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[A. Brett & Co. portrait of Lincoln based on Gardner photograph.].

[A. Brett & Co. portrait of Lincoln based on Gardner photograph.].

Based on Meserve no 51, Washington, 1863. Facsimile of Lincoln's signature at bottom of portrait. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his ... 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

[Brigadier General William G. Mank, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana Regiment, full-length portrait, standing, facing front] / Alex Gardner, Photographer for the Army of the Potomac.

[Brigadier General William G. Mank, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana ...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for h... 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

Antietam bridge, Md., American Civil War Glass Negative.

Antietam bridge, Md., American Civil War Glass Negative.

No. 4221. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 19. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Alexander Gardner (Octobe... 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. Dunker church on battlefield

Antietam, Maryland. Dunker church on battlefield

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Tunker Church, on battlefield of Antietam, Sept. 1862. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... 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

Slave pen, Alexandria, Virginia / negative by William R. Pywell ; positive by A Gardner.

Slave pen, Alexandria, Virginia / negative by William R. Pywell ; posi...

Photograph showing exterior view of Price, Birch & Co., dealers in slaves. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington... 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

Fortifications on heights of Centreville, Virginia / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive by A. Gardner.

Fortifications on heights of Centreville, Virginia / negative by Barna...

Illustration showing a group of soldiers at an earthwork fortification. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 5. ... 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

What do I want, John Henry? Warrenton, Virginia, November 1862 / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

What do I want, John Henry? Warrenton, Virginia, November 1862 / Alex....

White soldier sitting facing young black servant, who is holding bottle and cake(?), with two other soldiers sitting and one standing in front of two tents. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the ... 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

Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive by A Gardner.

Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; posit...

Illustration showing ruins of a stone bridge which was destroyed to prevent pursuit by Confederate troops. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp... More

Culpeper, Virginia, August 1862 during American Civil War

Culpeper, Virginia, August 1862 during American Civil War

View of Civil War military encampment in Culpeper, Virginia. Civil War Photograph Collection. Negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner. Corresponds to illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of... 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

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. 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

Scene in Pleasant Valley, Maryland / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

Scene in Pleasant Valley, Maryland / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

Photograph showing a group of men and women, including Union army officers' family members, on the porch of a house owned by Mrs. Lee. The two officers were members of the staff of Gen. McClellan and Gen. Burns... 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

Manassas Junction / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive by A Gardner.

Manassas Junction / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive by A Gardn...

Illustration showing a group of men seated on the remains of the railroad station after its destruction. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp &... 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

Pontoon bridge across Potomac River at Berlin, October 1862

Pontoon bridge across Potomac River at Berlin, October 1862

No. 4218. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 25. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. II, p. 56 - 57". Gift; ... 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

Confederate fortifications at Manassas, Virginia, Confederate States of America.

Confederate fortifications at Manassas, Virginia, Confederate States o...

Negative by Barnard & Gibson. Civil War Collection. No. 4175. Published in: Photographic sketch book of the war, vol. I, pl. 11. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photogra... More

Mathews' House, battle-field of Bull Run / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive by A Gardner.

Mathews' House, battle-field of Bull Run / negative by Barnard & Gibso...

Photograph showing a house on a hill above the battlefield at Bull Run. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 8. ... 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

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

Lacey House, Falmouth, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan ; positive by A. Gardner.

Lacey House, Falmouth, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan ; positi...

Photograph showing soldiers in front of the Lacy House near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866],... More

Battery No. 1, near Yorktown, Virginia / negative by Wood & Gibson ; positive by A. Gardner.

Battery No. 1, near Yorktown, Virginia / negative by Wood & Gibson ; p...

Photograph showing the cannons used by the Union army in a battery near the York River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866... 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

President Lincoln of battle-field of Antietam, October 3, 1862 / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

President Lincoln of battle-field of Antietam, October 3, 1862 / Alex....

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln at Antietam, Maryland, on Friday, October 3, 1862; Lincoln is posed standing by a chair and facing McClellan with other Union Army officers grouped outside a tent. From left to ... 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

Ruins at Manassas Junction / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive by A Gardner.

Ruins at Manassas Junction / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; positive b...

Illustration showing the remains of a turntable on the Orange and Alexandria railroad after the station was destroyed by retreating Confederates. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alex... More

Scouts and guides of the Army of Potomac, Berlin, Md., October 1862

Scouts and guides of the Army of Potomac, Berlin, Md., October 1862

No. 4219. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 28. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Alexander Gardner (October ... 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

[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

Scouts and guides to the Army of the Potomac / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

Scouts and guides to the Army of the Potomac / Alex. Gardner, photogra...

Illustration showing members of the Secret Service department of the Army of the Potomac. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photogra... More

Pontoon bridge across the Potomac, at Berlin / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

Pontoon bridge across the Potomac, at Berlin / Alex. Gardner, photogra...

Photograph showing a pontoon bridge across the Potomac River to the village of Berlin, Maryland. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomon... 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

Castle Murray, near Auburn, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A. Gardner.

Castle Murray, near Auburn, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. po...

Photograph showing soldiers and their tents in front of the residence of Dr. Murray, a stone building called "the Castle." Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washingt... 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, 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

Group of officers at Headquarters Army of Potomac, June 1863

Group of officers at Headquarters Army of Potomac, June 1863

No. 4172. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1865], v. 1, pl. 27 with title: What do I want, John Henry? Warrenton, Va., Novem... 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

Evacuation of Aquia Creek / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A. Gardner.

Evacuation of Aquia Creek / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A...

Photograph showing ships loaded with supplies in Aquia Creek. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 33. Copyright... 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

Battlefield of Gettysburg. Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Little Round Top

Battlefield of Gettysburg. Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Li...

No. 96. Illus. in: E468.7 .G19, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 40. Photographer and date from image in Gardner's Pho... More

[Gardner photograph of Lincoln' head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front.]

[Gardner photograph of Lincoln' head-and-shoulders portrait, facing fr...

Meserve Collection 59. This portrait has been widely published, first by Philp & Solomon of Washington soon after it was made. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photograph... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan ; positive by A. Gardner.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan ; positive by A...

Photograph showing a view of Gettysburg from Cemetery Ridge. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 35. Copyright ... More

Culpeper, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A. Gardner.

Culpeper, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A. Gardn...

Photograph showing a post boy, seated at left, and another man in front of a tent used by the Post Office Department at General Headquarters in Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketc... More

[Gardner portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Gardner portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Meserve no. 59. A photograph made by Alexander Gardner in Washington November 15, 1863. (From the Photographic Portraits of Abraham Lincoln; Lincoln Memorial University; The Meserve Collection, 1941.) Alexande... 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

Slaughter pen, foot of Round Top, Gettysburg / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A. Gardner.

Slaughter pen, foot of Round Top, Gettysburg / negative by T.H. O'Sull...

Photograph showing dead soldiers in a ravine at the foot of Little Round Top after the battle. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons,... 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

Gateway of cemetery, Gettysburg / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan; positive by A Gardner.

Gateway of cemetery, Gettysburg / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan; positiv...

Photograph showing the gatehouse at Gettysburg cemetery. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 39. Copyright by A... More

Saint Joseph's Academy, Emmetsburg (i.e. Emmitsburg), MD, July, 1863

Saint Joseph's Academy, Emmetsburg (i.e. Emmitsburg), MD, July, 1863

No. 595. 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. Gift; Col. G... 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

Head-quarters Major General George G. Meade during the battle of Gettysburg / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A. Gardner.

Head-quarters Major General George G. Meade during the battle of Getty...

Photograph showing the house used as a temporary headquarters and command post prior to the battle. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solo... 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

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