Civil War Captions
by Carl Peterson

1. Union prisoners at Salisbury, N.C. / drawn from nature by ... Otto Boetticher ; lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, N. York.
2.Oil painting of United States gunboat Owasco under full sail. The Owasco was instrumental in the capture of Galveston.
3.Full-length, three-quarter turned portrait of Captain Black of Company K, 37th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War, standing in front of a white backdrop with one hand on his hip and the other holding the hilt of a sword. He is dressed in uniform. His buttons are tinted gold. The image is set in a stamped oval brass mat and rectangular protector inside a leather case impressed with a basket of grapes on the vine design.
4.Men use box and tripod cameras on the pedestal of the Civil War Memorial in Civic Center, Denver, Colorado
5.Veterans of the Civil War parade down an unidentified street lined by onlookers, Denver, Colorado.
Title and other information from caption card.
6. Title and other information from caption card.
7.Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944
8.Studio portrait of Silas S. Soule. He wears a military uniform from the Civil War era.
9.Title and other information from caption card.
10.Additional information on caption card: PH-Evans, W., no. 24 (A size).
11. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
12l Studio portrait of John L. Wright. He wears Union Army military uniform that includes a coat, belt, and cap.
13. View from in front of the State Capitol Building towards downtown Denver, Colorado, includes the bronze statue of the Civil War soldier. The Arapahoe County Courthouse and the Daniels and Fisher Tower show among the downtown buildings.
14. View of bronze Soldiers Monument, in front of Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado, depicts a Civil War cavalryman (designed from paintings by Captain Jack Howland, modeled and cast by Bureau Bros. of Philadephia, 1909)
15. Inscription: "In Memory of All Civil War Veterans . . ."
16. The seated man holds a hat bearing a civil war era badge.
17. Photographers stand on the pedestal of the Soldier's Monument, which depicts a Union cavalryman, at the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver, Colorado. They hold cameras and use cameras on tripods.
18. Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.
19. Benjamin Harrison in uniform, on horseback, leading a brigade of soldiers.
20. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.
Photograph shows a group of African Americans in front of church.
21. Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944
22. Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
23. Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
24. Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
25. Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
26. Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
27. Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
28. Title and other information from file print.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
29. Civil War memorial with tritons, possibly in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Detroit Publishing Co. no. P 26.
Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
30. Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
31. Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
32. Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944
33. Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
34. Studio portrait of a Black woman in Pueblo, Colorado. She wears a dress and shawl and holds a cane.
35. Civil War memorial in foreground.
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072938.
Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
36. Title and other information from caption card.
Additional information on caption card: PH-Evans, Walker, no. 25 (A size).
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
37. Probably Civil War monument.
"4472" on negative.
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072119.
Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
38. Title devised by cataloger.
Majestic Building at left.
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 061086.
Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
39. Title devised by cataloger.
No Detroit Publishing Co. no.
Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949
40. Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
41. Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862, July-August 1862.
42. A-2" on negative.
Civil War monument behind bust of Henry Timrod.
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09429.
Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
43. Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Dr. William Harmon Buchtel, Denver physician; arrived in Denver 1871; president of Gross Medical College; brother of Colorado Governor Buchtel; Civil War veteran.
44. Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Cyrus Chapin, Civil War veteran, Denver real estate agent, and pension attorney.
45. Three-quarter length seated studio portrait of Uriah Schutt Hollister; vice president and general manager, Continental Oil Company (1894-?); president Era Mining Company; horticulturist; Civil War veteran; post commander G.A.R. Subject holding album with chair visible.
46. People sit and stand on a railroad bridge over flooding Boulder Creek in Boulder, Colorado. A Black man is in a suit and a fedora, and another man wears a uniform and a Civil War soldier's hat. People sit on the bank, and behind them are sheds, residences, a mill, trees, power poles, and a smokestack.
47. Men sit on the stoop of a false front building watching a group of volunteer soldiers perform drills in Empire, Colorado. Commercial buildings, covered wagons, and tree covered mountains are in the background.
48. Summer view of City Park, Denver, Colorado; shows walkways, flower gardens, cannon dedicated to Civil War veterans, statue of Robert Burns, and three children in summer apparel. A sign reads: "No autos allowed."
49. Studio portrait of a Gunnison, Colorado group, possibly dressed for a masquerade ball; top row: Hattie Mullin, John McEwen, Alice Mullin; second row: Mary Williams, Essie Davis (nee McEwen); costumes consist of masks, fans, Civil War uniform, tennis outfit with fake racket, stick ornaments in hair and Oriental patterned fabric, and stars and a moon applied to a dress.
50. Profile studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Major Shadrach Kemp Hooper, general passenger agent for Denver & Rio Grande Railroad; "father of railway publicity"; arrived in Denver 1884; Civil War veteran.
51. Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of David Vawter Burns, District Judge of Arapahoe County, Colorado (1891-94); Judge of the Superior Court of Marion County, Indiana (1878-1887); and Civil War veteran.
52. Studio portrait of William Clarke Quantrill, infamous Civil War guerrilla. He wears a suit, bow tie, and has a moustache
53. Title and other information from caption card.
Image source: Official British photo.
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
54. Profile studio portrait, head and shoulders, of William Kendall Burchinell; secretary, State Board of Capitol Managers (1906-1922); sheriff of Arapahoe County (1891-1898); established Denver Machinery Company (1886); receiver, U.S. land office (in Fairplay, 1875-1879 and in Leadville, 1879-1883); miner and Civil War veteran.
55. Copyright deposit; Simon & Murnane; July 17, 1913.
Copyright claimant's address: York, Pa.
56. Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio. Came to Carrizo Springs during the Civil War with white cattlemen seeking new range. In 1865, with his master was one of the first settlers. Knew Billy the Kid, King Fisher, and other noted bad men of the border.
57. Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio, Texas. Came to Carrizo Springs during Civil War with white men seeking new range for their cattle. In 1865, with his master was one of the first settlers. He knew Billy the Kid, King Fisher, and other noted bad men of the border.
58. Nebraska National Guard, Kearney, Nebraska.
59. Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; March 11, 1910.
60. Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; March 11, 1910.
61. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.
Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; March 11, 1910.
62. Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; March 26, 1912.
Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.
No. 4.
63. Profile studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Rev. Myron Winslow Reed; minister of First Con Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.
Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; March 11, 1910.
gregational Church of Denver, 1884- 1894; Civil War veteran.
64. Panoram no. 9, battlefield, Vicksburg, Miss..
65. Panoram no. 8, battlefield, Vicksburg, Miss..
66. Panoram no. 7, battlefield, Vicksburg, Miss..
67. Panoram no. 6, battlefield, Vicksburg, Miss..
68. Panoram no. 5, battlefield, Vicksburg, Miss..
69. East Cemetery Hill #1, Gettysburg.
70.View of flower gardens and backside of Robert Burns' statue, City Park, Denver, Colorado; shows landscape, gardener or work man mowing lawn with water sprinklers on flowers, civil war cannon, sidewalk. The rooftop line of building viewed across 17th (Seventeenth) Street is probably Mercy Sanitarium.

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