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Archive Reference (shelfmark) 1784.a.13, 1

11. 1784.a.13, 1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(10)
Title:
Ruins at Manassas Junction. March, 1862. Photographer: Barnard and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking over the railway junction, with a group of soldiers posed casually for the photographer in the right foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 1784.a.13, 1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(14)
Title:
Mortar Battery No. 4, near Yorktown, Va. May, 1862. Photographer: Wood and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography 'This represents one of the batteries planted for the bombardment of Yorktown … The mortars of Battery No. 4 were of thirteen inch calibre, and required great labor to place them in position. As the fire of mortars is entirely a work of calculation, it is not necessary fo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1862
Extent:
1 item

16. 1784.a.13, 1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(15)
Title:
Moore House, Yorktown, Va. May, 1862. Photographer: Wood and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the dilapidated house, with a group of army officers in the garden in the left foreground. It was here that Washington and Cornwallis met in Ocotber 1781 to arrange capitulation terms. 'When the Army of the Potomac invested Yorktown, the Moore House was in excelle...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1862
Extent:
1 item

17. 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

18. 1784.a.13, 1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(17)
Title:
Military bridge, across the Chickahominy, Va. Photographer: Woodbury, D. B.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View from the riverbank looking towards the bridge, with a large group of soldiers posed on the structure: 'The picture is taken at a point where the accumulated waters most presented the character of a stream, the swamp being in some places all of a mile in width, and su...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

19. 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

20. 1784.a.13, 1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(19)
Title:
Antietam Bridge, MD. September, 1862. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the stone bridge over Antietam Creek, with wagons crossing, near the site of the Battle of Antietam: 'This structure … is one of the most memorable spots in the history of the war, although but little suggestive in its present sunny repose, of the s...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1862
Extent:
1 item