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Post-office, Washington. From North-east

Post-office, Washington. From North-east

Mounted on board with printed title, name, and address of photographer. This record contains unverified data from shelflist card. Source unknown. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a ... More

[Mrs. Thomas Taylor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Alexander Gardner.

[Mrs. Thomas Taylor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Alexa...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to the United St... More

Bodies of Confederate artillerymen near Dunker church

Bodies of Confederate artillerymen near Dunker church

No. 552. Alternate title and photographer from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. M... More

"The home guard" White Mountain rangers

"The home guard" White Mountain rangers

Stereograph shows a group of women kneeling and standing in formation, holding long pointed sticks or spears, forming a unit of "home guards". Attributed to Alexander Gardner based on stamp "A.G." on another c... More

Acquia (i.e. Aquia) Creek Landing, Virginia

Acquia (i.e. Aquia) Creek Landing, Virginia

No. 446. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

Lewis Payne, Lincoln conspirator, full-length portrait, standing in front of tent, facing right

Lewis Payne, Lincoln conspirator, full-length portrait, standing in fr...

Photographer name from Swanson, J. Lincoln's assassins, 2001. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 7771. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known f... More

Major General S. P. Heintzelman and staff

Major General S. P. Heintzelman and staff

No. 509. Alternate title, and photographer from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. ... More

View from Libby Hill looking west on Main Street

View from Libby Hill looking west on Main Street

No. B851. Photographer identified in Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Mounted wit... More

[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated]

[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated]

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln with a badly swollen hand after shaking hands with thousands of people during his journey to Washington, DC. During most of the sitting he kept his right hand closed or out of view. ... More

Antietam, Maryland. General Joe Hooker's headquarters

Antietam, Maryland. General Joe Hooker's headquarters

Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Hooker's Headquarters, Battle of Antietam. Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge. Southeastern view

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge. Southeastern view

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Burnside Bridge South Eastern view, Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of ... More

Antietam, Maryland. Picnic party at Antietam bridge

Antietam, Maryland. Picnic party at Antietam bridge

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Picnic Party at Antietam. Corresponding print is in LOT 4172. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Pho... More

Antietam, Maryland. Battlefield near Sherrick's house where the 79th N.Y. Vols. fought after they crossed the creek. Group of dead Confederates

Antietam, Maryland. Battlefield near Sherrick's house where the 79th N...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: View on Battlefied of Antietem near Sherrick's house, where the 79th New York Volunteers Fought, After they crossed the creek. Group of dead Con... More

Group at headquarters Army of Potomac, Oct. 4, 1862

Group at headquarters Army of Potomac, Oct. 4, 1862

Photograph shows at left, Maj. Allen Pinkerton and Friends at the Secret Service Department near Antietam, Maryland. No. 618. Alternate title, and photographerfrom Catalogue of photographic incidents of the wa... More

Antietam, Maryland. Bodies in front of the Dunker church

Antietam, Maryland. Bodies in front of the Dunker church

Caption from negative sleeve: Dunker Church, Antietam, Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gene... More

Maryland. John C. Babcock, a Secret Service man and Gimlet, a celebrated war horse of the Rappahannock

Maryland. John C. Babcock, a Secret Service man and Gimlet, a celebrat...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gimlet, a celebrated war horse of the Rappahannock. Oct. 1862. Annotation from negative, stereo label: 2-4 & 5 G[?], John C. Babcock, Secret Ser... More

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge across the Antietam. Southwest view

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge across the Antietam. Southwest vie...

Photographer name from negative sleeve: Alex. Gardner. Caption from negative sleeve: Burnside Bridge, across the Antietam, South-west view. Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-C. Credit line: Civil war photograp... More

[Abraham Lincoln on battlefield at Antietam, Maryland, cropped version that highlights McLellan and Lincoln]

[Abraham Lincoln on battlefield at Antietam, Maryland, cropped version...

