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Negro Teamsters--see entry belowPhotographs of African Americans During the Civil War: A List of Images in the Civil War Photograph Collection

Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 20540-4730



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African Americans in Military Camps and Sites of Military Activity

Note: In many cases, it is not possible to determine from available information under what circumstances African Americans were present in these situations. In some cases, the individuals appear to be servants or other laborers; in other cases, they may be refugees or soldiers who were not identified as such.

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Headquarters of Signal Corps, Washington, D.C. "Headquarters of Signal Corps, Washington, D.C., April, 1865." Shows black man standing at gate.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04240 (b&w copy scan of glass negative); LC-USZ62-50173 (b&w film copy negative of photographic print)
Call number: LC-B817-7814 (glass negative); LOT 4161-D (photographic print)
[No Digital Image] "Quartermaster's Warehouses, Washington, D.C., April, 1865." Shows black men standing in front of warehouses; blacks and whites stand separately.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-10723 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4161-D
[No Digital Image] "Building Stockade, Alexandria, Va." Shows a group of black construction workers in front of a wooden stockade digging a ditch.
References: Reproduced in Miller, vol. 5, p. 91.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-524 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4161-H
General Lafayette, Headquarters at Yorktown, Va. "General Lafayette, Headquarters at Yorktown, Va." (title from print). Title from Civil War caption book: "Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Allen's farm house. Headquarters of General Fitz John Porter. Lafayette's headquarters before the battle of Yorktown"(Revolutionary War). Shows a group of blacks in front of a house; they appear to be servants.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-00126 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B815-369 (glass negative); LOT 4165-G (photographic print)
Fort Johnson, Charleston Harbor, S.C. "Fort Johnson, Charleston Harbor, S.C." Two African American soldiers sit with cannon shot. (Marked "B35")
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-43654 (b&w film copy negative)
Call number: LOT 4166-B
Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River "Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River."
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-01945 (b&w copy scan of left half of glass stereograph negative); LC-DIG-cwpb-01944 (b&w copy scan of right half of glass stereograph negative).
Call number: LC-B811-2562 (glass negative); LOT 4166 (Stereograph File)
Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly, Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River "Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly, Confederate Fort Harrison, near James River."
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-01947 (b&w copy scan of left half of glass stereograph negative); LC-DIG-cwpb-01946 (b&w copy scan of right half of glass stereograph negative).
Call number: LC-B811-2563 (glass negative); LOT 4166-I (Stereograph File)
Monument of Battlefield at Bull Run, Va. "Monument of Battlefield at Bull Run, Va." (title from print). Shows a group portrait of troops in front of the monument with a black boy standing among them towards right. (Print marked "532 Virginia, Monuments.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04028 (b&w copy scan of glass negative).
Call number: LC-B817-7532 (glass negative); LOT 4167-E (photographic print)
Collecting Remains of the Dead at Cold Harbor, Va., for interment after war "Collecting Remains of the Dead at Cold Harbor, Va., for interment after war." (title from print). Shows an African American man and two others who are probably African American digging. (Print marked "918")
Note: Same image used in stereograph in LOT 4168 with negative number LC-USZ62-57030
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-01276 (b&w copy scan of left half of glass stereograph negative); LC-DIG-cwpb-01275 (b&w copy scan of right half of glass stereograph negative)
Call number: LC-B811-918 (glass negative); LOT 4167 (photographic print)
[No Digital Image] "Battlefield of Cold Harbor, Va." Collecting remains for reinterment after the war. Shows a black man sitting on the ground in front of a barrel full of skulls and bones. Probably four black men in the background digging graves.
References: Reproduced in Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook, vol. 2, plate 94.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-4154 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4167-B
Collecting Remains of the Dead "Collecting Remains of the Dead." Shows an African American man and two others who are probably African American digging. (Stereograph numbered "918")
Note: Corresponding photographic print in LOT 4167 with negative number LC-B811-918.
Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-1854 (color film copy transparency); LC-USZ62-57030 (b&w film copy negative); LC-USZ61-1592 (b&w film copy negative)
Call number: LOT 4168 (stereograph)
Burial of Dead at Fredericksburg, Va. "Burial of Dead at Fredericksburg, Va." Shows four African American men digging graves. (Same scene as LC-B811-2506, but from a different angle)
Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-1820 (color film copy transparency); LC-B8184-B-473 (b&w film negative)
Call number: LOT 4168
Burying the Dead at Hospital in Fredericksburg, Va. "Burying the Dead at Hospital in Fredericksburg, Va." (title from print). Title from Civil War caption book(?): "Fredericksburg, Virginia. Burial of Federal dead." Shows four African American men digging graves; a bearded white man can be seen looking on, arms crossed, in the distance. (Same scene as LC-B8184-B-473, but from a different angle)
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-01844 (b&w copy scan of left half of glass negative) , LC-DIG-cwpb-01843 (b&w copy scan of right half of glass negative) , LC-DIG-cwpb-01845 (b&w copy scan of variant)
Call number: LC-B811-2506 (glass negative); LOT 4168 (print)
Women aircarft workers finishing transparent bomber noses "Gettsyburg, Camp of Capt. Huff[?], July 1865" (title from print). Title from negative sleeve: "Camp of Capt. Huff, Gettysburg, Pa., July 1865." Title from Civil War caption book: "Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Camp of Captain John J. Hoff." Shows three black men standing left behind tarp-covered provisions, another black man stands at right with a group of three white men. (Marked "247.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03921 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7247 (glass negative); LOT 4169 (photographic print)
Women aircarft workers finishing transparent bomber noses "Gettsyburg, Pa., July 1865. Camp of Capt. Huff[?]" (title from print). Title from Civil War caption book: "Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Camp of Captain John J. Hoff. Commissory of Subsistance ." Title from negative sleeve: "Camp of Capt. Huff, Gettysburg, Pa., July 1865." Shows a black man standing at left behind tarp-covered provisions. (Marked "231.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03913 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7231 (glass negative); LOT 4169 (photographic print)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Camp of Captain [John J.] Hoff Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Camp of Captain [John J.] Hoff. (Rear view) Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03914 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7232 (glass negative)
[No Digital Image] "Camp of U.S. Military R.R. Construction Corp. near Manchester, Va., April 1865." Shows many black and white men sitting in camp, tents in foreground.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-735 (b&w film negative)
Call number: LOT 4169
[No Digital Image] [No caption]. Shows Union soldiers standing between two rows of log structures; a black man stands in doorway of first structure on the left.
