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1862/05 ca.
Federal Battery No. 1 in front of Yorktown, May 1862 ca.
The battery well entrenched and six large Parrot rifles peek out above the fortifications. A river appears to run through the far background.
GLC05111.01.0540
1864/06 ca.
Improvised Breastworks, Cold Harbor, Va. [June 1864 ca.]
The makeshift breastworks are comprised of a large fallen tree reinforced by numerous branches and sticks.
GLC05111.01.0541
circa 1861-1865
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Beach head with sand dunes and earthen fort mounted with cannon in the distance. [1861-1865 ca.]
Possibly either Fort Fisher, N.C. or Morris Island, S.C. The image shows a beach head with two cannon balls and other debris An earthen fortification is on the right. A cannon is visible on the far right next to the large sand dune. Inscription on...
GLC05111.01.0542
1865/01 ca.
Fort Fisher, N.C. interior view of transverse and magazine on the land front. [January 1865 ca.]
The center of the image shows a shallow pool of water and a destroyed cannon and carriage. On the left side there is a cannon and two pyramids of satcked cannon balls. Wooden steps lead up to the cannon but only the top few are still in place. A...
GLC05111.01.0543
Fort Fisher, N.C. exterior view of outer walls and stockade. [January 1865 ca.]
In the foreground of the image is a cannon ball resting in the center. Along the base of the wall runs a short line of sharpened posts that constitute the outer stockade. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XXII" and "635...
GLC05111.01.0544
Fort Fisher, N.C. exterior view of outer walls and stockade with man in center. [January 1865 ca.]
The outer walls of the fort extend across the image, bordered at its base by the outer wooden stockade. There is a lone man in the center of the image and a cannon is barely visible between the center mounds of sand of the fortification in the...
GLC05111.01.0545
Fort Fisher, N.C. closer exterior view of outer walls and stockade. [January 1865 ca.]
The image shows a line of sharpened posts that constitute the outer stockade, running along the base of the wall. The stockade reflects the damage it suffered in the Federal taking of the fort. Three mounds of sand and two cannons are visible....
GLC05111.01.0546
Fort Fisher, N.C. exterior view of outer walls and stockade. [January 1865 ca.] [Copy 1]
The image shows a long line of sharpened posts that constitute the outer stockade. A group of Federal soldiers stand behind the stockade on a mound on the left side of the image. Three cannons are visible, one in between each of the highest mounds...
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Fort Fisher, N.C. exterior view of outer walls and stockade. [January 1865 ca.] [Copy 2]
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GLC05111.01.0549
1860's ca.
Black men and women assembled outside large house. [1860's ca.]
The image shows a large house with a fence leading off from either side. Most of the men seem to be on the left, while the women are in a group on the right. Two men stand in the foreground, one on each side, facing each other. The man on the right...
GLC05111.01.0550
1863/11 ca.
Encampment on the edge of town, Culpeper, Va. November 1863 ca.
The image shows the tents of the camp at Culpeper in the distance. The town is visible behind the camp. There are fenced off fields in the foreground, the closest of which is just a line of fenceposts without rails. The rails were probably removed...
GLC05111.01.0551
1863/04 ca.
Men and wagons of the Engineer Corps ambulance train, Falmouth, Va. [April 1863 ca.]
A line of wagons stretches across the image engineers at the head of the teams and drivers seated in the wagons. The wagon covers bear the castle insignia of the engineers. A flag is flying on the left side of the image. Inscripton on verso: "Gardner...
GLC05111.01.0552
1864/12 ca.
Quartermasters Office at Fortress Monroe. December 1864 ca.
The image shows a large building with men on a wrap-around porch and at the entrance. Inscription on verso: "Quartermasters Office Fortress Monroe Dec 64" and "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "XXXIII"; "418"; "418." Additional notations: "419"...
GLC05111.01.0553
1863/10 ca.
General A.H. Pleasonton and staff, Warrenton, Va. [October 1863 ca.]
Pleasonton stands in the center in front of a tent, with a line of staff officers sitting and standing on both sides of him--five on the left and four on the right. Inscription on verso: "General A.H. Pleasonton and Staff Warrenton, Va. Oct, 1863....
GLC05111.01.0554
1865 ca.
Maj. Gen. Humphreys and staff under branch shelter. [1865 ca.]
Nineteen officers pose in two rows in front of a tent under a tree. Andrew Humphreys is seated center. Inscription on verso: "Humphys & staff."
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Federal officers on steps of Arlington House. [1861-1865 ca.]
Ten Federal officers stand on the steps of a large building with columns. The men stand in lines descending the steps; the leftmost line is of three men, the next has two, the next four, and the last is of just one man. There is a large flaw on the...
GLC05111.01.0556
1862-1865 ca.
Thirty-five soldiers with rifles under canopy of tree boughs. [1862-1865 ca.]
Thirty five men are posed in two lines, with one line standing and another kneeling in front. Ten others are visible in the background. The kneeling soldiers hold rifles and the insignia on their hats appears to indicate that they are either...
GLC05111.01.0557
Bostwick Brothers (photographers)
Headquarters of General Mott, 2nd Div., 3rd Corps. [1861-1865 ca.]
Nine officers and enlistedmen stand in front of a log cabin with a chimney made from barrels. Behind them, two men hold the [2nd Division] 3rd Corps flag, a triangular flag with a white diamond in the center. There are five contraband men in the...
GLC05111.01.0558
1862/03 ca.
Ruins of Bull Run stone bridge, Manassas, Va. [March 1862 ca.]
View looks down the stream and shows the ruined stone bridge at Manassas battlefield. The structure is mostly intact on both banks of the water, middle span has collapsed. A pile of rubble is visible in the water below. A covered wago, perhaps...
GLC05111.01.0559
Columns of a large, damaged mansion viewed through a stand of trees. [1861-1865 ca.]
Grass in foreground, ruins of large white mansion visible through trees. Inscription on verso: "Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notations on verso: "VIII" and "92."
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Provost guard, Manassas Junction, Va. [March 1862 ca.]
There is a large pile of planks in the center of the image lying next to the railroad tracks that lead to several cars on the left in the distance. A small group of men is seated on some of the planks on the left while a larger group stands to the...
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Man seated on ruins of Bull Run stone bridge, Manassas, Va. [March 1862 ca.]
The image is a side view of the ruins of the stone bridge at Bull Run. The sides of the bridge are still standing but nothing remains of the middle span except a large pile of rubble in the water below. The man is seated on the the edge of the...
GLC05111.01.0562
Abandoned Confederate trains at Manassas Junction, Va. [March 1862 ca.]
Four Federal cavalrymen are sitting or leaning on posts in the foreground on the right of the image. On the left, multiple railroad tracks lead off to the horizon. There are train cars on the leftmost track which were abandoned by the Confederates...
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Large group of Federal cavalry troopers sitting and standing. [1861-1865 ca.] [large imperfection]
Forty-six cavalry troopers are posed in three lines, none of the men carry any weapons. Behind them on the right are sevearl tall trees that are missing all but their top branches. There is a large flaw just above the men on the left side of the...
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