Abraham Lincoln with, from left: Col. Alexander S. Webb, Chief of Staff, 5th Corps.; Gen. George B. McClellan; Scout Adams; Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Army Medical Director; an unidentified person; and standing be... More

Westover Landing, Virginia. View of transports in James River

Westover Landing, Virginia. View of transports in James River

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: West over Landing, James River, July 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4175. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congres... More

Antietam, Maryland. Battlefield on the day of battle sic

Antietam, Maryland. Battlefield on the day of battle sic

Photo, probably taken on the afternoon of Sept. 18 (the day after the battle), shows a man with binoculars on the hill in front of McClellan's headquarters looking towards Antietam Creek. The smoke is from camp... More

General Heintzelman and staff, Harrisons Landing

General Heintzelman and staff, Harrisons Landing

Gen. Samuel Peter Heintzelman and staff posed in front of tent. No. 628. Original negative no. : LC-B811-628. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - Decemb... More

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam bridge on Sharpsburg and Boonsboro turnpike

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam bridge on Sharpsburg and Boonsboro turnpi...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Antietam bridge. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about ... More

Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. General John A. McClernand

Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. General Joh...

Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Date from information associated with identical image in negative LC-B817-7949. Annotation from negative: Copyright 1907 by E.B. Eaton. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 186... More

Westover Landing, Virginia. Officers of 3rd and 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry illustrating the hardships of war

Westover Landing, Virginia. Officers of 3rd and 4th Pennsylvania Caval...

Photographer name from negative sleeve: Alex. Gardner. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of 3d and 4th PA Cavalry, illustrating the hardships of war. Westover Landing. Annotation from negative, glass side:... More

Antietam, Maryland. Rullet's house on the battlefield

Antietam, Maryland. Rullet's house on the battlefield

Title from Civil War caption books. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war... More

Antietam, Maryland. 93rd New York Infantry, headquarters Army of the Potomac

Antietam, Maryland. 93rd New York Infantry, headquarters Army of the P...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: 93rd N.Y. Infantry, Hdq. Army of the Potomac, Antietam. Sept. 1862. Annotation from negative, glass side: 93d N.Y. Hdqrs Guard at Antietam, Sept... More

Antietam, Maryland. General Joe Hooker's headquarters

Antietam, Maryland. General Joe Hooker's headquarters

Title from Civil War caption books. Corresponding print is in LOT 4170. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war p... More

Elk Mountain, Maryland. Signal tower overlooking Antietam battlefield

Elk Mountain, Maryland. Signal tower overlooking Antietam battlefield

T. O'Sullivan is credited as the photographer in Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, but he did not photograph at Antietam. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Signal tow... More

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam bridge, on Sharpsburg and Boonsboro turnpike

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam bridge, on Sharpsburg and Boonsboro turnp...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Antietam bridge, on Sharpsburg and Boonsboro turnpike. Looking up stream. Sept. 1862. Bridge name: Middle Bridge or Orndorff Bridge (pre-Civil W... More

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge across the Antietam

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge across the Antietam

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Burnside bridge across the Antietam. Northeast view. With graves of Union Soldiers. Sept. 1862. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, L... More

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam bridge, looking across stream

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam bridge, looking across stream

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Antietam bridge, looking across stream. Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4176. Bridge name: Middle Bridge or Orndorff Bridge (pre-Civil... More

Warrenton, Virginia. General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff

Warrenton, Virginia. General Ambrose E. Burnside and staff

Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: General A.E. Burnside and staff, Warrenton, Va. Group includes: Orlando B. Willcox, ... More

Antietam, Maryland. Sherrick's house, near Burnside bridge

Antietam, Maryland. Sherrick's house, near Burnside bridge

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Battle-field of Antietam Sherrick's House, near Burnside Bridge, September 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4165-C. Credit line: Civil war ph... More

