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Relics & curiosities photographed by the American Stereoscopic Company

Relics & curiosities photographed by the American Stereoscopic Company

Photograph shows an exhibit area draped with flags at the fair sponsored by the United States Sanitary Commission in 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanfor... More

Where General McPherson was killed - stereocsopic card

Where General McPherson was killed - stereocsopic card

Stereograph showing animal bones, three cart wheels, spent shells, various clothing items, and a sign nailed on a tree in the forest where Union General James Birdseye McPherson was killed on July 22, 1864, in ... More

Confederate dead on the battlefield - 19th century Virginia.

Confederate dead on the battlefield - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows Confederate soldiers from General Ewell's corps who were killed in Spotsylvania May 19, 1864, ready for burial near Mrs. Alsop's house. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From ... More

Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope ca...

Photograph shows remnants of flags and other items from the battlefield including a sliding box camera at the fair sponsored by the United States Sanitary Commission. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-201... More

Agricultural Department, the Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Agricultural Department, the Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Photograph shows a large hall with flags draped from the ceiling and a variety of stoves, ranges, cast and wrought iron displayed at the entrance to Agricultural Department at the fair sponsored by the United S... More

Arms & trophies, the Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Arms & trophies, the Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Photograph shows objects from the battlefield with flags and festoons draped across the ceiling in the Department of Arms and Tropies. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robi... More

Philadelphia Sanitary Fair, June 1864, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Philadelphia Sanitary Fair, June 1864, Pennsylvania, 19th century ster...

Photograph shows a display draped with flags and other items at the fair sponsored by the United States Sanitary Commission. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanf... More

No. 9, Union vase, Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, June, 1864

No. 9, Union vase, Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, June, 1864

Photograph shows the solid silver Union vase, presented by Bailey & Co. jewellers which was placed on "Union Avenue" at the fair sponsored by the United States Sanitary Commission in 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanf... More

Maj. Gen. Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches before Atlanta, Ga

Maj. Gen. Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches befor...

Stereograph showing Major General William T. Sherman, center, leaning on the breach of a cannon, with his staff at Federal Fort No. 7 near Atlanta, Georgia. No. 3626, part of series: War Views. Part of series: ... More

Confederate commisary i.e. commissary depot, Andersonville, Ga

Confederate commisary i.e. commissary depot, Andersonville, Ga

Photograph shows a seated in the doorway of the commissary building where food and supplies arrived by rail for prisoners at Andersonville military prison in Georgia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-201... More

Monument to the comrades of the 20th Army Corps

Monument to the comrades of the 20th Army Corps

Photograph shows the monument erected to commemorate fallen fellow soldiers by the members of the 20th Army Corps at Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Form... More

Section of National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. photographed and published by Engle & Furlong, Fernandina, Fla

Section of National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. photographed and pu...

Photograph shows a section of headstones at Andersonville National Cemetery which began burying soldiers in 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Part of series: Stereoscopic views of Anders... More

Winter quarters of the Engineer Corps

Winter quarters of the Engineer Corps

Stereograph showing Colonel Ira Spaulding standing at the entrance of his winter quarters covered with pine boughs at the camp of the 50th New York Engineer Corps, Petersburg, Virginia. No. 1047. Part of serie... More

Graves of the six men hung at Andersonville, Ga., July 11th, 1864 photographed and published by Engle & Furlong, Fernandina, Fla

Graves of the six men hung at Andersonville, Ga., July 11th, 1864 phot...

Photograph shows six headstones over the graves of men who were accused of robbing and murdering their comrades. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: Stereoscopic views of Andersonvi... More

Railroad battery before Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Railroad battery before Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows the railroad battery, consisting of a gun mounted on a specially made railroad car and protected by a roof of railroad iron, on General Grant's Military Railroad near Petersburg. Purchase; Robi... More

Main avenue, National Cemetery, Andersonville, Ga, looking south

Main avenue, National Cemetery, Andersonville, Ga, looking south

Photograph shows men standing by a horse drawn cart on a dirt road at the National Cemetery in Andersonville, Georgia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Co... More

No. 3, Horticultural Department, Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, June, 1864 negatives taken by A. Watson

No. 3, Horticultural Department, Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, Jun...

