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1862-1864
Tosh, George T., fl. 1862-1864
[Diary of George T. Tosh, Iowa,1st light battery]
Autograph manuscript signed. Diary written by George T. Tosh, a soldier in lst Iowa Battery.
GLC03131.05
8 November 1863
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
[Full length seated portrait of Lincoln]
Printed signature in Lincoln's hand beneath portrait: "Your obt. servt. A. Lincoln" Lincoln is seated in an armchair known as a "Brady Chair," which previously belonged to the House of Representatives. The original portrait was taken on November 8...
GLC05111.01.0466
1865 ca., 1892
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Imperial platinum photograph of Edwin M. Stanton, seated, printed by M.P. Rice
Seated 3/4 length portrait on gray mount with black boarder. Copyright by M. P Rice, 1892.
GLC05111.01.0474
1865?
Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891
Adml. D.D. Porter [illegible] [993 full-plate collodion negative]
Full plate collodion negative, cracked along the center, with spacer to prevent abrasion. Previously framed, a typed note in the frame (transcribing an inscription in the negative) read: "Admiral David Dixon Porter. Commander Mississippi River Fleet...
GLC05111.01.0479
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
Glass plate negative of Adm. D. D. Porter, standing, full length frontal, holding hat.
Carte de visite negative. Carte de visite format, rather deteriorated, dark image with Porter standing next to chair. LIMITED USE: USE COPY PRINT.
GLC05111.01.0486
Glass plate negative of Adm. D. D. Porter, seated, half-length holding gloves
Carte de visite negative. Copy negative of another CDV for reproduction. Not an original collodion negative gelatin copy negative. Accompanied by later print, some re-photographing early portraits, also photo of CDV "Ad. D.D. Porter" (same pose as...
GLC05111.01.0487
circa 1861-1865
Saw Mill. [1861-1865 ca.]
The saw mill stands in the foreground of the image with a rall steam or smoke stack rising above te building. A man stands in front of it on the right side. Inscription on verso: "Gestnes."
GLC05111.01.0517
1863-1864 ca.
Alexander Gardner's camp with two assistants next to log cabins. [1863-1864 ca.]
Alexander Gardner's camp - photgraphing maps for the army in the field. See Mathew Brady and His World, page 207. Two men are seated in front of a log cabin with a tent streched over it as a roof, one in its doorway and one on a high table. Also...
GLC05111.01.0522
1864/10 ca.
Federal soldiers and officers stand around the "Dictator," a massive rail mortar, Petersburg, Va. [October 1864 ca.]
The guns crew and officers stand around the "Dictator," mounted on a rail car. The two officers in the foreground are Colonel H.L. Abbot, First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, and General H.J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery of the Army of the Potomac....
GLC05111.01.0534
1862-1865 ca.
Federal Fort #11, Genl. Hood's headquarters in background. [Yorktown?] [1862-1865 ca.]
Inscription on verso. "Federal Fort #11 looking north to No 10 - Hood's hdqtrs in background." Several soldiers sit behind fortifications. To the right can be seen an artillery piece and its carriage next to it. A white house can be seen in the far...
GLC05111.01.0536
1864/02 ca.
Officers and men of Co. K, 1st U.S. Cavalry [1st Division, Cavalry Corps], Brandy Station, Va. [February 1864 ca.]
The image shows a three-rowed line of cavalrymen holding sabres, both seated and standing on a slope behind three standing officers. Several tall, thin trees project from the background. Buglers are seated on the left side of the image in the front...
GLC05111.01.0537
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
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
1863/11 ca.
"Castle Murray" with tents in foreground, near Auburn, Va. [November 1863 ca.]
Six men sit and stand in the foreground with Castle Murray at the center of the image. Behind the men there are many tents set up and a wagon is visible among them. There is a rip in the image just to the right of the rightmost man.
GLC05111.01.0567
Group portrait of nine Federal officers. [1861-1865 ca.]
Five of the men are seated and the other four stand behind them. The man in the center of the seated men strikes a Napoleonic pose. Inscription on verso: "Top Row 1. Chapman 2. B. Wells 3. Chandler 4. Dr. Beggs Bottom Row 1.Dutton 2. H.F. Valette 3...
GLC05111.01.0577
Hon. Michael Hahn, seated bust portrait. [maquettte] [salt print]
Image is attached to a folded cover which has an oval cut out to display the portrait. The image has been painted for rephotographing. Inscription on cover: "Hon. Michael Hahn. 1830-1886. Republican Gov. Louisiana. 1864." Inscription below image:...
GLC05111.01.0582
1858 ca.
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875
Portrait of Breckinridge with uniform painted on. [1858 ca.]
The large format image shows Breckinridge in generals uniform that has been painted over his civilian clothes.
GLC05111.01.0369
1862/05 ca.
Battery of 100 [pounder] & 200 [pounder] Parrots at the Farmhold [sic] House, Yorktown, Va. [May 1862 ca.]
Inscription in blue pencil on verso: "Waud. Battery of 100 & 200 Parrots at the Farmhold [sic] House erected by the 5th N.Y. under Warren." View of four artillery seige guns [most likely Battery No. 1 pointing out over the embrasured walls of a...