Pleasant Valley, Maryland. Group of Signal Corps detachment

Pleasant Valley, Maryland. Group of Signal Corps detachment

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Group of Signal Corps Detachment, Pleasant Valley. Annotation from negative, stereo label: Miller vol. 8, p. 319. Corresponding print is in LOT ... More

Antietam, Maryland. General John C. Caldwell and staff on battlefield

Antietam, Maryland. General John C. Caldwell and staff on battlefield

Title from Civil War caption books. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war p... More

The President and General McClellan on the Battle-field of Antietam

The President and General McClellan on the Battle-field of Antietam

Photograph shows President Lincoln and General McClellan seated inside a tent on the Battlefield of Antietam. Ostendorf, no. 66 Meserve, no. 43. Printed under photo: Entered according to act of Congress, in th... More

Colonel J. H. Childs and staff, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Westover Landing, Virginia, Aug. 1862

Colonel J. H. Childs and staff, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Westover Lan...

Photographer information from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Purchase; L.C. Han... More

Harrison's Landing, Virginia. Headquarters of Signal Corps

Harrison's Landing, Virginia. Headquarters of Signal Corps

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Headquarters Signal Corps, Harrison's landing. Aug. 1862. Miller, vol. 8, p. 317. Corresponding print is in LOT 4172-H. Credit line: Civil war p... More

[Soldier standing at graves of Federal soldiers, along stone fence, at Burnside Bridge, Antietam, Maryland]

[Soldier standing at graves of Federal soldiers, along stone fence, at...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). LC-B815-585. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Ci... More

View on Battle-field of Antietam

View on Battle-field of Antietam

Photographer name from Frassanito, W. Antietam, 1978. Title from Frassanito, W. Antietam, 1978: Confederate dead on the Miller farm, looking toward the west woods. Corresponding print is in LOT 4168. Credit lin... More

Warrenton, Virginia. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Generals, Ambrose E. Burnside, Winfield S. Hancock, Darius N. Couch, Edward Ferrero, Marsena R. Patrick, Orlando B. Willcox, John Cochrane, John Buford and others

Warrenton, Virginia. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Generals, Ambr...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Generals Burnside, Hancock, Couch, Ferro, Patrick, Wilcox, Cochrane, Buford and others. Headquarters Army of the Potomac, November 10th, 1862. C... More

Antietam, Maryland. Real's barn, burned by the bursting of a Federal shell at the battle of Antietam

Antietam, Maryland. Real's barn, burned by the bursting of a Federal s...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Real's barn, burned by the bursting of a federal shell at the battle of Antietam. Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-C. Credit line:... More

Keedysville, Maryland (vicinity). Smith's barn, used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam

Keedysville, Maryland (vicinity). Smith's barn, used as a hospital aft...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Smith's house and barn near Keedysville, used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam. Sept. 1862. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1... More

Antietam, Maryland. Graves of Federal soldiers at Burnside Bridge

Antietam, Maryland. Graves of Federal soldiers at Burnside Bridge

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Graves of federal soldiers at Burnside Bridge, Antietam, 21st September 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4168. Credit line: Civil war photogr... More

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam Bridge, eastern view

Antietam, Maryland. Antietam Bridge, eastern view

Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Antietam Bridge, eastern view. Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4176. Credi... More

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge from the southeast

Antietam, Maryland. Burnside bridge from the southeast

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Burnside Bridge from the south east. Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of... More

Westover Landing, Virginia. Colonel William W. Averell, 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry and staff

Westover Landing, Virginia. Colonel William W. Averell, 3d Pennsylvani...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Wm. W. Averill and staff, Westover Landing, Aug. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4186-A and LOT 4187. Credit line: Civil war photograph... More

Antietam, Maryland. Lt. Colonel Charles B. Norton at headquarters of General Fitz-John Porter

Antietam, Maryland. Lt. Colonel Charles B. Norton at headquarters of G...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Lt. Col. C.B. Norton, Hdq. of General Fitz John Porter, Antietam, Md., Sept. 1862. Photographer: Alex. Gardner. Corresponding print is in LOT 41... More

