CDV, Group of Identified 7th Regiment N.Y.N.G. Soldiers

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 3 3/4 card. Mount is trimmed. Excellent view of 5 soldiers of the famous 7th New York posing in front of a tent. The four men at the left are wearing the distinctive gray uniforms of the 7th New York, two wearing their white cross belts, with various accoutrements visible including a knapsack with the numeral 7 and a musket. The officer at far right is Captain John Monroe. He is wearing a regulation frock coat with shoulder straps, kepi, eagle sword belt plate, sash, and holding his sword...  

CDV Belle Plain Landing, Virginia

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. View of the landing showing numerous boats in the river, the wharf with supply wagons, and tents in the foreground. No backmark. This view was taken by Mathew Brady & Co., in June 1864, and is listed in Brady's catalog as view #8892.

While the fighting at Spotsylvania, Va. raged on, General U.S. Grant was building up his supplies for the overland campaign through his base at Belle Plain Landing, on the Potomac River. Earlier in the war this very strategic position had...  

CDV Abraham Lincoln Home, Springfield, Illinois

This was the only house that Abraham Lincoln ever owned. He bought it in 1844 from the Reverend Charles Dresser, who married the Lincoln's in 1842.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Age toning, corner wear, and scattered spotting. Backmark: S.I. & C.W. Hallett, 134 & 136 Bowery, near Grand St., N.Y.  

CDV Officers of General McClellan's Staff

Brady's Album Gallery Card

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 1/2 x 3 7/8 card. 1862 Barnard & Gibson imprint on the front of the mount. Group of 4 Union officers in uniform, all wearing kepi's and sitting on camp chairs in front of a tent. Mount is trimmed. Light age toning and wear. Photographic label on the reverse, Brady's Album Gallery, No. 388. Group of Officers of Gen'l McClellan's Staff, May 20, 1862. Desirable 1862 Virginia Peninsula campaign image.  

CDV Grave of Senator Stephen A. Douglas

The Little Giant!

(1813-1861) An outstanding legislator, and orator, he was one of the founders of the Democratic Party in Illinois. Served as U.S. Senator, 1843-61. He is best known for his debates in 1858 against Abraham Lincoln. He was narrowly defeated for the Democratic nomination for president by Franklin Buchanan in 1856. He did gain the Democratic nomination in 1860, but was defeated for the presidency by his old friend and rival Abraham Lincoln. Upon secession, and the outbreak of the Civil War, he supported Lincoln and his...  

CDV Union Battery in Action Near Fair Oaks, Va.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Excellent view of a Federal artillery battery in action near Fair Oaks, Va. in June 1862. Numerous Union soldiers and cannon are seen in the view. Backmark: C.M. Tuttle, Sodus, N.Y. Very fine.  

CDV Taylor's Tavern, Near Falls Church, Va.

Brady Album Gallery Card

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 1/2 x 4 card. View of Taylor's Tavern with a Union officer with saber standing in the foreground. A Union soldier standing at attention is visible at the center of the view. 1862 M.B. Brady imprint on the front mount. Backmark: Brady's Album Gallery, No. 296. Taylor's Tavern. Light age toning and wear. Very fine.

In July 1861, Union forces under the command of General Irvin McDowell marched passed Taylor's Tavern, just outside Falls Church, Va., on...  

CDV General William T. Sherman On Horseback

In The Breastworks Near Atlanta

(1820-1891) Graduated #6 in the West Point class of 1840. Rising to be one of the Union's most renowned military leaders, Sherman saw action at 1st Bull Run, Shiloh, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, the infamous March to the Sea, and the 1865 Carolina's campaign. He received the surrender of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's army at Greensboro, N.C., on April 26, 1865.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Superb quality...  

CDV General Isaac I. Stevens & Staff, Beaufort, S.C.

Killed in 1862 at Chantilly, Va.

(1818-62) Graduated #1 in the West Point class of 1839. He served throughout the Mexican War and was severely wounded in the assault on Mexico City, and was brevetted captain and major for gallantry. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, he was appointed colonel of the 79th New York Infantry, known as the "Highlanders." Promoted to rank of brigadier general of volunteers on Sept. 28, 1861, he took part in the Port Royal expedition, was in command of Beaufort, S.C., and fought in the 2nd Bull...  

CDV, Stone Bridge, Bull Run Battlefield

Brady's Album Gallery Card

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. 1862 Barnard & Gibson imprint on the front mount. Photographic label on the reverse, Brady's Album Gallery, No. 310. Stone Bridge, Bull Run. Where General Tyler's column engaged the enemy, and where, after the retreat became general, the passage being blocked, immense havoc was made on the Union troops by Confederate artillery. It was destroyed by the Confederates when they retreated from Centreville. Upper left corner of the mount is...  

CDV Life Saving Boat With Sailors

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 3 3/4 card. View of life boat on carriage being put into the water. Several sailors in uniform are inside the boat holding up oars. Backmark: Mitchell, Church St., St. Austeli. [Cornwall, England]. Card is trimmed. Light age toning. Very fine.  

CDV, U.S. Army Wagon, Fort Sill, Indian Territory

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 3 1/2 card. View of an army wagon with U.S. clearly visible on the side, drawn by several mules. There is a soldier standing at the near side of the wagon, a soldier in the wagon, and a soldier on horseback on opposite side of the wagon. Card is trimmed. Light age toning. There is an old period pencil ID on the reverse: Water Wagon at Fort Sill, Ind.[ian] Ter[ritor]y., with two names, McGrann, with 11 Inf. below the name, and Enright, 4 Cav., below that name. This image is certainly worthy...