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1866
Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882)
Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War. 2 Vols.
These albums are in the original format, showing photographs taken while in Brady's studio. Depicts Antietam, Gettysburg, Petersburg, etc.
GLC03547
1865
Officers of Saint Andrew's Society, Washington, D.C., 1865.
One group portrait entitled, "Officers of the St. Andrew Society," photographed by Alexander Gardner dated 1865. The men photographed are, from left to right: Joseph P. Wilson, Alexander Gardner, WM. R. Smith, Fred B. McGuire, T. W. Spence, David...
GLC04186
circa 1886
Bell, Charles Milton, ca. 1849-1893.
[Portrait of Surgeon General John Moore]
Three quarter length standing portrait of Surgeon General Moore in dress uniform. With rubber stamp on verso, "C.M. Bell. 463 & 465 Penna. Ave. Washington, D.C." Moore wears his dress uniform complete with epaulets, belt buckle, sash, dress belt...
GLC04196.01
1786
Jeffries, John
A Narrative of the Two Aerial Voyages of Doctor Jeffries... (George Washington's copy)
"A narrative of the two aerial voyages of Doctor Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard; with meterological observations and remarks...." Printed for the author. Small folio format, signed on the titlepage by George Washington. Handsome tree-calf binding....
GLC04936
Barnard, George N. (1860-1866)
Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign [complete album of 61 photographs]
This is the complete album as published, and is more complete than GLC 2833 (36 photos). This album includes "Sherman and his Generals" and most of Sherman's campaign from Chattanooga, through Atlanta and Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek...
GLC04953
4 March 1865
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Inaugural address. March 4, 1865.
Printing of Lincoln's historic second inaugural address which he delivered on the steps of the Capital 4 March 1865. This is the official edition printed by the U. S. Government Printing Office.
GLC04958
1803
Brown, Charles B. (fl. 1803)
An Address... on the cession of Louisiana to the French...
Manifest destiny and the Louisiana territory. Printed by H. Maxwell. Howes B831, Thompson 974, S&S 33881. Stamps on titlepage. Signature of Elihu Chauncey.
GLC04959.01
06 March 1865
Warren, Henry Franklin (fl. 1860-1865)
White House, Washington, D. C. [Tad Lincoln standing in front] [unique]
A print of a photograph taken by Henry F. Warren of Waltham, MA of the White House. Probably taken on March 6th, 1865, as Warren photographed Lincoln at the White House on that date (Ostendorf no. 112 & 113). The photograph is of the Northern facade...
GLC05111.01.0005
Re-Inauguration of President Lincoln, 4th March, 1865.
One photograph entitled, "Re-Inauguration of President Lincoln, 4th March, 1865," taken by Alexander Gardner. Image is of crowds at·the Capitol Building during Lincoln's inauguration on march 4, 1865. Negative by Wm. H. Smith. Positive by A. Gardner...
GLC05111.01.0006
23 May 1865
Unknown
Wing of the Capitol building with flag at half-staff.
A print of a photograph taken of the Grand Review of the Union Army on May 23rd, 1865. The photograph shows the north wing of the US Capitol building with the camera facing south-west. There is a large crowd in front of the Capitol, presumably...
GLC05111.01.0011
1862
Walker, Lewis E. (1823-1880)
Long bridge from a little above 14th Street
A salt print of a photograph taken of the Long Bridge in Washington, D.C. circa 1862. The camera is facing nearly due south. The picture must have been taken before 1864 when a second bridge was completed shortly downriver, as it is not present in...
GLC05111.01.0017
circa 1867
Bell, Charles Milton (1848-1893)
Successful intermediate excision of the head, neck and trochanters of the right femur.
One undated photograph entitled, "Successful intermediate excision of the head, neck and trochanters of the right femur," tatken by Charles Milton Bell. Image is of Private Hugh Wright of New Jersey. Printed description on verso describes Wright's...
GLC05111.01.0032
August 1865
Simple fracture of the middle third of the left femur, united without deformity.
One photograph entitled, "Simple fracture of the middle third of the left femur, united without deformity," taken by Charles Milton Bell dated August 1865. Image is of Lieutenant A. W. Starkweather of Indiana, who was thrown from his horse at Black...
GLC05111.01.0033
March 1862
Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, VA. March, 1862.
One photograph entitled, " Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, VA," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Published by Philp & Solomons. Page taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. Volume...
GLC05111.01.0035
Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. March, 1862. No. 2.
One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. March, 1862. No. 2," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Page taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. Incidents of the War."...
GLC05111.01.0036
Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. No. 3. March 1862.
One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. No. 3. March 1862," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Image shows two Quaker guns and several men posed near the interior wall of the fort. View...
GLC05111.01.0037
Incidents of the War. Ruins at Manassas. No. 1. March, 1862.
One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the War. Ruins at Manassas," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. This page was taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War." Image is of a young boy, a dead horse, and a Federal...
GLC05111.01.0038
Incidents of the War. Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run. No. 2. March, 1862.
