Search

Archive Reference (shelfmark) 1784.a.13, 2 Language Not applicable Subject Military Camps

1. 1784.a.13, 2(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(51)
Title:
The 'Shebang,' or quarters of the U. S. Sanitary Commission. Brandy Station, November, 1863. Photographer: Gardner, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Viw looking towards the wooden buildings, with figures grouped in front
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1863
Extent:
1 item

2. 1784.a.13, 2(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(52)
Title:
Residence, Quartermaster, Third Army Corps. Brandy Station, December, 1863. Photographer: Gardner, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of makeshift buildings, with figures posed in front: 'When this picture was made, the Third Corps was yet an independent organization, under the command of Gen. French, whose Chief Quartermaster was Lieut. Col. J. B. Howard. The distinguishing flag of the Colonel's c...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1863
Extent:
1 item

3. 1784.a.13, 2(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(55)
Title:
Guard mount, Headquarters Army of the Potomac. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of men of the 114th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers on parade, with their camp on the hillside beyond: 'Soon after the breaking out of the war, a company of Zouaves, formed upon the French model, was organized in Philadelphia … When the army lay in winter quarter...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1864
Extent:
1 item

4. 1784.a.13, 2(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(56)
Title:
Headquarters New York Herald, Army of the Potomac. Bealton, September, 1863. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View showing the tents and wagon of the 'New York Herald' at Bealton: 'Military operations were never so faithfully chronicled as during the late war. Each army was accompanied by a corps of newspaper correspondents, most of whom were dependent upon the officiers' hospita...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1863
Extent:
1 item

5. 1784.a.13, 2(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(57)
Title:
Camp architecture. January, 1864. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Group portrait of two officers and their wives seated in front of the brick and canvas accommodation: 'The ingenuity and taste of the American soldier is strikingly illustrated in the variety of architecture with which he adorns his summer quarters … Sometimes a framework...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:
1 item

6. 1784.a.13, 2(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(59)
Title:
Battery A, Fourth U. S. Artillery — Robertson's Brigade. Photographer: Gardner, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography General view of troops and guns stretched out along the grassy slope, with the camp in the background: 'This is one of the celebrated horse batteries of the Army of the Potomac … The picture represents the four 12-pounder light brass pieces 'in battery,' with limbers and ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1864
Extent:
1 item

7. 1784.a.13, 2(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(60)
Title:
Headquarters, Army of the Potomac [at Brandy Station]. February, 1864. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of tents set among the tree, with a group of Zouaves posed in the foreground: 'This scene represents General Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, at Brandy Station, just previous to the Wilderness campaign. The large tent was occupied by Gen. Meade, and the adjoi...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1864
Extent:
1 item

8. 1784.a.13, 2(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(63)
Title:
Breaking camp. Brandy Station, May, 1864. Photographer: Gardner, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Showing a black servant posed next to the brick fireplace and plank flooring, from which the tent has been removed: 'Here is represented the deserted quarters of Gen. Sharp, Chief of the Secret Service of the Army of the Potomac, at Brandy Station, Virginia. The tents hav...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:
1 item

9. 1784.a.13, 2(76)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(76)
Title:
A fancy group. Front of Petersburg, August, 1864. Photographer: Knox, David
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Group of members of the Army of the Potomac seated in front of tents, with two negro men holding cocks which they are about to release to fight: 'The monotony of camp life [during the siege of Petersburg] was relieved by every variety of amusement that was known, or could...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1864
Extent:
1 item