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Depot at Stevenson, Ala.

A print of a photograph taken between 1861 and 1865 in Stevenson, Alabama. The photograph shows a large contingent of men, most likely soldiers, standing in front of the building at the Stevenson Railway Depot. Three men stand in the foreground in...

GLC05111.01.0020

Battery Williams and winter quarters at Corinth, Miss.

A print of a photograph taken of Battery Williams in Corinth, MS. In October 1862, Confederate forces attacked Corinth in an attempt to recapture the strategically important rail lines there. Union forces had taken Corinth the previous spring and...

GLC05111.01.0021

Battery Williams and Robinette at Corinth taken the winter after the battle.

A print of a photograph taken in Corinth, MS in the winter after the Second Battle of Corinth (roughly 1862-1863). Purple ink inscription on adhered tag on back side. No. 13. Details given: Valuable view of Batteries Williams and Robinette, at...

GLC05111.01.0022

Federal garrison [winter] quarters, Corinth or Memphis.

A print of a photograph taken during the Civil War. Groupings of three rifles balanced together stand in front of garrison quarters with Federal soldiers sitting and standing and sittingagainst the quarters. Perhaps, Quarter Masters or Sutler's shop...

GLC05111.01.0023

Corona College, Corinth.

A print of a photograph of the main building of the former Corona College in Corinth, MS. The building is three stories and made of brick. A horse-drawn ambulance is parked at the entrance. Note that the columns are also made of brick. Corona...

GLC05111.01.0024

Camp of 57th Ill. Infantry, Corinth, MS.

A print of a photograph taken in Corinth, MS during the Civil War. Image of well constructed buildings made from planks. Railroad tracks run in the foreground. This was the camp of the 57th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment from October 1862 to...

GLC05111.01.0025

[Eight Union officers in front of barracks]

A print of a photograph taken during the Civil War. It shows seven Union Army officers and one sergeant standing in front of and leaning on a porch of a Union barracks. The building is a simple clapboard structure and others like it are visible to...

GLC05111.01.0026

Ruins of Mississippi Valley Mill.

A print of a photograph taken of ruins during the Civil War. Civilian sitting in foreground, another standing with white frock coat in middleground, and a third on the other side of the tree from the second. The size of the final figure in contrast...

GLC05111.01.0027

Practice Ship Constellation

One undated photograph entitled, "Practice Ship Constellation," printed by Bachrach & Chase. Image is of the U.S.S. Constellation which was the last Civil War vessel afloat, that launched August 26, 1854 and was the last all-sail warship built by the...

GLC05111.01.0028

Gun Deck of "Santee"

One undated photograph entitled, "Gun Deck of 'Santee'" printed by Bachrach & Chase. Image is of a sailor working on his knees on the gun deck of the USS Santee.

GLC05111.01.0029

[Spar deck of the U.S.S. Santee]

One undated photograph entitled, "Spardeck 'Santee,'" printed by Bachrach & Chase. Photograph was taken on upper deck and includes canons and the ship's wheel. Three sailors visible in the middle of the deck.

GLC05111.01.0030

Successful primary excision of the head and four inches of shaft of the right humerus for gunshot fracture.

One photograph entitled, "Successful primary excision of the head and four inches of shaft of the right humerus for gunshot fracture," taken by Charles Milton Bell dated March 1867. Image is of Major Tomas G. Morrison of Indiana, five months after...

GLC05111.01.0031

Hd. Qrs. Gen'l. Hay(e)s

A print of a photograph taken at the headquarters of Union General Ink inscription on recto: "Hd Qrs. Genl. Hay[inserted: e]s [sic]. Bostwick Bros." Large group of people standing in front of two cabins. The flag over the 2nd Corps flies over the...

GLC05111.01.0034

Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. No. 3. March 1862.

One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the war. Fortifications on Heights of Centreville. No. 3. March 1862," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. Image shows two Quaker guns and several men posed near the interior wall of the fort. View...

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Government blacksmith shop. [Washington] [1861-1865 ca.]

A man, small black child and a dog pose in the center of the image. The blacksmith shops and horses are in the background. Men work with horses on the left side of the image. Washington became a major center for army services during the war...

GLC05111.01.0221

Old Capitol Prison, [1st and A Streets NE,] Washington, D.C. 1865-1866 ca.