Keedysville, Maryland (vicinity). Straw huts erected on Smith's farm used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam

Keedysville, Maryland (vicinity). Straw huts erected on Smith's farm u...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Straw huts erected on Smith's farm, and used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam. Sept. 1862. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-18... More

Antietam, Maryland. Group of Federal artillery offices on battlefield

Antietam, Maryland. Group of Federal artillery offices on battlefield

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Group of Artillery officers on Battle-field of Antietam. Sept. 1862. Lt. Rufus King, Lt. Alonzo Cushing, Lt. Evan Thomas and three other officer... More

Three unidentified soldiers eating at table outside tent as an African American soldier sits by the tent with sword on his knee

Three unidentified soldiers eating at table outside tent as an African...

Printed on recto: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purch... More

[Bv't. Maj. General John C. Caldwell and staff posed in front of tent]

[Bv't. Maj. General John C. Caldwell and staff posed in front of tent]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 580. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to t... More

Antietam, Maryland. Ruins of Mumma's house on the battlefield

Antietam, Maryland. Ruins of Mumma's house on the battlefield

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Ruins of Mumma's House on Battlefield of Antietam, Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-C and LOT 4165-C. Credit line: Civil war photo... More

Elk Mountain, Maryland. Lts. Edward C. Pearce, John C. Babcock and Rockwell (center)

Elk Mountain, Maryland. Lts. Edward C. Pearce, John C. Babcock and Roc...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Lieutenants Pearce, John C. Babcock and Rockwell on Elk Mountain, Maryland, Oct. '62. Corresponding print is in LOT 4187. Credit line: Civil war... More

Antietam, Maryland. Confederate soldiers as they fell near the Burnside bridge

Antietam, Maryland. Confederate soldiers as they fell near the Burnsid...

Photographer name from negative sleeve: Alex. Gardner. Caption from negative sleeve: Confederate soldiers as they fell, near the Burnside Bridge at the Battle of Antietam, Sept. 1862. Corresponding print is in ... More

Antietam, Maryland. Ditch with bodies of soldiers on right wing used as a rifle pit by Confederates

Antietam, Maryland. Ditch with bodies of soldiers on right wing used a...

Photographer name from negative sleeve: Gardner. Caption from negative sleeve: Antietam, Md. Sept. 1862, Ditch on right wing used as rifle pit by Confederates. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Lib... More

[Abraham Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Abraham Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows full-length portrait of Lincoln seated at a table and leaning on a book. Ostendorf, no. 74. Meserve, no. 55. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photograph... More

[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, holding glasses and newspaper, Aug. 9, 1863]

[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, holding glasses and...

"Lincoln poses in Gardner's new gallery on Sunday, August 9, 1863. ... Lincoln had promised to be Gardner's first sitter and chose Sunday for his visit to avoid 'curiosty-seekers and other seekers' while on his... More

Aquia Creek, Virginia. Group standing in front of hospital

Aquia Creek, Virginia. Group standing in front of hospital

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Group at Aquia Creek Hospital. February 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4187. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Cong... More

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. Group of Commissary clerks

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. Group of Commissary clerks

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: group of Commissary clerks. Aquia Creek Landing, Va. February 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4188. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861... More

Confederate soldiers as they fell near the center of the battlefield of Gettysburg

Confederate soldiers as they fell near the center of the battlefield o...

No. 235. Top left photograph on mount with five other photographs. Forms part of Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) wa... More

Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg, PA.

Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg, PA.

