Virginia, Yorktown

: Battery no. 4, near Yorktown, mounting ten 13 inch mortars, each weighing 20,000 pounds; Stereograph: Seven mortars aimed over embankment, three soldiers attend them. Inscription on front 'battery at Yorktown'

: Battery no. 4, near Yorktown, mounting ten 13 inch mortars, each weighing 20,000 pounds; Stereograph: Battery at edge of river, with wooden tent, constructed embankments, pile of cannonballs and mounts for mortars

: Battery no. 4, near Yorktown, mounting ten 13 inch mortars, each weighing 20,000 pounds; Stereograph: View of battery along river bank showing tent, bunker, fence, and mounts for mortars.

: Battery no. 4, near Yorktown, mounting ten 13 inch mortars, each weighing 20,000 pounds; Stereograph: Seven mortars aimed over embankment.

: Confederate fortifications, Yorktown; Stereograph: View of cannon, cannonball and other equipment inside a fort.

: Confederate fortifications, Yorktown; Stereograph: Soldier sits on ladder behind sandbags which form a hilltop embankment.

: Confederate fortifications, Yorktown, Va.; Stereograph: Soldiers sitting and standing around a sandbag embankment, overturned gun and debris on ground.

: Confederate fortifications, Yorktown, built on the site where Cornwallis delivered up his sword; Stereograph: Fort with cannon, cannonballs and soldier overlooking river and ships.

: Exploded gun in Confederate battery, Yorktown; Stereograph: Soldiers sitting and standing around a sandbag embankment, overturned gun and debris on ground. Inscription on verso 'in evacuation'

: Fort and landing at Yorktown, Va.; Stereograph: Port with large cannons and soldiers, ships on water in background.

: Gen'l M'Clellan's tent, Camp Winfield Scott, near Yorktown, May, 1862; Stereograph: Tent in military camp, surrounded by other tents and soldiers lounging.

: Group, English officers, Camp Winfield Scott, near Yorktown, May, 1862; Stereograph: Group of six soldiers, four seated.

: Headquarters Camp Winfield Scott, near Yorktown, May 3, 1862; Stereograph: Military camp showing tents, soldiers and horses.

: Headquarters Gen'l M'Clellan, Camp Winfield Scott, near Yorktown, May 7, 1862; Stereograph: View of military camp showing tents and troops, soldiers sit on wooden fence in foreground with a horse., George McClellan (December 3, 1826-October 29, 1885) A major general for the Union Army during the Civil War. McClellan organized the Army of the Potomac and served as the general-in-chief of the Union Army from November 1861 to March 1862 when he was relieved of command by President Lincoln. McClellan was the Democratic Presidential candidate in the 1864 election, losing to the incumbent Republican, Abraham Lincoln. After the Civil War, he served as the 24th Governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881.

: Magruder battery at Yorktown; Stereograph: Four cannons at edge of fort, soldiers seated on wall.

: Naval battery, Yorktown, with Nelson church, now used as a hospital; Stereograph: Cannons pointing away from group of wooden buildings, soldier sits next to them on sandbags.

: Street in Yorktown, Va.; Stereograph: Dirt street lined with trees and houses, two men in foreground.

: The Siege of Yorktown, Va.; Stereograph: Mortars behind an embankment, soldiers leaning on them, cannonballs stacked behind.

: View of Yorktown and fleet from Farnhold's house with Battery no. 1, in foreground; Stereograph: Battery constructed with sandbags and wooden fences overlooking river.

: View of Yorktown from Cornwallis Cave, showing Confederate water batteries, with McClellan's No. 1 Battery in the distance; Stereograph: Wooden houses at river's edge, with a few military tents surrounding them.

: Water battery, Yorktown; Stereograph: Three cannons attended by soldiers behind an embankment of sandbags overlooking river and ships. Inscription on verso, 'Confederate'

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