Part of Construction Corps building new Military Truss Bridge across Bull Run, April 1863

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Part of Construction Corps building new Military Truss Bridge across Bull Run, April 1863

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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
April 1863
Medium
Salted paper print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
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View of Union Army engineers rebuilding Bull Run Bridge. The bridge features two arched trusses, and is surrounded by wooden scaffolding. Construction workers stand on the tracks leading to the bridge, the bridge span, and atop the trusses.

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