Note: Camp resembles one identified in other images (e.g., LC-USZ62-82991) as "Camp of the Union Forces at Centreville, Va."
Reproduction number: ------
Call number: LOT 4169
Union soldiers standing between two rows of log structures [No caption]. Shows Union soldiers standing between two rows of log structures; a black man stands in doorway of first structure on the right. (Marked "385.")
Note: Camp resembles one identified in other images (e.g., LC-USZ62-82991) as "Camp of the Union Forces at Centreville, Va."
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-117701 (b&w film copy negative)
Call number: LOT 4169
Camp of the 13th New York Cavalry, Prospect Hill, near Washington, D.C., July 1865 "Camp of the 13th New York Cavalry, Prospect Hill, near Washington, D.C., July 1865" (title from print). Title from Civil War caption book: "Prospect Hill, Virginia. Headquarters of 13th New York Cavalry." Shows Union officers in front of barracks. Two black men stand in front of barracks. (Marked "722.")
References: Reproduced in Miller, vol. 4, p. 61 and p. 181 (detail).
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04167 (b&w copy scan of glass negative).
Call number: LC-B817-7722 (glass negative); LOT 4169 (photographic print)
[No Digital Image] "Head Quarters of Chief Commissary Army of the Cumberland" (Chattanooga, Tennessee). Shows black man holding reins of a horse. (Marked "B725.")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4170
Women aircarft workers finishing transparent bomber noses "Head Quarters of General M. D. Hardin, Fort Slocum, August, 1865" (title from print). Title from Civil War caption book: "District of Columbia. Headquarters of Gen. Martin D. Hardin at Fort Slocum." Shows black boy and black man standing at right. (Marked "228.")
Reproduction number:LC-DIG-cwpb-03912 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7228 (glass negative); LOT 4170 (photographic print)
[No Digital Image] [No caption.] Shows a group of white men, including two in uniform, seated in front of a house. A black man stands beside the door, another is seated under a tree at left.
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4170
Officer's Hut at Head Quarters 5th Army Corps, February 1864 "Officer's Hut at Head Quarters 5th Army Corps, February 1864" (title on print). Title from Civil War caption book: "Brandy Station, Virginia. Headquarters, 5th Army Corps." Shows two white women seated and two white men standing in front of hut. A black man sits on the ground in front of a hedge. (Marked "158.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03900 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7158 (glass negative); LOT 4171 (photographic print)
Camp U.S. Engineers, near Brandy Station, Va., March, 1864 "Camp U.S. Engineers, near Brandy Station, Va., March, 1864" (title from print). Title from Civil War caption book: "Brandy Station, Virginia. Camp of U.S. Engineer Battalion." Shows black man holding a horse in a field. (Print marked "433.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03835 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7433 (glass negative); LOT 4171 (photographic print)
Headquarters, 1st Brigade Horse Artillery, near Brandy Station, Va. "Headquarters, 1st Brigade Horse Artillery, near Brandy Station, Va., February, 1864" (title from print). Shows a black man standing beside a stack of firewood while white officers pose for portrait.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04096 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7637 (glass negative); LOT 4171 (photographic print)
Staff Officers Mess, Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Va., April, 1864 "Staff Officers Mess, Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Va., April, 1864" (title from print). Shows a group of white officers eating while a black servant stands behind them with a pitcher of water. (Print marked "132.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-00725 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B811-132A (glass negative); LOT 4171 (photographic print)
Headquarters Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Va., April, 1864 "Headquarters Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Va., April, 1864." Shows camp of Telegraph Corps, several black men working and white men relaxing.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-118675 (b&w film copy negative)
Call number: LOT 4171
Group of Contrabands "A Group of 'Contrabands'" (title on print). Seven black men standing in front of wagon, wood structures in background. Stereograph image published by War Photograph and Exhibition Company. No. 2594. (Same image, printed as single image, found in LOT 4172-B, captioned "Negro Teamsters" -- see entry below.)
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-27821 (b&w film copy negative of left side) [digital image displayed here]; LC-USZ62-118354 (b&w film copy negative of full stereo)
Call number: LOT 4172-A (Stereograph File) and LOT 4172-B
Negro Teamsters "Negro Teamsters" (title on print). Title from Milhollen and Mugridge: "Bermuda Hundred, Va. African-American teamsters near the signal tower." Seven black men standing in front of wagon, wood structures in background. (Same image, published as a stereograph with caption "A Group of 'Contrabands,'" found in LOT 4172-A (Stereograph File) -- see entry above.)
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-02004 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B811-2594A (glass negative); LOT 4172-B (photographic print)
   
John Henry, servant at Headquarters, 3rd Army Corps, October, 1863 "John Henry, servant at Headquarters, 3rd Army Corps, October, 1863" (title from print). Title from Civil War caption book: "[Bealton, Virginia?]. John Henry, servant, at headquarters, 3d Army Corps, Army of the Potomac." Shows black servant sitting in front of a large army tent.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03756 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7339 (glass negative); LOT 4172-B (photographic print)
[No Digital Image] "Breaking Camp, Brandy Station, Va., May, 1864." Shows black man next to chimney, lean-to in the background.
