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Albert S. Johnson

Heavily retouched. Uniform looks painted on. Standing, half-length view.

GLC05135.070

Joseph E. Johnson

With three stars. Oval cut, bust portrait.

GLC05135.071

Robert E. Lee.

A young, dark haired Lee with mustache (but no beard) in dress uniform, holding hat with "VA" insignia. (Based on the ca. 1851 photograph of Lee; see GLC 439.) Heavily retouched. Half-length view.

GLC05135.072

Robert E. Lee.

With three stars. Bust portrait, vignetted.

GLC05135.073

James Longstreet

One star visible. Oval cut phot, bust portrait

GLC05135.074

John B. Magruder

Half-length view.

GLC05135.075

Col. John H. Morgan

"Col. John H. Morgan. The Marion of the South." Morgan has short hair and is clean shaven. Bust portrait.

GLC05135.076

Col. John H. Morgan

With three stars. Morgan's hair is longer than in #76 and he has a mustache and beard. Bust portrait

GLC05135.077

Leonidas Polk

Wearing epaulets. Bust portrait, vignetted.

GLC05135.078

Sterling Price

Oval cut photo, half-length, napoleonic pose.

GLC05135.079

Kirby E. Smith

[Rank insignia covered by beard.] Half-length view. [Same photo as #81.]

GLC05135.080

Kirby E. Smith

[Rank insignia covered by beard.] Half-length view.

GLC05135.081

George H. Steuart

With three stars. Bust portrait.

GLC05135.082

Richard Taylor

Two stars visible. Bust portrait.

GLC05135.083

Jeff M. Thompson

Seated, half-length view. Heavily retouched.

GLC05135.084

Felix K. Zollicoffer

Three quarter length view, standing. Heavily retouched.

GLC05135.085

Confederate Montage

Montage of oval portraits with Lee featured prominently in center. [In order from left] Hood, Bragg, Jackson, Polk, J. Johnson; Ewell, Lee, Longstreet; A.P. Hill, Steuart; A. Smith, Breckenridge, F. H. Lee, S. Johnson, Morgan; Beauregard, Price...

GLC05135.086

Union Montage

Four square CDVs photographed together. [No imprint]. Grant, Sherman, Thomas, and McPherson

GLC05135.087

Union Montage

Five oval portraits photographed together. Grant, Sherman, Hurlbut, Oglesby and Dodge. (Grant and Sherman look young)

GLC05135.088

Union Montage

Nine oval portraits photographed together. Sheridan, Birney, Hancock; B. F. Butler [politician], Grant, Meade; Warren, W. F. Smith and Burnside

GLC05135.089

Union Montage

Nine oval portraits photographed together. Slocum, McPherson, Hooker; Howard, Sherman, Thomas; Scofield, Logan and Stanley.

GLC05135.090

Jefferson Davis

Oval cut photo, bust portrait.

GLC05135.091

Varina Davis

Full-length standing view.

GLC05135.092

Samuel Nelson

Bust portrait.

GLC05135.096

John Slidell

Three quarter length standing view.

GLC05135.097

Alexander Stephens

Three quarter-length standing view. Watch hangs against right leg. [Retouched]

GLC05135.098

Tom Thumb

"The Fairy Wedding Group." The marriage of Charles (Tom Thumb) and Lavina Stratton. Photo shows Charles Stratton, Lavina Stratton and two attendants. Signed on verso by Charles Stratton, Lavina Warren Stratton, G. W. M. Nutt and Minnie Warren.

GLC05135.099

Col. Joseph J. Winn

Tintype in oval holder. [Inscription on recto]: "May 21st 1869 Col. Jos. J. Wynn. Remember me." [Inscription on verso:] "[word illegible] Forlorn Hope at Gettysburg."

GLC05135.100

Richard Yates

Bust portrait.

GLC05135.101

Earthworks in front of Petersburg [Fort Norton]. [duplicate] [1864-1865 ca.]

Same image as #615, but the print is cut smaller. A man in civilian dress stands in the trench supported by logs and support beams. Inscription on top of image in Fay's handwriting: "Earthworks in front of Petersburg. Federal lines at Fort Norton. P...

