Image ID: AADH

Russell, United States Military Railroad Photographic Album. No. 89 – ALEXANDRIA, From “Round House,” looking North—showing “Contraband Quarters.”

Handwritten on Western Reserve Historical Society print: Alexandria Yard, Looking W. & N. W. – June 1863.

On the track closest to the camera, from left to right, are USMRR flat car No. 89 and box car No. 1166. On the next track are a hospital car and three passenger cars, all unidentified. Beyond them are box cars No. 1307, 1270, 1279 and 1011. On the far tracks are an unidentified locomotive, followed by the “Maryland,” “Fairfax” and “Lexington.” One corner of the Commissary Department can be seen center left, while the two long white buildings in the left background are Contraband Quarters. At center is the William B. Richards house, while to the far right on the same street sits a small house on the George H. Smoot property.

Etched onto negative, in reverse, in lower center image area: No. 18.

Forms panorama with Related Image.