Photograph shows an exhibit draped with vines and plants at the fair sponsored by the United States Sanitary Commission in 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. S... More

Interior of Masonic Hall, Folly Island, S C

Interior of Masonic Hall, Folly Island, S C

Photo shows the interior of a rustic Masonic Lodge constructed of available materials possibly by the 1st New York Engineer Regiment on Folly Island, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015... More

A group view at Niagra (i.e. Niagara) Falls, June 1864, by B. Lochman

A group view at Niagra (i.e. Niagara) Falls, June 1864, by B. Lochman

Photograph shows a group of men and women in formal dress, standing in front of Niagara Falls. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Inscribed on item: "Mayer." Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanfor... More

View in the city of Atlanta, Ga. Whitehall Street

View in the city of Atlanta, Ga. Whitehall Street

Stereograph showing northward view across the tracks on Whitehall Street, with a wagon train making a turn onto another street. No. 3668, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., 591 (... More

The picture gallery, Sanitary Fair, Phila. i.e. Philadelphia J. Moran photo

The picture gallery, Sanitary Fair, Phila. i.e. Philadelphia J. Moran ...

Photograph shows a young man seated on a bench in the middle of the art gallery at the fair sponsored by the United States Sanitary Commission in 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Inscri... More

Ruins of the Arsenal, Richmond - 19th century Virginia.

Ruins of the Arsenal, Richmond - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows the ruins of the former Virginia State Armory along the canal in Richmond, Virginia after the Confederates abandoned the city. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: P... More

Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, which occupied the spot where the new one now stands

Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, which occupied the spot where th...

Photograph shows Second Presbyterian Church, South Hanover and Pomfret Streets, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa 1865. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Photographer not identified on item. Attri... More

Ruins in the "Burn't District" - 19th century Virginia.

Ruins in the "Burn't District" - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows an aerial view of demolished buildings after the Confederates abandoned the city in 1865. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Di... More

The 30 lb. Rifled Parrott guns that shelled Charleston from Morris Island, Charleston Harbor

The 30 lb. Rifled Parrott guns that shelled Charleston from Morris Isl...

Card number: "626." Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GCW 31. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Pu... More

State Capitol - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

State Capitol - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

Photograph shows the church yard surrounding St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: Views of Richmond & vicinity, & mountain scenery of Virgini... More

Libby Prison - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

Libby Prison - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

Photograph shows a man standing in front of Libby Prison, a Confederate facility in Richmond, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digit... More

Fort Sumter - south wing, after the battle, Charleston, S.C

Fort Sumter - south wing, after the battle, Charleston, S.C

Photograph shows the damage done to the exterior fortifications of Fort Sumter after the bombardment. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitiz... More

Rebel ram Stonewall, photographed and published by Bell & Bro

Rebel ram Stonewall, photographed and published by Bell & Bro

Photograph shows a man standing on the bow of the CSS Stonewall. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Date based on LOT 4182, no. 205. Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2... More

Ruins of Cathedral St. John & St. Finibar i.e. Finbar, Charleston

Ruins of Cathedral St. John & St. Finibar i.e. Finbar, Charleston

Stereograph shows the burned out ruins of a Roman Catholic Cathedral, Charleston, South Carolina. Card number: "No. 627". Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GCW 38. Forms part... More

Richmond, Va., April 1865, the Belle Isle railroad bridge (covered) from the south bank

Richmond, Va., April 1865, the Belle Isle railroad bridge (covered) fr...

Photograph shows the ruins of a covered bridge from the south bank of the James River in Richmond, Virginia after the Confederates abandoned the city. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Title fr... More

The 30 lb. Rifled Parrott guns that shelled Charleston from Morris Island

The 30 lb. Rifled Parrott guns that shelled Charleston from Morris Isl...

Card number: "617." Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GCW 30. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Pu... More

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), shewing (i.e. showing) gabions and bomb proofs

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), shewing (i.e. showing) gabions...

Stereograph showing the parapet and interior of Fort Sumter with gabions used as reinforcements in construction of a bombproof structure. No. 337, part of series: War Views. Handwritten on verso: Miller, vol. ... More

Castle Thunder - Confederate prison - 19th century Virginia.

