Contributor |
Barnard, George N., 1819-1902, photographer. |
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Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896, photographer. |
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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer. |
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Gibson, James F., 1828-, photographer. |
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O'Sullivan, Timothy H. 1840-1882, photographer. |
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Levy & Cohen, photographer. |
Title |
Civil War photograph collection [graphic]. |
Date |
1861-ca. 1900, bulk 1861-1865 |
Physical Description |
180 photographs : 112 albumen on carte de visite mount ; 44 albumen on stereograph mount ; 20 albumen ; 3 gelatin silver ;
1 albumen mounted on cardboard ; various sizes, most 8 x 11 cm (2.75 x4 in.) or larger, some as large as 38 x 46 cm (18 x
14 in.)
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Description |
Collection of Civil War photographic views predominately of cartes de visite and stereographs from Levy & Cohen's "Views of
the Rebel Capital and its Environs"; Mathew Brady's "Album Gallery" or "Photographic Views of the War"; Alexander Gardner's
"Illustrations of the War"; and E. & H. T. Anthony's "War for the Union" series. Majority of the photographs depict battlefields;
military camps, fortifications, headquarters, depots and ruins; historic sites in Washington D.C.; Virginia and Georgia during
Sherman's Expedition to South Carolina; the Virginia campaign from the Battle of Bull Run to the evacuation of Manassas; General
McClellan's 1862 campaign on the Virginia Peninsula; General Pope's 1862 Campaign in Virginia; General McClellan's 1862 Campaign
in Maryland; General Burnside and Hooker's 1862-1863 Campaign in Virginia; and General Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign. Images
also show hospitals, prisons, battle mortalities, and cemeteries. Collection also includes a small number of unidentified
views showing ruins of a battery; portraits of soldiers in formation and at leisure; soldiers maintaining cannons at batteries;
a birds-eye view of city ruins; views of warehouses occupied by the military, possibly used as hospitals; and a camp scene,
including soldiers' laundry drying on a haystack.
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Also contains a reproduction of a view of soldiers crossing a river by artist Alexander Lawrie; a carte de visite reproduction
of a view of Camp Meigs, Philadelphia, Pa; and fourteen cartes de visite portraits of military officers issued as part of
Brady's "National Portrait Gallery" as well as group and camp life portraits of officers, soldiers, and servants at Camp Cameron,
D.C., Camp Winfield Scott, Foller's Farm, and Brandy Station in Va. One of Camp Cameron portraits includes an African American
boy shining shoes. Three photographs of Civil War monuments in honor of the Battle of Gettysburg, including two monuments
dedicated to the 28th PA. Regiment Infantry and a monument dedicated to C.S.A. Longstreet's Corps, Hood's Division, Law's
Brigade Alabama infantries, also included with the collection.
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Views show the Georgetown Aqueduct, National Soldiers Cemetery, and the March 5, 1865 second inauguration of President Lincoln
in Washington D.C.; Fort Sumter during battle, in ruins, and during the April 14, 1865 flag raising in honor of its recapture
by the Union; encampments at Aquia Creek, Va. and Fredericksburg, Va.; the tomb of Washington's mother at Fredericksburg,
Va.; cityscape views, and Rappahannock Bridge during and after Burnside's 1862 expedition to N.C.; Union artillery batteries
near Yorktown, Va. (1862); Belle Plain, Va., including the Camp of the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry (1863) and Quartermaster
Depot (1864); North Anna River, Va. (1864) including Quarles Mill, Jericho Mill and 50th New York Infantry engineers building
a road on the south bank; City Point, Va., the Union supply center during the command of General Grant, including Grant's
headquarters, the railroad depot, docks, and landing; Union mortalities from the Battle of Antietam and Battle of Gettysburg;
Georgia, including the ruins of Union Fort Pulaski (1862), Confederate Fort Atlanta under Union control (1864), and the dismantling
of Fort McAllister following General Sherman's 1864 raid of Savannah; the 1865 ruins of Charleston, Va. including the South
Battery and Cheeves Battery; the ruins of Richmond following the Siege of Petersburg (1865), including Ballard's Hotel, Mills
Hall, Libby Prison, the residence of General Lee, the Irish neighborhood known as the Rockets, and the burnt district. Views
also include soldiers; civilians; camp hands; refugees, including African American contraband; bridges, wagon caravans; cannons;
tents; log cabins; naval vessels, including gunboats, steamers, and frigates; forestry; marshland; and horses.
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Notes |
Several images in the collection copyrighted by Barnard & Gibson, Mathew Brady, and Alexander Gardner. |
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Stamp of Philadelphia distributor, McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut Street, pasted on verso of two of the cartes de visite
in collection.
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Photographers include George Barnard, Mathew Brady, James Gibson, Alexander Gardner, Timothy O'Sullivan and Philadelphia photographers
Levy & Cohen.
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Publishers include E. & H. T. Anthony, Alexander Gardner, and Levy & Cohen. |
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Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Date inferred from content. |
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Names of the photographers supplied by the original negatives in the Civil War Photographs Collection, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
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Majority of collection originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places, and Events. McAllister Collection,
gift, 1886.
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Barnard & Gibson and Brady negative numbers include 1; 100; 102?; 268; 279; 282; 289; 295; 297; 302-305; 307; 308; 309(variant);
311-312; 314(variant); 317-319; 321; 323; 326; 329; 351; 355; 356(variant); 357(variant); 359?; 360-361; 363-372; 377-380;
382-384; 388; 423-424; 427; 449; 481; 553; 584; 637; 676; 679; 700; 753; 794; 795?; and 941.
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Levy & Cohen negative numbers include 453-459; 461(variant); 462; 464-469; and 488. |
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Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Inauguration. |
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African American children. |
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African American men. |
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African American women. |
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African Americans. |
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Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. |
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Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862. |
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Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. |
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Mills -- Virginia. |
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North Anna River, Battle of, Va., 1864. |
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Sherman's March to the Sea. |
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Women. |
Geographic subject |
Fort Sumter (Charleston, S. C.) |
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Georgia -- Pictorial works. |
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Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1864-1865 |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties -- Union. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cemeteries. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Destruction & pillage. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment & supplies. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military facilities. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Monuments. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation. |
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Virginia -- Pictorial works. |
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Washington (D.C.) -- Pictorial works. |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870. |
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Gelatin silver prints -- 1890-1900. |
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Group portraits -- 1860-1870. |
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Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
Printer |
Barnard & Gibson, copyright holder. |
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Brady, Mathew, approximately 1823-1896, copyright holder. |
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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, copyright holder. |
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McAllister & Brother, distributor. |
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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, publisher. |
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E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. |
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Levy & Cohen, publisher. |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Small Civil War Photograph Collection [(11)1540.F.(various); (12)1540.F.(various); 5779.F.(various); P.2006.1 & 28; P.8532.1-26;
P.9877.1-29; P.9878.1-14]
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Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Civil War photograph collection [5779.F.(various)] |
Accession number |
(11)1540.F.(various) |
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(12)1540.F.(various) |
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P.2006.1 |
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P.2006.28 |
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5779.F.(various) |
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P.8532.1-29 |
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P.9877.1-29 |
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P.9878.1-14 |