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41. 1784.a.13, 2(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(71)
Title:
Aitken House, on Weldon Railroad, Va. February, 1865 [The Aiken House, near Petersburg]. Photographer: Reekie, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View from the roadway of the tree-shaded wood-framed house, with a group of men and women posed in the porch: '… An ordinary farm house, not far from that known as the Yellow House, and near the line of the Weldon Railroad. While Grant was extending his lines towards the ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

42. 1784.a.13, 2(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(65)
Title:
Jericho Mills, North Anna, Va. May, 1864. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the pontoon bridge and across the North Anna River, towards the mill buildings on the farther bank. This was the location of an action on 23 May 1864.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:
1 item

43. 1784.a.13, 2(59)

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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

44. 1784.a.13, 2(92)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(92)
Title:
View on canal, near Crenshaw's Mill, Richmond, Va., April, 1865. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking along the canal towards a stone bridge and burnt-out buildings beyond: 'The principal object in this picture is the ruin of what was once one of the finest flour mills in the country. Haxall's Mill had a floor surface of eight acres, and a water-power that ne...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

45. 1784.a.13, 2(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(70)
Title:
Army repair shop. February, 1864 [A field workshop in the Ninth Army Corps, before Petersburg]. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the tents of the repair shop, with craftsmen posed at work in front: 'The tent fly, with its partial walls of loose bricks, covers the forge. Around it are the wheel and harness-makers, evidently resting, with pleasing expectations of forming a dominant feauture o...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1864
Extent:
1 item

46. 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

47. 1784.a.13, 2(82)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(82)
Title:
View on the Appomattox River, near Campbell's Bridge, Petersburg, Va., May, 1865. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the river and a group of industrial buildings: 'On the right hand side of the view here taken is introduced a portion of one of the 'Merchant Manufacturing Company's Cotton Mills,' established in the early part of the year 1832, and employing, we a...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:
1 item

48. 1784.a.13, 2(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(83)
Title:
Quarters of men in Fort Sedgwick, generally known as Fort Hell. May, 1865. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography 'This view exhibits the bomb-proof quarter occupied by both officers and men in Fort Sedgwick. Excavations were made in the ground, and covered first with heavy pieces of timber, over which a layer of earth, of several feet in thickness, is thrown, sufficient to resist th...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:
1 item

49. 1784.a.13, 2(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(99)
Title:
McLean's House, Appomattox Court-House, Va. Where the Capitulation was signed between Generals Grant and Lee. April, 1865 Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography General view of the two-storey brick house, with a family group (presumably the McLeans) posed on the steps leading to the verandah: 'It is a singular fact that the owner of this house, Mr. McLean, was living on the first Bull Run battle-field at the time of that engageme...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

50. 1784.a.13, 2(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(54)
Title:
Field Hospital, Second Army Corps. Brandy Station, February, 1864. Photographer: Gardner, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking towards the entrance to the field hospital, opened in the winter of 1863-64.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1864
Extent:
1 item