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1862/06
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
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
circa 1861-1865
Camp Cumberland landing
Title from inscription on verso. The camp consists of many A-frame tent. There are man hoses in the camp area. The landing is visible in the distance. Note the many wagons at the river bank. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation:...
GLC05111.01.0447
Twelve officers posed in a clearing
All appear to be junior officers. Uniform variations suggest they may be from different branches of service (artillery, cavalry and infantry). The seated man on the far left of the second row wears a unique cap. The man in the center of the third...
GLC05111.01.0448
Group of two women and 6 soldiers posed on porch of building
The building is constructed of unpainted wooden planks. The windows are covered by closed shutters. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation: "1139."
GLC05111.01.0449
Soldiers winter quarters
View of approximately 20 small wooden cabins with shingle and plank rooves. The foremost set of cabins has a wood pile jammed in the space where the cabins meet. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation: "332 IV" (or VI).
GLC05111.01.0450
Group of 5 officers posed in front of tent
The three officers in the front are seated and the two in back are standing. For most of the men, rank insignia is obscured, however the man on the appears to be a major. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation: "XXIV 441"
GLC05111.01.0451
circa 1861
Black, J.W., 1825-1896
The Breakwater
Image of two men standing on a breakwater that leads to a light house. Several sailing vessels are visible in the water. A typed note on the mount indicates that the photograph was taken by "Black," referring to James Wallace Black, a noted Boston...
GLC05111.01.0452
circa 1860
Barnard, George N., 1819-1902
Whiteside Valley below the bridge, photo from nature by G.N. Barnard
Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." A long, winding road runs down the center-left of the image. The frame of an unfinished building is visible to the right of the road in the center of the image. Soldiers pose...
GLC05111.01.0454
circa 1864
Savanah, Ga. No. 2, photo from nature by G.N. Barnard
Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." Image of the Savannah waterfront, where several sailing vessels are parked. Signs of several businesses are visible on nearby buildings, including: "R.A. Allen & Son," "New...
GLC05111.01.0455
Camp of 31st Pennsylvania infantry, and headquarters Graham's brigade
View of large field with the camp of the 31st infantry visible in the center. The 31st was a regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers organized in Harrisburg in June 1863 and mustered out in August 1863. Fence runs diagonally across two-thirds of the...
GLC05111.01.0456
Orchard Knob from Mission Ridge, photo from nature by G.N. Barnard
Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." Two trees appear in sharp focus in foreground. The camera is elevated and shows a landscape of the terrain below the ridge. Orchard Knob was the site of a battle that took...
GLC05111.01.0457
The crest of Mission Ridge, photo from nature by G.N. Barnard
Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." Top of a hill with a road running across in the foreground. Landscape with a tree on the left and a tree stump on the right. Missionary Ridge had served as a Confederate...
GLC05111.01.0458
Battle ground of Resacca, Ga. No. 4
Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." Entrenchments in the foreground with distant view of small town or village. Wagon tracks criss-cross across the image. The sky has been double-printed. Resaca was the site of a...
GLC05111.01.0459
Buzzard Roost. Ga. Photo from nature by G.N. Barnard
Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." Large road in the foreground is littered with tree debris. Logs lie in piles on either side of the road. A man sits on a fallen tree trunk on the right side of the road...
GLC05111.01.0460
South bank of the Chattahoochie, Ga. Photo from nature by G.N. Barnard
Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." Entrenchments in the right foreground. Bridge crossing river. Landscape in the distance. The sky has been double-printed. Confederate Brigadier General Francis A. Shoup...
GLC05111.01.0461
Mission Ridge from Orchard Knob
Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." Missionary Ridge visible in the distance. A brush-covered landscape occupies the area between the entrenchments and the ridge. Orchard Knob was the site of a battle that took...
GLC05111.01.0462
15 July 1863
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917
Scenes from the battle-field at Gettysburg. Residence of the old patriot who entered the Union lines during the battle with his musket and was wounded thrice. The figure on the porch is the old patriot.
The name "John Burns" is penciled in on the mount next to the printed title to indicate that he is the "old patriot" in question. View of John Burns's house, which is no longer standing, and surrounding buildings. Very sharp and clear view of the...
GLC05111.01.0463
1862
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
[Union troops mustering, 1862]
62 men of company I mustering in front of an arbor bearing their company designation. A man in back holds an American flag. Two musicians are featured on the far left. Tents drawn in the background behind the trees.
GLC05111.01.0464
circa 1866
[Mortar and light artillery]
Mortar gun with two small bore canons on either side. A stack of cannonballs is on the right. A man leans on the mortar. Two oddly shaped column-like structures in the background. Postwar display of guns.
GLC05111.01.0465
Naval Heroes
Maquette comprised of 7 cartes de visite of naval admirals who served in the Union Forces during the American Civil War and 2 separate oval pieces of scalloped paper inscribed with the words "Naval" and "Heroes." Each carte de visite is pasted on...
GLC05111.01.0467
Generals of Departments
Maquette comprised of 7 cartes de visite of Union Army generals who served in the American Civil War and 2 separate oval pieces of scalloped paper inscribed with the words "Generals of" and "Departments." Each carte de visite is pasted on scalloped...
GLC05111.01.0468
circa 1863
[Group portrait of General John Grubb Parke and 4 Union officers]
Union General John Grubb Parke is seated in the center and is surrounded by 4 Union officers. Parke assumed command of the Union Army's IX Corps in 1863. On the far right sits Charles Greely Loring, Sr., who served as the inspector general of the IX...
GLC05111.01.0469
circa 1862
[Large portrait of General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks]
Vignette bust portrait of Union General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks. Uniform has been heavily retouched. Prior to his service in the Union Army, Banks served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1856 to 1857 and Governor of Massachusetts...
GLC05111.01.0470
[Portrait of photographer David Knox]
Vignette bust portrait of photographer David Knox. At the start of the American Civil War, Knox worked as an assistant to photographer Mathew Brady. He later began work for photographer Alexander Gardner, under whose direction he shot various...
GLC05111.01.0471
[Full-length portrait of William H. "Bull Run" Russell, British reporter for Times of London]
Full length standing portrait, holding cane and hat. Russell was an influential reporter for The Times of London, a British newspaper. He won international recognition following his reporting of the Crimean War from 1851-1855. During the American...
GLC05111.01.0472
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