References: Reproduced in Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook, vol. 2, plate 63.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-4165 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4172-B
[No Digital Image] "Camp of the Negro Labor Crew of the Q. M. Depot, Belle Plain, Va." Shows a group of shacks with clothes drying and seven blacks standing in front of the shacks.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-324 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4172-B
Belle Plain, Virginia. Camp of Negro laborers in Quartermaster Department "Belle Plain, Virginia. Camp of Negro laborers in Quartermaster Department." Caption from negative sleeve: Camp of negro laborers, in the Quartermasters department, Belle plain, Va., fort in the distance. May 16, 1864. Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-00343 (b&w copy scan)
Call number: LC-B815-720 (glass negative)
Belle Plain, Virginia. Camp of Negro laborers in Quartermaster Department "Belle Plain, Virginia (vicinity). Camp of Negro laborers in the Quartermaster's Department." Caption from negative sleeve: Camp of negro laborers in the Quartermasters department, Belle Plain, Va., fort in the distance, May 16/64. Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-00329 (b&w copy scan)
Call number: LC-B815-704 (glass negative)
Black cook at City Point, Va. "City Point, Cooking." Shows a black man standing outdoors in front of some steaming pots. Caption includes words, "West Point, Virginia" in a different handwriting.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-02010 (b&w copy scan of left half of glass stereograph negative); LC-DIG-cwpb-02009 (b&w copy scan of right half of glass stereograph negative) [variants also available]
Call number: LC-B811-2597 (glass negative); LOT 4172-B (photographic print)
Camp of the 6th N.Y. Artillery at Brandy Station, Va., April 1864 "Camp of the 6th N.Y. Artillery at Brandy Station, Va., April 1864" (also captioned: "Civil War camp scene showing company kitchen, 1863(?)" (On mount: "U.S. Army Signal Corps 'Brady photographs,' catalogue, 1921."
Note: Image with reproduction number LC-BH825-25 is an enlargement of this one.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-40484-ZA (b&w film negative); LC-USZC6-46 (color film copy transparency); LC-USZ62-123496 (b&w film copy neg.)
Call number: LOT 4172-C
[No Digital Image] "Camp Kitchen." Shows two men with utensils and three on-lookers. A black man is standing in front of the kitchen (log structure).
Note: Enlargement of image with reproduction number LC-B8184-40484-ZA.
Reproduction number: LC-B8H825-25 (glass negative)
Call number: LOT 4172-C
[No Digital Image] "Camp in front of Petersburg, Va." Shows nine or ten soldiers sitting around camp. A black man is sitting on the ground next to a tent.
Reproduction number: LC-BH825-10 (glass negative)
Call number: LOT 4172-C
Fort Brady, Va.  Building Block House on Co. St. "Fort Brady, Va. Building Block House on Co. St." (caption on print). Caption from Civil War caption book(?): "James River, Virginia. Building winter quarters, Ft. Brady." Shows labor crews of black and white soldiers. (Print marked "2315.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-01502 (b&w copy scan of left half of glass stereograph negative); LC-DIG-cwpb-01501 (b&w copy scan of right half of glass stereograph negative)
Call number: LC-B811-2315 (glass negative); LOT 4172-C (photographic print)
Foller's House, Cumberland Landing, Va. "Foller's House, Cumberland Landing, Va., May 1862." (caption from print). Caption from Milhollen and Mugridge: "Cumberland Landing, Va. Secret Service men at Foller's House." Shows four white men and black man seated outdoors at a table; five white men are standing around the grounds. (Marked "385.")
Note: The man in the center background has been identified as Pinkerton.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-00138 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B815-385 (glass negative); LOT 4172-C (photographic print)
Officers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry in front of Petersburg, Va., August, 1864 "Officers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry in front of Petersburg, Va., August, 1864." (caption from print). Caption from Milhollen and Mugridge: "Petersburg, Va. Officers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry playing cards in front of tents." Shows two black men standing behind officers sitting and standing at a table; one black man holds a tray with a bottle on it. (Print marked "145.") [Similar to image in LOT 4187 with negative number LC-USZ62-105798.]
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03882 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7145 (glass negative); LOT 4172-C
Tent life of the 31st Pennsylvania Regiment "Tent life of the 31st Pennsylvania Regiment" [later the 82nd Pennsylvania Regiment]. Taken at Queen's Farm, vicinity of Fort Slocum, Washington, D.C. Shows a white woman with a basket beside a white soldier, children seated on the ground at right. A black man stands in the center, in back of the tent, holding a utensil.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-01666 (b&w copy scan of left half of glass stereograph negative); LC-DIG-cwpb-01665 (b&w copy scan of right half of glass stereograph negative)
Call number: LC-B811-2406 (glass negative); LOT 4172-C (photographic print)
[No Digital Image] "Camp of the 93d New York Infantry, Bealton, Va., August, 1863 -- Officer's Mess, Co. D" Shows two white men seated at a table, a black man and a black boy standing behind them. (Marked "218.")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4172-C (Note: This image is on the same mount as the next two listed images.)
[No Digital Image] "Camp of the 93d New York Infantry, Bealton, Va., August, 1863 -- Officer's Mess, Co. E" Shows three white officers seated in the shade of trees. A black man stands holding a pitcher and cup. (Marked "225.")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4172-C
Camp of the 93d New York Infantry, Bealton, Va., August, 1863 -- Officer's Mess, Co. F "Camp of the 93d New York Infantry, Bealton, Va., August, 1863 -- Officer's Mess, Co. F." (caption from print). Caption from caption book(?): "Bealton, Virginia. Officer's mess. Company F, 93d New York Volunteers Headquarters, Army of the Potomac." Shows five white officers seated at a table. Two black men and a white man stand behind the officers. (Print marked "220.").
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-00819 (b&w copy scan of left half of glass stereograph negative); LC-DIG-cwpb-00820 (b&w copy scan of right half of glass stereograph negative)
Call number: LC-B811-220 (glass negative); LOT 4172-C (photographic print)
[No Digital Image] "General Rawlins Horse. Taken at Cold Harbor, Va., June 14, 1864." Shows a black boy on a horse taken at Cold Harbor, Va., June 14, 1864.
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4172-F
[No Digital Image] "Captain Pierce's Private Horses, Wagons, etc..., Culpeper, Va., Sept., 1863." Shows a black man holding two horses and a young boy on the ground.
Reproduction number: ------
Call number: LOT 4172-F
Virginia. Army of the Potomac. Wagons and horses attached to repair Department in charge of Captain Pierce "Virginia. Army of the Potomac. Wagons and horses attached to repair Department in charge of Captain Pierce." Shows a black man holding two horses.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-00085 (b&w copy scan)
Call number: LC-B815-276 (glass negative)
Captain Beckwith's Horse "Captain Beckwith's Horse, Headquarters Army of the Potomac, February, 1863." Shows a black man holding a horse.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-74527 (b&w film copy negative).
