Seeing the Civil War

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Image ID: ALAU

Credit:

by Barnard & Gibson
Date:

1861-1865
Negative Size:

4 in. x 10 in. stereo
Equipment:

bayonet; camera bellows; horse whip; long gun
Locations & Lines:

Alexandria Canal; Arlington VA; District of Columbia; Mason’s Island; Potomac River; Virginia; Washington DC
Military Units:

US Army
Structures & Establishments:

Washington Monument (Washington DC)
Transports:

freight wagon; photographic wagon
Sources:

Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Brady’s Album Gallery. No. 292. Block house, near Fort Corcoran. Photograph shows soldiers gathered near log block house in Arlington, Virginia, on the banks of the Potomac River. [Brady Co. album card]

Library of Congress says: Defense of Washington: Block House for defense of Aqueduct Bridge.

MOLLUS Collection says: Block House, near Fort Corcoran.

Probably looking across at Mason’s Island. Washington monument in middle distance.

Brady No. 292.

Anthony No. 2282.

Etched onto negative: 292 [crossed out]. 2282.

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