Title taken from text on recto. Negative by William R. Pywell. A view of the prison from the street. Several soldiers stand guard around the prison with bayonets fixed and arms at the right-shoulder shift. Plate "No. 90."

GLC05111.01.0284

Ambulance Corral with uncovered ambulances. [1861-1865 ca.]

The image shows a large number of uncovered ambulances parked behind a fence. A group of barracks-like buildings, perhaps repair shops or garages, are shown in the middle of the image with houses and other buildings in the distance. Pencil...

GLC05111.01.0215

Ambulance Corral with covered ambulances. [1861-1865 ca.]

The image shows a large number of ambulances parked behind a fence. A group of barracks-like buildings, perhaps repair shops or garages, are shown in the middle of the image with houses and other buildings in the distance. Pencil inscription on...

GLC05111.01.0216

Pumphouse at Camp Nelson. [1861-1865 ca.]

Image of a large, elevated, multi-story structure. Three people look out a window on the top level. A man stands on a landing near the top. The building is located on the side of a cliff or steep incline. A set of wooden pipes run down the hill....

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Distant view of pump house at Camp Nelson. [1861-1865 ca.]

Image of the pumphouse and the hill behind it. The photo appears to have been taken from an elevated position. Water or steam shoots out of spouts at the top and bottom of the pumphouse. A man can be seen standing on an uncompleted platform next...

GLC05111.01.0218

Reservoir at Camp Nelson. [1861-1865 ca.]

Large squared reservoir rises from the ground surrounded by a picket fence. Several buildings and a small tower located behind the reservoir. Three soldiers lean on the fence in front of the reservoir and several more are sitting in a shelter...

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Army wagon pulled by two horses near building on river.

Three men sit in the wagon on what appear to be coiled hoses. There are people standing near the building and an unhitched wagon at far end of the building.

GLC05111.01.0220

Capt[ain]s Restieaux and Santingen with families. [1861-1865 ca.]

Title taken from pencil inscription on recto. Two families posed in yard in front of porch. Image shows two middle aged men, one young woman, two middle aged women, three young girls, and two young boys.

GLC05111.01.0222

[Portrait of an unidentified eleven member family]

A print of a photograph showing family members in their yard with the corner of a brick building to the left side of the photograph. The image shows two small boys one small girl, one teenage girl, one teen age boy, two middle aged men, one middle...

GLC05111.01.0223

Birth-Place of Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant, Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio.

A mounted print of a photograph showing the birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant. Title taken from text on recto. A small white house stands with two trees on either side of it, surrounded by a wooden fence with its gate open. A small boy huddles in the...

GLC05111.01.0224

Portrait of Col. Osterhaus. [1861-1862 ca.]

A print of an upper-body portrait of then-Colonel Peter J. Osterhaus. Taken by Bernhard Kihlholz of St. Louis, Missouri, with blind stamp. Osterhaus would become a major-general by war's end. Written on back: "Act. Brig. General Osterhaus"

GLC05111.01.0232

Flagship U.S.S. Hartford in Mobile Bay, November 10, 1864.

A print of a photograph of the U.S.S. Hartford. Graphite inscription on recto: "U. S. S. S. [sic] Hartford. 1864. Mobile Bay." Cancelled, red five cent "playing card" stamp on verso. Three mast sailing vessel that also has a steam stack in the...

GLC05111.01.0233

Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford

A print of a photograph of Admiral David G. Farragut and Captain Percival Drayton on the deck of the USS Hartford (1858). Farragut leans against the wheel, while the ship's commander, Captain Drayton stands to the left of him. The Hartford served as...

GLC05111.01.0234

No. 1. Fort Morgan, Front and East Side.

A print of a photograph of the ruins of Fort Morgan, AL. Title taken from accompanying panel of text. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan, which was bombarded by Farragut's fleet, and later taken by Union forces in...

GLC05111.01.0235

No. 2, Fort Morgan, Front and West Side.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL after the Battle of Mobile Bay. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M[cPherson] & O[liver]" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful...

GLC05111.01.0236

No. 3. Fort Morgan, water batteries, west side.

A print of a photograph of the ruins of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was...

GLC05111.01.0237

No. 4. Fort Morgan, south-east bastion.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan...

GLC05111.01.0238

No. 5. Fort Morgan Citadel, from south side.