Call number: LOT 4172-F
Signal Tower at Point of Rocks, Appomattox River, Va. "Signal Tower at Point of Rocks, Appomattox River, Va." (caption from print). Caption from Milhollen and Mugridge: "Bermuda Hundred, Va. Photographer at Butler's signal tower." Shows a black man and four white men standing and seated below tower.
References: Reproduced in Miller, vol. 1, p. 37.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-01829 (b&w copy scan of left half of glass stereograph negative); LC-DIG-cwpb-01828 (b&w copy scan of right half of glass stereograph negative)
Call number: LC-B811-2500 (glass negative); LOT 4172-G
[No Digital Image] "Headquarters of the New York Herald in the Field, Bealton, Va., August, 1863." Shows a black man behind two reporters who are seated writing. (Marked "237.")
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-7237 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4172-H
[No Digital Image] "Headquarters of the New York Herald in the field, 1863." Shows a black man holding a horse in front of a tent; another holds the team of horses. (Marked "B187.") Photograph by A. J. Russell.
References: Reproduced in Miller, Vol. 8, p. 293.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-B-187 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4172-H
Brady's Photographic outfit in front of Petersburg, Va., 1864 (?) "Brady's Photographic Outfit in front of Petersburg, Va., 1864 (?)." Shows a black man holding reins for team of horses (Brady not in photograph). U.S. Army Signal Corps "Brady Photographs," catalogue, 1921, no. B-5077.
References: Reproduced in Miller, vol. 8, p. 27.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-B-5077 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4172-H [two prints, one from Farm Security Administration copy negative no. 40464-ZA, marked "B-5077" on lower right of print]
[No Digital Image] "Company A, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861." Shows black man sitting on ground at far right. (Marked "B186.")
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-B186 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4173
Loading of Stores at City Point, Va. "Loading of Stores at City Point, Va." Shows black men on the dock; two black men carry cargo.
Reproduction number: LC-B8171-2457 (b&w film negative);
Call number: LC-B811-2457 (glass negative); LOT 4175
[No Digital Image] "White House Landing -- Pamunkey River, Va." Shows nine or ten white men standing and sitting around camp. Black man sits beside tent in center of image. (Marked "B362.")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4175
[No Digital Image] "Pontoon Bridge, Belle Plain Landing, Va." Photograph by A. J. Russell.
References: Reproduced in Miller, vol. 5, pp. 236-37.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-612 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4176
A pontoon Boat on Wheels "A Pontoon Boat on Wheels." Shows a black boy seated on ground in front of two pontoon boats on wheels. Stereograph on tan mount, "The War Photograph & Exhibition Company." (Marked "No. 2557.")
Reproduction number: LC-B11-2557 (glass negative); LC-BH8235-33 (glass negative)
Call number: LOT 4176 (Stereograph File)
[No Digital Image] "Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Va., November, 1864." Shows construction/digging site, including five black men in background. (Marked "B84.")
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-B-84 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4178
Groups of Quartermaster's Employees at Cumberland Landing, Va., May 1862 "Groups of Quartermaster's Employees at Cumberland Landing, Va., May 1862." Shows a group of three white men sitting on logs. A black boy sits between the legs of one of the men. A black man sits behind them. Photo by James Gibson. (Marked "637.")
Reproduction number: LC-B815-637 (glass negative).
Call number: LOT 4179
Groups of Quartermaster's Employees at Cumberland Landing, Va., May 1862 "Groups of Quartermaster's Employees at Cumberland Landing, Va., May 1862." Shows a group of fourteen white men standing; two men, one of whom is black, recline in the foreground. Photo by James Gibson. (Marked "636.")
Reproduction number: LC-B815-636 (glass negative).
Call number: LOT 4179
[No Digital Image] "Quartermaster's Wharf, Alexandria, Va." Shows a group of about forty black laborers, mostly sitting on wharf with shovels, buckets, etc. (Marked "B440.")
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-440 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4179
Forge scene at Antietam, Md. "Forge scene at Antietam, Md., April, 1862." Shows a black man seated with a shoe and hammer.
Reproduction number: LC-B8171-7940 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4179
[No Digital Image] "Commissary Tent at Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, near Fairfax Court House, Va., June, 1863." Shows two or three black men and two black boys; one man is being handed provisions and a boy is weighing meat. (Marked "438.")
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-7438 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4179
[No Digital Image] "Quarters of Chief Ambulance Officer, 9th Army Corps in front of Petersburg, Va., August, 1864." Shows a group of officers with two black servants. (Marked "818.")
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-818 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4172-H
[No Digital Image] "Camp of Chief Ambulance Officer, 9th Army Corps in front of Petersburg, Va., August, 1864." Shows a group of white civilians, Army officers and a black man sitting under a hospital tent. (Marked "538.")
Reproduction number: LC-B8161-7538 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4180
Kitchen of Soldiers Rest, Alexandria, Va. "Kitchen of 'Soldiers Rest,' Alexandria, Va." Shows a black man cooking. (Marked "863.")
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-23246 (b&w film copy negative); LC-B8171-7863 (slightly cropped on right side)
Call number: LOT 4180
Fredericksburg, Va. Soldiers filling canteens 
 - Five black men on horseback, two standing at head of a horse [Fredericksburg, Va. Soldiers filling canteens]. Shows five black men on horseback, two standing at head of a horse, and three seated on the ground. A group of white men stand facing a tent on the right. Identification with negative indicates that the scene shows soldiers filling canteens at Fredericksburg, Va. (Marked "2512").
References: Reproduced in Miller, vol. 8, pp. 209.
Reproduction number: LC-B8171-2512 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4184
Burying the Dead at Hospital, Fredericksburg, Va., May 1864 "Burying the Dead at Hospital, Fredericksburg, Va., May 1864." Shows two bodies in foreground, small clusters of men, including two African American men sitting under a tree to the right. (Marked "2508.")
Reproduction number: LC-B811-2508 (glass negative)
Call number: LOT 4184
Gen. S.P. Heintzelman and group, Convalescent Camp, near Alexandria, Va. "Gen. S.P. Heintzelman and group, Convalescent Camp, near Alexandria, Va." Shows a black girl to far left on porch behind group. (Marked "B1121.") (On verso: "National Archives NA-B5293.")