One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the War. Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. This page was taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War." Image is of debris from bridge lying in the...
GLC05111.01.0039
Ruins at Manassas Junction. No. 9. March, 1862.
One photograph entitled, "Ruins at Manassas Junction," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Image is of ruins of several buildings used by the Confederate railroad company, Orange and Alexandria, as a depot. The remains of a few mud huts...
GLC05111.01.0040
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
[Sassacus-class gunboat]
A print of a photograph taken of a US Navy riverine patrol boat during the Civil War. It is a steam double-ended sidewheel gunboat of what is popularly referred to as the "Sassacus"-class. Built for patroling rivers, many were deployed to Virginia...
GLC05111.01.0043
Incidents of the War. No. 203. General Johnston's Headquarters, Centreville.
One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the War. No. 203. General Johnston's Headquarters, Centreville," taken by Mathew Brady dated 1862. Image is of uniformed men in front of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's Headquarters.
GLC05111.01.0047
1861-1863
[Portrait of Major Sidell]
A salt print of a photographic portrait of a man identified as Maj. Sidell. Heavily touched-up by Brady studio artists. Posibly an original painting and not a photograph. Research brings up a William Henry Sidell, born 1810 in New York, NY. Sidell...
GLC05111.01.0054
1861
[Col. E. D. Baker, in civilian dress]
A salt print of a photographic portrait of Edward D. Baker. With the following note: "Given to me by Father 2/10/1955 in his store room as we examined the negatives together. This is a Brady photograph which had been extensively touched up by a Brady...
GLC05111.01.0055
[Colonel Keith, in civilian clothing, touched-up by Brady]
A salt print of a photographic portrait of Colonel Keith. Research has not identified him. On verso in graphite: "No 24," "Col Keith," and "This salt print which was made in Brady's gallery and touched up for reproduction. F.H. Meserve."
GLC05111.01.0056
Fawx, Egbert Guy
Falles [sic] Church in VA
A print of a photograph of a two-story brick building. Union officers posed on horses in front of Falls Church, VA where George Washington once worshipped. It was a favorite tourist site for soldiers passing through. On the inside of the church's...
GLC05111.01.0069
April 1865
[Gen. William Hoffman & staff at the Office of Commissary General of Prisoners, Washington D.C.]
A print of a photograph of General William Hoffman and three others. Hoffman is the man leaning against the banister on the right hand side of the image. He and two other men are standing on the steps of the building beneath a sign reading: "Office...
GLC05111.01.0122
[Camp Stoneman, Giesboro Point, MD, near Washington D.C.]
A print of a photograph of a serious of long, thin buildings arranged in a row. The cavalry depots were necessary to house and train the mounts for the Union armies. A few tents and clothes drying on a clothes line can be seen in the foreground in...
GLC05111.01.0133
1861-1865
[Group of nine officers posed in entryway of brick building]
A print of nine Union officers. Photo was most likely taken in Washington. Two women peer from a window on the left hand side of the image. A young boy wearing a cap sits in front of the men. The soldier to the far left holds a bugle, while the...
GLC05111.01.0136
[Group of seventeen men posed in front of the Office of Gov't Repair Shops, Washington D.C.]
A print of a photograph of men standing outisde of a two story building. Most of the civilian men standing outside the white two-story building are probably workers employed by the government. One sign on the roof and another on the porch read:...
GLC05111.01.0137
[Group of forty-six civilians and soldiers posed in front of government shops, Washington D.C.]
A print of a photograph of a large group of civilians. The assemblage is posed in front of three long, white government shops. Most are probably workers employed in the buildings by the government. Black laborers wearing aprons and holding tools are...
GLC05111.01.0138
1863
[Quartermaster's Hospital]
A print of a photograph of a two-story building bearing sign "Quartermasters Hospital," flanked on either side by two one-story buildings An ambulance is stopped in front of the building. Several men pose in the photograph and an United States flag...
GLC05111.01.0139
1864
[Quartermaster Hospital]
A print of a photograph showing three hospital buildings behind a white picket fence. Dirt road in the foreground. A United States flag flies in front of the two story building which bears the sign "Quartermasters Hospital." Graphite inscription on...
GLC05111.01.0140
[Harewood Hospital with view of capitol building in background]
A print of a photograph of Harewood Hospital, Washington, DC. View of 12 rectangular buildings comprising the hospital. Water tower can be seen to the left of the image, along with part of the white fence that bordered the hospital. Most of the...
GLC05111.01.0141
[Band of 9th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington Circle]
A print of a photograph of the 9th Veteran Reserve Corps band. Shows 17 musicians in the grey uniforms, shakoes, and frogged jackets of the 9th Veteran Reserve Corps, posed with brass instruments. The drums are stacked in front of the group. Two...
GLC05111.01.0144
Headquarters of Gen. M. D. Hardin, Washington, D.C., April, 1865
A print of a photograph of the Washington, DC headquarters of Brigadier General Hardin. Brigadier General Martin D. Hardin put was in command ofthe defenses of Washington from 1864 to the end of the war. He is just left of the tree on the corner...