Photograph shows officers of the Sanitary Commission in front of the headquarter in Gettysburg. No. 238. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the ga... More

[Presidenet Abraham Lincoln, seated next to a table]

[Presidenet Abraham Lincoln, seated next to a table]

Photo shows President Abraham Lincoln in one of a series of six pictures taken on the day before the official opening of Alexander Gardner's new gallery. Reproduced from a sepia enlargement. (Source: Ostendorf,... More

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery, Army of the Poto...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery, Army of Potomac, Culpeper, Va., September 1863. Attributed to Alexander Gardner based on similarity to LC-B817... More

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery. Army of the Potomac

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery. Army of the Poto...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade, Army of the Potomac, Culpeper, Va., Sept. 1863. Creator attribution based on LOT 738, Cowan's Western ... More

[Abraham Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Abraham Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph showing portrait of Lincoln, seated, holding glasses and paper, taken August 9, 1863. Notation on verso: "Photo made by Gardiner early in 1863." Accessions box no. DLC/PP - 1972:018 Alexander Gardn... More

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Library copy is reversed. Ostendorf, no. 77 Meserve, 59 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 145. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 18... More

[Three horse-drawn covered wagons in the foreground.  Soldiers marching in formation between rows of small cabins and tents in the background]

[Three horse-drawn covered wagons in the foreground. Soldiers marchin...

Copyright 1863 by Alexander Gardner. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best know... More

Emmitsburg, Maryland. St. Joseph's Seminary. American Civil War glass negative.

Emmitsburg, Maryland. St. Joseph's Seminary. American Civil War glass ...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: St. Joseph's Seminary Emmitsburg, Md. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, ... More

Newsboy in camp, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Newsboy in camp, American Civil War Glass Negative.

No. 617. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Group at Captain W.S. Hall's wagon camp

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Group at Captain W.S. Hall's...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Group at Capt. Hall's wagon camp. February 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4188. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of C... More

[President Abraham Lincoln seated with his secretaries John Hay and John Nicolay]

[President Abraham Lincoln seated with his secretaries John Hay and Jo...

Photo shows President Abraham Lincoln seated between his private secretaries John G. Nicolay and John Hay at a photo session in Alexander Gardner's studio in Washington, D.C., on November 8, 1863. "On this day ... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Offices of U.S. Sanitary Commission

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Offices of U.S. Sanitary Commission

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Office of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-D. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Offices of U.S. Sanitary Commission

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Offices of U.S. Sanitary Commission

Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of Sanitary Commission at Gettysburg, Pa. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-D. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, in profile facing left; cropped from larger view]

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, in profile facing left;...

Ostendorf, no. 80 (variant) Meserve, no. 61 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 150. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December... More

Aquia Crek Landing, Virginia. Capt. T.E. Hall, assist. Quartermaster

Aquia Crek Landing, Virginia. Capt. T.E. Hall, assist. Quartermaster

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Capt. Hall, Aquia Creek Landing, Feb. 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4191. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congre... More

Group at Commissary Depot, Acquia [i.e. Aquia] Creek Landing, Virginia, Feb. 1863

Group at Commissary Depot, Acquia [i.e. Aquia] Creek Landing, Virginia...

Photographs shows General John H. H. Ward and a group gathered near a railcar and a stack of wooden boxes. No. 7040. Alternate title and photographer from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from t... More

Incidents of the war / A. Gardner, photographer.

Incidents of the war / A. Gardner, photographer.

Photograph showing scouts and guides of the Army of the Potomac in Brandy Station, Virginia. Corresponding negative filed as LC-B817-7294. Subject information from Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled b... More

[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated, facing slightly right]

[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated, facing slightly right]

Ostendorf, no. 73 Meserve, no. 50 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 136-7. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 188... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Brazilian Steam Frigate at Navy Yard. Yards manned on the occasion of the President's visit

Washington, District of Columbia. Brazilian Steam Frigate at Navy Yard...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Brazilian ship. Brazilian steam frigate, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Jan. 1863. Yards manned on the occasion of the President's visit. See Gardn... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Brazilian steamer

Washington, District of Columbia. Brazilian steamer

Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Brazilian Steamer, January 1863. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Libr... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Confederate soldiers as they fell near the center of the battlefield

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Confederate soldiers as they fell near the c...

