Military Railroad Bridge across Potomac Creek, on the Fredericksburg Railroad

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Military Railroad Bridge across Potomac Creek, on the Fredericksburg Railroad

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A. J. Russell

American Photographer · 1830–1902

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Andrew Joseph Russell, a captain in the volunteer infantry, became a photographer during the American Civil War. As photographer-engineer for the United States Military Railroad Construction Corps, he was assigned to photograph battlefields and campsites in Virginia. He also photographed engineering projects and contributed images to what was probably the world's first technical manual illustrated

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Date
March 1863
Medium
Salted paper print
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American
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Photographs
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Object ID
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View of the Potomac Creek Bridge on the Fredericksburg Railroad. A locomotive pulls a single car across the bridge span, which is supported by wooden trestles surrounding two stone piers.

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