Image ID: AKXR

Credit:

unknown photographer

Date:

1864-1865

Negative Size:

stereo

Equipment:

telegraph pole

Locations & Lines:

City Point VA; City Point & Army Line Railroad (CP&AL); James River; Virginia

Military Units:

Bureau of Military Information (Secret Service); US Army

Structures & Establishments:

Capt. Camp’s Wharf Storehouse (a) (City Point VA); Quartermaster’s Office – Capt. Camp’s Wharf (City Point VA); USMRR Wharf (City Point VA)

Transports:

boxcar; flatcar; side-wheeler

Sources:

Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Photographic History. The War For The Union. War Views. No. 2676. Group of Scouts, City Point, Va. [Anthony Co. stereo card]

Library of Congress says: City Point, Virginia. Scouts at Secret Service headquarters.

Two African-american men among the scouts.

Anthony No. 2676.

Etched onto negative: 2676.

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