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1861-1865 ca.
Soldiers' Graves near the General Hospital, City Point, Va
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Hand colored. Seemingly endless rows of graves. Only the burials in the distant background have grave markers.
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Government Road, City Point, Va
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Government Road[,] City Point, near the Mail Dock, Va. Army wagons in the foreground." View taken from a hill. Horses, wagons and farm buildings near the road.
GLC05137.173
City Point, Va
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Warf scene showing ships both in the water and at dock. Horses and wagons stand near the docks, ready to take the cargo from the ships.
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Gen. Grant's Rail Road, City Point, Va
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Gen. Grant's Rail Road, City Point, Va., looking North." Freight cars marked "USMRR" in a busy railroad yard. Ships visible near dock. Unloading docks lead right to railroad tracks.
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Picket guard on the alert, near Lewinsville, Va
No identification. Six soldiers posed as if they hear the enemy near by and are ready to be attacked. Same outdoor area as 5137.195.
GLC05137.178
1864/05/28
Ruins of Bridge, Pamunky River
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. The Gallery of Alex. Gardner, Photographer to the Army of the Potomac. Negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. Caption: "Ruins of Bridge at Mrs. Nedson's, Crossing on the Pamunky, 28th May, 1864." Engineers on a newly...
GLC05137.180
1864/12 ca.
Gen. Shermen's men dismantling Ft. McAllister, Savannah, Ga
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Shows a long line of men pushing wheelbarrows. Same as GLC05137.143 which has no imprint]
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Interior of Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla
Florida Photographic Printing and Publishing Company, Jacksonville, Fla. Shows interior of a fort with several pyramids of cannonballs on the ground, men in the square and on the fort walls.
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Scared, rock landscape with houses in the distance
No identification. Shows a large rocky field with a road running left to right in the middle-distance and several buildings in the background.
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1864/12
Dutch Gap Canal
John C. Taylor, Hartford Conn. Caption: "Dutch Gap Canal. Soldiers at work inside the dam. The mist rising against the bank is caused by a rebel shell, which exploded just as this view was being photographed, December, 1864. These are the original...
GLC05137.184
November 1864
Dutch Gap Mud Scow
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Dutch Gap Mud Scow, sunk by a Rebel Shell on Thanksgiving day." The year 1864 is handwritten in following the caption. Shows a sunken boat with two men standing on wooden planks.
GLC05137.185
circa 1861-1865
Benecke, R., fl. 1862-1863
[The steamer Robert E. Lee]
"R. E. Lee" is handwritten on front, and "Steamer Robt. E. Lee" is written on back. Circa dates based on Civil War.
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The Thirteen-inch Mortar "Dictator"
Taylor & Huntington, Sole owners of the Original War Views, Hartford, Conn. Caption includes an extensive description of the Dictator, which was mounted on a special flat car so that it could be moved from one site to another and a defense of the...
GLC05137.189
Cavalry members in front of tent with Ku Klux Klan sign on tent
A group of men sitting in a campground. Above the tent in the background is a sign reading "Ku Klux Klan. Case. Bowers. Bacon. Rocwell. Olmested. " Cavalry insignia between the names. Uniforms of soldiers hand-colored. Possibly a reunion...
GLC05137.190
Plugged up artillery piece mounted on wooden planks
Pease Brother, Lee, Mass., publishers. A man stands next to the cannon.
GLC05137.191
The Swamp Angel
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "The celebrated Gun with which Gen. Gillmore threw the first shell into Charleston. Taken at the Brooklyn Navy yard, by permission of Commodore Paulding. Weight 42,500 lbs., with 100 lbs. of powder...
GLC05137.192
Camp Life, Army of the Potomac
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. A group of men around a large pot cooking on a campfire. Front labeled "Cooking in the Army". On back: "Stirring the Pot." Shows men lined up waiting for food while a group of men are cooking in a pot over a...
GLC05137.193
Gymnastic Field Sports
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. "The Human Pyramid." Six men making a pyramid by standing on each others shoulders. Other men lounge in the grass around them.
GLC05137.194
Warming up, out on Picket
Bierstadt Brothers, New Bedford, Mass., photographers. Men around a campfire, warming their hands. Caption on front: "Warming up, out on Picket." Hand colored. Same outdoor area as 5137.178, "Picket guard on alert, near Lewinsville, Va."
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The Amateur Barber
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Man getting a haircut with five others standing around.
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Embalming the Dead
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Label on front: "Embalming the Dead." Caption on verso: "Dr. Richard Burr, Embalming Surgeon, Army of the James." Autopsy table looks like a door placed on two barrels.
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Weighing out the Rations
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Commissary Stores at Camp Essex. One man weighing food, a second man cuts bacon, and a third man writing.
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Scene in the Hospital (leg amputation)
No identification. Label on front: "Scene in the Hospital." Zouave soldiers helping a doctor with a leg amputation. Handwritten on verso: "Hospital Scene at Fortress Monroe, Va." Not the same as 5137.201
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Captains Jane and Clark
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. With tax stamp. Shows three soldiers and a civilian servant [?] in front of a tent.
GLC05137.206
Camp Life, Army of the Potomac -- Warrior's Rest
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Group of soldiers posing in frame of a wooden structure.
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