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Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone

The photo shows a Confederate soldier killed by a shell in the trenches at Fort Mahone. The photo was taken the day after the storming of Petersburg, VA. Inscription on verso: "A dead Confederate soldier" and "Collection of Americana Frederick A...

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Dead Confederate soldier at Fort Mahone

The photo shows a dead Confederate soldier, probably killed by a fragment of a nearby shell explosion. The photo was taken the day after the storming of Petersburg, VA, on April 3,1865. Inscription on verso: "Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches...

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Smokestack from the CSS Virginia II

The image is the smokestack of the destroyed CSS Virginia II. It was photographed after the capture of Richmond by the Union. Numeric notation on recto: "264." Inscription on verso: "Smokestack of the Rebel ram "Virginia." Numeric notations on...

GLC05111.01.0987

Charleston Hotel

The image shows the Charleston Hotel with two wagons and approximately six pedestrians on the street in front of the Hotel. Inscription on verso: "Charleston Hotel Charleston SC Apr 65." Numeric notation on verso: "3431" and "108."

GLC05111.01.0988

Appomattox Court House

This picture shows Union soldiers grouped before the Appomattox Court House after Lee's surrender to Grant. Inscriptions on verso: "Appomattox Courthouse" "Gardner" "Fr. guide only" and "in Ohio photo." Numeric notations on verso: "XI-IV" and "1164...

GLC05111.01.0989

"Castle Thunder," Richmond, Virginia

The image shows one of the "Castle Thunder" buildings in the south. A one-time tobacco factory, this building was the chief Provost Prison for the Confederacy. Standing in front of the prison are three Confederate soldiers. Inscription on verso: "...

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Dead soldiers on Antietam battlefield

The image shows numerous dead soldiers lying along a fence on the Antietam battlefield. Inscription on verso: "On the Antietam battlefield." Numeric notations on verso: "149" and "143."

GLC05111.01.0991

Town scene with railroad

The image shows a train stopped to unload supplies at a loading dock, a fenced yard in the foreground with numerous stray wagon wheels leaning against the fence, and many wagons and horses in front of some larger buildings in the background...

GLC05111.01.0992

Houses along an empty road

The image shows three houses on an empty road. Inscription on verso: "Gardner" and "Army of Pot. Frederick." Numeric notation on verso: "VI" and "718."

GLC05111.01.0993

Aquia Creek

The photo shows a wagon train in the foreground moving towards the river bank, with a riverside settlement and various boats in the river. Inscription on image: "Aquia Creek," which may refer to the Confederate District in the Department of Northern...

GLC05111.01.0994

Dead soldiers on the Cold Harbor battlefield

Unburied remains of dead soldiers, on an open battlefield with a treeline in the distance. Numeric notation on recto: "914" and "128." Inscription on verso: "Unburied dead on battlefield." Numeric notation on verso: "128" "914" and "128."

GLC05111.01.0995

Pleasanton's Headquarters, Auburn, VA

The image shows Pleasanton's Headquarters with Cavalry Corps gathered between two lines of A-frame tents. Inscription on verso: "Pleasanton's Hdqtrs. Auburn, Va." and "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notations on verso: "VIII" and "273."

GLC05111.01.0996

Bringing in the wounded

The photo shows three men standing by a stretcher. Lying on the stretcher is a man who may be dead. Two horses and a building surrounded by a fence and trees are also in the image. Numeric notation on image: "343." Inscription on verso: "Bringing in...

GLC05111.01.0997

Group photo of officers

The image shows a group of 13 officers posed before an open A-frame tent. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "624" and "XXXV."

GLC05111.01.0998

Soldiers on a pontoon bridge

The image shows a group of soldiers posed on a pontoon bridge with a single soldier crouched next to the water in the foreground. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "764."

GLC05111.01.0999

Town scene

The image shows a town scene with two covered wagons and various horses in the background. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso: "IV" and "534."

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Army blacksmith at Antietam

Same as #1002. The image shows a busy blacksmith's shop, with what appears to be an African-American smith seated in the center of the photo surrounded by equipment, horses and soldiers. Numeric notation on image: "110." Inscription on verso: "Army...

GLC05111.01.1001

Army blacksmith at Antietam

Same as #1001. The image shows a busy blacksmith's shop with what appears to be an African-American smith seated in the center of the photo surrounded by equipment and soldiers. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "V" and...

GLC05111.01.1002

East Gallery Patent Office in Washington D.C.

A view down a long column-lined corridor at the patent office. Inscription on verso: "Interior East Gallery Patent Office Wash." Numeric notation on verso: "180."

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East Gallery Patent Office in Washington D.C. (Copy 1)

Image identical to #870

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East Gallery Patent Office in Washington D.C. (Copy 2)

Image identical to #870 and #871

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East Gallery Patent Office in Washington D.C. (Copy 3)

Image identical to #870 - #872.

GLC05111.01.0873

General Post Office in Washington D.C.

A view from across a dirt street of the post office in Washington D.C. Across the dirt streets, leading from brick sidewalk to brick sidewalk are stone crosswalks. The post office is constructed in a Georgian manner, on a street reminiscent of London...

GLC05111.01.0874

The Corcoran Art Building in Washington D.C.

