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Image ID: AGQC

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1864.04-05

Negative Size:

11 in. x 14 in.

Equipment:

Barbette carriage (center pintle-iron); barrel; bird; cannon; Rodman gun;

Locations & Lines:

Alexandria VA; Battery Rodgers (Alexandria VA); Potomac River; Virginia

Military Units:

US Army

Structures & Establishments:

Pioneer Mills (Alexandria VA)

Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

National Archives says: Soldiers [sic] in a cannon, Rodgers Battery, Alexandria, Va.

The eagle “Old Abe” perches on the cannon.

Etched onto negative: 293.

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