Castle Thunder - Confederate prison - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows Castle Thunder on Cary Street in Richmond where Union soldiers were confined during the Civil War. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From the series: Views of Richmond and vic... More

Old Cumberland County Prison, East High Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Old Cumberland County Prison, East High Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Photograph shows the Cumberland County Prison which began operating in 1854. It was designed by Philadelphia architect Edward Haviland. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Additional information ... More

A Dead Confederate soldier - 19th century Virginia.

A Dead Confederate soldier - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows a dead Confederate soldier in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). No. 6177. See also LOT 4168, no. 242. Photographer and date... More

Richmond from Manchester - 19th century Virginia.

Richmond from Manchester - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows an aerial view of Richmond before the evacuation of the Confederates in 1865. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015... More

State Capitol - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

State Capitol - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

Photograph shows a street view of the Spotswood Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: Views of Richmond & vicinity, & mountain scenery of Virginia & West ... More

Old Stone House - 19th century Virginia.

Old Stone House - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows a group of men standing inside and outside of a stone house located at 1916 E. Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: Views of Richmon... More

Interior of Fort Sedgwick - 19th century Virginia.

Interior of Fort Sedgwick - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing a view of the above ground portion of bomb-proof living quarters in Fort Sedgwick, outside Petersburg, Va. A soldier carries water past a primitively constructed chimney. No. 1084. Part of ... More

Commercial Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Commercial Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19th century ...

Photograph shows two men seated on the steps in front of a building. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Additional information from the site: www.visitcumberlandvalley.com. Inscribed on verso: "... More

Richmond, Va., 1865, Monumental Church - 19th century Virginia.

Richmond, Va., 1865, Monumental Church - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows Monumental Church at 1224 E. Broad Street, in Richmond, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Photographer attribution from variant image noted in the Catalogue of Photo... More

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches

Stereograph showing a dead Confederate soldier on the foot passages in the trenches of Fort Mahone with blood on his face, near Petersburg, Virginia, April 2, 1865. No. 6178. Part of series: The War for the Uni... More

Meeting Street -- Ruins of Secession Hall and Circular Church, with St. Phillips in distance

Meeting Street -- Ruins of Secession Hall and Circular Church, with St...

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year of 1865 by John P. Soule, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. On verso: War views, published by John P. Soule, 199 Wa... More

Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen. G.W. Lee, Col. Walter Taylor

Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen. G.W. Lee, Col. Walter Taylor

Photograph shows General Robert E. Lee seated between his son, G. W. C. (Custis) Lee on his right and Lt. Colonel Walter H. Taylor on his left. The photograph was taken by Brady in 1865 in the basement below th... More

Libby Prison, Richmond, Va - 19th century Virginia.

Libby Prison, Richmond, Va - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows a street view of the Confederate military prison in Richmond, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Date from record for negative, LC-B811-3365. From series: The War for... More

Unidentified building, possibly located within Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas

Unidentified building, possibly located within Fort Brown, Brownsville...

Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Title devised by library staff. Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography.

View of East College, Carlisle, Pa

View of East College, Carlisle, Pa

Photograph shows a view of East College (part of Dickinson College) from North West Street, circa 1870. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Photographer and date from carte de visite in the Phot... More

Monument to Confederate dead - 19th century Virginia.

Monument to Confederate dead - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows the monument dedicated in Nov. of 1869 to Confederate war dead made of granite from the James River. The 90 foot monument is located in Hollywood Cemetery, in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Ri... More

Monument of Confederate dead, Hollywood - 19th century Virginia.

Monument of Confederate dead, Hollywood - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows the monument dedicated in Nov. of 1869 to Confederate war dead made of granite from the James River. The 90 foot monument is located in Hollywood Cemetery, in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Ri... More

Commodore J.L. Worden - Public domain  print

Commodore J.L. Worden - Public domain print

Photograph shows a bust portrait of John Lorimer Worden, a United States naval officer who was in command of the Monitor between 1862 and 1863. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Number 4634. F... More

Monument at Richmond erected to Confederate soldiers by the ladies of that place

Monument at Richmond erected to Confederate soldiers by the ladies of ...