GLC05111.01.0607

Interior of earthworks at Petersburg, Va. [duplicate] [1864-1865 ca.]

Same image as #612 but the print is cut smaller. The image shows the interior of the earthworks at Petersburg. There is a now roofless wooden structure in the foreground next to the ruins of a chimney. A man in civilian clothes is visible just left...

GLC05111.01.0610

Interior of earthworks at Petersburg, Va. [duplicate] [1864-1865 ca.]

The image shows the interior of the earthworks at Petersburg. There is a now roofless wooden structure in the foreground next to the ruins of a chimney. A man in civilian clothes is visible just left of the center of the image. The numbers "1071"...

GLC05111.01.0612

Confederate dead on Rose Farm, Gettysburg, Pa. [July 5, 1863]

Inscription on image: "After first [inserted: day of] battle at Gettysburg." Photographer's labels were often incorrect [sometimes intentionally], and this is such a case. The image is actually of Confederate dead on the Rose farm, which was the...

GLC05111.01.0616

[Manuscript Civil War map of the Battle of Williamsburg]

Shows the troop positions of forces under Union generals Philip Kearney and Joseph Hooker, as well as the Confederate line. Also shows the open field where the combatants met, Fort Magruder, and other structures. Smith is identified on the docket...

GLC06161

to Perry Belmont

Souvenir copy of Meigs's order relaying the "Military Possession of all the Rail Roads in the United States" by President Lincoln, per Act of Congress. This copy, in Meigs's hand is identified in pencil as having been written out at the request of...

GLC02457.12

to Henry Knox

Thanks Knox for "recommending the agreeable family of Mr. [Ralph] Izard to our civilities." Wants Knox to deliver an enclosed letter to a Mr. [DeStorts]. Asks the letter to be returned if he has left Philadelphia. Has been absent from Boston for...

GLC02437.05908

to Sarah Wood

Written from Camp Webster to his wife. Describes the movements of his regiment (9th Ohio Cavalry) in pursuit of General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his men. While still ill, hopes to be reunited with his regiment, as "It would be the next thing to...

GLC02176.21

[Traveling instructions for Medical Committee for Civil Rights to March on Washington]

One document of printed instructions attend the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. Includes the itinerary of the day, lunch schedule, meeting places, signs available to carry and scheduled activities for the day consisting of the rally at the...

GLC09732.02

[Certificate for Benjamin Gorton's appointment as Conductor of Military Stores in Hodgdon's department]

Hodgdon, Commissary [General] of Military Stores, writes from Succasunna Plains, certifying Gorton's appointment. Also signed by John Ruddock, who served as Deputy Quartermaster of Stores at Fishkill, New York. Includes a note on the bottom of...

GLC02437.00789

to Lucy Knox

Written to Lucy Knox, the daughter of Lucy and Henry Knox. Apologizes for the short letter as Mrs. Lincoln is going to Boston "and will call for my Commissions in twenty Minutes." Thanks Lucy for her letter of 28 November. Is happy to report that...

GLC02437.05998

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 199 (October 8, 1862)]

"Bull Nelson Shot by General Davis -- The Cause of the Tragedy" details the circumstances surrounding the death of General Bull Nelson, reprinted from the Lynchburg Republican. Concludes with a "special dispatch" stating that General Jefferson C...

GLC05959.09.081

to Francis E. Spinner

Binns informs Spinner, United States Treasurer, "I see by the paper that on motion by you, a resolution was adopted authorizing the President of the Lincoln Monument Association to employ additional persons to aid in the work, and that the Agencies...

GLC03410.03.03

Book of Military Scraps by John W. Mansfield

Includes watercolor and pencil and ink drawings of: Sibley tents; Zouaves; shoulder straps by rank (in color); Fort Independence; Fort Winthrop; 'Instrument of Torture for Negroes;' several canon, mortars, and guns, including Winan's steam gun,...

GLC09041

Charleston daily courier. [Vol. 60, no. 19,348 (December 23, 1862)]

Report of Thirteen Thousand Five Hundred Lives Lost at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Dispatch from Burnside to Halleck, The Army was Withdrawn Across the Rappahannock, A Report that McClellan was to be Reinstated to Command the Army, Death of Brig...

GLC05959.37.10