A Contrast! Federal Buried, Rebel Unburied, Antietam
1862
Albumen print
3 1/4 x 4 1/4 ins (8.26 x 10.8 cm) (overall)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.3785
LL/80914 [Further details available]
1 of 49
Burying the Dead on the Battlefield of Antietam, September 1862
1862, September
Albumen print, from glass negative
7.1 x 10 cm (2 13/16 x 3 15/16 ins) (image) 7.3 x 10.6 cm (2 7/8 x 4 3/16 ins (mount)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest, 1970, Accession Number: 1970.537.1
LL/84491
2 of 49
View in the Field, On the West Side of the Hagerstown Road, After the Battle of Antietam, Maryland, September 1862
1862, September
Albumen print, from glass negative
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest, 1970, Accession Number: 1970.537.3
LL/84490
3 of 49
View on the Battlefield of Antietam, September 1862
1862, September
Albumen print, from glass negative
7.1 x 10 cm (2 13/16 x 3 15/16 ins) (image) 7.3 x 10.6 cm (2 7/8 x 4 3/16 ins) (mount)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest, 1970, Accession Number: 1970.537.2
LL/84492
4 of 49
n.d.
Stereocard
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 134)
LL/11705 [Further details available]
5 of 49
A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep
[Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 40]
1863, July
Albumen print
17.7 × 22.9 cm (6 15/16 × 9 in.) (image)
National Gallery of Art
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund, Accession Number: 2006.133.73
LL/117825 [Further details available]
6 of 49
A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep
[Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 40]
1863, July
Albumen print
7 x 9 in
Lee Gallery
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1376)
LL/12695 [Further details available]
7 of 49
Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter
[Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 41]
1863
Albumen print
7 x 9 in
Lee Gallery
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1377)
LL/13908 [Further details available]
8 of 49
A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
[Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 36]
1863, July
Albumen print
7 x 9 ins
Lee Gallery
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1365)
LL/14027 [Further details available]
9 of 49
Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg
[Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 37]
1863, July
Albumen print
7 x 9 in
Lee Gallery
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1367)
LL/14028 [Further details available]
10 of 49
Field where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg
1863, July
Albumen print
17.7 x 22.8 cm (image) 31.8 x 42.7 cm (mount)
George Eastman Museum
Purchase, 1981.0004.0037
LL/74916 [Further details available]
11 of 49
Federal Dead on the Field of Battle of First day, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
1863, 5-6 July
Magic lantern slide
3.25 x 4 ins
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (26 September 2009, #22 / 74)
LL/34123 [Further details available]
12 of 49
On the battlefield at Gettysburg
[1861 Photographic War History The War for the Union 1865.]
1863 (taken, later print)
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-18947 (digital file from original item, front) LC-DIG-ppmsca-18948 (digital file from original item, back)
LL/108833 [Further details available]
13 of 49
On the battlefield at Gettysburg
[1861 Photographic War History The War for the Union 1865.]
1863 (taken, later print)
Stereoview, back
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-18947 (digital file from original item, front) LC-DIG-ppmsca-18948 (digital file from original item, back)
LL/108834
14 of 49
A Harvest of Death on the Battlefield of Gettysburg
[Gardner's Photographic Incidents of the War]
n.d.
Stereoview
Cowan's Auctions, Inc
Wes Cowan Stereoview Auction, 30 March 2015, Lot: 33
LL/58631
15 of 49
A Harvest of Death on the Battlefield of Gettysburg
[Gardner's Photographic Incidents of the War]
n.d.
Stereoview, detail
Cowan's Auctions, Inc
Wes Cowan Stereoview Auction, 30 March 2015, Lot: 33
LL/58632
16 of 49
A dead Confederate soldier as he lay in the trenches of F[ort Mahone] called by the soldiers "Fort [Damnation]"
[The War of the Union. Photographic History.]
1865, 2 April (taken) 1870-1874 (ca, published)
Negative, safety film
Stereocard
Library of Virginia - State Library and Archive
Record number: 000005124, Stereograph Virginia Petersburg CW002
LL/36208 [Further details available]
17 of 49
Gathered Together for Burial after The Battle of Antietam
[Brady's Album Gallery]
1862 (ca)
Stereocard
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Albert Morton Turner, 1981.6550.0013
LL/75345
18 of 49
A dead rebel soldier, as he lay in the trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation"
[The War for the Union - Photographic History]
1865 (published)
Stereocard
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 4168, no. 200 [P&P], Library of Congress Control Number: 2011649952, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s02677 (digital file from original stereograph, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s02677 (digital file from original stereograph, back)
LL/87044
19 of 49
1865 (ca)
Stereocard
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LC-USZC4-1850
LL/9991 [Further details available]
20 of 49
A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, VA
[Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 94]
1865, April
Albumen print
7 x 9 in
Lee Gallery
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (Z1407)
LL/14025 [Further details available]
21 of 49
A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia
1865, April
Albumen print
17.8 x 22.9 cm (image) 31.8 x 42.7 cm (mount)
George Eastman Museum
Purchase, 1981.0004.0094
LL/74919 [Further details available]
22 of 49
No. 2522. Soldiers' Graves, near the General Hospital, City Point, Va.
[War Views]
n.d.
Stereoview
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics
LL/37850
23 of 49
No. 2522. Soldiers' Graves, near the General Hospital, City Point, Va.
[War Views]
n.d.
Stereoview, detail
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics
LL/37851
24 of 49
Is This Death - Antietam Battlefield
1862, September
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest, 1970, Accession Number: 1970.537.6
LL/40600 [Further details available]
25 of 49
Amos Humiston dies holding an ambrotype of his three children
1864, 2 January (published)
Magazine illustration
Google Books
LL/48913 [Further details available]
26 of 49
View of Slaughter Pen at Battle of Gettysburg.
[Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 265]
1863, July
Stereo
DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU
Robin Stanford Collection
LL/50094 [Further details available]
27 of 49
View of Slaughter Pen at Battle of Gettysburg.
[Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 265]
1863, July
Stereo, detail
DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU
Robin Stanford Collection
LL/50123 [Further details available]
28 of 49
The slaughter pen at Gettysburg
[The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.]
1863, July
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s02694 (digital file from original stereograph, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s02694 (digital file from original stereograph, back)
LL/108816
29 of 49
The slaughter pen at Gettysburg
[The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.]
1863, July
Stereoview, back
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s02694 (digital file from original stereograph, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s02694 (digital file from original stereograph, back)
LL/108817
30 of 49
Dead Confederate soldier in trenches before Petersburg
[The War for the Union]
1865, April
Stereo
DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU
Robin Stanford Collection
LL/50095 [Further details available]
31 of 49
Dead Confederate soldier in trenches before Petersburg
[The War for the Union]
1865, April
Stereo, detail
DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU
Robin Stanford Collection
LL/50124 [Further details available]
32 of 49
A Contrast. Federal Buried; Confederate Unburied, Where They Fell on Battle Field of Antietam
[Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 551]
1862, September
Stereo
DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU
Robin Stanford Collection
LL/50109 [Further details available]
33 of 49
A Contrast. Federal Buried; Confederate Unburied, Where They Fell on Battle Field of Antietam
[Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 551]
1862, September
Stereo, detail
DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU
Robin Stanford Collection
LL/50136 [Further details available]
34 of 49
[Dead Confederate soldier in trenches outside the walls of Fort Mahone.]
1865, 3 April (ca)
Stereo
DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU
Robin Stanford Collection
LL/50120 [Further details available]
35 of 49
[Dead Confederate soldier in trenches outside the walls of Fort Mahone.]
1865, 3 April (ca)
Stereo, detail
DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU
Robin Stanford Collection
LL/50146 [Further details available]
36 of 49
Ditch on Right Wing, where a Large Number of Rebels Were Killed at the Battle of Antietam
1862, 19 September (taken, later print)
Albumen silver print
8 x 11.6 cm
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
No. 22109
LL/63236
37 of 49
[Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia]
1865, April
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s02718 (digital file from original stereograph, front)
LL/110025 [Further details available]
38 of 49
C.S. soldier killed by a shell in the trenches of "Fort Hell" (i.e. "Fort Damnation")
[The War for the Union. Photographic History.]
1865, 3 April
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s02679 (digital file from original stereograph, front) LC-USZC4-1848 (color film copy transparency of full stereo)
LL/110026 [Further details available]
39 of 49
[Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia]
1865, April
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s02719 (digital file from original stereograph, front)
LL/110027 [Further details available]
40 of 49
This view was taken in the rebel trenches, the morning after the storming of Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Va., April 2d, 1865 [...]
[The War for the Union. Photographic History.]
1865, 3 April
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s02687 (digital file from original stereograph, front) LC-USZC4-1849 (color film copy transparency of full stereo)
LL/110030 [Further details available]
41 of 49
A Dead Confederate soldier
[The War for the Union; Photographic War History, 1861-1865.]
1865
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s04682 (digital file from original item, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s04682 (digital file from original item, back)
LL/110028 [Further details available]
42 of 49
Backmark for "A Dead Confederate soldier"
[The War for the Union; Photographic War History, 1861-1865.]
1865
Stereoview, back
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s04682 (digital file from original item, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s04682 (digital file from original item, back)
LL/110029
43 of 49
Unburied dead on battlefield
[The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.]
1865 (taken) 1880-1900 (print)
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s02700 (digital file from original stereograph, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s02700 (digital file from original stereograph, back) LC-USZC4-1855 (color film copy transparency from dup. stereo) LC-B8184-914 (b&w film copy neg.)
LL/109979
44 of 49
Backmark for "Unburied dead on battlefield"
[The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.]
1865 (taken) 1880-1900 (print)
Stereoview, back
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s02700 (digital file from original stereograph, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s02700 (digital file from original stereograph, back) LC-USZC4-1855 (color film copy transparency from dup. stereo) LC-B8184-914 (b&w film copy neg.)
LL/109980
45 of 49
Embalming surgeon at work on a soldier’s body during the American Civil War
1863
Glass negative, wet collodion
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-cwpb-01887 (digital file from original neg.) LC-B8171-2531 (b&w film copy neg.), Call Number: LC-B811- 2531 [P&P] LOT 4168 (corresponding print)
LL/64505 [Further details available]
46 of 49
Dr. Richard Burr, embalming surgeon, Army of the James
1863
Stereocard
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s04382 (digital file from original item, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s04382 (digital file from original item, back), Call Number: LOT 4180, no. 208 [P&P],
LL/64506
47 of 49
Embalming Tent at Camp Letterman, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863, October or November
Albumen print
6 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (15.9 × 21.3 cm) (image)
Chrysler Museum of Art
Gift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange, Object number: 98.32.224
LL/117019
48 of 49
A lone grave on battle-field of Antietam
[Brady's Album Gallery, no. 570.]
1862, September (taken)
Albumen print, on mount
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 4197 [item] [P&P], Library of Congress Control Number: 2014646938, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-05192 (digital file from original item, front) LC-DIG-ds-05193 (digital file from original item, back)
LL/68854 [Further details available]
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