Seeing the Civil War

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Image ID: AGRQ

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)
Date:

1864.06.12-17
Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in. tetraplex
Equipment:

bridge pontoon (wood); horse; saddle
Locations & Lines:

Powhatan Point VA; James River; Virginia
Military Units:

US Army
Structures & Establishments:

Powhatan Point pontoon bridge (James River VA)
Transports:

schooner
Sources:

National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Powhatan Point pontoon bridge across James River, Va.

Fowx negative no. 655.

Etched onto negative: 655.

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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