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-124356
Call number: LOT 4186
Major General A.E. Burnside and Staff, Warrenton, Va., Nov. 1862 "Major General A.E. Burnside and Staff, Warrenton, Va., Nov. 1862." Shows black man standing behind staff at right (four of the officers are identified). (Marked "186.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03738 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LOT 4186; LC-B817- 7186 (glass negative)
Brig. General William Gamble & Staff "Brig. General William Gamble & Staff." Shows two black men standing behind officers, and a black child seated on the ground, holding a puppy.
Reproduction number:LC-USZ62-110368 (b&w film copy negative)
Call number: LOT 4186
Bv't.-Maj. Gen. A.T.A. Torbert and Staff "Bv't.-Maj. Gen. A.T.A. Torbert and Staff." Shows staff with a black young man standing on either side of the group.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-43411 (b&w film copy negative)
Call number: LOT 4186
General Paul Humphreys and Staff, June, 1865 "General Paul Humphreys and Staff, June, 1865." Shows two black servants posed with white staff on either end of tent. No. 308.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03962 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7300 (glass negative); LOT 4186 (photographic print)
General N.B. McLaughlin and Staff, near Washington, D.C. "General N.B. McLaughlin and Staff, near Washington, D.C., July, 1865." Shows staff with a black man seated on the ground, facing the camera. (Variant of LC-B8184-7180.)
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03860 (b&w copy scan of glass negative); LC-USZ62-96478 (b&w film copy negative of print)
Call number: LC-B817-7201 (glass negative); LOT 4186 (photographic print)
Brevet-Brigadier General N.B. McLaughlin and Staff "Brevet-Brigadier General N.B. McLaughlin and Staff." Shows five white officers. A black man is seated sideways on the ground. (Marked "180." Variant of LC-USZ62-96478)
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03734 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7180 (glass negative); LOT 4186 (photographic print)
General George Stoneman and staff, near Richmond, Va., June, 1862 "General George Stoneman and staff, near Richmond, Va., June, 1862." Shows a small group of white officers with a black man sitting on the ground with a dog in his lap. Photograph by James F. Gibson.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-00167 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LOT 4186 [two prints]; LC-B815-445 (glass negative)
Major General Fitz John Porter and Staff "Major General Fitz John Porter and Staff." Shows a group of white officers standing and sitting, a black woman, hands folded over her stomach, standing at their left.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-110263 (b&w film copy negative)
Call number: LOT 4186
Headquarters Fifth Army Corps, Harrison's Landing, James River, Va. "Headquarters Fifth Army Corps, Harrison's Landing, James River, Va." Shows a group of white officers standing and sitting, a black woman, hands folded over her stomach, standing at their left. Names of officers penned beneath the photo.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-122103 (b&w film copy neg.)
Call number: LOT 4186
[No Digital Image] "Officers, 33rd N.Y. Infantry: Field and Staff of 33rd N.Y. Infantry, Camp Granger, near Washington, D.C." Shows officers with black staff members included.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-4542 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4187
Officers of the 114th Penn. Infantry in front of Petersburg, Va. "Officers of the 114th Penn. Infantry in front of Petersburg, Va., August, 1864." Shows two black men standing behind four seated white officers. (Marked "144.")
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-105798 (b&w film copy negative)
Call number: LOT 4187 (Another print, marked "145" in LOT 4172-C)
Group of Officers at Headquarters Army of Potomac "Group of Officers at Headquarters Army of Potomac, June 1863." Shows a group of four officers and black man holding bottle and plate, Warrenton Va.
References: Reproduced in Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook, vol. 1, plate 27, as "What do I want, John Henry? Warrenton, Va., November 1862."
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-98249 (b&w film copy negative from another print, which is reproduced here); LC-USZ62-96123 (b&w film copy negative of page from Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook)
Call number: LOT 4187 ; Illus. in E468.7.G19 (Case Y)
Group of Signal Officers at Redoubt Zabriskie "Group of Signal Officers at Redoubt Zabriskie." Shows two black men standing in doorway of cabin; four white men seated in front of them. (Marked "2595.")
Note: Identification for negative identifies location as officers' quarters in vicinity of Bermuda Hundred.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-02006 (b&w copy scan of of left half of glass stereograph negative); LC-DIG-cwpb-02007 (b&w copy scan of of right half of glass stereograph negative)
Call number: LC-B811-2595 (glass negative); LOT 4187 (photographic print)
Group of Officers at Headquarters Army of Potomac, Falmouth, Va., March 1863 "Group of Officers at Headquarters Army of Potomac, Falmouth, Va., March 1863." Shows group of soldiers in front of a tent. A black man pours from a bottle into soldier's cup. Men are identified on mount; black man identified as "Duke." (Marked "467.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03854 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LOT 4187 (photographic print); LC-B817-7467 (glass negative)
[No Digital Image] "Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers of Co. A, 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Va., June, 1861." Shows a black man sitting at base of tree behind a row of white men in uniform. (Marked "4112.")
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-4112 (b&w film negative)
Call number: LOT 4187
[No Digital Image] [No caption.] Shows seven men in uniform in front of a tent. A black man stands to left in front of tent. (Marked "112" faintly in pencil on verso.)
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4187
Officers, 3rd Mass. Artillery, Fort Stevens, Aug. 1865 "Officers, 3rd Mass. Artillery, Fort Stevens, Aug. 1865." Shows a group of six officers sitting and standing in front of a barrack. A black boy wearing a cap sits on raised ground in front of barrack. (Marked "696 Wash. D.C. Group" on verso.)
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04147 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LOT 4187; LC-B817-7696 (glass negative)
Officers of 2d Rhode Island Infantry "Officers of 2d Rhode Island Infantry." Shows a black man standing behind the infantry group towards the right, another black man wearing cap and cape standing behind the group in front of a tree towards the left; a soldier who may be black stands facing two other men on the front line at the right. (Marked "4537.")
Reproduction number:LC-USZ62-92388 (b&w film copy negative)
Call number: LOT 4187
Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Staff of the 93rd New York Infantry "Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Staff of the 93rd New York Infantry, Bealton, Va., 1863." Shows a black man standing at rear right among staff. (Marked "11.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03638 (b&w copy scan of glass negative); LC-USZ62-49362 (b&w film copy negative of photographic print)
Call number: LOT 4187 (photographic print); LC-B817- 7011 (glass negative)
Officers of Horse Artillery Brigade "Officers of Horse Artillery Brigade, near Culpeper, Va., September, 1863." Shows brigade of white officers standing, sitting, and reclining; black man serving whiskey from a barrel at their left. [Similar to images with negative numbers LC-USZ62-114842 and LC-USZ62-114843/LC-B8171-7078 also in LOT 4187.]