GLC05111.01.0394
Admiral David Dixon Porter [Copy #1]
Image identical to #948
GLC05111.01.0949
Admiral David Dixon Porter [Copy #2]
GLC05111.01.0950
Admiral David Dixon Porter [Copy #3]
GLC05111.01.0951
Admiral David Dixon Porter [Copy #4]
GLC05111.01.0952
Admiral David Dixon Porter [Copy #5]
GLC05111.01.0953
Bust image of Admiral Porter
Modern print of F.H. Meserve image of Admiral Porter, with Porter seated and facing to the right.
GLC05111.01.0954
Image identical to #954
GLC05111.01.0955
Porter leaning on armrest
Modern print of F.H. Meserve's image of Admiral Porter, seated in uniform, leaning against an armrest.
GLC05111.01.0958
Porter seated upright in chair
Modern print of F.H. Meserve's image of Admiral Porter, seated in uniform.
GLC05111.01.0959
Porter seated in chair [Copy #1]
Image identical to #959.
GLC05111.01.0960
Porter seated in chair [Copy #2]
Image identical to #959
GLC05111.01.0961
Porter seated in chair [Copy #3]
GLC05111.01.0962
A suttler's tent
The image shows a group of approximately 13 men gathered in and around an A-frame suttler's tent. Numeric notation on recto: "138." Inscription on verso: "A suttler's tent." Numeric notation on verso: "138" and "1371."
GLC05111.01.1005
February 1864
Head Quarters Lowell's Cavalry
The image shows a single horse in the foreground with Sibley tents behind, and a cluster of buildings on top of a hill, which includes the headquarters for Colonel C.R. Lowell's cavalry. Inscription on verso: "Hd. Qrs. Lowell's Cavalry Brigade...
GLC05111.01.1019
Artillery and earthworks with wooden buildings
The image shows three buildings behind earthworks with pyramids of cannonballs. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "57."
GLC05111.01.1061
Bombproof quarters
The image shows bombproof quarters with a foot bridge over a dry stream. Approximately 10 soldiers stand in the distance. Some wood debris litters the ground. Inscriptions on verso: "Bombproof quarters in Fed. Camps" and "Gardner." Numeric notations...
GLC05111.01.1090
Soldier's monument
The image shows a large monument to the soldiers: "In Memory of the Patriots Who Fell at Groveton." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "IV" and "1193."
GLC05111.01.1099
Frame house in Fair Oaks, Virginia
Inscription on verso: "Head Quarters and other home, frame house Fair Oaks, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "44."
GLC05111.01.0878
Rear view of Frame House in Fair Oaks, Virginia
View of the frame house used as a headquarters at Fair Oaks, as seen from the camp of the soldiers. Several soldiers are seen outside their tents, while many more are leaning up against the frame house in the background. Inscription on verso: "Old...
GLC05111.01.0879
Admiral David Dixon Porter
Modern print of F.H. Meserve image of Admiral Porter, standing with right fist on right hip, in uniform pants and greatcoat.
GLC05111.01.0948
Rappahannock Station with railroad tracks, tents, and soldiers.
Inscription on verso: "Rapahannock Station." Numeric notation on back: "6."
GLC05111.01.0738
Rear Admiral W.B. Shubrick, 1/2 length seated portrait [cabinet card] [1861-1865 ca.]
Inscription on verso: "Rear Admiral W. B. Shubrick."
GLC05111.01.0662
9 September 1865
Wells, Benjamin, fl. 1783
Oath of allegiance
A partially printed legal document. Wells signs his allegiance to the "STATE OF ALABAMA" of the United States of America.
GLC02674.03
5 May 1861
Little, Joseph J., fl. 1861
to a friend
Complains of his poverty. Recently joined a volunteer company, thinking it was his last chance to join the army. Comments on fishing, his most common pastime. Writes, "There was a little battle not far from this place at West Point on Little Red...
GLC02968
25 May 1865
Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892
to Col. Bigham
Signed endorsement on verso from "Genl Thomas". Discussing demobilization of the army and moving of troops. Meigs had been appointed Quartermaster General of the Union Army eleven days earlier.
GLC03474.06
26 June 1862
Sturgis, Samuel Davis, 1822-1889
to Colonel [Jona ?]
Informs Jona that James Sturgis Grier, a member of Jona's staff, has been appointed to Sturgis' staff. Grier may have been related to Sturgis.
GLC03475.04
26 February 1863
Martindale, John H., 1815-1881
to Marsena R. Patrick
Wants Patrick's help to "complete the projected regulations regarding newspapers and periodicals."
GLC03476.11
24 October 1864
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to George G. Meade
Ordering Meade to send "one of your reduced regular regiments to New York City to report to General Dix for duty."
GLC03470
24 June 1863
Arnold, Richard, 1828-1882
to Cuvier Grover
Ordering a section of Captain Nims' battery "to report to General Erickson at Newport tomorrow at 500 A.M." Written at Head Quarters, Department of the Gulf, likely in New Orleans.
GLC03474.01
7 September 1862
to John C. Kelton
Describes organization of his forces in preparation for fighting near Corinth. Lists which Divisions will go with which Generals and where they will be positioned "Maj. Gen. Sherman commanding on the right, Maj. Gen. Ord in the center, and Brig. Gen...
GLC03786
8 August 1863
Warren, Gouverner K., 1830-1882
to Lorenzo Thomas
Accepting his promotion to Major General of Volunteers, and enclosing his oath of office (GLC03801.01).
GLC03801.02
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