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Image ID: ADRU

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)

Date:

1864.05-06

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in. tetraplex

Locations & Lines:

Pamunkey River; White House Landing VA; Virginia

Military Units:

Army of the Potomac; US Army

Transports:

barge Alice Louisa; barge Missouri; barge Sunshine

Sources:

National Archives

National Archive incorrectly says: Landing on James River, Va.

Actually White House Landing, on the Pamunkey River, VA.

Fowx negative no. 612.

Etched onto negative: 612.

One of 28 surviving Fowx negatives created using a rotating lens mount to shoot four consecutive exposures onto one plate. For our downloadable files of the four exposures we have aligned the images so that they can be viewed consecutively (a,b,c,d), creating a brief video clip.

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