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-115613 (b&w film copy negative)
Call number: LOT 4187
Officers of Horse Artillery Brigade "Officers of Horse Artillery Brigade, near Culpeper, Va., September, 1863." Shows brigade of white officers standing, sitting, and reclining, black man serving whiskey from a barrel at their left. [Similar to images with negative numbers LC-USZ62-115613 and LC-USZ62-114842, also in LOT 4187.]
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03689 (b&w copy scan of glass negative); LC-USZ62-114843 (b&w film copy negative of photographic print)
Call number: LC-B817- 7078 (glass negative); LOT 4187 (photographic print)
Officers of Horse Artillery Brigade "Officers of Horse Artillery Brigade, Army of Potomac, Culpeper, Va., Sept. 1863." Shows brigade of white officers standing, sitting, and reclining, black man serving whiskey from a barrel at their left. (Marked "78 Virginia Groups & Indivs" on verso.) [Similar to images with negative numbers LC-USZ62-115613 and LC-USZ62-114843/LC-B8171-7078, also in LOT 4187.]
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-114842 (b&w film copy negative)
Call number: LOT 4187
Group of five officers standing and seated in front of a house with a black boy, wearing cap, seated on the ground at their right Group of five officers standing and seated in front of a house with a black boy, wearing cap, seated on the ground at their right. (Marked "287" on verso.)
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-131083 (b&w b&w film copy neg.)
Call number: LOT 4187
Captains Jane and Clark. "Captains Jane and Clark." Shows white officers with black man. (Marked "2356.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-01576 (b&w copy scan of of left half of glass stereograph negative); LC-DIG-cwpb-01575 (b&w copy scan of of right half of glass stereograph negative)
Call number: LC-B811- 2356 (glass negative); LOT 4187 (photographic print)
Major H. H. Humphrey and Others, June, 1865 "Major H. H. Humphrey and Others, June, 1865." Shows white officers in front of a tent with black man holding a flask in the background.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03811 (b&w copy scan of glass negative); LC-USZ62-131080 (b&w film copy negative of photographic print)
Call number: LC-B817- 7406 (glass negative); LOT 4187 (photographic print)
[No Digital Image] "Camp of Capt. Wiley, Stoneman Station, Va." Shows a black man holding a tray with a bottle or tankard on it. (Marked "B330.")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4188
[No Digital Image] Unidentified group of officers in front of a house with their black servant. (Marked "313" on verso.)
Reproduction number: ------
Call number: LOT 4188
Gettysburg, Camp of Captain Huft, July, 1865 "Gettysburg, Camp of Captain Huft, July, 1865." Shows white men and four black men relaxing by their tents while two black men and one white man in aprons cook.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-106651 (b&w film copy negative)
Call number: LOT 4188
[No Digital Image] "Provost Marshal's Office, Acquia Creek Landing, Va., Winter 1862-63." Shows a black clerk off to the side of a group of white men.
References: Reproduced in Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook, vol. 1, plate 46.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-10418 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4188
Women aircarft workers finishing transparent bomber noses "Captain Howard and Group, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Fairfax, Va., June, 1863." Shows a black boy seated on the ground in front of white staff.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04040 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7549 (glass negative); LOT 4188 (photographic print)
Telegraph Corps, Brandy Station, Va., April, 1864 "Telegraph Corps, Brandy Station, Va., April, 1864." Shows black men chopping wood while white soldiers relax near their tents.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03766 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7353 (glass negative); LC-BH84-7353 (glass negative); LOT 4188
[No Digital Image] "Headquarters of the 164th N.Y. Infantry." Shows a black servant standing behind two white soldiers playing chess. (Marked "B305.")
References: Reproduced in Miller, vol. 8, p. 241.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-B-305 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4188
Headquarters of the Army of the  Potomac "Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, October, 1862." Shows white officers seated on ground and a black man seated behind them in a rocking chair, men are identified. (Marked "5086.")
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-82793 (b&w film copy negative).
Call number: LOT 4188
Group at Quartermaster General's Office, Wash., D.C., Apr., 1865 "Group at Quartermaster General's Office, Wash., D.C., Apr., 1865." Shows a black man,with white hair standing at right among large group in front of a building. (Marked "Renwick Building -- D.C." on front, and "828 Wash. D.C. Groups" on verso.) [Similar to image with negative number LC-B8184-7871, also in LOT 4188.]
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04251 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7828 (glass negative); LOT 4188 (photographic print)
Group at Quartermaster General's Office, Wash., D.C., Apr., 1865 "Group at Quartermaster General's Office, Wash., D.C., Apr., 1865." Shows a black man with white hair standing at right among large group in front of a building. (Marked "871 Wash. D.C. Groups" on verso.) [Similar to image with negative number LC-B817-7828, also in LOT 4188.]
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04283 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7871 (glass negative); LOT 4188 (photographic print)
Group at Quarter-Master's General's Office, Wash., D.C., Apr., 1865 "Group at Quarter-Master's General's Office, Wash., D.C., Apr., 1865." Shows a black man standing in second row of large group standing in front of a building. (Marked "826 Wash. D.C. Groups" on verso.)
References: Miller, vol. 8, p. 38.
Reproduction number:: LC-DIG-cwpb-04249 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7826 (glass negative); LOT 4188 (photographic print)
Group at Quartermaster General's Office, Washington, D.C., April, 1865 "Group at Quartermaster General's Office, Washington, D.C., April, 1865." Shows a young black man at right among large group in front of a Renwick Building, Washington, D.C.; a black boy appears to be a far left. (Marked "Renwick Bldg. - D.C." on front and "827 Was D.C. Groups" on verso.)