Photograph shows the monument dedicated in Nov. of 1869 to Confederate war dead made of granite from the James River. The 90 foot monument is located in Hollywood Cemetery, and was built by the women of the Lad... More

Group of guardsmen in uniform in front of a tent

Group of guardsmen in uniform in front of a tent

Photograph shows members of the 18th Regiment Infantry of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, the Duquesne Greys, gathered around a tent. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Title devised by lib... More

Veteran's Square Civil War monument in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Veteran's Square Civil War monument in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Photograph shows a view of the monument which was dedicated in 1871 in honor of those who died during the Civil War. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Title devised by library staff. Photograph... More

Co. "A" 18th Regt Cap. Wood McKnight

Co. "A" 18th Regt Cap. Wood McKnight

Photograph shows members of company A of the 18th Regiment Infantry of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, the Duquesne Greys, in formation outside of their tents. Two men are seated on their drums in the fore... More

Co. A, 18th Regt. (i.e. Regiment), looking west

Co. A, 18th Regt. (i.e. Regiment), looking west

Photograph shows an aerial view of Company A, within the 18th regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard, the Duquesne Greys, standing next to their tents near a railroad. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/... More

Co. "C" (Capt. McKibben) 18th Regt

Co. "C" (Capt. McKibben) 18th Regt

Photograph shows three members of company C of the 18th Regiment Infantry of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, the Duquesne Greys, seated outside of a tent which is labeled, "The Three Angelas." Purchase; Rob... More

Co. H, 18th Regt, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Co. H, 18th Regt, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Photograph shows members of Company H of the 18th Regiment Infantry of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, the Duquesne Greys, in front of their tents during an encampment. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC... More

Co. "F" ? 18th Regt (Capt. Hull)

Co. "F" ? 18th Regt (Capt. Hull)

Photograph shows members of the 18th Regiment Infantry of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, the Duquesne Greys, in formation outside of their tents. Two drummers stand in the foreground. Purchase; Robin Stanf... More

Co. C, 18th Regt. (Cap. McKibben)

Co. C, 18th Regt. (Cap. McKibben)

Photograph shows members of Company C of the 18th Regiment Infantry of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, the Duquesne Greys, pose with their weapons and drums during an encampment. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2... More

Co. H, 18th Regt., Cap. Barr

Co. H, 18th Regt., Cap. Barr

Photograph shows members of Company H of the 18th Regiment Infantry of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, the Duquesne Greys, standing in front of their tents during an encampment. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 20... More

Headquarters of 18th regt, N.G.P. i.e. National Guard of Pennsylvania

Headquarters of 18th regt, N.G.P. i.e. National Guard of Pennsylvania

Photograph shows a group portrait of the reunion of the Duquesne Grays, who were members of the 18th Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part o... More

East High Street, looking east from the Town Square, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, circa 1872

East High Street, looking east from the Town Square, Carlisle, Pennsyl...

Photograph shows an African American boy standing on the sidewalk on East High Street in front of a three story building. Miller & Buttorff occupies the ground floor and Lochman's Photograph Gallery occupies th... More

Stonewall Jackson's statue - 19th century Virginia.

Stonewall Jackson's statue - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows a statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson in Richmond, Virginia. Statue of Stonewall Jackson was unveiled on October 26, 1875. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From s... More

Jeff Davis' Mansion - 19th century Virginia.

Jeff Davis' Mansion - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows a rear view of the residence of Jefferson Davis during the Civil War in Richmond, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: Views of Richmond & vicinity, & moun... More

Including the Crater and Blanford (i.e. Blandford) Church,

Including the Crater and Blanford (i.e. Blandford) Church,

Photograph shows the Blandford cemetery with Blandford Church in the distance on south Crater Road in Petersburg, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: Views of Petersburg a... More

U.S. Soldiers' Cemetery - 19th century Virginia.

U.S. Soldiers' Cemetery - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows the the newly constructed gazebo in the National Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: Virginia Views: Richmond and Vicinity. Forms pa... More

National Cemetery view - 19th century Virginia.

