. [1864 ca.] [oversize composite photograph]

A large panoramic image made by joining two large-format photographs. "Designed & built on the German Polygonal System in 1862 - 63 by Gen. St. Clair Morton, Capt. of Engineers." View of the interior of the fort with the city of Nashville visible...

GLC05111.01.0477

President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. April 19, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Funeral of Pres. Lincoln." Lines of soldiers [blurred in motion] march down Pennsylvania Avenue as crowds look on from the sidewalks. The buildings have been decorated for the occassion.

GLC05111.01.0696

Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Wash." Numeric Notation on verso: "162 (872)." A mounted officer is in front [left] of a line of seven other mounted soldiers. Infantry carrying a U.S. flag can be seen on the extreme right and along the bottom of...

GLC05111.01.0697

Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Washington 1865." Numeric Notation on verso: "171." Mounted soldiers followed by infantry units form a long line of columns down Constitution Ave. with the dome of the Capitol building visible in the distant...

GLC05111.01.0698

Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "186." Mounted soldiers followed by infantry units form a long line of columns down Constitution Ave. with the dome of the Capitol building visible in the distant background. A building...

GLC05111.01.0699

Covered Wagons in the Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "170." A seemingly unending line of covered army wagons extends down Constitution Ave. Soldiers and civilians stand and walk alongside the wagons.

GLC05111.01.0700

Grand Review of the armies of the Union as it proceeds from Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

The marching lines of soldiers are blurred due to their motion, as they travel over a woods-lined dirt road lined with spectators. Inscription on verso: "Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "187."

GLC05111.01.0701

Back end of Grand Review of the armies of the Union as it proceeds from Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

The Review of the armies of the Union, as seen from behind and to the right of the covered wagons. A large U.S. flag hangs over the roadway in the background. Inscription on verso: "Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "172(169)."

GLC05111.01.0702

Lincoln's Funeral parade at the Treasury Building, Washington D.C. April 19, 1865.

Inscription of verso: "North end of Court of Review" [sic]. Numeric notation on verso: "167." Image taken from apparently a second-story height, as the roof of another building is in the foreground.

GLC05111.01.0703

Federal units standing for review, Lincoln's funeral parade, Washington D.C. [April 1865 ca.]

The armies of the Union stand according to unit, ready to be reviewed. Inscription on verso: "Review" [sic]. Numeric Notation on verso: "169." It is a wet day, the mud being clearly visible and the soldiers wearing their greatcoats.
See GLC 5111.01...

GLC05111.01.0704

Federal units standing for review, Lincoln's funeral parade, Washington D.C. [April 1865 ca.]

The armies of the Union, waiting to be reviewed. It is a wet day, the mud being clearly visible and the soldiers wearing their greatcoats. A regiment's state flag can be seen in the center of the image. Inscription on verso: "Review" [sic]. Numeric...

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