A print of a photograph showing Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort...

GLC05111.01.0239

No. 6. Fort Morgan interior, west side.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. Top of light house visible in the distance. The most powerful of...

GLC05111.01.0240

No. 7. Fort Morgan Citadel, from north side.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. Top of light house visible in the distance. The most powerful of...

GLC05111.01.0241

No 8. Fort Morgan from south-east side.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. Light house visible in the distance. The most powerful of defenses...

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No. 9. Light House, Mobile Point.

A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan...

GLC05111.01.0243

From Top of Signal Station, Looking South, showing all between Hospital and Signal Station

A print of a photograph of the Union encampment on Hilton Head Island, SC. Accompanying text reads: "From top of Signal Station, Looking South, Showing all between Hospital and Signal Station." Railroad tracks run down the center of the image with...

GLC05111.01.0244

Fort Pulaski, Ga. Battery A looking towards Tybee.

A print of a photograph showing Fort Pulaski, near Savannah, GA. Title taken from accompanying text.Officers of the 48th NY Infantry garrisoned the fort and posed for the camera along with their colonel, W.B. Barton, standing with his wife in the...

GLC05111.01.0247

[Tennessee State Capitol]

A print of a photograph of the Tennesse State Capitol in Nashville, TN. Crisp, detailed image of the state house surrounded by a barren landscape. Log breastworks can be seen surrounding the base of the building. The building was constructed between...

GLC05111.01.0248

U.S. Quartermasters Wharf barge in Cairo, Ill. with Mississippi fleet in the distance

A print of a photograph of a wharf at Cairo, IL. The wharf belongs to the U.S. Quartermaster. A riverine fleet can be seen in the background. Title from graphite inscription on recto. Ink inscription on recto "R-684." Graphite inscription on verso:...

GLC05111.01.0249

Army wagon after three years of service.

A print of a photograph of a wagon. Title from inscription on recto. Wagon is very worn with mud encrusted wheels. Headquarters baggage tent in background along with some buildings. "416" and "O'Sullivan" are written on the back. There is also a...

GLC05111.01.0250

Rappahannock Station, Virginia. Canvas pontoon wagon, 50th New York Engineers

A print of a photograph of a pontoon wagon. Graphite inscriptions on verso: "272," "IX" and "Camp Pontoon Wagon." Pontoon wagon and a coiled rope and anchor are also on the cart. Many trees visible in background.
Same image as GLC 5111.01.0207

GLC05111.01.0251

Fairfax Court House. Fairfax, Va. [June 1863]

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. "Incidents of the War" series. Published in Gardner's "Photo Sketchbook of the Civil War," with accompanying panel of text. Published by Phip & Solomon. A group of mounted Federal soldiers stand in front of the...

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[Bealeton, Va. Sutler's tent at Army of the Potomac headquarters]

A print of a photograph of a sutler's tent at the Army of the Potomac headquarters. Four men, including two sergeants, stand in front opening of tent speaking to someone inside the tent. Nine additional men are posed in the rear if the tent. One of...

GLC05111.01.0254

Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Dismounted gun

A print of a photograph of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Image looks out from the fort over the beach and water. A heavy artillery piece has been destroyed on the right hand side of the image. To the left of the carriage, against the parapet are...

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Signal Station on Elk Mtn Antietam

A print of a photograph of some ment standing on top of a signal tower on Elk Mountain. The tower is approximately two meters tall and built of stacked wooden logs. Print is an oval shape.Title from inscription on verso. Published in Gardner's "Photo...

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Evacuation of Aquia Creek, VA. July 1863. [Copy 1]

Published in Gardner's "Photo Sketchbook of the Civil War," with accompanying panel of text. "Incidents of the War" series. Image of steamers at the landing with barges in foreground.
See GlC 5111.01.0261

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Evacuation of Aquia Creek, VA. July 1863. [Copy 2]

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. Published in Gardner's "Photo. Sketchbook of the Civil War," with accompanying panel of text. Image of steamers at the landing with barges in foreground.
See GlC 5111.01.0261

GLC05111.01.0261

[Beach landscape with large sand dunes possibly Fort Fisher, NC]

A print of a photograph of a beach with sand dunes. Previously identified as being Fort Fisher, NC but matches no other image known from that era. "533" is written on the reverse.

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