GLC05111.01.0157
[Group of thirteen Union soldiers sitting under a branch shelter, near Washington D.C.]
A print of a photograph of a Union encampment. Gardner photograph. "XXX" "228." Inscription on verso: "defences of Wash[ington]." Thirteen soldiers sit under a long structure made of branches. A building can be seen behind the shelter. A private...
GLC05111.01.0158
The Washington Arsenal
A print of a photograph showing the artillery supplies near Washington, DC. Armaments wagons identified as belonging to the First, Second and Third Batteries of the Excelsior Brigade [2nd brigade, 2nd corps]. The Excelsior Brigade originated...
GLC05111.01.0161
May 1865
Washington, District of Columbia. Quartermaster warehouse
A print of a photograph of Quartermaster's warehouses in Washington, DC. Group of civilian men and boys on street in front of two white buildings. Some men on the end of the loading dock [far right] stand with supplies and hand trucks [dollies]. The...
GLC05111.01.0163
Harewood (i.e. Mt. Pleasant) Hospital, Washington, D.C.
A print of a large hospital complex in background, including water tower, flagpole and white fence bordering the complex. A large number of medical tents occupy the right hand side of the photograph. Two officers and a civilian gentlemen converse in...
GLC05111.01.0169
Washington, District of Columbia. Government bakery
A print of a photograph of a building with the sign "Government Bakery." The bakers have come out and pose mostly in front of the bakery. Since the armies in the field baked their own bread mostly, this bakery serviced only those troops around the...
GLC05111.01.0170
Washington, District of Columbia. Group of officers of Signal Corps. Camp of Instruction
A print of a photograph of nine officers and four civilians posing around a flag pole at the Signal Corps camp near Washington D.C. The ring of white stones marks off a mound upon which both the pole and the men stand. Verso notations: "XXXV" "266"
GLC05111.01.0171
Smith, William Morris
[District of Columbia. Detachment of Company K, 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, by guns of Fort Stevens]
A print of a photograph showing a company of artillerymen posed behind fortifications next to [heavy] artillery guns. There are two guns, one on either side of the photograph. Three officers stand on top of the rampart between the guns. Another group...
GLC05111.01.0172
June 1865
Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). Officers of 5th U.S. Cavalry
A print of a photograph of five officers of the Fifth Calvary regiment seated in front of an open tent. A civilian man in stove pipe hat sits behind the officers, just inside the tent. Published in Photographic History of the Civil War II: 223...
GLC05111.01.0175
Washington, District of Columbia. Wiard 6-pdr. Gun at the Arsenal
A photograph of a Wiard rifle and its caisson. Approximately 60 of these artillery pieces were made at O'Donnell's Foundry in New York City. 6-pounder and 12-pounder guns were made. "U.S. 6 Pdr WIARD" stenciled in white on the front of the caisson...
GLC05111.01.0177
[Washington, D.C. Officers and clerks on a porch at Signal Corps headquarters]
A print of a photograph of the Signal Corps headquarters in Washington, DC. Two Union officers pose on a second story deck with nine soldiers and civilians. Besides the officers, only the man on the far right hand side of the photograph wears a...
GLC05111.01.0179
[Washington, D.C. Col. Benjamin F. Fisher between two officers on steps of Signal Corps headquarters, 1816 F St., NW Avenue at Madison Place NW]
A print of a phofotograph of Colonel Benjamin F. Fisher and his assistants standing outside the Signal Corps headquarters located at 1816 F St., NW Avenue at Madison Place NW Washington, D.C. The building has a small sign that reads "Office of the...
GLC05111.01.0180
[District of Columbia. Men and gun of 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery at ornamental gate of Fort Totten]
A print of a photograph bronze artillery gun [12 lb. Napoleon] and caisson inside Fort Totten's (1st, at Washington, DC. NY Ft. Totten not named so until 1898) gate. "Totten" painted across the top of the entrance. Six Union artillerymen stand...
GLC05111.01.0183
[Washington, D.C. Staff, buildings, and wagons of the Medical Department]
A print of a photograph of a large group of civilian men standing on a sidewalk in front of buildings of the Medical Department. Soldiers carrying their rifles at the right shoulder shift and with bayonets fixed are spaced regularly along the...
GLC05111.01.0185
July 1864
[Washington, D.C. Maj. Gen Alexander M. McCook (center) and staff on porch of quarters, Brightwood (7th Street Road near present Sheridan St.]
A print of a photograph of Major General Alexander McDowell McCook [seated center]and six members of his staff posed on porch of quarters, Brightwood [7th Street Road near present Sheridan St.], Washington D.C. Inscription on recto top left corner...
GLC05111.01.0193
A print of a photograph of Major General Alexander McDowell McCook [seated center]and six members of his staff posed on porch of quarters, Brightwood [7th Street Road near present Sheridan St.], Washington D.C. See GLC 5111.01.0193
GLC05111.01.0194
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