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

1. 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

2. 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

3. 1784.a.13, 1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(47)
Title:
Castle Murray, near Auburn, Va. November, 1863. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking towards the stone 'castle,' a mansion in Scottish baronial style with tower and crenellated roofline, with a military encampment in the foreground: 'On the Warrenton Railroad, is a spot known as Three Mile Station; there are no depot buildings, but for all th...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1863
Extent:
1 item

4. 1784.a.13, 1(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(48)
Title:
Culpeper, Va. November, 1863. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking across fields towards the town, with army tents in the middleground: 'Another year, and peace will have hidden the scars that now so sadly mar its beauty. Nature cannot be wholly defrauded of her blossoms, or prevented from drawing her mantle over the deserts...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1863
Extent:
1 item

5. 1784.a.13, 1(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(49)
Title:
General Post-Office, Army of the Potomac. Brandy Station, December, 1863. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the post office tent among the woods, with two figures posed in front: 'The photograph shows the tent used by the Post-Office Department at General Headquarters. The cases for the letters were made of rough boards, which on a march were packed away in the bottom o...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1863
Extent:
1 item