Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: AAEQm, 600 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 17.6 Mb

SKU 1df373f4110d Category Field Photographs Tags Alexandria VA, by Russell (Andrew J.), Haupt manual collection, rail, sledgehammer, US Army, US Military Railroads (USMRR), Virginia

Image ID: AAEQ

Credit:	by Russell (Andrew J.)
Date:	1863.02-03
Negative Size:	6.5 in. x 8.5 in.
Equipment:	rail; sledgehammer
Locations & Lines:	Alexandria VA; Virginia
Military Units:	US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army
Sources:	J. Paul Getty Museum; Library of Congress

Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. Unnumbered plate.

One in a series of pictures of African-Americans USMRR workers demonstrating ways of straightening rail.