Search

Archive Reference (shelfmark) 1784.a.13, 2 Subject Arms and Armaments Level [40] File

1. 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

2. 1784.a.13, 2(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(75)
Title:
Mortar dictator. Front of Petersburg, October, 1864. Photographer: Knox, David
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the massive mortar, mounted on a railway trolley, with officers and men posed on the platform: 'This monster mortar, cast by Mr. Charles Knapp, at his celebrated iron works in Pittsburg, Pa., was used for a short time in the summer of 1864, during the siege operat...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1864
Extent:
1 item

3. 1784.a.13, 2(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(91)
Title:
Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Va. April, 1865. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking towards the burnt-out shells of buildings, with figures posed among the debris and stacked shels of the Arsenal yard in the foreground: 'The Confederate Arsenal at Richmond was one of the most extensive establishments of the kind in the South. At the commence...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item