References: Reproduced in Miller, vol. 8, p. 38.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04250 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7827 (glass negative); LOT 4188 (photographic print)
Headquarters of General O.B. Wilcox, in front of Petersburg, Va., August, 1864 "Headquarters of General O.B. Wilcox, in front of Petersburg, Va., August, 1864." Shows white officers watching a cock fight conducted by two black servants. (Variant of image with reproduction number LC-B8161-7722A, also in LOT 4188; chickens clearer in this image).
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03895 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7222 (glass negative); LOT 4188 (photographic print)
Headquarters of General O. B. Wilcox, in front of Petersburg, Va., August, 1864 "Headquarters of General O. B. Wilcox, in front of Petersburg, Va., August, 1864." Shows white officers watching a cock fight conducted by two black servants. (Variant of image with reproduction number LC-B8171-7222, also in LOT 4188; people slightly better in this image).
References: Reproduced in Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook, vol. II, plate 76.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04340 (b&w copy scan of glass negative); LC-B8161-7722A (b&w film negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7952 (glass negative)l LOT 4188 (photographic print)
Mess House at Government Stables, Washington, D.C., April, 1865 "Mess House at Government Stables, Washington, D.C., April, 1865." Shows group of whites and black kitchen servants standing in front of the kitchen and mess hall.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04128 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7676 (glass negative); LOT 4188 (photographic print)
Scouts and Guides of the Army of the Potomac "Scouts and Guides of the Army of the Potomac." Shows a large group of guides and two black men wearing aprons standing with them; a black boy sits on the ground in the left foreground. (Marked "105.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03707 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7105 (glass negative); LOT 4188 (photographic print)
Commissary Clerks, Acquia Creek Landing "Commissary Clerks, Acquia Creek Landing, February 1863." Shows clerks of the Commissary Depot by railroad car and packing cases; a black man is seated on the ground holding a cup and saucer. (Marked "322.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-03974 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7322 (glass negative); LOT 4188 (photographic print)
Commissary Clerks, Acquia Creek Landing, February, 1863 "Commissary Clerks, Acquia Creek Landing, February, 1863." Shows seven clerks in camp, bearded black man seated on the left. (Marked "533.")
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04029 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7533 (glass negative); LOT 4188 (photographic print)
Group at Headquarters Provost Marshall Department, in front of Petersburg, August, 1864 "Group at Headquarters Provost Marshall Department, in front of Petersburg, August, 1864." Shows a group with two black men in the back.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04032 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7537 (glass negative); LOT 4188 (photographic print)
[No Digital Image] "9th Mass. Infantry, Camp near Washington, D.C., 1861." Shows white officers with black servant seated on the ground. (Marked "8142." On verso: "Transferred to LC-B8184-8142.")
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-12228 (b&w film copy negative).
Call number: LOT 4188
[No Digital Image] [No caption]. Shows a black boy standing in front of a cabin, a group of five white soldiers standing and sitting in front of the cabin. ("313" pencilled on verso.)
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4188
[No Digital Image] "2d Rhode Island Infantry." Shows a black boy reclining on ground in front of row of soldiers and another in a wide-brim hat standing behind. (Marked "890"?)
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "2d Rhode Island Infantry." Shows a black boy kneeling in the middle of six men. (Marked "861.")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "2d Rhode Island Infantry." Shows a black boy with a pipe in his mouth, sitting next to a tent. (Marked "106.")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "2nd Rhode Island Infantry." Shows two black boys with a group of white officers (Marked "817.")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "2nd Rhode Island Infantry." Shows three black boys seated on the ground in front of three white officers (Marked "919.")
Reproduction number: ------
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "2nd Rhode Island Infantry." Shows a black boy reclining and smiling in front of infantrymen. (Marked "1055.")
Reproduction number: ------
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "2nd Rhode Island Infantry." Shows a black man in the background under shelter behind a group of white officers. (Marked "821.")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "2nd Rhode Island Infantry." Shows a black boy seated in front of three standing soldiers. (Marked "1053.")
Reproduction number: ------
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "2nd Rhode Island Infantry." Shows a black man reclining on the ground in font of a group of infantrymen. (Marked "1041.")
Reproduction number: ------
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861." Shows a black boy wearing a jacket holding a frying pan to right of three white officers (boy partially cropped at edge). (Marked "B952")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861." Shows a black boy seated in front of a group of white officers. (Marked "B954.")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4189
7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861 "7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861." Shows a black boy shining shoes next to white officers. (Marked "B910.")
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-96476 (b&w film copy negative)
Call number: LOT 4189
7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861 "7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861." Shows a black boy shining shoes next to white officers. (Marked "B950.")
Reproduction number: : LC-USZ62-126533 (b&w b&w film copy neg.)
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861." Shows a black servant washing in a bowl on the ground in front of a group of white officers. (Marked "B902.")
Reproduction number: ------
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861." Shows a black boy wearing a shirt and vest holding a skillet and spatula in front of a group of white officers. (Marked "B938").
Reproduction number: ------
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "22nd New York State Militia, near Harper's Ferry, Va., 1861." Shows a black boy wearing a fez carrying things from a tent. (Marked "B873.")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "22d New York State Militia, near Harper's Ferry, Va., 1861." Shows a black boy holding boot standing behind soldiers. (Marked "B838").
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "23rd New York Infantry." Shows a black man seated with white officers shining boots. (Marked "B1028.")
Reproduction number: ------
Call number: LOT 4189
23rd New York Infantry "23rd New York Infantry." Shows a black man seated with one white officer in front of a tent. (Marked "B1065.")
Reproduction number: LC-USZ61-2123
Call number: LOT 4189
[No Digital Image] "Engineer Co., 12th New York State Militia, Camp Anderson, 1861." Shows a black boy sitting on the roof of a building with a broom and a black man with an ax seated on the ground in front of a group of white officers.
Reproduction number: LC-B818-4138 (glass negative).
Call number: LOT 4190E
[No Digital Image] "Engineer Co., 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Va., June, 1861." Shows a black boy wearing a cap, seated on ground to left of militia. (Marked "B531.")
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-B531 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4190E
[No Digital Image] "Company A, 22d New York State Militia, near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861." Shows a black man standing in front of tent behind the militia. (Marked "4539.")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4190E
[No Digital Image] "Group, 22d New York State Militia, near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861." Shows a black boy standing next to tent, holding a metal bowl. (Marked "B214.")