A view of the Corcoran Art building, constucted in a seemingly Victorian style, from across a dirt street. Inscription on verso: "Corcoran Art Bldg, Wash." Numeric notation on verso: "144.'

GLC05111.01.0875

The Senate Wing of the Capitol Building, Washington D.C. [stereoview]

A stereoview (perhaps made to be mounted on cardstock) of the Senate wing of the under-coustruction Capitol Building. Seen to the periphery of the building are two cranes. Inscription on verso: "Senate Wing Capitol." Numeric notation on verso: "163."

GLC05111.01.0876

White House, former residence of Custis Washington

Inscription on verso: "Houses in Cities, Towns and Country. White House, formerly residence of Custis Washington." Numeric notation on verso: "156(99)."

GLC05111.01.0914

Lincoln's Tomb [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Lincoln's Tomb. This belonged to H. Walls Fay, Custodian."

GLC05111.01.0836

Charleston South Carolina [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views, Charleston, S.C. and Forts in Vicinity." Numeric notation on verso: "10."

GLC05111.01.0837

Members of South Carolina Regiment laid for burial [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 250. Members of a South Carolina Regiment laid out for burial." Numeric notation on verso: "63." Additional inscription on verso: "W. W. Lytle."

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Picket Guard on the Alert [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. No. 2961. Picket Guard on the Alert."

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South view of Rappahannock Bridge [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic incidents of the war. No. 517. Rappahanock Bridge. South View. Negative by T.O. Sullivan."

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Camp near French's Bridge, Chickahominy River, Virginia [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "1861. War Views. 1865. No. 2340. Camp Near French's Bridges, Chickahominy River, Virginia. In the hollow in the foreground can be seen the mule teams and army wagons. The shelter tent camp and smoke from the numerous camp fires...

GLC05111.01.0843

Trossell's Barn, at Gettysburg [stereocard]

Inscription: "At Gettysburg. Trossell's Barnyard, where 9th Massachusetts Battery fought. They lost 81 out of 88 horses." Numeric notation on verso: "451."

GLC05111.01.0844

Bodies collected for burial near McPherson's woods [stereocard]

Inscription: "Bodies of the dead collected for burial in the field near McPherson's woods, south of Chambersburg Pike, on battlefield of first day." Numeric notation on verso: "390."

GLC05111.01.0845

Union Picket line at Fort Mahone [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Union Picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers 'Fort Damnation,' Richmond, Va. No. 3201." Numeric notation on verso: "107."

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Union soldiers in front of fence at Antietam [stereocard]

Inscription: "A hot spot at Antietam. Union soldiers killed while 'charging' a Rebel Battery, September 17, 1862." Numeric notation on verso: "449."

GLC05111.01.0847

Confederate Water Batteries on James River [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. No. 1021. Same gun, as shown in No. 1020, with Magazine Traverse."

GLC05111.01.0848

Battlefield of Strawbury Plains [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. The Battlefield of Strawbury Plains, from the R.R. bridge, 15 miles above Knoxville, Tenn. No. 2666."

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Lieutenant General Winfield Scott [stereocard]

Numeric notation on verso: "967."

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Government Road City Point [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Government Road City Point, near the Mail Dock, Va. Army wagons in the foreground. No. 2577." Numeric notation on verso: "252."

GLC05111.01.0851

Burnside Bridge at Antietam

Image of a bridge over a stream with barrels floating in it. Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 584. Burnside Bridge, Antietam, Looking up stream."

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Pontoon Bridge on James River

Inscriptio on verso: "War Views. Pontoon Bridge on the James River, Richmond, Va. No. 3274." Numeric notation on verso: "249."

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Belle Island, seen from Petersburgh Railroad [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. View of Belle Island, from the Petersburgh Railroad, Manchester, Va. No. 3275."

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The Ever Welcome Sanitary Commission [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "1199. The Ever Welcome Sanitary Commission. In the history of all the world, there can be found no record of so grand and noble an organization, as the United States Sanitary Commission. It had its branches in nearly every town...

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General Wade Hampton [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Gen. Wade hampton of S.C. C.S.A. & U.S. Senator."

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Marye's House near Fredericksburg, Virginia

Inscription on verso: "Marye's house near Fredericksburg, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "46(344)."

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Baptist Church at the end of a road in Fredericksburg

A Baptist church stands at what seems to be the end of a road, with houses set to each side of it. A covered wagon sits, apparantly ready to unload parishiners, while a man on horseback peers intently at it. Inscription on verso: "Bapti." Numeric...

GLC05111.01.0865

Baptist Church Fredericksburg [stereoview]

A stereoview (perhaps made up to be mounted on cardstock) of the Baptist Church at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Inscription on verso: "Baptist Church Fredericksburg." Numeric notation on verso: "135."

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Battlefield at Cold Harbor

A blurred view of the field of battle at Cold Harbor, where two men seem to survey the carnage. Inscription on verso: "Battlefield Cold Harbor." Numeric notation on verso: "2."

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Remains on Battlefield of Cold Harbor

A small section on the field of battle at Cold Harbor, where the remains of a soldier's uniform remains. Atop the uniform remnants, a human skull has been placed (as it seems too artfully placed to have fallen coincidentally in such a manner)...

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