McLean's House, Appomattox Court-House, Virginia where the capitulatio...
Photograph showing a group of people seated on the steps of the brick house in which the terms of surrender were signed on the ninth of April 1865 in the village of Appomattox Court House. Illus. in: Gardner's... More
Appomattox Station, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positive b...
Photograph showing tracks at the Appomattox railroad station where a train containing provisions for the Confederate Army was overtaken by Union forces.
Medical supply boat, Appomattox Landing, Virginia / negative by J. Ree...
Photograph showing the supply boat "Planter" pulling up to a pier on the Appomattox River, a mile above City Point. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C... More
Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / A.R. Ward [i.e., Waud]...
Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.] : Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, title page. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a... More
[Gardner photograph of Lincoln and Tad.]
Meserve no. 96 (Washington, 1865). 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 Unit... More
Interior view of the Confederate line, at Gracie's Salient / negative ...
Photograph showing the various defensive obstacles used to protect Confederate forces near Fort Haskell. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp &... More
Blandford Church, Petersburg, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, ...
Photograph showing in the cemetery of Blandford Church in which space was reserved to bury Confederate dead. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Phi... More
Poplar Grove Church / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan ; positive by A. Gar...
Photograph showing Poplar Grove Church which was designed and built by Fiftieth Regiment New York Volunteer Engineers who stand in the foreground. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Ale... More
[Peter Force, full-length portrait, seated at table, facing slightly r...
Revenue stamp on verso. Cancellation dated Sept. 23, 1865. Inscribed in pencil on verso: Peter Force by Gardner. Exhibited: "Alexander Gardner : The War and the West" at the National Portrait Gallery, Washingt... More
Gardner, Honorable Mills of Ohio. Glass Plate Negative, American Civil...
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View of the Petersburg Gas Works / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positi...
Photograph showing the damage to the gas works building and smoke stack caused by Union Army bombs. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solo... More
Aiken house on Weldon Railroad, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, posi...
Photograph showing a farm house near Petersburg. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 2, no. 71. Copyright by A. Gardne... More
Gardner, Wm H.. Glass Plate Negative, American Civil War time.
A black and white photo of two men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ruins of Gaines' Mill, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, positive by A...
Photograph showing the brick superstructure of Gaines' Mill where fire destroyed the rest of the building during a serious battle in 1862. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander G... More
Three first traverses on land end, Fort Fisher, N.C. / negative by T.H...
Photograph showing the Confederate fortifications at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington... More
View on the Appomattox River, near Campbell's Bridge, Petersburg, Virg...
Photograph showing several commercial buildings along the Appomattox River in Petersburg, Virginia, and the high road that leads out of town. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexande... More
Sheridan and his generals / photographed by Gardner, and published by ...
Generals Philip Sheridan, Wesley Merritt, George Crook, James William Forsyth, and George Armstrong Custer gathered around a table. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 June 24, p. 389. Alexander Gardner (October ... More
Johnson's Mill, Petersburg, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, po...
Photograph showing a group of military personnel standing on rocks in the Appomattox River opposite Johnson's Mill, which was built in 1773. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander... More
Mechanicsville, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, positive by A. Gardn...
Photograph showing a group of structures in Mechanicsville, Virginia after a series of battles. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons... More
The pulpit, Fort Fisher, N.C. / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positive ...
Photograph showing a group of military personnel at the barricade inside Fort Fisher, North Carolina, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander... More
High Bridge crossing the Appomattox, near Farmville, on South Side Rai...
Photograph showing the three repaired sections of the High Bridge over the Appomattox River, after a battle with the Confederates in April, 1865.
Payne, alias Wood, alias Hall. Arrested as an associate of Booth in th...
Photograph shows Lewis Payne standing before a tent, full-length portrait, facing front. Additional text on card: Entered according to Act of Congress, by Alex. Gardner, in the year 1865, in the Clerk's Office... More
Extreme line of Confederate works, Cold Harbor, Virginia / negative by...
Photograph showing a fallen tree and other barricades used by Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Cold Harbor. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. :... More
Payne, alias Wood, alias Hall. Arrested as an associate of Booth in th...
Photograph shows Lewis Payne, in handcuffs, standing before a tent, full-length portrait, facing front. Stamped on verso: Source unknown, Nov. 28, 1949. Additional text on card: Entered according to Act of Con... More
President Lincoln and his son Thaddeus. The last photograph the presid...
Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln, seated, with Tad standing; against a painted backdrop. Another negative: LC-B337-11. Ostendorf, no. 114 (variant) Meserve, no. 96 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a comple... More
President Lincoln and his son Thaddeus. The last photograph the presid...
Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln, seated, with Tad standing; against a painted backdrop. Another negative: LC-B337-11. Ostendorf, no. 114 (variant) Meserve, no. 96 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a comple... More
Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army...
Photograph from the last formal portrait sitting, Feb. 5, 1865, in Washington, D.C. "One of five poses taken by Gardner ten weeks before the President was assassinated." (Source: Ostendorf, p. 219) On mount: En... More
Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army...
Photograph from the last formal portrait sitting, Feb. 5, 1865, in Washington, D.C. "One of five poses taken by Gardner ten weeks before the President was assassinated." (Source: Ostendorf, p. 219) On mount: En... More
Dedication of monument on Bull Run battlefield / negative by W. Morris...
Photograph showing a group of men, women, and children standing in front of the monument. The monument is twenty seven feet high, made of sandstone, with a hundred pound shell on top.
Dedication of monument on Bull Run battlefield / negative by W. Morris...
Photograph showing a group of men, women, and children standing in front of the monument. The monument is twenty seven feet high, made of sandstone, with a hundred pound shell on top.
Meeting of the Shenandoah and Potomac at Harpers Ferry / negative by J...
Photograph shows what was left of the armory at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner... More
Meeting of the Shenandoah and Potomac at Harpers Ferry / negative by J...
Photograph shows what was left of the armory at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner... More
[John Wilkes Booth] / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army of the P...
Photograph showing portrait of John Wilkes Booth, seated, holding pipe. Notation on verso: "J. Wilkes Booth." Accessions box no. DLC/PP - 1972:018 Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was ... More
[John Wilkes Booth] / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army of the P...
Photograph showing portrait of John Wilkes Booth, seated, holding pipe. Notation on verso: "J. Wilkes Booth." Accessions box no. DLC/PP - 1972:018 Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was ... More
Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army...
Photograph showing portrait of Lincoln taken February 5, 1865. On mount: Entered according to Act of Congress, by Alex. Gardner, in the year 1865, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of... More
Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army...
Photograph showing portrait of Lincoln taken February 5, 1865. On mount: Entered according to Act of Congress, by Alex. Gardner, in the year 1865, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of... More
Quarters of men in Fort Sedgwick Generally known as Fort Hell / / nega...
View of above ground portion of underground shelters at Fort Sedgwick, outside Petersburg, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Sol... More
Quarters of men in Fort Sedgwick Generally known as Fort Hell / / nega...
View of above ground portion of underground shelters at Fort Sedgwick, outside Petersburg, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Sol... More