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Civil War half-stereo views

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Description: Collection of 114 photographs of American Civil War scenes, primarily in the southern states, that are halves of stereo-view prints. Views depicted include forts, camps, coastal forts, and bridges, and were taken during or immediately after the Civil War. There are several images each of Petersburg, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina; Fort Sedgwick, Virginia; City Point, Virginia; Lookout Mountain, Appalachian Mountains; Morris Island, South Carolina; and the Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, D.C. Identified photographers include John C. Taylor, Timothy O'Sullivan, and Brady's National Photographic Portrait Gallery.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1860-approxmately 1890
Call number: photCL 42
Provenance: Provenance unknown.

Bombardments of Forts Hatteras & Clark, by the U.S. fleet

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Image of the Union fleet bombarding two Confederate forts (Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark) in North Carolina during the American Civil War; ten vessels are visible; captions in bottom margin name all vessels.

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Part of Charleston Harbor embracing forts Moultrie, Sumter, Johnson, and Castle Pinckney

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Image of a map of Charleston Harbor and the surrounding forts, including Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter, Fort Johnson, and Castle Pinckney with the location of Union merchant ship Star of the West when it was fired upon from Morris Island during the American Civil War; bust-length portrait of Union Major Robert Anderson in military uniform; small image of a view of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, off the North Channel in bottom margin.

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Collection of Civil War photographs including war casualties

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A collection of 63 Civil War photographs compiled by John P. Nicholson, Civil War veteran and collector. The albumen photographs are mounted on boards that had been bound into an album (now disbound). Most are undated and have little identification, though some have faded pencil writing on back. Many images depict battlefields, primarily in Gettysburg, such as Little Round Top, Devil's Den, and others. Of particular note are photographs of war dead on the battlefield by Mathew B. Brady and Timothy O'Sullivan (1863); and an image of a dead young man, labeled a "rebel sharpshooter," by Alexander Gardner. Another image shows Brady overlooking "The Wheat Field" at Gettysburg, July 1863, attributed to Egbert Guy Fowx. There are several group portraits of soldiers and officers, often at camp, sitting or standing in front of tents; one features officers with women, presumably their wives or family members. Those identified include General Francis Preston Blair Jr. and staff; soldiers of the 8th New York State Militia at camp; 1st U.S. Cavalry at Brandy Station, Virginia; musical band of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (Zouaves); and artillery of the Army of the Cumberland near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Other subjects are: General George G. Meade's headquarters; men building fortifications; a government coal wharf and the Orange and Alexandria Railroad roundhouse in Alexandria, Virginia; a bird's-eye-view of Washington, D.C. with the Capitol and Smithsonian Institute Building "The Castle"; and a panoramic image of "the field over which Pickett charged" by photographer William Bell. A few images include Black men in civilian clothing. The album is disbound, and three photographs have been matted and housed in Box 2.

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General Civil War materials and Union materials

Manuscripts

The James William Eldridge collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents, printed military forms, autographs, ephemera, and approximately 4000 portraits and contemporary photographs, which date from 1797-1902. The collection documents military history of the Civil War, from both the Union and Confederate sides, concentrating on commanding officers, military and naval operations and administration, the armed forces of South Carolina and Virginia, and the everyday life of the common soldiers (including prisons and medical care). Also included are materials on civilian administration and politics during the war years, concentrating on governors, mayors, and congressmen. The bulk of the collection deals with the American Civil War, although there is some material on the antebellum and post-war politics and military history, including the raid on Harpers Ferry and the post-war Navy. The collection contains materials from US presidents James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison, and Rutherford B. Hayes.

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The great fight at Charleston S.C. April 7th 1863

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Image of Union ships firing on Confederate forts near Charleston, South Carolina, during the American Civil War; plumes of smoke rise above explosions as ships are hit in the crossfire.

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Civil War sketches of James L. Colby

Manuscripts

53 drawings made between February 1862 and August 1864 in a small sketch pad that Colby was carrying with him. The sketches depict Burnside's expedition to North Carolina (January - July 1862); St. Helena Island and Seabrook Island; the assault and siege of Fort Wagner (July 1863), St. Augustine, Fla. (September 1863 - February 1864), and two failed 1864 attempts to capture Richmond -- Benjamin F. Butler's Bermuda Hundred Campaign and Winfield Scott Hancock's Deep Bottom campaign.

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Civil War half-stereo views

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