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Remains of Wreck on Track, Ready for transportation to Alexandria. This Train was thrown from the track by Rebels.

Creator

American Photographer · 1830–1902

Artist

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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