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Archive Reference (shelfmark) 1784.a.13, 1 Language Not applicable Subject Military facilities

1. 1784.a.13, 1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(5)
Title:
Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, Va. March, 1862. Photographer: Barnard and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of earthwork fortifications, with a group of soldiers posed in the foreground: 'After the first battle of Bull Run, the Confederates extended their earthworks from Manassas across Bull Run, and along the ridge of Centreville. The works shown in the photograph were co...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

2. 1784.a.13, 1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(6)
Title:
Quaker guns, Centreville. March, 1862. Photographer: Barnard and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of fortified area and revetement in foreground, with cantonment huts of the Southern Army in the distance. In the foreground are the 'Quaker' guns - tree trunks mounted on the fortification in imitation of siege guns.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

3. 1784.a.13, 1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(11)
Title:
Fortifications at Manassas. March, 1862. Photographer: Barnard and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking towards earthwork fortifications, with soldiers posed among the line of earth-filled barrels in the foreground: 'This sketch represents a portion of the Confederate fortifications at Manassas after their occupation by the Federal Army. The works were laid out...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

4. 1784.a.13, 1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(12)
Title:
Battery No. 1, near Yorktown, Va. May, 1862. No. 1. Photographer: Wood and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the massive guns in the battery: 'The first battery was located on the York river, about a mile and three-quarters from Confederate's wharves and their main works in front of Yorktown. It was built by the First Connecticut artillery, Col. Tyler, and had six of the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1862
Extent:
1 item

5. 1784.a.13, 1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(13)
Title:
Battery No. 1, near Yorktown, Va. May, 1862. No. 2. Photographer: Wood and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography A more general view of the battery, also seen in print 12.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1862
Extent:
1 item

6. 1784.a.13, 1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(16)
Title:
Inspection of troops at Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey, Va. May, 1862. Photographer: Wood and Gibson
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the troops on parade, with tents beyond. The foreground is dominated by a wagon and other objects: 'At Cumberland Landing, one of the most magnificent spectacles ever seen in the army was presented, when the combined forces, massed upon the banks of the river, converted the ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1862
Extent:
1 item

7. 1784.a.13, 1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(18)
Title:
Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Va. December, 1864. Photographer: Gardner, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking along the waterfront, with the ruined shell of a building on the left and a figure seated among the masonry debris in the foreground: 'On Saturday, the 23rd of April, 1861, the questionable policy of destroying this Navy Yard was enforced ... Some of the shop...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:
1 item

8. 1784.a.13, 1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(27)
Title:
What do I want, John Henry? Warrenton, Va., November, 1862. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Group portrait of officers relaxing in front of their tents, with a black servant holding a bottle and a plate.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1862
Extent:
1 item

9. 1784.a.13, 1(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(35)
Title:
Gettysburg. July, 1863. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography General view taken from Cemetery Ridge looking towards the town, with an army encampment in the field in the right foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1863
Extent:
1 item

10. 1784.a.13, 1(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(38)
Title:
Interior of breastworks on Round Top, Gettysburg. July, 1863 Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography The sketch represents a portion of the breastworks on the left of our line at Gettysburg, occupied by the Fifth and Sixth Corps, and against which, in the second day's fight, the Confederates under Longstreet repeatedly and so impetuously dashed. This position is on a ste...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1863
Extent:
1 item