National Cemetery view - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows the newly constructed gazebo in Soldiers' Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: Stereoscopic views in Richmond and vicinity. Forms par... More

National Cemetery - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

National Cemetery - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

Photograph shows the newly constructed gazebo with a United States flag flying above it in Soldiers' Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: Views of Ric... More

Charleston Hotel - stereocsopic card

Charleston Hotel - stereocsopic card

Photograph shows a street view of the Charleston Hotel on Meeting Street with its Classic Revival portico. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Source of publication date based on year that Cook'... More

Main Street - Looking West Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pa., destroyed by the rebels under McCausland, July 30th, 1864

Main Street - Looking West Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pa., destroyed ...

Stereograph showing a group of men standing in a street burned by the Confederate calvary troops of General John McCausland. No. 504. Handwritten on verso: Filed Aug. 6, 1864 by Charles E. Meyer, prop. Handwri... More

The Union line before Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

The Union line before Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing a view of the defensive fortifications near Fort Morton including sharpened wooden spikes in front of a line of breastworks, and the soldiers' huts behind the breastworks. No. 1062. Part of ... More

Outside view of Fort Sumter, March, 1865. Foot of slope on southwestern front, looking S.E.

Outside view of Fort Sumter, March, 1865. Foot of slope on southwester...

Photograph shows two men seated on rocks amidst the debris of exterior of Fort Sumter. One man leans on a cannon. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3049. Variant view in LOT 4166-C. Forms part of: Visual m... More

Rebel lines N.W. of the city, between the W. & A. R.R. and Peach Tree Street, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1864

Rebel lines N.W. of the city, between the W. & A. R.R. and Peach Tree ...

Photograph shows Confederate fortifications near the state owned Western & Atlantic Railroad which were intended to force the Union army to attack its supply line. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3644. F... More

Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va. - 19th century Virginia.

Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va. - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing outside a building designated Price, Birch & Co., Dealers in Slaves. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia. No. 2296. Part of series: The War for the Union. Ph... More

Rebel gun bearing upon the river

Rebel gun bearing upon the river

Photograph shows a Confederate gun on a wooden barbette carriage in the battery inside Port Hudson after the siege in July 1863. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. S... More

Hospital at Fredericksburg, Va., May 1864

Hospital at Fredericksburg, Va., May 1864

Photograph shows soldiers outside a brick hospital building in Fredericksburg, Virginia, recovering from wounds received during the battles in the "Wilderness campaign." Woman seated in doorway is volunteer nur... More

Fortress Monroe, Va. - 19th century Virginia.

Fortress Monroe, Va. - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph shows Fort Monroe exterior walls, moat, and three soldiers standing near the edge of the moat. Attributed to George Stacy. Card number: "616." Gottheim collection code: GCW 21. Forms part of the L... More

The Union prison camp at "Belle Isle," Richmond, Va.

The Union prison camp at "Belle Isle," Richmond, Va.

Stereograph showing Maj. Thomas P. Turner, Commandant of the "Libby Prison," dressed in gray, with felt hat on, standing on hill overlooking the Confederate prison encampment on Belle Isle in the James River . ... More

[Charleston, S.C. Flag-raising ceremony, with Brevet Maj. Gen. Robert Anderson and Henry Ward Beecher present]

[Charleston, S.C. Flag-raising ceremony, with Brevet Maj. Gen. Robert ...

Stereograph showing a crowd gathered at Fort Sumter to celebrate the raising of the American flag by General Anderson four years after it had been hauled down by the Confederates. Part of series: The War for t... More

McClellan Hospital, Ward 12, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

McClellan Hospital, Ward 12, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope ca...

Photograph shows a group of Union soldiers in ward 12 of McClellan U.S. Army Hospital in Philadelphia. Another soldier holding a bag stands to their left. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). For... More

The Union Line before Petersburg, Va., during the long siege. This gives a good idea of our Line, which was miles in length, and was thoroughly occupied

The Union Line before Petersburg, Va., during the long siege. This giv...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers in fortified trenches. No. 756. Corrected title, date, and photographer from record for original negative. Copyright 1904 by John C. Taylor. Forms part of: Civil War Photogra... More

Charleston Battery, no. 7 - stereocsopic card

Charleston Battery, no. 7 - stereocsopic card

Photograph shows a view of Charleston harbor from the battery with a ship at anchor in the distance. One man leans against the fence post while another is seated on a bench. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DL... More

Wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River

Wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River

Stereograph showing the Sixth Corps wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River on a pontoon bridge near Fredericksburg, Virginia in May, 1864. No. 715. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War H... More

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., Capitol in distance

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., Capitol in distance

Photograph shows a street view of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on a quiet day. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). No. 21. Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Fu... More

Union picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation", Richmond, Va.