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4190E
Group of Co. A, 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Va., June 1861 "Group of Co. A, 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Va., June 1861." Shows a black man standing under company sign. (Marked "4541.")
Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-7985 (color film copy transparency of photographic print); LC-B8161-4541 (glass negative)
Call number: LOT 4190E
Band of the 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Va., June 1861 "Band of the 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Va., June 1861." Shows a black man reclining on ground in front of band. (Marked "4545.")
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-4545 (b&w film negative)
Call number: LOT 4190E
[No Digital Image] "Co. D, 1st Rhode Island Volunteers, Camp Sprague, 1861." Shows a black woman in a bonnet and a black boy in back of the regiment (regiment served in Hunter's Division of Burnside's Brigade at the first battle of Bull Run, mustered out August 2, 1861). (Marked "4536.")
References: Reproduced in Miller, vol. 1, p. 14.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-4536 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4190F
[No Digital Image] "Co. D, 1st Rhode Island Volunteers -- Camp Sprague, 1861." Shows a black man standing inside a structure behind white soldiers. (Marked "4128.")
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-4128 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4190F
[No Digital Image] "Signal Corps Detachment, Elk Mountain, Md., October, 1862." Shows two black boys and one black man seated with the corps. (Marked "4483.")
Reproduction number: LC-B8161-4483 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4190F
Co. 3d. Connecticut Infantry, Camp Douglas near Washington, D.C. "Co. 3d. Connecticut Infantry, Camp Douglas near Washington, D.C." [Two prints. Title on second: "Co., 3d Connecticut Infantry, Camp Douglass, 1861."] Shows several black men standing in background behind assembled troops. (One print marked "4535"; the other, which is cropped on the left, marked "4129").
Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-7989 (color film copy transparency of photographic print); LC-B8184-4535 (b&w film negative)
Call number: LOT 4190F [2 prints]
[No Digital Image] [No caption]. Shows several young black boys and men among a group of whites in front of a cabin, being addressed by men in uniform. ("223" pencilled and "669" penned on verso of mount).
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-10113 (b&w film negative)
Call number: LOT 4190F
[No Digital Image] "Major General Israel B. Richardson." Shows the general seated in front of his tent and a black servant seated on the ground.
Reproduction number: ------
Call number: LOT 4191

[No Digital Image] "Addison H. Sanders, Bv't. Brig. General and servant" (Lt. Col. 16th Iowa Inf.) Shows general and his black servant standing, posed in front of a studio backdrop.
Reproduction number: LC-B812-9098 (glass negative).
Call number: LOT 4192
[No Digital Image] "Maj. Gen. Fitz-John Porter & Staff." Shows black boy to left and black man and woman to right of staff. (Marked "4560."). (Similar to item in LOT 4186; reproduction number LC-USZ62-110263.)
Reproduction number: -----
Call number: LOT 4192
[No Digital Image] "Quartermaster's Office, Fort Fisher, N.C." Shows men standing around office building; a black boy stands at right edge of porch; a black man stands on the ground to the left. (Marked "7209.")
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-7209 (b&w film negative)
Call number: LOT 4202
Officers Mess, Beaufort, S.C., March, 1862 "Officers Mess, Beaufort, S.C., March, 1862." Shows a group of Federals seated at a table with black servants standing around the table. Timothy O'Sullivan may be third from right in the photograph. (Marked "208.")
References: Reproduced in: Image of War vol. 1, p. 419.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-00800 (b&w copy scan of of left half of glass stereograph negative); LC-DIG-cwpb-00801 (b&w copy scan of of right half of glass stereograph negative)
Call number: LC-B811-208 (glass negative); LOT 4205 (photographic print)
[No Digital Image] "A Confederate picket post near Charleston, S.C. -- 1861." Shows Confederate artillerymen playing cards beside a tree at their post on the Stono River; three black men sitting and standing beside a tent.
References: Reproduced in Image of War, vol. IV, p. 210.
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-4390 (b&w film negative).
Call number: LOT 4210
[No Digital Image] "Capt. George A. Custer and Lt. James B. Washington seated with Negro Boy."
Reproduction number: LC-B8184-428A (b&w film negative).
Call number: No file print
John White Geary posed with staff at Harper's Ferry. "John White Geary posed with staff at Harper's Ferry." Shows black man seated on ground in front of the group.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-65083 (b&w film copy negative).
Call number: No file print
Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Allen's
  farm house near Williamsburg Road... "Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Allen's farm house near Williamsburg Road. General Fitz John Porter's headquarters. Corps of Sumner and Heintzelman camped in the background." Includes three African American males posed with soldiers in front of structure. (Another image taken at Allen's farm refers to African Americans as "contrbands"--see Contrabands section of list.)
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-00127 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B815-370 (glass negative)
Allen's farm house. Headquarters of General Fitz John Porter.... "Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Allen's farm house. Headquarters of General Fitz John Porter. Lafayette's headquarters before the battle of Yorktown." Includes African American men and women with soldiers in front of structure. (Another image taken at Allen's farm refers to African Americans as "contrbands"--see Contrabands section of list.)
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-00126 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B815-369 (glass negative)
Petersburg, Virginia. Field and staff officers of 39th U.S. Colored Infantry "Petersburg, Virginia. Field and staff officers of 39th U.S. Colored Infantry." Includes African American men in background(?). (Similar to image with negative number LC-B817-7051, which does not include men in the background - see section on Related Subject Matter.)
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-04364 (b&w copy scan of glass negative)
Call number: LC-B817-7052 (glass negative)
Dutch Gap, Virginia (vicinity). Deserted farm house near Dutch Gap canal "Dutch Gap, Virginia (vicinity). Deserted farm house near Dutch Gap canal."
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-01935 (b&w copy scan of left half of glass stereograph negative); LC-DIG-cwpb-01936 (b&w copy scan of right half of glass stereograph negative).
Call number: LC-B811-2556 (glass negative)
[Bermuda Hundred, Va. Officers by their quarters near the signal tower] [Bermuda Hundred, Va. Officers by their quarters near the signal tower]
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-cwpb-02006 (b&w copy scan of left half of glass stereograph negative); LC-DIG-cwpb-02007 (b&w copy scan of right half of glass stereograph negative).
Call number: LC-B811-2595 (glass negative)
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