Photographer name from negative sleeve: Alex. Gardner. Caption from negative sleeve: Confederate soldiers as they fell, near the center of the battle-field of Gettysburg. Corresponding print is in LOT 4168. Cre... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "Slaughter Pen" on left wing

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "Slaughter Pen" on left wing

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Slaughter pen on left wing at Battle of Gettysburg. July 1863. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. View of Federal Supply depot

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. View of Federal Supply depot

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: View at Aquia Creek Landing. Feb. 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4175. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, ... More

Washington, District of Columbia. Brazilian steamer

Washington, District of Columbia. Brazilian steamer

Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Brazilian Steamer, January 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4182. Credit line: Ci... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Unfit for service. Artillery caisson and dead mule

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Unfit for service. Artillery caisson and dea...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Unfit for Service, on the battlefield of Gettysburg. July 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4168. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-186... More

Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National Cemetery, Gettysburg, ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress... More

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. View from Commissary Department

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. View from Commissary Department

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: View at Aquia Creek Landing, from Commissary Department. Feb. 1863. Annotation from negative, stereo label: Commissary depot. Corresponding prin... More

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Copy negative was made from a photograph in a private collection. Ostendorf, no. 77 Meserve, 59 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p.... More

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade commanded by Capt. James Robertson

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade comma...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade, Culpeper, September 1863. Attributed to Alexander Gardner, based on similarity to LC-B817-7076. Corres... More

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. Supply boats at the wharf

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. Supply boats at the wharf

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Aquia Greek Landing, Feb, 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4175. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints a... More

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. Group of officers: Colonel Rogers, Lt. Colonel Sawtelle, Dr. Whyte, Capt. McGraw and Capt. J.W. Forsyth, Provost Marshal, Major A. Parker Porter

Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. Group of officers: Colonel Rogers, Lt. ...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Group of officers: Col. Rogers, Lt. Col. Sawtelle, Dr. Wright, Capt. McGraw and Capt. Forsyth. Aquia Creek Landing, Va., February 1863. Correspo... More

[Abraham Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Abraham Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph showing portrait of Lincoln, seated, holding glasses and paper, taken August 9, 1863. Accessions box no. DLC/PP - 1972:018 Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish ph... More

Headquarters, New York Herald, Army of the Potomac, Bealton / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner.

Headquarters, New York Herald, Army of the Potomac, Bealton / negative...

Photograph showing the war correspondents of the New York Herald gathered at their camp headquarters near the Army of the Potomac in Bealeton, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war... More

Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner.

Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sulliva...

Photograph showing a group of soldiers near a bridge over the North Anna River, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c18... More

[Walt Whitman, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, wearing heavy coat with right hand in pocket, left hand at cheek]

[Walt Whitman, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly ...

On verso: Gardner, Washington, D.C. Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Autographed: Walt Whitman 1864. Saunders, no. 22 ... More

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, positive by A. Gardner.

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, positi...

Photograph showing the canal which was built to join together two portions of the James River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons,... More

Mortar dictator in front of Petersburg / negative by David Knox ; positive by A. Gardner.

Mortar dictator in front of Petersburg / negative by David Knox ; posi...

Photograph showing a group of military personnel around a thirteen inch mortar used to fire on Petersburg. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp... More

Battery A, Fourth U.S. Artillery, Robertson's brigade / negative by J. Gardner, positive by A. Gardner.

Battery A, Fourth U.S. Artillery, Robertson's brigade / negative by J....

Photograph showing the mounted battery of Captain Robertson. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 2, no. 59. Copyright ... More

View on canal, near Crenshaw's Mill, Richmond, Virginia / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

View on canal, near Crenshaw's Mill, Richmond, Virginia / Alex. Gardne...

Photograph showing a view of the canal on which supplies were brought to the Confederate capital. Crenshaw's flour mill is on the left. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gar... More

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