Union picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the sol...

Stereograph showing armed Union guards at the gabion fortified picket line in front of Fort Mahone near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 3200, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photogra... More

[Fort Sumter interior with a soldier standing near the artillery]

[Fort Sumter interior with a soldier standing near the artillery]

Photograph shows a dismounted gun from the parapet at Fort Sumter after the bombardment. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Title from inventory and item. Osborn & Durbec's label on verso, inscr... More

Making coffee. On the lines before Petersburg, Va., 1864

Making coffee. On the lines before Petersburg, Va., 1864

Stereograph showing African American troops making coffee while sitting in front of a bombproof shelter near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 804. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-... More

Interior of Sumter, 1864(i.e. 1863) - furnace, officer's barracks, half ruined walls and dismounted cannon

Interior of Sumter, 1864(i.e. 1863) - furnace, officer's barracks, hal...

Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). No. 1 in series. Source of publication date based on year that Cook's son, George L.G. Cook ran a gallery in Charleston detailed in Zeller, Bob, The Civil War... More

Unburied dead on battlefield - 19th century Virginia.

Unburied dead on battlefield - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing decomposed corpses of soldiers on the battlefield at Gaines' Mill, Virginia, several months after the battle. No. 914. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1... More

No. 2 "Edward Walis" - stereocsopic card

No. 2 "Edward Walis" - stereocsopic card

Photograph shows a group of three Union soldiers seated outside of an open tent. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Funding from ... More

Sanderson's house, used as headquarters by Gen. Seymour, Jacksonville, Florida

Sanderson's house, used as headquarters by Gen. Seymour, Jacksonville,...

Photograph shows a group of Union soldiers standing outside of Union General Truman Seymour's headquarters in Jacksonville. (Source of information: Florida Memory, Image number N029063) Purchase; Robin Stanford... More

Relics and curiosities, the Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Relics and curiosities, the Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Photograph shows a room containing a boat used by arctic navigator Elisha Kent Kane at the fair sponsored by the United States Sanitary Commission in 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Fo... More

Sullivans I[sland], no. 3 - stereocsopic card

Sullivans I[sland], no. 3 - stereocsopic card

Stereograph shows a military outpost on Sullivan's Island behind a group of palmetto trees, known as the "five Indians." Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Date of photo based on newspaper acco... More

Beaufort, S.C. - stereocsopic card

Beaufort, S.C. - stereocsopic card

Photo shows a group of people, some in uniform, and a horse drawn cart outside of a wall surrounding a church. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Date based on years that the photographer worke... More

Execution of the conspirators -- the drop

Execution of the conspirators -- the drop

Stereograph showing the gallows where the conspirators are hung; many men are standing on the platform and soldiers line the top of a wall in the background. Photographic Incidents of the War from the Gallery ... More

General Hospital at City Point, Va.

General Hospital at City Point, Va.

Stereograph showing a cluster of tents used as a hospital in City Point, Virginia. No. 6612. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Coll... More

One of Grant's breast works opposite of cemetery no. 2, Wilderness

One of Grant's breast works opposite of cemetery no. 2, Wilderness

Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). American Scenery (Stereoscopic) label on verso, no. 63. Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography.

Continuation of view no. 1009, showing rear of Battery Dantzler, (Howlett's) with view of Howlett's house. Taken with instrument on top of high magazine, shown in extreme distance of no. 1009

Continuation of view no. 1009, showing rear of Battery Dantzler, (Howl...

Stereograph showing the magazine and fortifications in Confederate Battery Dantzler on the James River above Dutch Gap Canal from a high vantage point. No. 1010. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batter... More

Federal Fort no. 7. New lines at Atlanta, built after occupation of the city, Nov. 1864

Federal Fort no. 7. New lines at Atlanta, built after occupation of th...

Photograph shows fortifications in a former Confederate fort in Atlanta now occupied by Union forces. On verso: This was one of the works[?] occupied by the rebels during the Siege, and afterwards re-modeled b... More

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