The Singleton Collection is organized into four discrete yet interrelated units. The first consists of 79 photographs by Mathew Brady (1823-1896) and Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) of scenes of the Civil War taken between 1861 and 1865. Included are...
Image of a Union and Confederate cavalry officer clashing on horseback. Wood engraving with letterpress type. "King & Baird, Printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia."--text, bottom left margin.
Image of the monument to the 10th New York Cavalry. The monument is surmounted by a bronze horse head, below which is the seal of the State of New York. Carved into the front of the monument is: 10th New York / Cavalry / 3rd. Brig. / 2nd. DIv. /...
One hundred mounted numbered albumen photographs of the operations of the Army of the Potomac in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, etc. Each numbered plate is accompanied by a page of descriptive letterpress.
Image of a large rough block of stone with a bas-relief of a horse head above crossed sabers and a horse shoe crarved at the top. Below the bas-relief, are carved: First Mass. Cavalry / 3d Brigade / 2nd Cavalry Division / on detached Service. At...
Image of Teddy Roosevelt as a cavalry Rough Rider in his military uniform and riding his horse, Little Texas. "Grown at / Oroville / and / Palermo / Butte / County"--text, middle right. "Packed by / California Citrus / Union. / California."--text,...
Image of the monument of a tall stone monument, obelisk in style, to the 1st Ohio Cavalry, Companies A and C. There is a bas-relief of a horse head at the top with crossed sabers above. Below the horse is written: Companies A and C, 1st Ohio...
Image of a cavalry soldier and horse with bugle leading a troop advance up a desert hill. "The Producers Fruit Company, / California."--text, lower center to right. "Lith. H.S. Crocker Co. S.F. & L.A."--text, lower right.
The material includes one manuscript, one document, and 16 pieces of ephemera; the majority of the collection consists of family letters, notes, cards and invitations between members of the Kirk, Inskeep, and Ridgway families. The most noteworthy...
The G. Joseph Sills Papers have been divided into two boxes: one containing his correspondence with various historians and National Park Service personnel, one holding his research and writings. The correspondence extends chronologically from Sills...
Image of Union cavalry charging past fallen and wounded Confederate soldiers. "Published by Currier & Ives,"--text, bottom left margin. "152 Nassau St New York."--text, bottom right margin. Through the heart of Virginia, spending ten days in the...
The collection, which is arranged chronologically, contains mostly correspondence from Gustavus F. Jocknick to his friend John Wilkin. In the first two letters, which are written from San Francisco, Jocknick talks about San Francisco and his life...
The materials of the collection are arranged chronologically. There are ten pieces of correspondence, six of which relate to particular voyages and four are letters from John M. Cavalry to his daughter. The Scrapbook Pages are also filled with...
This collection is an excellent research resource for an English military and diplomatic family in the 19th century; specifically the period covering the Napoleonic Wars and British diplomatic influence in Europe and Central America. Though there...
Image of a full-length portrait of U. S. Civil War Confederate General John Hunt Morgan on a horse with a sword; cavalry in background riding through mountain forests. "Kurz & Allison - 76 & 78 Wabash Ave, Chicago, U.S.A."--text, bottom right.
Image of a full-length portrait of U. S. Civil War Union General Philip H. Sheridan on a horse with a sword leading cavalry. "Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, Chicago."--text, bottom right.
Image of a full-length portrait of U. S. Civil War Union Major General John W. Geary on a horse with charging soldiers and cavalry in background. "F. H. Schell"--text, artist's name in stone, lower left. "Designed & Lithographed by F. H....
Image of military register decorated with Miss Constitution, U. S. Capitol, American flags, eagles, cherubs, columns and war & peace scenes; names of company officers and soldiers, and lists of those who were discharged, transferred, deserted,...